Wilhelt Zombies - Undead Unleashed Upgraded

Commander / EDH Sacrifice Tokens UB (Dimir) Zombie

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Creature (29)

• 1x Archghoul of Thraben
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Champion of the Perished
• 1x Cleaver Skaab
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Filth
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gisa and Geralf
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Headless Rider
• 1x Hobbling Zombie
• 1x Lich Lord of Unx
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Loyal Subordinate
• 1x Noxious Ghoul
• 1x Phylactery Lich
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Tainted Adversary
• 1x The Scarab God
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Wight of Precinct Six
• 1x Wonder

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty

Land (33)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 7x Island
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 14x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Cultist of the Absolute
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necroduality
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Reflections of Littjara
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rooftop Storm
• 1x Tainted Remedy

Instant (4)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Darkness
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Village Rites

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eaten Alive
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Necrotic Hex
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Victimize

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wand of Orcus

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Sideboard

Artifact (6)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Talisman of Dominance

Land (5)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Unclaimed Territory

Creature (4)

• 1x Acererak the Archlich
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Poppet Stitcher  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Creature (65)

• 1x Bladestitched Skaab
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Caged Zombie
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Death Tyrant
• 1x Demon's Disciple
• 1x Eater of Hope
• 1x Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Eternal Skylord
• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x Gempalm Polluter
• 1x Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Gleaming Overseer
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Gorex, the Tombshell
• 1x Gravedigger
• 1x Gravespawn Sovereign
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized*
• 1x Havengul Runebinder
• 1x Hordewing Skaab
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Liliana's Devotee
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Morkrut Behemoth
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Organ Hoarder
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Prowling Geistcatcher
• 1x Ravenous Rotbelly
• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Ruthless Deathfang
• 1x Shadow Kin
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shepherd of Rot
• 1x Siege Zombie
• 1x Skemfar Shadowsage
• 1x Spark Reaper
• 1x Stitcher Geralf
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Tattered Mummy
• 1x Tomb Tyrant
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Undead Alchemist
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Vengeful Dead
• 1x Vizier of the Scorpion
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Zombie Master
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (26)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Faceless Haven
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x High Market
• 1x Hostile Hostel  ^Flip
• 1x Mistvault Bridge
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Bone Shards
• 1x Cemetery Recruitment
• 1x Crawl from the Cellar
• 1x Dark Salvation
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Empty the Catacombs
• 1x Empty the Laboratory
• 1x Ghouls' Night Out
• 1x Hex
• 1x Hour of Eternity
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Syphon Flesh
• 1x Zombie Apocalypse

Instant (16)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Corpse Cobble
• 1x Defenestrate
• 1x Drown in Dreams
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Heartless Act
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Terror
• 1x Turn to Frog

Artifact (24)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crowded Crypt
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Heirloom Blade
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Maskwood Nexus
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Replicating Ring
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Enchantment (23)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Curse of Unbinding
• 1x Curse of the Restless Dead
• 1x Energy Flux
• 1x Followed Footsteps
• 1x Ghoulish Procession
• 1x Last Laugh
• 1x Liliana's Mastery
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necrosynthesis
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Tainted Remedy
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Tortured Existence
• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x Warlock Class
• 1x Wound Reflection

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This started as the Undead Unleashed preconstructed Commander deck from Innistrad Midnight Hunt but has evolved to this monstrosity.

I have had many ups and downs in trying to get this deck tuned to be able to use Zombies as the fuel for other things like board wipes and creating even more zombies, but now it's pretty great! Lots of nasty combos in here, but I left out the cards that make it go infinite (they're in my sideboard) because in casual pods going infinite hasn't been fun. That being said they can be added back in to severely increase the competitiveness of the deck. Note: the maybeboard is just a place I put a bunch of cards that synergize with the deck and aren't necessarily up for consideration anymore, though some may get swapped in or out depending on how my local meta changes.

Combos

(listed for reference)

1. Mana Doubling Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth/Cabal Coffers/Crypt Ghast are great for tons of mana, it really helps when there are so many things drawing you cards like Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver, Phyrexian Arena, Rhystic Study, Sign in Blood, and Village Rites because you have the mana to use it all.

