Centre for Disease Control

Commander / EDH MindAblaze

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Head CoIIector says... #1

April 6, 2017 8:09 p.m.

MindAblaze says... #2

Gravecrawler seems obvious but just doesn't do enough. A 2/1 that doesn't block is pointless, unfortunately.

Grimgrin, Corpse-Born was in the deck before too, but it's not the kind of card that generates enough value for this deck without going infinite but the individual pieces of a Necrotic Ooze combo deck weren't strong enough to include without going all in.

April 6, 2017 9:27 p.m.

MindAblaze says... #3

I'm thinking I want to add Lord of the Accursed, and possibly Vizier of Many Faces. There are some interesting cards in HOU too, but slots are tight. Any suggestions?

Graf Harvest has been really strong, but it becomes redundant with the new zombie lord. I'm not upset by a bit of redundancy, especially since it still makes tokens.

July 13, 2017 11:14 a.m.

MindAblaze says... #4

Also, Kindred Discovery+Rooftop Storm+Shambling Shell = "infinite" draw/dredge plus an arbitrarily large creature (with a limit, that I will not bother to calculate here...)

Drawing cards for playing my stuff and attacking with zombie tokens seems good.

August 12, 2017 3:24 p.m.

MindAblaze says... #5

Thoughts on the dude from Amonkhet that causes opponents to lose one life whenever a Zombie I control dies?

October 11, 2017 5:37 p.m.

Sounds fineTry Shepherd of Rot

October 11, 2017 8:55 p.m.

pidyon says... #7

Instead of running Plague Belcher I would suggest running a Blood Artist , which is objectively better in every way. It costs less, doesn't give your creatures -1/-1 counters, activates for every creature death as opposed to just your zombies, and also gains you a life as it takes a life from your opponents. The only drawback I could imagine is that it's not a zombie.

June 7, 2019 1:51 p.m.

MindAblaze says... #8

I could run Zulaport Cutthroat too if I wanted. Better than Blood Artist in that it hits each opponent, and isn’t a 0/1. Worse in that it only cares about my things dying.

That being said, I’m not sure I really need any of the three here. 90% of the time this deck wins with Triskelion + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed . The zombie tokens are primarily a distraction and a back up win condition.

June 7, 2019 9:06 p.m.

MindAblaze says... #9

VietMoneys thanks for the upvotes. Any thoughts for improvements?

June 18, 2019 11:50 a.m.

VietMoneys says... #10

No problem, amigo. I like your style! Splendid Reclamation seems like a pretty big swing here, but I am sort of in love with that card.

June 18, 2019 6:48 p.m.

MindAblaze says... #11

It’s a good card, other than the ramp, what upside do you think it has?

June 18, 2019 7:35 p.m.

VietMoneys says... #12

Oh, it's purely ramp, no doubt about it. You've got a relatively high average CMC for this deck, so i think some sorcery-speed ramp is appropriate, and in a deck with self-mill stapled onto the commander and a full suite of fetchlands, this could be a 4 CMC ramp spell that nets you 4+ mana. Pretty hard to beat that rate!

June 19, 2019 8:07 p.m. Edited.

SharadSun says... #13

August 7, 2019 3:45 p.m. Edited.

MindAblaze says... #14

Instead of what?

August 7, 2019 7:02 p.m.

SharadSun says... #15

IMO Altar of Dementia takes priority over Grisly Salvage .

August 14, 2019 3:46 p.m.

MindAblaze says... #16

Done. I am never disappointed to draw Grisly Salvage , but at the same time I am never going to attempt to reuse it via E Witness etc. I’ll give the Altar a try.

August 15, 2019 12:52 a.m.

MindAblaze says... #17

Any thoughts about Bone Miser ? Really only good when I have Survival of the Fittest out I guess...

August 15, 2019 1:17 a.m.

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