MTG Top 10: Rats | Magic: the Gathering | Episode 407

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  • Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
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  • @autobotjazz1972
    @autobotjazz1972 2 роки тому +108

    Hildie is adorable. Also those cards of her are neat. That said the only rats i regularly play are the ninja ones from Kamigawa in my ninja commander deck.

  • @KuroShiroKonohaTheAnim3Foo
    @KuroShiroKonohaTheAnim3Foo 2 роки тому +34

    The pumpkin sweater on the bird stuffed toy is so adorable. The skeleton one also looks dapper, spooky even.

  • @63fahrenheit
    @63fahrenheit 2 роки тому +22

    Rats have been my #1 for 9 years starting when my babies passed away, followed closely by Eldrazi. You and people like you are a blessing for caring for all the darlings that people let go

  • @NDHFilms
    @NDHFilms 2 роки тому +73

    I was sure I’d see Rat Colony here. You haven’t lived until you’ve played someone whose entire deck is nothing but Swamps and Rat Colony.

    • @Duskrequim
      @Duskrequim 2 роки тому +3

      Or at least Relentless Rats. ---which is the better Rat Colony

    • @ryznak4814
      @ryznak4814 2 роки тому +8

      @@Duskrequim not exactly rat colony has a cmc of 2 and gets buffed with all rats so it has upsides on relentless rats.

    • @Duskrequim
      @Duskrequim 2 роки тому +3

      @@ryznak4814 I tend to prefer my relentless rats out toughing then the 1 toughness rats that can easily die.

    • @CaptainWwowW
      @CaptainWwowW 2 роки тому +2

      My first Commander deck was 25 Rat Colonies and Marrow Gnawer lol

    • @chunky_boo
      @chunky_boo 2 роки тому +2

      @@Duskrequim you haven't lived until you've either played or played against a deck of 20 swamps 4 thrumming stones and 36 relentless rats.

  • @wyattdupre2721
    @wyattdupre2721 2 роки тому +21

    I really want to see rats in other colors. I feel like rats could fit nicely in Blue (lab rats) or Green (natural rats or mice). Blue lab rats could give mana for sacrificing them like how scientists use rats for experiments and making medicine. Greem rats/mice could be token generators or more evasive than Black rats since there in their natural habit and can breed and hide more easily.

    • @SeriousXeno
      @SeriousXeno 2 роки тому +1

      Heck, I think they’d work in white too. Make them familiars! We got raptors in white, so why not? - RA -

    • @DimT670
      @DimT670 2 роки тому

      Aren't there white mice in Eldraine?

    • @donovanberserk4993
      @donovanberserk4993 2 роки тому

      I am that is. My sword shall wield for me.
      - Martin the Warrior

  • @christopherb501
    @christopherb501 2 роки тому +77

    "If I had a nickel for every prolific Magictuber that extols the virtues and true nature of rats, I'd have two nickels. It's not a lot, but it's weird it happened more than once."

    • @RasmusVJS
      @RasmusVJS 2 роки тому +5

      A rat?
      Hildie the rat!

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому +39

      I think both the Professor and Spice8Rack are rat people too. So you have a third nickel!

  • @harrison1735
    @harrison1735 2 роки тому +15

    Despite not being too hype for the cyberpunk theme I'm still very excited for a new Kamigawa set just so we get more ratfolk and snakefolk.

    • @jamesgratz4771
      @jamesgratz4771 2 роки тому

      Yeah I agree

    • @user-ui8nx8ul9d
      @user-ui8nx8ul9d 2 роки тому +2

      Same here, more nizumi ninjas pls

    • @thelunchlady8276
      @thelunchlady8276 2 роки тому

      Don't forget ogre-folk and spirit-folk!

    • @Fredericoghf
      @Fredericoghf 2 роки тому

      I'm going to be super mad if they just make it some cyberpunk samurai shit.
      I NEED MORE RATS

    • @titanium0002
      @titanium0002 2 роки тому

      i hope sagas are there too :)

  • @finn4019
    @finn4019 2 роки тому +1

    my second commander deck ever was a Marrow-Gnawer deck and my love for rats began. Also surprised relentless rats, marrow-gnawer, or oger slumlord showed up.

