Army of Death

Commander / EDH Casual Mono-Black Tokens Tribal Zombie

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Creature (33)

• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Helldozer
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Hunted Horror
• 1x Liliana's Reaver
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Pestilence Demon
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Phyrexian Soulgorger
• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Scourge of Nel Toth
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Soulless One
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vengeful Dead

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Ghoulcaller's Chant
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rise from the Grave
• 1x Victimize

Artifact (9)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 28x Swamp
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Instant (2)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Sudden Spoiling

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Enchantment (2)

• 1x Contamination
• 1x Oversold Cemetery

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Primary goal of the deck is to overwhelm your opponents with creatures, while forcing them to constantly have to sacrifice their board. While zombies are the main theme of the deck, you will find some non-zombie creatures that greatly support the cause. With some recursion and Gisa's ability, you can swing, sac, and produce a crap ton of zombies multiple times a turn.

The Art of Creating Zombies

Ghoulcaller Gisa + Big Dumb Creature = Profit. Hunted Horror and Phyrexian Soulgorger only purpose in this deck is to create large amounts of zombies for very little mana. Ideal for the early game, but effective at any point.

Phyrexian Dreadnought = holy mother of god. Sac this guy instantly, bring him back from the grave with Reanimate the next turn. Sac again. You get the idea. If you have Thornbite Staff attached to Gisa, you can do this multiple times with enough recursion in your hand and enough mana on the board.

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed = Sac anything and everything and they just come back stronger. Do this as many times as you possibly can and hope/pray there isn't a board wipe before you can get Eldrazi Monument out.

Army of the Damned = this is another explosive card in the late game to either help reinstate a board after a wipe, or basically win you the game. The flashback cost is expensive, but amazing.

Soulless One = This is a fun trick, especially in the late game. Ideally you have amassed a small army of zombies by the time you play this card. This guy essentially doubles (some times even more) your total token count. If you have some reanimation cards in your hand, bring him back, then sac again. Say you have 20 zombies (more than possible with this deck, i'm low balling here) total when you first bring him out. Sac him, now you have 40. Bring him back, sac him again. Now you have 80. Completely crazy card in this deck.

Zombie's on Steroids

With zombie steroids like Eldrazi Monument, Caged Sun, Death Baron, Lord of the Undead and Cemetery Reaper, those 2/2 zombie tokens become a lot more scary.

Eldrazi Monument has straight up won me games because what is more scary than 20+ zombies? 20+ FLY ZOMBIES

Deaths Group Hug

With the constant use of Gisa's ability, cards like Grave Pact & Dictate of Erebos will keep your opponents board state clear of any creatures allowing you to unleash the horde on your foes.

Sheoldred, Whispering One = Similar to Grave Pact and Dictate of Erebos but even better. Expensive mana cost, but for 7CMC you get a 6/6 beater, creature removal and creature reanimation. Complete and total value.

Smokestack = This is amazing here. Black has trouble with the removal of non-creature permanents, and this solves everything (assuming it stays on the board long enough). You will have plenty of zombie tokens to sacrifice to pump up the soot counters leaving a nice empty board for you to swing away with.

Planeswalkers

Liliana of the Dark Realms = Ramp, ramp and ramp. Did I say ramp? Liliana +1 helps if your low on swamps, but the real goal is to get that sweet sweet emblem. Ult Liliana + have a Cabal Coffers = more mana than you will know what to do with. This will allow you to sac multiple times (assuming you have Thornbite Staff attached to Gisa) and to cast Army of the Damned twice (flashback).

Liliana Vess = Tutor on a stick planeswalker with -2 ability, force hand removal with +1 ability, and a ultimate that is basically a wincon.

Ob Nixilis Reignited = Card Draw and spot removal are awesome to either accelerate you hand or remove a nasty creature a opponent just placed on the board. His ult is nasty in a multiplayer game with three or more people.

Sorin Markov = This is a guy I plan on adding soon. His -3 ability is a game winner.

Please feel free to leave any comments or suggestions. I know this deck can only get better.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WURG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.02
Tokens	Centaur 3/3 G w/ Pro Black, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Zombie 2/2 B