Sgtpopnfreash, thanks for your feedback.

If my playgroup was more competitive, I would definitely be looking at reducing my CMC below 3. My group is pretty casual so most of my decks are kinda casual too. I enjoy playing some of the big, splashy spells you can't in other formats.

Having said that, the next revision will be bringing down the CMC slightly and will be adding some more instant-speed card draw as you suggest.

Thanks :)

Finally, a Dimir commander I can get behind! How about Exotic Orchard to trigger abilities on your opponents' stolen creatures?

Have you considered adding Quicksilver Amulet ?

Endulaz, thanks for the suggestion. My experience with the amulet is that it's really good in decks with tons of creatures above 4 CMC (as its activation cost is 4). My deck doesn't have that many above 4 so often I wouldn't be benefiting from its cost reduction. It would be great in Xenagos or Mayael decks though.

Doran_The_ButtFighter, I hadn't thought of that! I often reanimate creatures for their ETB effects. I hadn't considered their other activated abilities. My exotic orchards are currently in other decks but I'll look at picking another.

Fellwar Stone is the mana rock counterpart to Exotic Orchard, if you are interested in a thing like that.

Emzed, thanks for the reminder on that. Added Fellwar Stone to the deck :)

I ran a Scarab God deck in an episode of the TappedOut Commander Series a few weeks back, and it was pretty sweet. Check it out. One thing I'd mentioned is that I feel Memory Erosion is going to serve you better than Hedron Crab. You'll hit more cards and it's much harder to remove than a 0/2.

zandl hadn't heard of that card... Thanks for the tip! I will check out your episode.

I like the hedron crab because I can choose who to mill (including myself). The Enchantment can't mill me and sometimes I want that. I could see myself including both though :)

Rooftop Storm and Gravecrawler are essential for any zombie deck, especially in EDH as they go infinite with any sac outlet such as the Altar of Dementia that you run. I recommend cutting Venser, Shaper Savant and the Big Game Hunter as they don't really help your strategy of zombies. Endless Ranks of the Dead is also broken in any zombie deck.

You need another zombie on the field as well for Rooftop Storm Gravecrawler sac outlet. Thats a 4 card combo with 0 parts in the command zone. Its not an effective primary win condition. I would not say Rooftop storm is an "auto include" in any zombie tribal deck but thats like my opinion.

OK real talk for a second. Here is why I hate janky infinite combos like that Rooftop Storm-Gravecrawler or any 4 card infinite instant win combo in non CEDH decks like this one.

If your gonna try to infinite combo there is no reason to NOT use the best options available to you. The Rooftop Storm combo would be a little more viable if it didnt require 2 effects already in play. Requiring both a sac outlet and a zombie on the field is too much, and creatures are too easy to remove at instant speed. If it only needed 1 of these effects it would be a viable combo because you could overload the deck with that type of card either zombies or free sac outlets. If you want to play The instant win/tutor deck then play competitive EDH and use the best combos available to you. This doesnt mean you need to spend 40 dollars on a card like Food Chain. There are plenty of 3 card instant speed win combos in all colors that you can buy for under $20 total.

You can only play 4 card combos at super casual tables and then you end up ruining that game for everyone else trying to play the flashy huge spell style EDH that casual magic players like. Your gonna upset some people when you win instantly after they hard cast a Lorthos, the Tidemaker and that combo will never beat any half decent tier 3-4 sudo competitive deck. Rooftop Storm is a 6 drop as well which is just silly for that plan. If you want to play super grindy 1-2 hour games of EDH dont play instant combos. Its a dick move. Play the cards you wish were viable but just arn't, like Army of the Damned.

The Rooftop Storm combo would even be a little more viable if you had access to a zombie in the command zone but it would be really bad in this.

SpookyToe, I appreciate your suggestion but this isn't really a zombie tribal deck or a combo deck. It's more control/reanimation. Only a few zombie synergies are included. Rooftop Storm would be great if I was playing with lots of zombies or I was trying to combo off. I tend to purposely avoid infinite combos in my decks as I get bored with them quickly. Venser and big game hunter help with my control strategy. I appreciate you taking the time to check my deck out and offer feedback :)

Sgtpopnfreash, I hear you. I switched over to commander cuz I love the more casual atmosphere and being able to play big, janky spells you can't in other formats. Infinite combos aren't in that spirit IMHO. Every time I've built a combo deck, I've gotten bored with it and moved on. Ive learned just to avoid combos. My Ayli deck has become far more enjoyable since I took out Karmic Guide and Revellark. I don't judge others if they like combos though. To each their own. Some in my playgroup play with them. I do find it interesting they tend to take apart their decks a few times after "comboing off" though :)

The thing about playing with a combo like that, though, is that you don't absolutely have to combo off if you don't want to. Its just another win condition to have. I've got a zombie tribal I play with Gisa and Geralf as the commanders, and I run the Gravecrawler and Rooftop Storm combo in it. I don't think I've pulled it off yet, though, but it can win with a horde, too. Aside from that combo, its got plenty of other fun synergies, too, which is what makes the deck fun to play.

Combos are ok, and its ok to gauge how the game is going, and not play the combo.

Compulsion is an allstar discard outlet in my scarb god deck

oh this deck should deff have Smuggler's Copter

Looks solid! +1

I am fairly certain Westvale Abbey  ^Flip's color identity is black and white because of the token it creates so it is not a legal card to run in this deck.

Interesting take on The Scarab God! I've been brewing up a zombies list, but I might incorporate some elements here too.

Sgtpopnfreash it's just black. If the card has a named color it's not that color. If it has the color orb (like if it showed white and black mana symbols on it) then it would classify that color.

Sgtpopnfreash and JokeEmperor: yup, Westvale Abbey only has black colour identity because of Ormendahl. The colour of the tokens that a card creates does not impact the colour identity.

RingoDingo92, thanks for checking out the deck. Zombie tribal is certainly one direction you can take it. I already had a Gisa and Geralf zombie deck so I chose to go reanimator/control for something different.

I mean I had a judge call on this but ok if your sure.

MegaMatt13: Imo you are wrong. Westvale Abbey  ^Flip creates no token, it flips into a black creature and therefore it has got black color identity. Explanation

Hipparchos, yes that is exactly what I said :) it is black and only black because it flips into ormendahl.

Sgtpopnfreash, I don't know what else to say about it. Every ruling I come across online (and the judge I've spoken to) state that westvale abbey is black and only black.

MegaMatt13: Haha sry my bad. I totally forgot that The Scrab God is your commander. :D