  • @yuvalhuck1
    @yuvalhuck1 2 роки тому +4

    Rats, rats, we’re the rats

  • @xxocarina1430
    @xxocarina1430 2 роки тому

    That’s super cool that y’all help animals like that. Keep up the great work on the channel and in your community!👍

  • @mikki429
    @mikki429 2 роки тому +8

    Aww she's cute! I can't have a pet rat because I live in Alberta. Good on you for fostering rodents, they make great pets!

    • @GigaBoost
      @GigaBoost 2 роки тому

      No way rats are illegal as pets

    • @CanadianBaconPwnage
      @CanadianBaconPwnage 2 роки тому +4

      @@GigaBoost Alberta prides itself as one of the few landmasses in the world for being rat free (Antarctica, South Georgia Island, and Macquarie Island being the only others). A couple of billion of dollars are spent every year to keep rats out of Alberta, and it saves several more billion of dollars in damages caused by wild rats in the agriculture industry, which is one of Alberta's bigger industries. It also saves loads money in property damage, as rats can chew through most building materials.
      We can still have other rodents as pets, though, such as hamsters, mice, and guinea pigs. Although I think permits for being able to own pet rats should be a thing, I am grateful that we are rat free here, at least when it comes to wild rats. Wild mice can still cause problems like chewing through wiring and food storage, but rats can do it on a whole other level.

  • @mikenahmias7102
    @mikenahmias7102 2 роки тому +3

    That's amazing to hear about your rescue work! Rats are the best, and all rodents in general. I've had pet rats for over 16 years now. Hildie is so precious and has my gf's favorite rat coloring.

  • @staggerlee2774
    @staggerlee2774 2 роки тому

    Every year the intro is amazing I love it

  • @noahr4951
    @noahr4951 2 роки тому

    I friggin love your spooky intro. Good luck with your rodent saving.

  • @oklahomalongboards
    @oklahomalongboards 2 роки тому

    hold on just found your videos! came for the magic, stayed for the rats! im from oklahoma and definitely im gonna learn more about this foundation and fostering! Great video and great message!

  • @TheAmericanDragn
    @TheAmericanDragn 2 роки тому +1

    I'm surprised ya boi Marrow-Gnawer, Relentless Rats, and Rat Colony didn't make it to the list.
    That being said, my favorite commander deck is rat tribal and a lot of the cards I've used are here.

  • @ToTheNines87368
    @ToTheNines87368 2 роки тому +1

    I’m not really a Halloween guy, maybe because I’m not murican. Yet I always love it when it comes around because it means you release this series of videos again ❤️

  • @largemidget4550
    @largemidget4550 2 роки тому

    Great intro man, you killed it 😆

  • @Aggrobuns
    @Aggrobuns 2 роки тому +3

    I love the custom card! Hildie is so cute

  • @memyself3510
    @memyself3510 2 роки тому +2

    Rats really are some of the best pets. And Hildie is beautiful

  • @xBONEDADDY83x
    @xBONEDADDY83x 2 роки тому

    Loved this video. Huge fan of Rats in MTG and a rat dad personally. Keep up the good work with fostering and showing that rats aren't gross and scary creature.

  • @starblocks5479
    @starblocks5479 2 роки тому

    that intro was spot on

  • @faerie7dragon
    @faerie7dragon 2 роки тому +2

    I do hope to see more Rats in Neon Dynasty. Maybe Ink-Eyes is still alive (?)

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому

      I don't know the lore, is Ink-Eyes immortal?

    • @faerie7dragon
      @faerie7dragon 2 роки тому

      @@NizzahonMagic It is the source of her regeneration in lore, she made a Pact with an Oni, if I remember right.

  • @alaraplatt8104
    @alaraplatt8104 2 роки тому +2

    i was hoping to see scrib nibblers on this list! thats my favorite rat card

  • @LeviClay
    @LeviClay 2 роки тому

    really surprised relentless and colony rat didn't make the list!

