# Rats U/B

- Format: Standard (casual 60-card constructed), intended for two players.
- Colors: blue / black.
- List: [blb-rats-ub.csv](blb-rats-ub.csv). Sideboard: [sideboard.csv](sideboard.csv).
- Guide (Spanish): [guide_blb-rats-ub.html](guide_blb-rats-ub.html).
- Core source: Bloomburrow pulls plus Nashi, Searcher in the Dark (DSK) and
  Sold Out (TLA); basic lands from Foundations pulls.
- Status: new build, no precon cards.
- Owner: the friend's Standard deck, paired with his
  [Zoraline](../../commander/blb-zoraline-bats/README.md) Commander.
  Both can be built at the same time: the main 60 fit his 60 extra sleeves,
  and no card needs more copies than the pulls hold, sideboard included.
  His decks have priority over the rest of the collection. To make that
  work, one Diresight became Reverent Howl, and the sideboard swapped Darkstar
  Augur, one Scavenger's Talent and the second Early Winter (used by
  Zoraline) for two Sold Out.
- Upgrade (friend merge): with the Bats W/B test deck retired and Zoraline
  no longer using Daggerfang Duo, Persistent Marshstalker, Psychic Whorl or
  Stargaze, two Huskburster Swarm (graveyard-cost finisher), Persistent
  Marshstalker and one Sold Out moved in for both Mind Drill Assailant, one
  Psychic Whorl and one Thornplate Intimidator, which went to the sideboard.

## Game plan

1. Mill yourself with Daggerfang Duo, Diresight and Psychic Whorl until
   threshold (seven or more cards in your graveyard).
2. Threshold turns Thought Shucker into a card-drawing threat, Nightwhorl
   Hermit into an unblockable attacker and Tidecaller Mentor into bounce.
3. Thornplate Intimidator drains or forces sacrifices; Bonebind Orator
   rebuys creatures from the stocked graveyard, and every creature card there
   makes Huskburster Swarm cheaper.

## Pull-pool tuning

- Wick, the Whorled Mind sits in the sideboard: his snail sacrifice costs
  {U}{B}{R} and the deck has no red.