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Carrion Feeder: The first infinite sacrifice outlet comes at a cheap price. Not being able to block is ok since I should just pump it up and swing as much as possible.
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Gravecrawler: One of the main combo pieces in this deck and an extremely powerful card overall. It can go infinite with Phyrexian Altar to create a sacrificial Zombiestorm.
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Butcher Ghoul: A combo card with Cauldron of Souls. Without Cauldron of Souls he is still a self reviving body that can be useful even after a Wrath of God.
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Putrid Goblin: Another combo piece that can form an infinite sacrifice engine with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and live through a board wipe.
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Undead Augur: A powerful form of card draw in the deck. Make sure it's not on the board when you plan on starting a game-ending Zombiestorm.
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Diregraf Colossus: The first ability is fine, sometimes it gets big but not always. The second ability however is absolutely insane and allows me to create infinite zombies. Works well with sacrifice outlets to go infinite and Faces of the Past to un-tap the horde.
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Fleshbag Marauder: An Innocent Blood on a Reanimate-able corpse is as overpowered as it sounds. Extremely broken when combined with steady forms of reanimation (Unholy Grotto for example) as well as cards like Gravecrawler and Grave Pact. Many "fair" decks can't live through the pressure this little guy puts out.
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Murderous Rider: A Hero's Downfall on a body that can be brought back with Unholy Grotto or Volrath's Stronghold.
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Midnight Reaper: Another version of Undead Augur that can help us rip through the deck for a combo piece or finisher.
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Liliana's Standard Bearer: A big draw zombie that scales with the amount of death and comboing going on. The best part is he doesn't destroy your life total unlike the other draw zombies.
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Sedraxis Alchemist: The Alchemist is permanent removal on a stick if it is needed but is mostly used in a zombiestorm combo with Rooftop Storm where he blinks himself infinitely. The art reminds me of Coffin Queen.
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Geralf's Messenger: A resilient threat that is almost guaranteed to steal 1/10 of someone's life. This card gets really bonkers when Cloudstone Curio and Rooftop Storm allow this zombie to effectively one-shot everyone if he has a blinking buddy.
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Phyrexian Ghoul: The second creature-based infinite sacrifice outlet in the deck is from my all-time favorite faction from MTG lore. Unlike Carrion Feeder the Ghoul can block incoming threats and his buff scales more but is not permanent.
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Plague Belcher: A global Blood Artist effect is incredibly broken in an infinite sacrifice deck with Gravecrawler and it's ilk. Having a big body that can block is great as well. The drawback is negligible considering Gravecrawler or a token can tank the hit.
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Diregraf Captain: A zombie lord with a Blood Artist effect seems pretty broken to me. With the sheer amount of ways for this deck to go infinite, this card becomes incredibly strong and the Anthem taped onto its death-touching body just sweetens the deal.
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Death Baron: One of the strongest Zombie Lords, The Death Barron gives my entire army deathtouch and Glorious Anthems them as well. With the ability to generate infinite zombies and make them all instantly one-shot creatures, this card becomes quite strong. The Barron makes attacking into my horde very tough.
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Undead Warchief: The war chief buffs my zombie horde immensely and the bump in power can mean all the difference. The fact that he makes my zombies and my commander cost even less is a welcome bonus.
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Graveborn Muse: A shambling Phyrexian Arena that scales with the amount of zombies I currently have is as broken as it sounds. Yes it'll hurt in the short term but the payoff should be very sweet. If I end up having infinite zombies I can always sacrifice her before she becomes deadly.
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Sidisi, Undead Vizier: This snake-lady is very powerful. Mostly seen as the commander of degenerate mono combo decks, Sidisi, Undead Vizier is a Diabolic Intent on a tough, death-touching body. She can exploit herself in a pinch if the need arises.
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Noxious Ghoul: Turns your magic game into a zombie only event when properly abused. He turns even the most indestructible of threats (I'm looking at you Sigarda, Host of Herons and Avacyn, Angel of Hope) into piles of jelly. Abuse with any Zombiestorm for the ultimate effect.
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel: A walking Exsanguinate is nice to have around and gets utterly degenerate when Cloudstone Curio and Rooftop Storm gets thrown into the mix. Getting up high devotion in this deck isn't hard so he hits like a truck.
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Havengul Lich: Having the power to Reanimate any creature from any graveyard and get it's activated abilities is absolutely glorious. Can combo with Rooftop Storm to cheaply bring back the entire zombie horde.
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Grimgrin, Corpse-Born: The commander of this deck is absolutely insane when used to his full potential. With infinite sacrifice combos and cards like Faces of the Past his "drawback" is completely negligible.
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Mikaeus, the Unhallowed: The most expensive creature in the deck but one of the most powerful reanimation engines in the game. Goes infinite with the new Putrid Goblin to form a important back-up combo if Rooftop Storm gets removed.