Marchesa's Zombie Horde

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

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Counters (16)

• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Dreadhorde Butcher
• 1x Gix's Command
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Thraximundar
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Undead Sprinter
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Workhorse

Grave and Sacrifice Targets (9)

• 1x Accursed Marauder
• 1x Anger
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Geralf's Masterpiece
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Overcharged Amalgam
• 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
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Phyrexian Tower

Ramp and Utility Lands (15)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Rooftop Storm
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Urza's Saga

Card Draw & Tutors (9)

• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Nekusar, the Mindrazer
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Village Rites *f-etch*

Discard & Grave Draw (7)

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

Interaction (4)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Invasion of Azgol  ^Flip
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Vandalblast

Commander (1)

Swamps (13)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Ice Tunnel
• 1x Island
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Mire
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Xander's Lounge

Cares About Swamp (7)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn

Reanimators (7)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Nim Deathmantle *f-etch*
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist

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Sideboard

Other (11)

• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x Ice Tunnel
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sulfurous Mire
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Village Rites *f-etch*
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist
• 1x Workhorse

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Maybeboard

New Lands (10)

• 1x Arena of Glory
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Hagra Mauling  ^Flip
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Raucous Theater
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Sundering Eruption  ^Flip
• 1x Undercity Sewers
• 1x Witch's Cottage

New Cards (7)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Lethal Scheme
• 1x Persistent Constrictor
• 1x Spiteful Banditry
• 1x Vogar, Necropolis Tyrant
• 1x Warren Soultrader
• 1x Zul Ashur, Lich Lord

Cosmetic Upgrades (3)

• 1x Marchesa, the Black Rose *f-etch*
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Rooftop Storm

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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 weeks
Exclude colors	WG
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 1 Mythic Rares 47 - 6 Rares 23 - 2 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.38
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	Interesting Deck Ideas