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому

      Neither of them have seen even a tiny bit of play in competitive Magic.

  • @JasonCleghorn1975
    @JasonCleghorn1975 2 роки тому

    Thank you for caring for these animals, Nizz...

  • @thesamuraiman
    @thesamuraiman 2 роки тому +2

    You should do a top 10 Innistrad (the plane) cards. Like, any card printed in one of the 6 (or 7?) sets that take place on the plane.

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому

      I've done a top 10 for each individual innistrad set except the most recent one, so I don't think that's necessary.

  • @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor
    @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor 2 роки тому +10

    Ahhhh rats. They're definitely a creature type I quickly found myself not liking after an EDH game. But hey, with not a single card having anything remotely close to Vintage points, I think my apathy towards rats is fair enough. I've never actually had a pet rat before, I've had mice which I found stink quite a bit, but obviously mice and rats are different animals, I've just never owned a rat, not because of any objections to them, but because I very much am a dog person when it comes to pets. Hildie is very cute, just sittin there chilling. I wonder what it thinks of this top 10 list? But hey, since most of the rats seem to be from Kamigawa block, maybe there'll be a Kamigawa card with Vintage points, perhaps even one that makes it into "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)"

    • @sammysammyson
      @sammysammyson 2 роки тому +2

      Thank you for your service, as always.

  • @nobmike
    @nobmike 2 роки тому

    I didn't know I needed to see you holding Hildie but that's exactly what I needed. So adorable, reminds me of holding my dachshund.

  • @taylorolson6228
    @taylorolson6228 2 роки тому

    would love another look at the indestructible list sometime

  • @trickster20644
    @trickster20644 2 роки тому +1

    For the transformed hildie card, should have given it the survivor subtype

  • @Ceracio
    @Ceracio 2 роки тому +1

    Sincerely surprised that old Marrow-Gnawer wasn't on the list. If memory serves, I played against at least 5 different people who played rat tribal decks with at least 2 copies of him during Kamigawa standard, which is far more than any other legendary creature from all 3 sets combined (except possibly Isamaru in white aggro decks).

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому

      At my local store in Kamigawa Standard everyone was playing Kamigawa tribes too. But at the highest level of competition, that wasn't true at all.

  • @hurricanestarang
    @hurricanestarang 2 роки тому

    Hahah awesome video topic 👌🏻

  • @daveslater2858
    @daveslater2858 2 роки тому +4

    Hello, a random question. With all of the top tens you have done over the years.
    Would you do any type of series of top tens cards that has supported each those archetype?
    Also personally I want to thank you for all your family efforts with the charity.

    • @Nalianna
      @Nalianna 2 роки тому

      We need a top 10 list of "top 10 lists"

  • @TheSandwhichman108
    @TheSandwhichman108 2 роки тому

    Aw that pet rat is so adorable.

  • @raingodmusic
    @raingodmusic 2 роки тому

    bless you bro for the love you give to the rodents in need

  • @mattadorno6452
    @mattadorno6452 2 роки тому

    Black devotion with Pack Rats used to be so nasty...start pumping the rats early, drop Gary at the end.

  • @gunnertlc7728
    @gunnertlc7728 2 роки тому

    Mine and my brothers first favorite deck was the rat deck. Just had a bunch of cheap rats and nightmare. And always won lol

  • @lysolboss
    @lysolboss 2 роки тому

    Amazing intro

  • @Duskrequim
    @Duskrequim 2 роки тому

    One of the first tribals I actively built and kept up with. Nothing says insane like a Relentless Rat deck

    • @nickhughes8179
      @nickhughes8179 2 роки тому

      I remember my Relentless Rats deck. Dark Ritual and Simian Spirit Guide ramp into Thrumming Stone and Pandemonium. Then play a Relentless Rats, let Thrumming Stone's ripple ability apply to Relentless Rats which churns through your deck, and drops out all your Rats, then they bring a lot of damage entering the battlefield through Pandemonium. It's hilarious and game ending.

