An Answer to the Prayers [Zombie Tribal + Primer]
Modern
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ZendikariWol says... #2
Defile from Modern Horizons could also be strong against aggro if you add a few swamps.
June 9, 2019 1:33 a.m.
definitely Carrion Feeder and probably Undead Augur from modern horizons. would love to see an edited list.
June 9, 2019 5:48 p.m.
skoobysnackz says... #4
I second at least Carrion Feeder , and Prismatic Vista would be a nice addition too. Also, I would have a couple copies of Gray Merchant of Asphodel in here over Undead Warchief . Nice deck and page, +1.
June 9, 2019 6:56 p.m.
Zombies are pretty much midrange, so a card like Dead of Winter is pretty nice. It could take the place of Nameless Inversion as better removal.
June 9, 2019 9:03 p.m.
I see a core of: 4x Carrion Feeder 4x Gravecrawler 4x Undead Augur 4x Geralfs Messenger 4x Plague Belcher
its an aggressive curve, you can sacrifice your zombies into carrion feeder, recuring gravecrawlers, damaging via belcher, drawing cards from augur, removing +1/+1 counters from your messengers with the belchers to sacrifice them again. Theres tons of noncombat reach in that core. Probably some cryptbreakers and lords in the mix for good measure. bloodghast could be good albeit not being a zombie. Or Graveyard Marshal .
June 9, 2019 9:28 p.m.
Ok so I'm just going to address all previous comments in the same post to save time
I'm liking the idea of Carrion Feeder being SBT Diregraf Ghoul , and I'm also ok with cutting both copies of Undead Warchief to supplement the addition of extra Plague Belcher s
I'm am seeing a problem however of making sure that I kill the opponent faster than I can kill myself, so I feel like if changing over to the more sac oriented core, then I would most likely have to mainboard Gray Merchant of Asphodel (x2) to keep my life total happy, which tbh doesn't leave much room for the Undead Augur s but I can cut Nameless Inversion as well, because I would need the extra draw.
I get the idea of Prismatic Vista but I don't think it to be necessary at the moment, so you'll have to sell me on it more first. I'm not against it, but just not right now I think.
Also for now, no to Graveyard Marshal and Dreadhorde Invasion
June 9, 2019 10:17 p.m.
Without any fetches, Canopy lands, or Carrion Feeder how will you be able to choose when to revolt your Fatal Push es? You got Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth which should be serving the role of letting you use fetches without sacrificing them until you want to revolt your Push. You could even use the black Canopies in this regard.
Without Feeder, Plague Belcher seems really middling.
Carrion Feeder combines with Gravecrawler to enable silly value engines with Undead Augur and Diregraf Colossus as well as instant speed Relentless Dead activations.
June 9, 2019 10:38 p.m.
Happymaster19 crap, my wallet is hating that point on the fetch lands lmao
June 9, 2019 10:40 p.m.
I’m sure many Modern players’ wallets are drenched in tears and devoid of funds. No announcement on meaningful reprints coupled with surging interest in the Modern format will do that.
June 10, 2019 12:35 a.m.
please note that x3 of cards is so that i can reliably playtest, I am aware x4 is more reliable for draw
June 10, 2019 12:38 a.m.
on another note, whats your opinion of Liliana, Untouched By Death ? Seems like an ok addition in place of 1 or 2 of the 3 mana lilis as your 3 mana slot is already pretty clogged. the + helps stabilizing your lifetotal and fills your yard with stuff like gravecrawlers and fuels your colossus and relentless dead. the "ultimate" can be gamewinning with the right amount of mana/creatures in the yard.
June 10, 2019 8:38 a.m.
Dismember doesn't feel right. Maybe change it to another Fatal Push (you have fetches already to trigger it easy without Carrion), Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet , Ghost Quarter or Damping Sphere depending on meta. Your Lilis can be slow in the mainboard and should probably be in the sideboard since you alrrady have a ton of 3 drops. Seeing that you added fetches, you can opt to go Orzhov or Rakdos zombies if you like.
BW can give you Wayward Servant and Corpse Knight which are with Carrion Feeder , Undead Augur , and Gravecrawler on the field. Those colors also give you some hate cards like Kataki, War's Wage and Stony Silence . You also can rely less on 3 drops, have a more efficient curve, and Carrion Feeder becomes a mana sink mid-late game. It's midrange and is efficient.
BR can give you Lightning Bolt , Dreadhorde Butcher , Rakdos Charm , and Abrade . You don't have to rely on 3 drops since your highest cmc is 2. This is more Aggro and is pretty fast against slow decks like control.
July 11, 2019 9:45 a.m.
Dismember I feel is a fine sideboard addition. Gets around indestructible which Fatal Push just doesnt.
Kalitas, is not a zombie creature type so sorry he will not be making an appearance in the deck sadly.
Ghost Quarter is too slow getting out reliably so also pass for now.
Damping Sphere hurts my gameplan too and turns nykthos into a basic swamp at best
This decklist will be staying mono-black however I do feel like both bw and br zombies can be strong. Hell. Even UB zombies has some decent cards, however if I build a deck it will be it's own thing. Not here.
July 12, 2019 1:45 p.m.
DemonicExecuter says... #15
What about adding Liliana, Dreadhorde General , would it be a card worth adding or not because of the other Liliana planeswalkers?
September 6, 2019 12:10 p.m.
TheDuggernaught says... #16
probably not worth adding due to the high cmc. You are not going to be able to regularly cast something with a cmc of 6.
September 6, 2019 6:59 p.m.
broitsjustagame says... #17
Any thoughts about Stitcher's Supplier or Champion of the Perished?
ZendikariWol says... #1
Dreadhorde Invasion could be a solid inclusion, on account of being able to both chump-block and save up for a much larger block. If you let it go a while, you can end up with a pretty big zombie. It’s actually really good against control imo, since it’s so damn hard to deal with.
June 9, 2019 1:30 a.m.