Emerging Zombies (KLD Standard)

Standard* Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir)

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Creature (26)

• 2x Cryptbreaker
• 2x Distended Mindbender
• 4x Haunted Dead
• 4x Prized Amalgam
• 4x Scrapheap Scrounger
• 4x Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip
• 4x Wharf Infiltrator
• 2x Wretched Gryff

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana, the Last Hope

Land (25)

• 4x Choked Estuary
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Island
• 4x Sunken Hollow
• 12x Swamp
• 3x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Sinister Concoction

Artifact (4)

• 4x Smuggler's Copter

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Geralf's Masterpiece
• 2x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Instant (4)

• 1x Grasp of Darkness
• 2x Negate
• 1x Summary Dismissal

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Collective Brutality
• 2x Dark Salvation
• 1x Harsh Scrutiny
• 1x Lost Legacy
• 2x Transgress the Mind

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1x Mindwrack Demon
• 1x Night Market Lookout
• 1x Relentless Dead

Land (1)

• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium

Artifact (1)

• 1x Smuggler's Copter

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It's been a little while since my last brew and I really liked the look of Sultai Emerge zombies from the last standard. The deck didn't lose too much (pain lands are a big loss) but Kaladesh has brought with it some new goodies to play with.

This is the deck that I took to FNM on the first week of Kaladesh standard and went 2-2 (1 win was a buy). Although not spectacular results, the deck was a lot of fun to play and with a few tweaks could become a ton better.

The main synergy is around recurring beaters Scrapheap Scrounger, Prized Amalgam and Haunted Dead along with a few cards to fill up the graveyard and some emerge creatures for late-game.

At the moment I am looking to drop Evolving Wilds and make some improvements to the sideboard. Any comments or suggestions on this specifically would be greatly appreciated!

If you like the deck, please remember to +1 and leave me a comment!

Here is a break down of the card choices.

Creatures Show

The meat of the deck.

Cryptbreaker Has a lot of promise. Something to do on turn 1, pilots Smuggler's Copter and enables turn 3 Voldaren Pariah  , discard outlet and late game draw engine. FOR 1 MANA!

Smuggler's Copter - While not technically a creature on it's own, this guy does a ton of work in this deck. Something to do on turn 2, becomes a 3/3 with evasion and helps cycle through our deck.

Wharf Infiltrator - Inconspicuous but this guy does a TON of work on this deck. An early creature with evasion, helps cycle through the deck and fill our graveyard AND adds a mid-game mana sink on top. Enables turn 3 Voldaren Pariah  

Scrapheap Scrounger - A new toy to play with from Kaladesh, this guy provides a strong body for 2 mana with recursion as well!

Prized Amalgam - A simple 3/3 for 3 but with a very relevant ability that the rest of the deck centers around. A decent beater which recurs for free helps to grind out games.

Haunted Dead - Extremely good enabler for Prized Amalgam,brings along a spirit (which is a fantastic pilot for Smuggler's Copter and amazing fodder for our emerge cards, Haunted Dead is very much the glue to gold the rest of the deck together.

Voldaren Pariah   - Evasive beater and removal in one neat little package. Can be played on turn 3 with help from Wharf Infiltrator and can also help power some emerge cards.

Wretched Gryff - An evasive body which draws a card and can be played on the cheap thanks to the other fodder cards.

Distended Mindbender - A large beater which shreds our opponent's hand.

Non-Creature Show

Some support to help push for the win.

Sinister Concoction - A turn 1 play which helps enable the other pieces of the deck and is efficient removal too boot!

Liliana, the Last Hope - An amazing walker which helps this deck immensely. The +1 can be removal or enable better trades. -2 fills the grave and nets some value. The ultimate gives this deck inevitability against slower control decks.

Lands Show

Mainly basics and color fixing, but a few notable lands.

Westvale Abbey   - With the amount of fodder in this deck, Westvale Abbey   gives a very real win con for very little cost.

Sideboard Show

Still very much a work in progress at the meta starts to change after rotation.

Harsh Scrutiny - A very potent discard card which can also help improve our early game draws.

Dark Salvation - A decent mid-late game card which can act as removal and help go wide

Negate - Improves the control match up and provides a reactive way to deal with planeswalkers

Grasp of Darkness - Efficient removal to help deal with Archangel Avacyn and the like.

Collective Brutality - Discard, removal and life swing all in one!

Transgress the Mind - Proactive removal for otherwise unkillable threats and also provides early information on our opponent's hand

Lost Legacy - An extremely powerful 'Lobotomize' effect which can remove any annoying cards from our opponent's deck

Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet - Powerful mid-game creature which can eat up Prized Amalgam or Haunted Dead for value. Also hates on any opposing graveyard strategies.

Summary Dismissal - An expensive but very powerful counterspell which has the rare effect of removing spells and abilities straight off the stack.

Geralf's Masterpiece - An evasive beater with recursion.

Ob Nixilis Reignited - Unconditional removal and card draw on legs. The emblem is a viable alternate win-con vs control decks.

Maybeboard Show

Cards which I'm currently considering.

Indulgent Aristocrat - Lifelinking body and sacrifice outlet

Night Market Lookout - Turn 1 play that pilots Smuggler's Copter and helps drain our opponent.

Relentless Dead - Evasive 2 drop, relevant creature type and synergy with Przied Amalgam.

Mindwrack Demon - Large evasive beater with a "downside" of filling up our graveyard. Current deck list makes enabling delirium a little bit difficult.

Geier Reach Sanitarium - A land which also acts as card cycling.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 4 Mythic Rares 35 - 5 Rares 7 - 3 Uncommons 3 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	Eldrazi Horror 3/2 C, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Spirit 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B