Thraben Foulbloods

Creature — Zombie Dog

Delirium - Thraben Foulbloods gets +1/+1 and has menace as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (13)

Xenerai on Zombinstein

3 years ago

if this deck is for casual then i'd say its pretty alright for a fun break from the norm. Only 10 cards short of a commander deck too if you want to go that route. But if you're looking for more competitiveness, I'd say to do the following:

The first thing we need to do before anything, is to figure out the strategy we're going for. Obviously a token based liliana deck is way out of reasonable budgets. The blue you added does give me an idea for a control based zombie deck.

So the first thing to do is remove the cards above 60 that we wouldn't need, along with cards that will don't either assist or protect our strategies. I would start by removing the following: 2 - Advanced Stitchwing. 2 - Certain Death. 1 - Collective Brutality. 1 - Corrupt. 1 - Corrupted Roots. 2 - Disentomb. 1 - Doom Blade. 1 - Essence Harvest. 1 - Gnawing Zombie. 1 - Grixis Slavedriver. 1 - Grixis Grimblade. 1 - Hunted Ghoul. 1 - Haunted Dead. 3 - Ingenious Skaab. 4 - Laboratory Brute. 1 - Lamplighter of Selhoff. 1 - Maalfeld Twins. 2 - Macabre Waltz. 2 - Midnight Recovery. 1 - Mistvein Borderpost. 1 - Moan of the Unhallowed. 2 - Paranoid Delusions. 1 - Polluted Dead. 2 - Psychic Strike. 1 - Recover. 1 - Rise from the Grave. 1 - Scrapskin Drake. 1 - Shambling Attendants. 1 - Sibsig Host. 1 - Sibsig Muckdraggers. 1 - Sidisi's Pet. 1 - Sip of Hemlock. 1 - Skinrender. 1 - Spineless Thug. 1 - Stitched Mangler. 2 - Thraben Foulbloods. 1 - Strange Augmentation. 1 - Undead Executioner. 1 - Zombie Outlander. 15 - Swamp. 10 - Island.

It IS Quite a lot, but it's because we need to make room for the cards that'll make the bulk of our strategy, not to mention there are cheaper, better alternatives to most of these cards (lands were removed because the mana base will be changed later). With these cards taken out, that leaves us with the following: 3 - Cemetery Recruitment. 1 - Ghastly Conscription. 1 - Sign in Blood. 1 - Graf Harvest. 1 - Rooftop Storm. 2 - Gavony Unhallowed. 1 - Jhessian Zombies. 1 - Vedalken Ghoul.

these are pretty linearly focused for an effective strategy. to fluff out the rest of the cards for the deck, I'd recommend:

+1 - Cemetery Recruitment. +3 - Sign in Blood. +4 - Mana Leak. +3 - Duress. +3 - Vedalken Ghoul. +3 - Jhessian Zombies. +1 - Rooftop Storm. +4 - Go for the Throat. +4 - Rotting Rats. +3 - Claim / Fame.

BlaineTog on Mulch -- $13 Golgari Graveyard

5 years ago

Thanks for your thoughts!

Thraben Foulbloods is a bit weird. 3 mana for a beater is kinda a lot, but a 4/3 Menace is actually a serious clock that a lot of decks have trouble with. It's also not even that bad if our opponent nukes our graveyard since a 3/2 is still an ok threat. I'm also hesitant to cut it since we'd be left with just two Delirium creatures.

That said, I'm not opposed to cutting it, I just don't see anything better in its slot.

I'll go to bat for Shambling Shell, though. That card consistently impresses me. Dredge 3 is a sweet spot where we can Dredge every turn and fill our graveyard efficiently without having to worry S about decking ourselves, it can put itself into the graveyard for value, and 3/1 is a very aggressively statline when we don't care about trading it away. I started out testing it as just a 1-of and I'm seriously consider adding in the 4th copy. It's overperformed like crazy.

Blastoderm looks really nice, though. I'm just not sure where to fit it in. I could see it as a mainboard topend for a version of GB Mid-range that didn't try to go Delirium but for this deck, what could it replace? Maybe something from the sideboard that's less

kingr8 on Mulch -- $13 Golgari Graveyard

5 years ago

Overall I worry that you play too many expensive cards whose value isn't guaranteed enough when they hit play, like Thraben Foulbloods and Shambling Shell. I know you want a good card for the 3 spot on your curve, but I feel both of these are pretty weak. I say that, but I don't have any ideas about what to put in their place.

