They can be fairly devastating against anything not U/W. They’re solid against Selesnya, Rakdos, Golgari, and to a lesser extent Jund. Much more against Selesnya than against the decks running Mizzium Mortars, but they’re still a must answer threat. How good they’ll be as the Block gets an influx of new cards with the two next sets…well…we’ll see. But right now I’m picking them up with extra bot credit…I figure it’s a relatively no cost investment with a decent potential upside.

O guess they are good against any non-azorius deck then… i bought some at 0.08, no harm in doing that 🙂

The copies are token, this could also be helpful in specific decks. I really like that card. A rats lord in Gatecrash? 🙂

It looks like many of the Rakdos decks use Pack Rats in their sideboards. I’m not yet familiar with the Block metagame. It’s possible there is a deck archetype that is very weak to them. Also, with such a limited card pool, cards you would not expect become useful/played.

So, are they constructed playable? It appears that they are. Pack Rats is one to file away for the future..

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To correct myself, I’m not saying it’s not a good buy-opportunity, because all the reasons for it are there; just not that strong a card.

I still think it’s not that strong a card, especially against detention sphere; I expect it to see less play in the future, especially if gatecrash high-end creatures are any good.

I’m really surprised there are 19 pack rats in this list… are they really playable in constructed ??