'The flesh of the dead obey my whims'

Commander / EDH Budget Mono-Black Sacrifice Zombie

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Creature (39)

• 1x Accursed Marauder
• 1x Archghoul of Thraben
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Dregscape Zombie
• 1x Fell Stinger
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gempalm Polluter
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Servant
• 1x Headless Rider
• 1x Lazotep Reaver
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Miasmic Mummy
• 1x Mire Triton
• 1x Nantuko Husk
• 1x Nested Shambler
• 1x Phyrexian Ghoul
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Putrid Goblin
• 1x Returned Reveler
• 1x Shambling Ghast
• 1x Shepherd of Rot
• 1x Skirk Ridge Exhumer
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Undead Butler
• 1x Unshakable Tail
• 1x Vengeful Dead
• 1x Vile Entomber
• 1x Wailing Ghoul
• 1x Warren Soultrader
• 1x Zul Ashur, Lich Lord

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Embalmer's Tools
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Pyre of Heroes
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Ransack the Lab
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unearth

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Bridge from Below
• 1x Chthonian Nightmare
• 1x Ripples of Undeath
• 1x Tortured Existence

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 27x Swamp

Instant (3)

• 1x Corpse Churn
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Village Rites

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Creature (21)

• 1x Corpse Blockade
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Dread Wanderer
• 1x Elvish Dreadlord
• 1x Gempalm Polluter
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Gloomdrifter
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Gravespawn Sovereign
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Poxwalkers
• 1x Ragamuffyn
• 1x Retrofitted Transmogrant
• 1x Rot Hulk
• 1x Servant of Tymaret
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Silversmote Ghoul
• 1x Wailing Ghoul
• 1x Yixlid Jailer

Artifact (11)

• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Bubbling Cauldron
• 1x Claws of Gix
• 1x Demon's Horn
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Ghost Vacuum
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Prism Ring
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Seance Board
• 1x Thought Vessel

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Into the Pit

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Blasphemous Edict
• 1x Blood Money
• 1x Crippling Fear
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Exsanguinate

Land (3)

• 1x High Market
• 1x Horizon of Progress
• 1x Tomb Fortress

Instant (1)

• 1x Plunge into Darkness

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Zombie Tribal on a budget.

With a necromantic horde at your fingertips, take control of the game with bodies that can continuously garner value over time. Key pieces like Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Gravecrawler, Graveborn Muse, Cryptbreaker, Diregraf Colossus, Tomb Tyrant, Warren Soultrader and Undead Augur keep us in the game or combo into overwhelming advantage, ensuring victory in more fair ways. While soultrader is here with gravecrawler, there are no drain effects in the list, so it's hardly infinite. Still very powerful, though.

Liliana, Heretical Healer   is an excellent commander for the list, granting a repeatable reanimation spell from the zone. Alternately, Tormod, the Desecrator is also an excellent option if you want a more tribal based commander, though I would personally cut the Lily from the 99 seeing as she isn't a zombie.

Removal is pretty robust, though we miss out on the low price Toxic Deluge after it's recent reprint. Bontu's Last Reckoning is a fair replacement, though obviously worse. Noxious Ghoul, Accursed Marauder and Fleshbag Marauder provide some removal attached to putrid flesh, so they find places here as well. I'm currently considering bringing in another sweeper, but I haven't decided which ones I really like yet.

Reanimation is a major engine for our value train. Altar of Bhaal, Victimize, Unearth, Dread Return, Patriarch's Bidding and Chthonian Nightmare all do excellent work for us here. Chthonian Nightmare and Altar of Bhaal specifically have been outstanding engines.

Ramping is easy with a bunch of rocks, though I might add one or two more.

Typical games go one of two ways:

Cast unassuming creatures until you mill over something like Bridge from Below.

Win the game.

Or:

Cast a bunch of spells, garnering value and advantage via filling the graveyard.

Lose to graveyard hate. lol.

This deck is weak to static graveyard removal a la Rest in Peace, Planar Void, etc. With only a single Feed the Swarm in our arsenal to answer these sorts of spells, we will struggle to win those sorts of matchups. That's the nature of this sort of graveyard based strategy, which is something I rather enjoy.

Thanks for taking the time to look at the list. Let me know if you have any suggestions, though most cards over four or five bucks probably won't be considered unless they're cracked.

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Date added	2 years
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 28 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.44
Tokens	1/1 B Token Creature Zombie Goblin, Clue, Energy Reserve, Squirrel 1/1 G, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
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