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A small sub-set of the cards were included in the Magic Online Cube starting November 27, 2024

Since many rats care about the number of rats you have, cards like Pack Rat, Ogre Chitterlord and Vren, the Relentless are enablers and payoffs for the strategy, creating rats that grow in sequence with one another

The last ETBs and exiles any permanents, not just dorks, and you can cast it while exiled

Retreat to Coralhelm, Sakura-Tribe Scout, and a bounce land like Simic Growth Chamber establish a strong loop to get infinite landfall triggers, and thats just the simplest combo to come to mind

In the later rounds, they do become more of a priority

Later, it can flip into Phoenix, Warden of Fire, a saga that burns opponents twice before it revives creatures with a total mana value of 6