2. Board Wiping (incl. clearing indestructible creatures) Noxious Ghoul + Cleaver Skaab + Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver is just a nasty combo of granting non-zombie creatures -1/-1 for each zombie that enters the battlefield including Noxious Ghoul. -1/-1 gets past indestructible FYI. First Noxious Ghoul that enters play makes all non-zombies -1/-1. Cleaver Skaab sacrifices it and brings in two copies, which see each other come into play granting another -4/-4 for -5/-5 for the turn. Or it would be, but Wilhelt sees the first Noxious Ghoul die and puts a decayed zombie token out after Cleaver resolves so now there's another -2/-2 for -7/-7. Next turn activate Cleaver targeting a Noxious Ghoul again for what will be after Wilhelt a -9/-9 to all non-zombie creatures. Following turn is -12/-12, etc., etc.. Of course, the more zombies you play and the more that die and come back due to Wilhelt, the better. And Army of the Damned just grants -13/-13 for each Noxious Ghoul in play.

3. Creature Destruction In addition to the Noxious Ghoul wipes from combo 2 above, this involves having Grave Pact and/or Dictate of Erebos out while you are sacking zombies to Wilhelt to draw, or even when you attack with decayed zombies that are perhaps buffed by any of the anthem zombies in the deck like Undead Warchief, Lord of the Undead, Lord of the Accursed, Diregraf Captain, and Death Baron. When combat is over those decayed zombies get sacked and then everyone sacrifices a number of creatures equal to the number of decayed you lost. Don't block and take damage, or block, but either way everyone's creatures are going away lol. Cultist of the Absolute and Cleaver Skaab make you sac too but we're creating enough zombies here that all this sacrificing we're doing won't affect us overall.

4. Infinite Combos Once you get Poppet Stitcher   flipped into Poppet Factory, all decayed zombie tokens lose decayed and all of our tokens are just generic 3/3 zombies. Not having decayed means when they die (in combat or if we sacrifice them) we get decayed zombies from Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver which then immediately lose decayed. All we need is a free, repeatable sacrifice outlet to profit from this loop. With Altar of Dementia we can mill everyone out. Alternatively we can use Carrion Feeder and Diregraf Captain to drain everyone's life. And of course if Grave Pact or Dictate of Erebos are out then in the process of going infinite on these, all opponent's creatures get sacrificed too.

5. Rooftop Storm Shenanigans With Rooftop Storm things get kind of nutty too. Playing Acererak the Archlich with Rooftop out means we can loop him infinitely by picking the Lost Mine of Phandelver to send him through (instead of the Tomb of Horrors) to get infinite life drain. We can also cast Gravecrawler and sacrifice him to Altar of Dementia or Carrion Feeder to make infinite decayed zombie tokens via Wilhelt (of course making Carrion Feeder have infinite power and toughness in the process).

6. Copycat! This isn't a combo per se but it can lead to some I'm sure. But between Necroduality, Reflections of Littjara, and Cleaver Skaab, you have the ability to get out multiple copies of the nastier zombies in this deck. Imagine 2, 3, 4, or more copies of anything in the list above that's not legendary. Disgusting lol.

7. Life Loss Another non-combo but there is a life loss subtheme in here between The Scarab God, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, and Loyal Subordinate. The latter two can be copied by the stuff in number 7 above to cause lots of life loss, and the Scarab God just drains so much when there's a bunch of zombies out. Make sure to get out Tainted Remedy though so none of those life gain decks are escaping the drain!

8. RECURSION! Just another capability this deck has. I have recurred my board multiple times after several board wipes through cards like Victimize, Reanimate, or Unholy Grotto getting back Havengul Lich which then gets back everything else (and for 1 mana each if Rooftop Storm is out!).

9. PIVOT! Just when you think you might be stuck vs a mill deck or elves or something else you might struggle to beat, just try to get out Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver with Cultist of the Absolute, and an anthem zombie or two (preferably Undead Warchief lol) and then Wilhelt becomes an 8/7 or bigger that flies and has deathtouch, so attacking 3 times removes a player with commander damage! This can be done a lot easier with Filth in the graveyard and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth in play too as then they can't block him.

If I had a Phyrexian Altar, we could add that or substitute it in place of Altar of Dementia in the combos above for infinite mana.

And here's some stuff that can pair well with some of the ideas above but I ultimately cut to focus on zombies:

Syr Konrad, the Grim + Mindcrank + Tortured Existence + Empty the Catacombs + Altar of the Brood + Pestilence: Mill + damage + mill + damage + mill + damage......

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 3 Mythic Rares 39 - 4 Rares 14 - 5 Uncommons 10 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dungeon: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, Dungeon: Lost Mine of Phandelver, Dungeon: Tomb of Annihilation, Goblin 1/1 R, Skeleton 1/1 B, The Atropal, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Army 0/0 B, Zombie Wizard 1/1 UB
Based on	Undead Unleashed precon (unchanged) dbgoldberg323 EDH