Council of the Perished

Casual Aggro Mono-Black Reanimator Theme/Gimmick Tribal Zombie

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Instant (6)

• 2x Altar's Reap
• 2x Dark Ritual
• 2x Dismember

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Ghoulcaller's Chant
• 4x Unearth

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Call to the Grave

Creature (28)

• 2x Cemetery Reaper
• 4x Death Baron
• 4x Diregraf Ghoul
• 4x Gempalm Polluter
• 4x Gravecrawler
• 4x Lord of the Undead
• 2x Phyrexian Crusader
• 4x Undead Warchief

Land (18)

• 4x Lake of the Dead
• 14x Swamp

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Sideboard

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Illness in the Ranks

Artifact (2)

• 2x Coat of Arms

Creature (4)

• 2x Blood Scrivener
• 2x Vengeful Dead

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Dash Hopes
• 1x Go for the Throat

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Distress
• 1x Macabre Waltz

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Grave Pact

Creature (6)

• 1x Dregscape Zombie
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Soulless One
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Viscera Dragger

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Mono-black zombie lord deck. Fairly basic. Not a whole lot to explain.

Gempalm Polluter has insane synergy with this deck. It's often my win condition, when aggro isn't enough. Between the damage & drawpower, I consider it a staple. Lord of the Undead , and Ghoulcaller's Chant are close friends to it.

...Speaking of Unearth , notice the mana curve? It took me a week 'r two before that fully sunk in.

The Phyrexian Crusaders are in mainly because Red & White are rampant in the crowd I play Magic with. It's a "low-down-dirty-rotten-stinkin'-trick", and I adore it.

My mana is what it is. I'd prefer not to hear "not enough mana". I have a physical copy of this deck, and have yet to have mana issue when using 18 Swamps. The Lake of the Dead is a promising experiment. Suggestions of alternative cards, such as Cabal Coffers, to swap my swamps out for are welcome.

Working on a sideboard. Suggestions welcome for both boards. Upvotes appreciated.

Top Ranked	Achieved #98 position overall 10 years ago
Date added	10 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 4 Rares 10 - 2 Uncommons 14 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.67
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Zombies, black, Zombie, Ideas for zombies, Interesting decks, No Mana for you