Aristocratic Tendencies

Commander / EDH* Aristocrats Mono-Black Zombie

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Removal (11)

• 1x Deathbringer Regent
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Price of Fame
• 1x Yawgmoth's Vile Offering
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Finale of Eternity
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Liturgy of Blood
• 1x Never / Return
• 1x Syphon Flesh
• 1x Undercity Plague

Ramp (7)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Bubbling Muck

Ping (5)

• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Shepherd of Rot
• 1x Vengeful Dead
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Bontu the Glorified

ZombieGen (5)

• 1x Maalfeld Twins
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x From Under the Floorboards

Land (35)

• 27x Swamp
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Graveyard (7)

• 1x Eternal Taskmaster
• 1x Gravedigger
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Cauldron's Gift
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Recover

Draw (6)

• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Succumb to Temptation
• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Read the Bones

Commander (3)

Good Stuff Zombies (8)

• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Dread Wanderer
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Phylactery Lich
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Soulless One
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Vindictive Lich

ZombieBonuses (8)

• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vizier of the Scorpion
• 1x Zombie Master
• 1x Liliana's Mastery

Utility (5)

• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Gift of Doom
• 1x Dark Dabbling
• 1x Bolas's Citadel

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Sideboard

Commander (1)

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A Mono-Black deck (with a potential to run multiple commanders) that has a focus on the zombie creature type, zombie generation, big board wipes and pinging opponents through ally creature deaths.

The commanders in mind are:

1. Kalitas, traitor of Ghet [Should be the easiest, has an internal engine and multiple approaches]
2. Yahenni, Undying Partisan [Still somewhat straight forward, wipe boards and get big - Voltrony]
3. Lim-Dul the Necromancer [The most non-linear and based on who you play/what they are playing]

The primary goal of the deck is to buff up it's zombies through a variety of cards and go wide. In regards to the commanders:

Kalitas (1) 1) Buff Kalitas with the primary focus being on going wide. 2) Go for commander damage 3) Finish off with some pings

Yaheeni (2) 1) Buff Yaheeni through big board wipes while keeping him indestructible and go for commander damage 1.5) If the above plans outright fails then; Go wide with zombies 2) Finish off with some pings

Lim-Dul (3) 1) Screw your opponents by stealing their best creatures 1.5) With through enemy creatures and zombie buffs 2) Go wide with your zombies 3) Ping everyone to death

Changes: Wave 1

Replaced:

1. Ghastly Conscription --> Deathbringer Regent
2. Corpse Augur --> Thaumatic Compass  
3. Scavenging Ghoul --> Ash Barrens
4. Swamp --> Armillary Sphere
5. The Cauldron of Eternity --> Price of Fame
6. Rank Officer --> Key to the City

Changes: Wave 2

Replaced:

1. Syr Konrad, the Grim --> Fleshbag Marauder
2. Blood Divination --> Read the Bones
3. Armillary Sphere --> Charcoal Diamond
4. Ascendant Evincar --> Skinrender
5. Ob Nixilis Reignited --> Succumb to Temptation
6. Swamp --> Leaden Myr
7. Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted --> Diregraf Colossus
8. Forlorn Pseudamma --> Bolas's Citadel

Changes: Wave 3

Replaced:

1. Deathbringer Regent --> Hedron Archive
2. Bubbling Muck --> Worn Powerstone
3. Recover --> Victimize
4. card: --> Attrition
5. Undercity Plague --> Smothering Abomination
6. card: --> Relentless Dead
7. Eternal Taskmaster --> Dawn of the Dead
8. card: --> Palace Siege

Potentials (These changes should also lower the average cmc a bit...): - Forlorn Pseudamma --> Ramp - Cauldron's Gift --> Draw - Eternal Taskmaster --> Draw (Midnight Reaper) - Syr Konrad, the Grim --> Good Stuff or Ramp/Draw(Fleshbag Marauder) ??? - Ob Nixilis? --> Good Stuff (Diregraf Colossus) ??? -(if ^^ is removed probably remove Oath of lilianna too) --> Wipe (Dark Salvation?) ??? - Ascendant Evincar --> Ramp/Draw

Ramp/Consistency: Charcoal Diamond, Dark Ritual, Win-Con: Rush of Vitality, Tainted Strike, Zombie Apocalypse Draw: Succumb to Temptation, Midnight Reaper, Read the bones, Sign in blood Removal: Dark Salvation, Profane Command, Fleshbag Marauder Zombies: Skinrender, Diregraf Colossus

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	WURG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 1 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.98
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B, Zombie Knight 2/2 B