Murder Zombies

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Tribal Zombie

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Creature (30)

• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gravedigger
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Guardian
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Infernal Caretaker
• 1x Liliana's Reaver
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Rakshasa Gravecaller
• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Rotlung Reanimator
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Stalking Vengeance
• 1x Stronghold Assassin
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vengeful Dead
• 1x Zombie Master
• 1x Zombie Trailblazer

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Land (38)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 15x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Tresserhorn Sinks
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Urborg Volcano

Enchantment (18)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Blanket of Night
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Fervor
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Heartless Summoning
• 1x In the Web of War
• 1x Malevolent Awakening
• 1x Necromancer's Stockpile
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Vicious Shadows
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Artifact (4)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Dragon Throne of Tarkir
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (3)

• 1x Cruel Revival
• 1x Grim Harvest
• 1x Rescue from the Underworld

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Rise from the Grave
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms

Commander (1)

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Creature (28)

• 1x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Ashenmoor Liege
• 1x Boldwyr Intimidator
• 1x Brighthearth Banneret
• 1x Crypt Champion
• 2x Gnawing Zombie
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Grixis Slavedriver
• 1x Gutless Ghoul
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Infectious Horror
• 1x Infernal Caretaker
• 1x Lim-Dul the Necromancer
• 1x Lovisa Coldeyes
• 1x Mindleech Mass
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Noxious Ghoul
• 1x Phyrexian Gargantua
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Phyrexian Plaguelord
• 1x Plaguebearer
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Servant of Tymaret
• 1x Spiteful Returned
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Unliving Psychopath
• 1x Viscera Seer

Land (2)

• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Phyrexian Tower

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Betrothed of Fire
• 1x Deadapult
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Fallen Ideal
• 1x Fists of the Demigod
• 1x Gate to Phyrexia
• 1x Infernal Tribute
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Rain of Gore
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x Zombie Infestation

Artifact (6)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Grimoire of the Dead
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Instant (4)

• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Soul Manipulation

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Burn at the Stake
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Hellion Eruption
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Tempt with Vengeance
• 1x Vandalblast

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The latest version of my EDH Zombies deck Focuses on tribal synergies, sacrifice with benefits, and token abuse. Control is mostly focused on creatures, keeping the board clear for my zombies to shamble in. More Timmy / Johnny than Spike, and theme / flavour is a big part of the project for me.

This is one of those decks where the commander is almost peripheral. Tymaret's main contributions are as an early tribal cast, as a back-up sac outlet, and as a self-recurring card that never costs more than 4 mana.

The core mechanics of the deck are sacrifice / recursion effects. There's a couple of reliable recursion engines. Gravecrawler self-recurs, obviously, Cauldron of Souls also recurs creatures to the battlefield. Gravedigger, Infernal Caretaker, Lord of the Dead, Unholy Grotto and Sheoldred allow to-hand recursion (which works well with some of the discard options). There's plenty of useful sac outlets as well. Multi-casting Grey Merchant is hateful fun, but re-using Corpse Connoisseur to stack the graveyard i fun too.

This is less about filing the graveyard than it is moving things through it as quickly as possible, and profiting at as many steps as possible on the way.

Grave Pact / Dictate of Erebos, plus Harvester of Souls / Dark Prophecy make for a good draw engine, and with Overseer of the Damned makes for a fast growing Zombie horde. Vengeful dead, Geralf's Messenger, Purphoros, and Warstorm Surge can ping opponents pretty quickly once a recursion engine is running. The latter two plus Rise of the Dark Realms can end games; Living Death and Necromantic Selection can fill the graveyard for it, or to power up Grave Betrayal (which is also bonkers with Grave Pact effects), or Tombstone Stairwell (which can then end games via Purphoros or Warstorm).

There's a number of tribal effects, and token producers to exploit them. Blanket of Night and Urborg both power up the Coffer effects and Crypt Ghast, and interact in interesting ways with Zombie Master and Zombie Trailblazer.

Army of the Damned, or a combo like Gisa + Grave Pact + Overseer (or Tombstone with a fat graveyard) can pump out tokens quickly; I've put some haste effects in to capitalize on those opportunities.

There's a couple cards I'm not 100% sold on, including Skirk Ridge Exhumer and Grim Guardian. I'm on the lookout for some low-in-the-curve Zombies with good synergy, or some red creatures / effects that would be thematic and add some more synergy. Any ideas appreciated.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.39
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Morph 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Im Auge behalten, Watch, EDH Options, Commander Ideas, ideas