Ghouls

Commander / EDH Casual Mono-Black Tokens Tokens Zombie

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Creature (28)

• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Zombie Master
• 1x Boneyard Scourge
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Soulless One
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Noxious Ghoul
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Gravespawn Sovereign
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Scourge of Nel Toth

Artifact (14)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Stoneforge Masterwork
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Heirloom Blade
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Gauntlet of Power

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Beseech the Queen

Instant (2)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander (1)

Land (39)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 29x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

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Ghoulcaller Gisa

She makes ghoulies to eat your frens

Strategy

This deck's goal is to attack with an army of zombies. It tries to make that army by sacrificing things to Ghoulcaller Gisa. The tokens grow in power with cards like Eldrazi Monument, Heraldic Banner, Lord of the Accursed and Coat of Arms. There are plenty of tutors in the deck such as Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor, but what to tutor depends on the situation. I will usually tutor Phyrexian Arena if I can get it into play on turn 3. Technically you could tutor Skullclamp and Gravecrawler with Final Parting.

Gravecrawler combos with cards that care about casting black spells or creatures entering the battlefield, such as Bontu's Monument or Ayara, First of Locthwain. It's typically the best card to tutor if you're not mana screwed and don't need anything specific, as it combos so well with much of the deck. Otherwise Cabal Coffers, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth or Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx can really amplify the mana you're working with. Coat of Arms is good if you can attack on the same turn, forcing instant-speed artifact removal - otherwise, Eldrazi Monument is a great defensive choice.

Buried Alive usually has me choosing Gravecrawler and Scourge of Nel Toth, and then either Risen Executioner, Boneyard Scourge if I plan on comboing it with Scourge of Nel Toth, or Gravespawn Sovereign if I have a way to get it out of the graveyard.

Gravespawn Sovereign is probably one of the best cards in the deck as it can recur not only all your own creatures, but your opponents' as well. Too bad it costs a whopping six mana. Gravecaller Gisa has the "5 untapped zombies" part covered.

God-Eternal Bontu can draw a crazy amount of cards, and if Coat of Arms or Stoneforge Masterwork are in play, so can Disciple of Bolas. You could get into a situation where you sacrifice God-Eternal Bontu to make some zombies with Ghoulcaller Gisa, and then sacrifice those zombies upon re-casting God-Eternal Bontu! It's free cards!

Running out of life and dying is bad so Bontu's Monument, Ayara, First of Locthwain, Whip of Erebos, Murderous Rider, Twilight Prophet and Disciple of Bolas try to stave that gruesome end off. This deck doesn't have a lot of lifegain, but hey, most decks can't do it all!

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed is really strong simply because he lets all your zombies die twice. They were going to die anyways, and they'll get revived anyways, but Mikaeus, the Unhallowed just makes it better. It's also nice to have him in play before Damnation hits the board. Huh, I guess that'd be another pair to tutor - Damnation and Mikaeus, the Unhallowed. Revive Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and then whabam, board wipe!

Noxious Ghoul combined with Endless Ranks of the Dead will board-wipe all non-zombies every turn until your opponents deal with the problem.

The one thing this deck doesn't do is replay non-creatures or shuffle the graveyard into the library. If a non-creature gets milled or ends up in the library, it's gone. I thought about adding an Eldrazi to make it so cards could be replayed, but let's be honest, by the time making a play like that makes sense, the game should be over anyways ^_^

Omissions

There aren't any cards that let you sacrifice creatures to gain mana, like Phyrexian Altar, or the incredibly strong Thornbite Staff because this deck is made to play in a group that bans infinite combos. I could put Thornbite Staff in and not infinitely combo with it, but in my opinion it'd be too strong for my playgroup.

Deck Building

I've noticed the deck runs a lot smoother with some cheap draw spells like Sign in Blood and Read the Bones. I'd like to put another in but I think I've already used them all.

Perhaps slotting in Talisman of Dominance might be a good idea.

Maybeboard

Maybeboard

• Gravebreaker Lamia
• Bontu's Last Reckoning
• Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• Caged Sun

post order swaps

Lashwrithe -> Heirloom Blade

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	City's Blessing, On an Adventure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Casual Custom Decks, Decks i want