  • @xRevaNx333
    @xRevaNx333 2 роки тому

    OK but bless you and your wife's soul, I never knew about the amazing support for all of the rodents.

  • @Goten40373
    @Goten40373 2 роки тому

    took me half way through the video to notice he was holding a mouse.. it blended in with his shirt to well

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому +1

      Yes...must be a mouse...in this video.

  • @jakethesnake5679
    @jakethesnake5679 2 роки тому +3

    Hildie is so cute

  • @oomthemighty4602
    @oomthemighty4602 2 роки тому

    I had hoped that the rats who appeared might've been...relentless.

  • @gawbe
    @gawbe 2 роки тому

    I played a playset of Pack rats in my homebrew 8rack deck. It makes every bad draw a rat! Also Shoutout to my boy Chittering Rat, my favorite Wincon in Chainer, Dementia Master edh.
    Hilde is a cutie!

  • @thesamuraiman
    @thesamuraiman 2 роки тому

    We spooky! 💜

  • @happyslapsgiving5421
    @happyslapsgiving5421 Рік тому +1

    I now need a W Rat Creature that actually has white fur and sleeps peacefully in its owner's arms. 🐁🥰

  • @weaselhatgaming1010
    @weaselhatgaming1010 2 роки тому

    SPOOKY

  • @mfitkin
    @mfitkin 2 роки тому

    I love domestic rats. Thanks for clearing up misconceptions about them. I miss owning them, I just wish they lived longer!

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому

      Yep, that's the downside. Have to say goodbye pretty quickly!

  • @SmartAlec1
    @SmartAlec1 Рік тому

    We gonna talk about that intro animation quality?

  • @TenchiFanatic3
    @TenchiFanatic3 2 роки тому

    I used crypt rats back in the day, there pretty good when you give them life link and blow up the board. Ahh yes good old pestilence deck.

  • @BazgrimTV
    @BazgrimTV 2 роки тому

    As an avid rat tribal deck player, I've been looking for this video for a long time. Thank you! P.S. please do slivers soon ;P

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому +1

      Slivers are hard to do, because apart from a couple of outliers, all their points came in the same decks.

    • @BazgrimTV
      @BazgrimTV 2 роки тому

      @@NizzahonMagic ah true that - didn’t think about that! Haha thanks for the reply

  • @88_Mega
    @88_Mega 2 роки тому

    Great pets, used to have them

  • @starjake
    @starjake 2 роки тому +1

    I was soooooo disappointed that Pied Piper from Eldraine wasn't Legendary. The idea of a Rat Tribal commander deck with Pied Piper as the commander is such a missed opportunity.

  • @oxpolitik
    @oxpolitik 2 роки тому

    Our fancy rats have been far better pets for my daughter than I ever would have imagined.

  • @auntjemimadidnothingwrong9148
    @auntjemimadidnothingwrong9148 2 роки тому

    Yes! I love Rats!

  • @cax1175
    @cax1175 Рік тому

    We need more rat cameos.

  • @thelocustgod9098
    @thelocustgod9098 2 роки тому +1

    I love Hildie.

  • @nickbalmes6640
    @nickbalmes6640 2 роки тому +1

    Awww Hildie the Rat :3

  • @Glornie
    @Glornie 2 роки тому

    you should have made an honourable mention of plague rats. back in the day there was no maximum number of cards you could have in a deck. a deck that got made alot back then was consisting of swamps, dark rituals and plague rats. (and if owned, a nightare or hypnotic specter). hugely effective for its time.

  • @sammysammyson
    @sammysammyson 2 роки тому +2

    Well I *was* going to go to bed...

  • @RuneScapeShadoma
    @RuneScapeShadoma 2 роки тому +1

    Wait, you're from Oklahoma?! Greetings from Shawnee! Also, Hildie is adorable.

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому +1

      I live in Oklahoma, yep! I'm "from" New Mexico, though.

