Marchesa's Zombie Horde

Commander / EDH Combo Counters Discard UBR (Grixis) Undying Zombie

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Mana and Utility Lands (18)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Rooftop Storm
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urza's Saga

Grave and Sacrifice Targets (8)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Geralf's Masterpiece
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Scourge of Nel Toth
• 1x Vindictive Lich

Lords (7)

• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vizier of the Scorpion

Sacrifice Outlets (5)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized*
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Phyrexian Tower

Counters (17)

• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Dreadhorde Butcher
• 1x Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Mer-Ek Nightblade
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Thraximundar
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Workhorse

Discard & Grave Draw (8)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Necromancer's Stockpile
• 1x Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion

Swamps (10)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Interaction (4)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Vandalblast

Commander (1)

Card Draw & Tutors (9)

• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Nekusar, the Mindrazer
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Undead Augur

Reanimators (8)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist

Cares About Swamp (5)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rocky Tar Pit

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Sideboard

Cards (5)

• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Living End
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War

Lands (5)

• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rocky Tar Pit

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Maybeboard

Cards (8)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Overcharged Amalgam

Food+Benefits (5)

• 1x Cauldron Familiar
• 1x Scaretiller
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x The Underworld Cookbook
• 1x Witch's Oven

Lands (5)

• 1x Ice Tunnel
• 1x Island
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sulfurous Mire

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This is the second deck of three in my collection of Three Colour Zombie decks (Esper, Grixis and BUG).

As my Grixis deck I am trying to showcase the variety of Red Zombies (For Esper and BUG I've done the same with White and Green respectively - I don't want to have three deck lists with an identical list of "good" zombies.

The deck is a carefule balance of Zombie Tribal, Counters Matter and combos which win the game if unanswered.

Winning moves

Plan A is mikeaus, the unhallowed + Slot A + Slot B or Slot C

Slot A: Cards that do damage, Flayer of the Hatebound, Diregraf Captain, Plague Belcher Slot B: Card that sacrifices creatures, Ashnod's Altar, Phyrexian Altar, Carrion Feeder, Grimgrin, Corpse-Born etc Slot C: a creature that only has +1/+1 counters for P/T and can remove them for utility, Triskelion, Workhorse and Walking Ballista.

Plan B is Living End the grave with Flayer of the Hatebound in the grave,

Plan C is a very hard to kill zombie army supported by the commander attacking through the red zone.

There are also other incidental combinations such as Diregraf Captain/Plague Belcher + Workhorse + Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar/Phyrexian Altar.

Or Phyrexian Altar + Gravecrawler + Diregraf Captain/Plague Belcher

Alternative Deck - Unearth Some Fun

This deck is less competitive, but very fun and you get a bit more value out of being a more tribal focused Zombie deck.The cards I would side in to make this deck are in the sideboard. Which cards you replace is up to you. It assumes an almost identical structure, same lands, same basic premise but with Sedris, the Traitor King as commander.

Sideboard cards include the interesting effects of combos such as Quietus Spike + Unscythe, Killer of Kings + Triskelion or Nightfire Giant. The deck already has Flayer of the Hatebound, but Warstorm Surge and Impact Tremors would increase the number of cards with a similar effect for the Unearth ability.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	WG
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 2 Mythic Rares 48 - 4 Rares 25 - 3 Uncommons 8 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.46
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	Interesting Deck Ideas