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Ravenous RatsdiscardBudget$0.13A classic two-mana discard-on-ETB creature in black, filling the same early disruption role. It is simpler than Rotting Rats but still pressures opposing hands.Burglar RatdiscardBudget$0.24Essentially the modern functional equivalent of Rotting Rats' ETB discard pattern, making each player discard a card is replaced by each opponent. It is often better in multiplayer because it avoids self-discard.Virus BeetlediscardBudget$0.24Another 2-mana black creature that forces a discard on entry, serving the same low-cost hand disruption role. It is a strict budget-style analog in many decks.Liliana's Specterdiscard$3.03A 3-mana discard creature that trades Rotting Rats' recursion for flying and a cleaner one-card discard effect. It serves a very similar attrition function at a slightly higher cost.Mindwrack HarpyutilityBudget$0.31A black discard-creature that drains opponents' resources by affecting hands through library-mill pressure and incidental life loss. It fits the same evasive attrition shell as recursive discard creatures.Falkenrath NoblefinisherBudget$0.22Like Rotting Rats, it rewards repeated creature recursion and grindy board states, but with life drain instead of discard. It occupies a similar black attrition-value role in sacrifice and recursion decks.Oona's ProwlerdiscardBudget$0.64A cheap black flyer that pressures hands by forcing discard as a cost to reduce its drawback, making it a strong early discard-adjacent threat. It plays in the same low-CMC disruption space.Bloodghastutility$1.50Not a discard creature, but it is a recursive black value threat that repeatedly returns from the graveyard like Rotting Rats' unearth creates repeat value. It is a strong functional substitute for graveyard-based attrition decks.
