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@packratmtg.bsky.social
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Hello! I'm Will (He/Him) - a British Magic the Gathering "content creator". I (hope to) make short form content that focuses on weird budget cards to fill expensive niches in EDH! (See also: @itscaptaindisco.bsky.social)

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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Rest in my Gran-Gran she got hit by a Banzooka
B+R for August 10th 2026
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I need to remember to post more here - anyway, enjoy a rat dwarf I did for a post
A Rat dressed as a dwarf
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Dwarven King was entirely unprepared for how sick Smaug was
Smaug, Wicked Worm except he's riding a skateboard, and is wearing a snapback and sunglasses
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I know myself & my struggles with choices
Divorce leads to the worst places - on one side, Goblins on the other, Dwarves. The pit reads A Terrible Mardu deck in Sealed
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Building an Esper Urza deck & Augustin is in my binder at home, calling to me like the Green Goblin mask
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Finally, Ultron or a Marionette Master or Apprentice will turn each treasure into more burn against your opponents and shield you from a nasty Vandalblast.
Vandalblast? Sounds like your problem! Ultron the Annihilator
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Maybe your opponent has the Serra emblem & an indestructible creature? Don't worry, we can deal with that.
Turn your opponents' legions into ash! Arcbound Condor
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
But my personal favourite is this common from Aetherdrift to help you drain your opponents into oblivion.
If you prefer drain to burn, this might be your new bestie. Turn that treasure into delicious lifegain...
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Some added burn will help you stay ahead (or catch up if you're a little behind your opponents)
Here's a fun trio to burn your foes! Weftstalker Ardent, Reckless Fireweaver & Hedron Detonator
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I've seen a lot of creators talk about this lot (and Blasphemous Act, too) but I think that two of these three cards are contingent on you being ahead - which feels unlikely with Smaug in the command zone!
This trio has already gotten a lot of the spotlight - Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnaught, Pyrohemia & Pestilence - Which makes sense, they're basically the Magic equivalent of a money-printing machine — but can we make Smaug worse? Here's a handful of cards that will do that!
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thread here! I keep thinking about this card & all the fun things we can do to exploit it, as I'm sure many others have, too!
Cards for Smaug the Impenetrable that just make sense
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
If you see me at Amsterdam, I'll have two or three of these bad boys to give away!
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Had someone at my LGS print my rat tokens as actual, usable tokens. If you want one, I'll have a couple to spare in Amsterdam!
A series of rat tokensRat token
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This rat's headed to Magic-Con: Amsterdam - if you're going to be there too, say hey! Let's play some card games, besties
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Drew some rats today
Pencil drawings of some rats
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
What if they printed Rhystic Study but it gave you 1/1 rat tokens instead of drawing cards? Welcome to my new series - EVERYTHING IS RATS
A crude MS Paint drawing of a rat wearing reading glasses, holding a book. He asks if you pay the one rat. Above the rat is a title - Rat-stic Study (2 colourless mana, one black)
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Some upgrades to Vren arrived today
Vona's Hunger & Throat Slitter
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Today's project:
An MS paint drawing of a communist rat
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Look at this fucking idiot
The Tesco Fruit Giant
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
ERM, try again sweaty
Susan Forman from the Doctor Who set
Literally only useful for a Planeswalking deck, and nobody plays that, right??
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I love this card both mechanically & thematically. I had it in my Intet the Dreamer deck, but it's currently looking for a new home.
One with the Multiverse
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Here's a little more about me! Have you built any of these commanders before? If so, do you have any part cards that you've included as part of your decks?
Get To Know Me: Commanders edition written in white against a colourful backgroundFirst Commander - Lazav, Dimir Mastermind. I built a mill deck for my first commander... Sorry not sorry!
In the bottom left, a drawn version of Lazav as a rat stands holding a knife.Newest Commander - Vren the Relentless
My newest & current fave is my first rats deck. I slotted in a bunch of removal & just as many rats to overwhelm my unwitting opponents.
A drawing of Vren appears, commanding a horde of rat photographsCurrent Build - Urza, Chief Artificer.
I've wanted to build an artifacts deck for ages, and finally got my hands on some key pieces in order to do so. Sorry in advance to my playgroup, this is going to do some nasty work!
A drawing of Urza as a rat stands across from a retro styled robot.
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Can you guess which of my previous commanders this post will be about based on my MS Paint Rat?
A drawing of a rat in a cloak with a knife on top of a colourful background
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Thinking about these rat tokens again & wishing I had thought to keep them
A series of rat tokens that I've drawn
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Playing this in a deck with Crippling Fear was a work of art (also just picked up Filigree Angel, excited to use it)
Flatline from the Doctor Who Commander set
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Gotta keep promoting myself at the LGS
A drawing on a card of a rat smoking a cigarette
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Which commander are you picking based solely on the opening hand?
Hand 1: Shoreline Looter, Reliquary Tower, Firdoch Core, Command Tower, Sunken Hollow, Swamp & Cunning Rhetoric - Commander: Vren, the Relentless
Hand 2: Rogue's Passage, Heroic Intervention, Island, Forest, Wear Down & Bloomvine Regent - Commander: Eshki Dragonclaw
Hand 3: Memory Erosion, Arcane Signet, Darkslick Shores, Drown In The Loch, Propaganda, Seething Landscape & Singularity Rupture - Commander - Marchesa, Dealer of Death
Hand 4: Gristle Glutton, Dread Tiller, Swamp, Dusk Urchins, Vhati Il-Dhal, Mountain & Evolving Wilds - Commander: Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A photo of me receiving my Goblin Storm Secret Lair:
A drawing of a rat trying to cover up a printer & a copy of Zada, Hedron Grinder from the much scalped Wizards of the Barge secret lair
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Me running a Spellslinger deck:
A drawing of a rat wizard. He has a blue hat & purple and blue energy surrounds his front paws
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We're Close To The Edge Posting
Close to the Edge by Yes
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Everyone's laughing and Edgeposting and Boneposting except Buster
Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Do you want to up your Rat game in your pod? Why not try building a Wick-ed deck! Wick is one of the most versatile rat commanders out there, and flies under the radar for folks that don't know what he's capable of. If you want to see my list, check the reply!
Text reads: Ever wanted to give a rat a gun? Now you can, in three easy cards!

The image is a little rat giving the thumbs up, with Wick, the Whorled Mind behind itText reads: Play Impact Tremors, then play Conspiracy - naming rat. Then, because Conspiracy replaces all creature types, when you play Wick, he'll keep making infinite snail-rats, and infinite pings. Congrats, you gave a rat an uzi!

The same rat from the first image remains in the foreground, and Impact Tremors & Conspiracy are in the back instead.A close up of a rat in sunglasses with text reading "Rats-a la vista, baby"
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Pack Rat @packratmtg.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Quote this post with your favourite janky card. I'll go first! This is in my Auntie Ool deck & is designed to make everyone else suffer.
Trigon of Infestation - 4 Mana Artifact
Trigon of Infestation enters the battlefield with three charge counters on it.
GG, tap: Put a charge counter on Trigon of Infestation
2, Tap, Remove a charge counter from Trigon of Infestation: Put a 1/1 green insect creature token with Infect onto the battlefield. Art by Dave Allsop.
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