    • @RuneScapeShadoma
      @RuneScapeShadoma 2 роки тому

      @@NizzahonMagic It's so cool that one of my favorite channels is so close, whether if it's by state or by city. I had a little starstruck moment.

  • @wtficantfindagoodnam
    @wtficantfindagoodnam 2 роки тому +2

    Aww, Hildie is a cutie

  • @Gaugoo8
    @Gaugoo8 2 роки тому +1

    Hildie is so cute and chill!!

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому

      Yeah she was very sleepy for this video haha. I envisioned her maybe being on my shoulder, but she was too sleepy.

  • @T4N7
    @T4N7 2 роки тому

    Rats of Wrath is the only card on this list that I don't alrdy own seeing as I've had a relentless rats edh for a long time n bought up so many rat cards to fill out some other spots. Ink-Eyes is so good in combo with the decks main general, Marrow-Gnawer, cuz once all rats have fear it's pretty easy to find 1 of my opponents that I can hit to trigger that ninjutsu

  • @Ch1ll4x1n
    @Ch1ll4x1n 2 роки тому

    I got into magic because of how many cards there are it felt like I could build any type of deck I wanted. Knowing nothing about the game I went with zombies and birds because I thought that would be fun and unusual. Eventually I switched to zombies and rats. Now I just play zombie tribal but still love rats.

  • @divian22
    @divian22 2 роки тому +1

    So cute !

  • @matpoliquin
    @matpoliquin 2 роки тому

    Crypt Rat is the bomb in Pauper

  • @negandavidson9600
    @negandavidson9600 2 роки тому

    My heart melted. I miss my girls. Wait? OKC? Wow. I never knew that.

  • @nathanstruble2177
    @nathanstruble2177 2 роки тому

    Gain Control of Target Food Token just killed me!

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому

      You should see how intense she gets about food haha.

  • @ht491
    @ht491 2 роки тому

    Pack rats only being able to be dealt with by a board sweeper is funny when you’ve played against scute swarm

  • @ht491
    @ht491 2 роки тому

    I wonder how rat colony would fit, if pauper could be included

  • @justincarroll1836
    @justincarroll1836 2 роки тому

    When I saw Hildie had a mammary tumor I honestly didn't think she was gonna survive long. Glad she's still doing well.

  • @Sheeps856
    @Sheeps856 2 роки тому

    Cute rat!

  • @chuckwagon3718
    @chuckwagon3718 2 роки тому

    I'm surprised Relentless Rats didn't rate at all, but I guess it's too expensive for competitive formats

  • @anthonyhalloway428
    @anthonyhalloway428 2 роки тому

    That's? Three big magic content creators who have rats? I love this?

  • @FrankFrankly711
    @FrankFrankly711 2 роки тому +1

    Dude I have a pet rat with same colors!

  • @jzoobs
    @jzoobs 2 роки тому

    Watching you struggle to talk with your hands while also petting the sweet baby rat was adorably painful, lol

  • @jmoney1139
    @jmoney1139 2 роки тому

    Spooky 🤭

  • @nickclinton5147
    @nickclinton5147 2 роки тому +1

    CUTE RAT

  • @blacklancejeo6625
    @blacklancejeo6625 2 роки тому

    1. Hildie is super cute.
    2. Any points for the Laboratory Rat sorcery with buyback? I'm surprised that isn't on the list

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому

      It has no points. I was surprised too! It was good in Limited.

  • @banditkeithkingofduelmonsters
    @banditkeithkingofduelmonsters 2 роки тому

    How is relentless rats not on here? I am disappoint. Those little guys are the best.

  • @Nalianna
    @Nalianna 2 роки тому

    My favorite rat is Mutavault.

  • @paulblyatmallcop4914
    @paulblyatmallcop4914 Рік тому

    Rat Colony: “Am I a joke to you?”

  • @andyspendlove1019
    @andyspendlove1019 2 роки тому

    Burglar Rat will forever be Bugler Rat ❤️ thanks SaffronOlive

  • @AkukAkuku
    @AkukAkuku 2 роки тому +1

    Why didn't you rotate the card image for Nezumi Shortfang?

