Undercity Necrolisk

Creature — Zombie Lizard

{1}, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on counter on Undercity Necrolisk. It gains menace until of turn. Activate this ability only at any time you could cast a sorcery. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

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
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (9)

Isaacreeper on Green-Black Giant Cat

4 years ago

Maybe instead of Dreadmalkin try Ravenous Harpy or Undercity Necrolisk

One is a flier and costs less to sacrifice,

The otherbis a zombie that costs less to sacrifice, abd gets menace

MisterMeme on MyFirstDeck

5 years ago

Thank you for your commend Kevinosten! It is true that i', playing standard and that the cards you recommended won't help me. However your tip about the 4 mana cards helped my out. I don't know any cards that will help me with draw power but for a start I changed my 3 of my Two-Headed Zombie for 3x Gutterbones I think this wil also help my with buffing my Undercity Necrolisk

Skippyeights on

5 years ago

I really like your deck concept and look forward to trying something like it.

I have a few questions/comments:

Have you considered throwing in Pitiless Plunderer? It gives more bang for your buck because you get free mana in addition to any other benefit from the sacrifice. It is a four drop, but could help fuel bigger drops later or give more power for the Captivating Crew. If paired with Makeshift Munitions, it can help take out weenies, giving you an extra kill by spending one mana and burning a token. The Plunderer is also, in a pinch, a decent 1/4 blocker/speedbump for a big stompy.

Thallid Soothsayer? Another four drop but can provide some card advantage later in the game.

Maybe exchange out a few Undercity Necrolisk for a Ravenous Harpy or two? Not as tough, but they are a three vs. four drop and most importantly can provide air support.

Helm of the Host Steal something Really Cool, use the helm to make yourself a permanent copy, then sac the original. That frees up the Helm for the next turn. Or use it to copy whatever you want a Xerox of on your own side. If I remember correctly, because the token copy isn't cast, there is no need to sac a creature to copy your Demon. You got an assembly line pumping out a free badass every turn.

What about Severed Strands in the sideboard? Depending on your opponent, it could better Vraska's Contempt, especially if they aren't playing planeswalkers. Strands is half the mana cost, the "penalty" is actually a benefit cause the other guy's critter gets the sac, it can give a much larger life boost and best of all it doesn't require a bank loan to buy a set of 'em. Unfortunately, it's a sorcery so can't be used reactively.

Finally, what kind of creature ratios are you seeing between you and a your opponent? Depending on the balance, Fraying Omnipotence could be really useful. You steal a large chunk of his/her army, cast the spell, and then sac the ones you stole while they halve whatever they had left. Plus, if you have a Plunderer or two, you may have enough mana to steal any creatures they have left with a Captivating Crew and then can stage a mass unblocked attack.

Anyway...I really like the possibilities your concept provides. It's too bad red/black doesn't have a lot of ways to "borrow" your opponents's forces, but it certainly has a lot of interesting ways for you to kill 'em all once they ARE yours. (cue sadistic laughter)

KaladeshKat on R/B Sacrificial Control

5 years ago

I love rackdos steal-and-sack decks (when I am piloting them). It is so evil!

I would suggest something like Ravenous Harpy or Undercity Necrolisk for even more sack outlets, as well as maybe dropping some 2-drops and adding some 1-drops to have some early board prescence, as well as rounding out your curve.

This will probably get even more cards to play around once rackdos comes out in the next set.

FSims81 on Spooky Scary Skelecombo

5 years ago

Or I just kill your Harpys and ignore your Reassembling skeleton since you don't have another sac outlet for them. Undercity Necrolisk might be something you want to work into this deck. It'll give you another pumpable sac outlet for your combo plus it hits the zombie portion of Death Baron's annoyingness

Hexaflexagon on Saproling

5 years ago

You might want to update your sideboard. Never / Return is no longer Standard legal. You may want to add Woodland Cemetery and Overgrown Tomb to help out your manabase. You may also want to add another sac outlet, such as Thallid Omnivore, Thallid Soothsayer, Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip, Ravenous Harpy, Undercity Necrolisk and some more Izoni.

_Delta_ on Best Art from Guilds of …

5 years ago

Definitely Thousand-Year Storm, but also Watery Grave, Gruesome Menagerie, Undercity Necrolisk, Gateway Plaza, and the guildgates.

Elf0491 on

5 years ago

Hey guys, thanks for chiming in! I'll respond to your comments below.

FSims81: I had seen Undercity Necrolisk, but feel like Josu Vess, Lich Knight would be a better pick in almost any situation. I am curious though: if I were to swap in a few of either of these, what would you recommend swapping out in their place? (After considering your suggestion, I did add a few more Josu to the sideboard).

Bxbx: I agree, she is a pretty solid card! This is more an issue of whether or not I want to spend the money to pick her up, but it's definitely something I will consider. If I were to run, say, two copies, what would you recommend taking out to do so?