The Scarab God

Commander / EDH

Tolarus

Creature (39)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Balthor the Defiled
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Dralnu, Lich Lord
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Gisa and Geralf
• 1x Grave Defiler
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gravespawn Sovereign
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized*
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Helldozer
• 1x Lich Lord of Unx
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Noxious Ghoul
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Skirk Ridge Exhumer
• 1x Stitcher Geralf
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vengeful Dead
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Withered Wretch
• 1x Zombie Master
• 1x Zombie Trailblazer

Land (36)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 9x Island
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Urborg
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rooftop Storm

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Dark Salvation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Zombie Apocalypse

Commander (1)

Instant (8)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (5)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Untouched By Death

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Training Grounds

Creature (2)

• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Shepherd of Rot

Instant (1)

• 1x Force of Will

Artifact (2)

• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Whip of Erebos

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This is a basic zombie tribal combo deck. It can win through normal combat, but has enough combos to go off and win without attacking. Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated!

I'm debating whether Vedalken Orrery would be a good addition to let my combos go off at instant speed and help protect Gravecrawler from being exiled from the graveyard. The deck needs some kind of redundancy for Gravecrawler since it's so integral to so many combos, so Risen Executioner may be able to fill the role in a pinch, but only if I have Rooftop Storm in play.

There may be more combos in the deck that I haven't noticed, but at the moment, it has these:

• Grimgrin + Gravecrawler + Rooftop Storm = Unlimited counters for Grimgrin

• Gravecrawler + Rooftop Storm + Vengeful Dead + sac outlet = Unlimited damage to all opponents

• Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar + Vengeful Dead = Unlimited damage to all opponents

• Gravecrawler + Rooftop Storm + Vengeful Dead + sac outlet = Unlimited damage to all opponents

• Diregraf Captain + Gravecrawler + Rooftop Storm + sac outlet = Unlimited life loss to opponents

• Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Rite of Replication = 60 life drained from all opponents, if your board was empty before the Merchant

• Ashnod's Altar + Grave Titan + Nim Deathmantle = Unlimited zombies

• Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + Zombie Master = Unblockable zombies

• Gravespawn Sovereign + Intruder Alarm = All creatures from all graveyards into play under your control, plus untap triggers for all of your creatures

• Gravecrawler + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Phyrexian Altar = Unlimited mana

• Diregraf Colossus + Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar = Unlimited zombies

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Ashnod's Altar + Grave Titan + Nim Deathmantle Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Rite of Replication Gravecrawler + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Phyrexian Altar Gravecrawler + Rooftop Storm + Vengeful Dead Diregraf Colossus + Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar + Vengeful Dead Gravespawn Sovereign + Intruder Alarm
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.48
Tokens	1/1 B Token Creature Zombie Goblin, Copy Clone, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Wizard 1/1 UB, Zombie X/X U