Dead and Back Again, A Necromancer's Tale

Commander / EDH* Mono-Black Reanimator Sacrifice Tokens Zombie

Massacar

Creature (28)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Champion of the Perished
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gravespawn Sovereign
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shepherd of Rot
• 1x Tainted Adversary
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cemetery Recruitment
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Victimize

Land (34)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 27x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Instant (10)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Defile
• 1x Drag to the Underworld
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Grasp of Darkness
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Urborg Justice
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Vona's Hunger

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x The Meathook Massacre

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Death Tyrant
• 1x Eternal Taskmaster
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Living Death
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Instant (2)

• 1x Dismember
• 1x Go for the Throat

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Necrosynthesis

Artifact (1)

• 1x Bontu's Monument

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Gisa, Glorious Resurrector is out here living her best life, namely by ending yours.

This is a zombie tribal that also focuses on Gisa's ability to steal opponents recently deceased creatures during your upkeep. Main paths to exploiting this will be through a combination of targeted removal like Defile and Avatar of Woe, asymmetrical/malleable board wipes like In Garruk's Wake and Killing Wave, and just general combat exchanges to try to steal valuable pieces from opponents.

The game plan is to be building up your zombie forces to crush your opponents through overwhelming strength if possible, it is also possible to assemble an infinite mana combo to just dump into Exsanguinate.

Still making the last few cuts.

Attrition/Avatar of Woe are great repeatable removal effects that play well with Gisa.

Combos

Diregraf Colossus + Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar = 2/2 zombie tokens/or infinite mana and death loop

Gisa, Glorious Resurrector + Killing Wave/Force of Despair/Vona's Hunger = Kill as much as you can afford while sparring Gisa, get many things next upkeep

5/5 or greater + Ghoulcaller Gisa + Gravespawn Sovereign = make zombie tokens, tap tokens to steal/trade up from another graveyard

Wincons

BRAAAAAAAAAAAIINNNNSSS omnomnom

Death by aristocrats

Top Ranked	Achieved #17 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #12 position in Commander / EDH 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Black 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Reanimator 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	102
Avg. CMC	2.88
Tokens	City's Blessing, Human Soldier 1/1 W, On an Adventure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	Commander Decks, Decks, EDH Ideas, Mine