Skip the $20+ cards (Thrumming Stone, Coat of Arms, Cover of Darkness) and the deck still hums: Commander: Karumonix, the Rat King (~$1) Engines: Pack Rat (~$3.30), Piper of the Swarm (~$3), Ogre Slumlord (~$0.45), a couple of Relentless Rats / Rat Colony (~$56 each cap the copies to stay on budget) Payoffs/utility: Crypt Rats (~$0.50), Nezumi Bone-Reader (~$0.40), Bontu the Glorified (~$3) as a sac outlet, Throne of the God-Pharaoh only if budget allows The rest: cheap black removal, Swamps, and a Sol Ring The whole list comes in well under $50, and it scales up gracefully add Marrow-Gnawer and Thrumming Stone later and the same shell jumps several power levels
But ultimately, Geralf feels lost to time
Originally, the reprint policy made an exception for premium versions of cards, which Wizards took advantage of by printing Phyrexian Negator in Duel Deck: Phyrexia vs
Its slow and costs three colors, which are significant downsides, but Muldrotha could be good in the right deck
Notably, opponents can't try to change by how much The Great Henge's cost is reduced
Mana Confluence Im fairly certain that any three-color deck in Standard that has any interest in aggression will play four of this card