Mono-Black Zombies

Pioneer Competitive Devotion Lifegain Mono-Black Tokens Zombie

KingZale

Creature (33)

• 4x Cryptbreaker
• 4x Death Baron
• 3x Diregraf Colossus
• 4x Dread Wanderer
• 4x Dreadmalkin
• 3x Lazotep Reaver
• 4x Lord of the Accursed
• 3x Plague Belcher
• 4x Relentless Dead

Land (23)

• 13x Swamp
• 4x Castle Locthwain
• 4x Mutavault
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (2)

• 2x Grasp of Darkness

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Dark Salvation

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 3x Murderous Rider
• 2x Rotting Regisaur

Artifact (3)

• 3x Sorcerous Spyglass

Instant (4)

• 2x Cast Down
• 2x To the Slaughter

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Dark Salvation
• 2x Witch's Vengeance

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• A cheap, good, and potentially powerful answer I have found for most control like Detention Sphere is Dreadmalkin . After a bit of play-testing, I have found this card gets a ton of value when used to sac cards that would otherwise be removed, and it keeps their value.

• I really like the addition of Plague Belcher for now. I am still in the process of play-testing, but so far, having a big body hit the board at turn 3 with menace is a game changer.

• Relentless Dead gets a lot of value out of the Dreadmalkin and Plague Belcher . Being able to chump block, then sac it for the counters on Dreadmalkin , while also pinging opponent for 1 with Plague Belcher worked several times. Its a bit mana heavy, but it adds a lot of value for only 4 mana when everything is on the board already.

• The Diregraf Colossus is added to help fill the field with zombies in order to widen my field for a big swing using the Lord of the Accursed's ability. Also works as fodder for Dreadmalkin and Plague Belcher 's ping

• Some of the main problems I have seen with this deck is its ability to deal with flyers. To somewhat help with it I have added in 2 Dark Salvation along with the Grasp of Darkness . I can ignore the cost to cast a kill spell for a . And if I have enough mana, I can further increase its effectiveness by adding a couple of zombies to the field.

• Still working on fixing up the sideboard.

Top Ranked	Achieved #59 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #5 position in Pioneer 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Pioneer Competitive 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Pioneer Tokens 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 10 Rares 8 - 5 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.00
Tokens	Human Cleric 1/1 WB, On an Adventure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	Mono-Black Pioneer