That said, you might want to consider cards like Scythe Tiger who is strong, fast, shrouded, and lets you choose to put one of your artifact lands in play to speed up delirium. I'm also a fan of Harvest Wurm, who unfortunately probably won't work for your purposes since it specifies basic land. Cadaver Imp could be really good depending on how it interacts with your deck, and Unearth goes well with it.

If you want a sideboard replacement for your finishers that is less vulnerable to control, Blastoderm is always a good threat.

Most of my suggestions either stray away from your core deck theme or maybe won't help with it's current form, but I think they're good to keep in mind.

Emzed on Zombie Commander Deck

6 years ago

Phyrexian Delver, Graveborn Muse, Corpse Augur, Corpse Connoisseur, Fleshbag Marauder, Victimize and Obelisk of Urd are all budget friendly and solid improvements over Necromaster Dragon, Walking Corpse, Abattoir Ghoul, Desiccated Naga, Thraben Foulbloods and Tattered Mummy.
Planar Bridge and Chalice of Life  ^Flip, while great cards in general, seem out of place here. I imagine both cards will do close to nothing a lot of the time, so they should probably go.

x12721 on B/U Zombie *budget* deck help!

6 years ago

First of all, I highly recommend making this deck Esper colors (). With the addition of Amonkhet there are some crazy new zombie cards such as Wayward Servant and Time to Reflect. Now, I would highly suggest Compelling Deterrence for removal. You could also swap the Glimmer of Genius for a better draw spell such as Painful Truths or Altar's Reap. Drop the Mindwrack Demons for Cryptbreakers and Thraben Foulbloods for Haunted Dead or Relentless Dead if you can afford them.

Snap157 on Zombie token

7 years ago

Okay, let's get you a kick ass deck

So because it's a zombie deck, I would make it tribal and take out Thraben Foulbloods, Sanitarium Skeleton, Dukhara Scavenger, Mindwrack Demon and Corpse Hauler. They don't get benefits of zombie lords and can be replaced to make your deck run smoother.

Lucky for Zombies, there are some boss zombie lords that will make your walkers into a nightmare to deal with. Diregraf Captain, Undead Warchief, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Cemetery Reaper, Gravecrawler, Liliana, the Last Hope, Lord of the Undead, and maybe Relentless Dead are all thorns in your opponent's side.

You've got a lot of commons/uncommon creatures that cost 5+ mana that aren't really doing you too much good. Lamplighter of Selhoff, Ghoulsteed, and Gravedigger can all be replaced with a cheaper Ghoulcaller's Chant, Raise Dead or Disentomb.

For your lands, things are looking pretty good. Dual lands can be insainly expensive, and that's your choice to spend what you want, but I would replace Submerged Boneyard with Jwar Isle Refuge because who doesn't like gaining life? Also, I would get rid of Blighted Cataract, because 6 mana for 2 cards is probably better off being replaced with something that doesn't use your entire turn.

For enchantments, I think Aspect of Gorgon is better replaced with Ring of Xathrid. Grave Betrayal would work great with some more removal, and Call to the Grave has become super. I would replace Lunar Force with Counterspell or Dissolve- Better to choose what you want to go through rather than have it be random.

For sorceries- lookin' good. From Under the Floorboards is great and also my personal favorite of Army of the Damned is funny to watch.

Artifacts- In commander, there are some artifacts that are staples, such as Sol Ring, Crawlspace, and Jet Medallion.

I would also add a Tome Scour in so you can mill yourself and work with your commander.

I know if feels like I'm building a deck for you and completely remodeling but I think that with these changes, you can really pull off some great gameplay at the EDH table. Good luck!

freaknasteh on Sins Dream

7 years ago

WitchD0kta I have put in the Combustible Gearhulk and it makes it much nicer top end. I messed around with Thraben Foulbloods but cant find a good spot with it right now. I have been messing around with Dragonmaster Outcast and both the black and green gearhulk. I have not gotten to actually sit down and play it at a FNM yet because I am deployed but online it seems to do ok. Also added in some sideboard cards that I am messing around with. Let me know what you think. Keep the suggestions coming!

FUL on

7 years ago

you cuold put Satyr Wayfinder over the angler, because it has an ETB effect and it helps the scavenger and the werebear while the angler works with a mechanic that reduce your graveyard. but i'm not really sure about it because the angler is a 5/5. I found Thraben Foulbloods if you want another delirium creature

anyway i will think about something else, in case i'll tell you