    • @TheSquareOnes
      @TheSquareOnes 2 роки тому +1

      Just levitate upside down in the air while watching that part of the video, easy solution.

  • @gantzisballs
    @gantzisballs 2 роки тому

    Ink Eyes isn't exactly a powerhouse of modern or vintage, but it is worth over 20 dollars a pop. Why? Ink Eyes is VERY popular in certain communities.

  • @gigawarman12
    @gigawarman12 Рік тому

    You should put up videos of your chaos potato

  • @AidanWR
    @AidanWR 2 роки тому

    The reason that people think rats are unclean is because sailors would find rats on ships and would get sick, so they equated the sickness with the rats. They didn't know that it was actually the fleas that were making them sick

  • @donovanberserk4993
    @donovanberserk4993 2 роки тому

    This video is proof we need a Ratatoille Secret Lair

  • @johngleeman8347
    @johngleeman8347 2 роки тому +1

    Mousie!

  • @vinnythewebsurfer
    @vinnythewebsurfer 2 роки тому +1

    Rats are great.

  • @kailaine3974
    @kailaine3974 2 роки тому

    Card concept: KFC Deep Fryer (two mountains and 3 generic)
    Artifact.
    “When KFC Deep Fryer enters the battlefield, destroy all rats on the battlefield and create that many food tokens.
    Whenever a rat is put on the battlefield, destroy it and that player creates a food token instead.”

  • @JCTheaterYGO
    @JCTheaterYGO 2 роки тому

    As someone who has a pair of guinea pigs, I am all here for a fellow card game enjoyer who owns rodents ❤️

  • @wavesofbabies
    @wavesofbabies 2 роки тому

    "Filthy Rats!"
    "This shall be a mercy..."
    "And now the final curtain!"
    "SICKNESS MUST BE PURGED"

  • @forestfalco9949
    @forestfalco9949 2 роки тому

    im suprised typhoid rats werent on the list.

  • @karmajarrule
    @karmajarrule 2 роки тому

    This seems like a list where the number 1 is eaaasy to predict

  • @JalebJay
    @JalebJay 2 роки тому

    I'm disappointed Relentless Rats didn't show up on this list.

  • @natenathan2654
    @natenathan2654 2 роки тому

    i want to.build a deck with holde

  • @RaynmanPlays
    @RaynmanPlays 2 роки тому +1

    Nizzhon trying to convince us that rats don't carry the plague.

    • @GigaBoost
      @GigaBoost 2 роки тому +2

      Read a modern history book

    • @nickalasmontano1496
      @nickalasmontano1496 2 роки тому +1

      They don't. Fleas do. That would be like calling humans carriers of typhus or malaria.

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому +1

      People at the time had no idea where plague was coming from, they only figured it out in the 19th century. So, hard to blame our misconceptions about rats on plague. Plus, fleas were a necessary middle vector to infect us. We wouldn't have caught it from rats without the fleas, so I think that means the fleas are more to blame. It has more to do with them infiltrating food stores and the like.

    • @RaynmanPlays
      @RaynmanPlays 2 роки тому

      @@NizzahonMagic Except the people with superstitions about and fear of rats were more likely to not be infected, and therefore more likely to survive, crowding out those that did not have superstitions and fears.
      Also, rats still spread the plague, whether the people at the time knew it or not.

    • @NizzahonMagic
      @NizzahonMagic  2 роки тому +1

      @@RaynmanPlays You do know I have a PhD in medieval history right?
      What you're saying isn't backed up by sources. People blamed stuff for sure, but the main causes people came up with were:
      1. God's wrath
      2. Jews poisoning wells
      3. Witches
      4. Cats
      As you can see, rats don't get any mention. This is true in sources throughout the world.
      So the idea that rats were spreading the disease in the 14th century wasn't a thing.
      And, again, it is the fleas that spread the disease, not rats themselves! You need both.
      And yeah, they were an important vector, and they can spread other diseases too with an intermediate vector. But that would be like assuming dogs are bad because they can give you rabies.