The Darkness Rises

Commander / EDH* Aggro Casual Mono-Black Reanimator Zombie

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Creature (33)

• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Champion of Stray Souls
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Ghoul
• 1x Festering Mummy
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Ghoulraiser
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gutter Skulk
• 1x Hunted Ghoul
• 1x Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
• 1x Lifebane Zombie
• 1x Liliana's Elite
• 1x Lim-Dul the Necromancer
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Merciless Eternal
• 1x Miasmic Mummy
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Rancid Rats
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Scourge of Nel Toth
• 1x Severed Legion
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Stronghold Assassin
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
• 1x Wight of Precinct Six

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Aphetto Dredging
• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cemetery Recruitment
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Endless Obedience
• 1x From Under the Floorboards
• 1x Ghastly Conscription
• 1x Ghoulcaller's Chant
• 1x Gisa's Bidding
• 1x Moan of the Unhallowed
• 1x Morbid Plunder
• 1x Raise Dead
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Twilight's Call
• 1x Zombie Apocalypse

Instant (3)

• 1x Death Denied
• 1x Spoils of Blood
• 1x Unmake the Graves

Artifact (2)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Grimoire of the Dead

Commander (1)

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Call to the Grave
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Graf Harvest
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Liliana's Mastery

Land (35)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 32x Swamp

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Sideboard

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Midnight Ritual

Instant (1)

• 1x Vile Rebirth

Creature (3)

• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Massacre Wurm

Land (3)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Nephalia Academy

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Maybeboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Abattoir Ghoul
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Helldozer
• 1x Putrid Imp
• 1x Soulless One
• 1x Stromgald Crusader
• 1x Sultai Emissary

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Call to the Netherworld
• 1x Dark Salvation
• 1x In Garruk's Wake

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Zombie Infestation

Instant (2)

• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Empty the Pits

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Black Zombie counter part to my White Humans EDH deck. There's not much to say about it really like it's counterpart it's a theme deck; in this case Black/Zombies, the Undead and the Grave. So death, lots and lots of death including death to all - Black Sun's Zenith , Damnation , and Decree of Pain . But there's not much to worry as you can simply bring all your creatures back with Zombie Apocalypse or them and more with Grimoire of the Dead or Rise of the Dark Realms , or baring that use you dead comrades as fuel for the 2/2 zombie token engine with Midnight Ritual or Empty the Pits . As a casual theme deck there's not any specific combos, though if you get a few Lords ( Lord of the Undead , Cemetery Reaper , Lord of the Accursed ) and the Commander Mikaeus, the Unhallowed out your 2/2 Zombie tokens easily become 4/4 or 5/5. Combining that with Ghoulcaller Gisa you can take one 5/5 Zombie token and make five 5/5 tokens. Even worse - for you opponents that is - is combing Gisa's abilities with Mikaeus' Undying mechanic, suddenly your boosted 9/9 Scourge of Nel Toth makes nine 5/5 zombie tokens and comes back as a 10/10. Sac him again next turn and use his own ability to sacrifice a measly 2 of the 19 zombies you've created to return him to the field again as a 9/9...Rinse and repeat. For some defense dump the powerful Vengeful Pharaoh in the grave early before you have the mana to cast him and let him watch the battle from the grave, threatening any creature that dares to try to damage you. Finally there's the horrendously effective Endless Ranks of the Dead which will turn those seventeen 5/5 zombies you made into 25 the next turn and 37 the next!!! And that's not counting what else is on the field.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 1 Mythic Rares 29 - 6 Rares 13 - 2 Uncommons 15 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.91
Tokens	Horror */* B, Manifest 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Physically Finished [Extant] Decks