Life is Milling Me

Commander / EDH Infinite Combo Mill Reanimator Tokens UB (Dimir) Zombie

Razulghul

Creature (30)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Dralnu, Lich Lord
• 1x Gempalm Polluter
• 1x Geralf's Masterpiece
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Geralf's Mindcrusher
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized*
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Jhessian Zombies
• 1x Lich Lord of Unx
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Phenax, God of Deception
• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Possessed Skaab
• 1x Prized Amalgam
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Undead Alchemist
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Withered Wretch
• 1x Zombie Master

Artifact (6)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Land (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bad River
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 7x Island
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Ill-Gotten Gains
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Tendrils of Agony
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Bridge from Below
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Mist of Stagnation
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients
• 1x Rooftop Storm

Instant (9)

• 1x Ancient Excavation *list*
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Read the Runes
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

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Creature (6)

• 1x Armored Skaab
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x Gravespawn Sovereign
• 1x Screeching Skaab
• 1x Undead Gladiator

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Dream Halls
• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Stasis
• 1x Web of Inertia

Instant (2)

• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Thought Scour

Artifact (1)

• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Patriarch's Bidding

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Thanks to Peter Steele and Type O Negative for the name:

"Just let me die with dignity.It's not suicide, simply mercy.

Life is killing me."

This deck is based on a old 60 card deck I ran when Mist of Stagnation first came out. In that deck I used cycling cards like Undead Gladiator and Gempalm Polluter to fill my yard while making tokens and using Withered Wretch with Web of Inertia and Mist of Stagnation to lock out opponents. This deck has some of those pieces that work in a edh environment but in truth is more of a combo deck with lots of ways to go infinite. The one thing that hasn't changed is the overall goal: fill up the graveyard as fast as possible.

Here are some wincons:

Gravecrawler is a big player in this deck, with Phyrexian Altar it can enable a kill with Tendrils of Agony, Bitter Ordeal and/or Diregraf Captain. This combo also allows for infinite tokens and mana with Diregraf Colossus or with Bridge from Below in the graveyard.

Gravecrawler and Rooftop Storm also allows for infinite mana with Phyrexian Altar or untaps for Grimgrin, Corpse-Born.

Intruder Alarm and Phyrexian Altar go infinite tokens and mana with Ghoulcaller Gisa. The alarm also allows you to go infinite with Phenax, God of Deception and Undead Alchemist depending upon your opponents deck (creature density) and how many zombies you have when it goes online (4 to 5 probably best against most decks).

Lastly we have Retribution of the Ancients and Phyrexian Altar. These two together allow me to infinitely sac and recur any undying creature such as Geralf's Messenger and Geralf's Mindcrusher for the win. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed out allows me to use any Zombie to kill with Diregraf Captain or go infinite mana with Gravecrawler.

Note: Any infinite mana combos with Phyrexian Altar also allow for repeatedly recasting Gisa and Geralf and allowing a zombie to be cast from the graveyard with each new cast.

So you can see there's a few ways to go but ultimately against a Leyline of the Void or similar you're going to be hurting. The two combo enablers Intruder Alarm and Phyrexian Altar are your most important pieces and without both you're just a zombie deck with no fliers so I use the counters only to protect them. Worst case scenario you have three options:

Mist of Stagnation and Withered Wretch or Nihil Spellbomb will lock a player out.

Yawgmoth's Will is the only tech you have to bring back enchantments and artifacts. Even if milled into the graveyard Possessed Skaab / Dralnu, Lich Lord are included with the job of bringing/flashing it back.

That's about it, if you can leave suggestions/upvote and I'll do the same for you. Thanks!

1) Update: Having mana consistency issues, removed Patriarch's Bidding and Screeching Skaab for an island and Jhessian Zombies . Equilibrium out for Ill-Gotten Gains . Jace, the Living Guildpact out Liliana of the Dark Realms in. Nihil Spellbomb out for Skullclamp.

2) Traded out Muddle the Mixture for Long-Term Plans and Arcane Denial for Swan Song.

3) Late small update for amonkhet release, Glacial Chasm and Shepherd of Rot out for Plague Belcher and Fetid Pools.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.29
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Wizard 1/1 UB
Folders	Zombie, Gisa and geralf ideas