Gisa, Queen of the Zombies

Commander / EDH* Casual Mono-Black Zombie

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Creature (31)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gempalm Polluter
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gravespawn Sovereign
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Liliana's Reaver
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Shepherd of Rot
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Soulless One
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vengeful Dead
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
• 1x Wight of Precinct Six
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zombie Master

Artifact (15)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Helm of Possession
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Land (32)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 23x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (2)

• 1x Silence the Believers
• 1x Sudden Spoiling

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Conspiracy
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Liliana's Mastery
• 1x Necromancer's Stockpile
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

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Creature (8)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Dread Slaver
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Raving Dead
• 1x Woebearer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Greed
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Victimize

Instant (4)

• 1x Grim Return
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Silence the Believers
• 1x Tragic Slip

Artifact (1)

• 1x Loxodon Warhammer

Land (1)

• 1x Bojuka Bog

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My first go at a "Zombie Tribal" EDH deck. My self-imposed constraint is to use as many zombies as possible in order to keep with the deck's theme. The idea is to get as many zombies out on the board to crush the opposition or as sacrifice fodder for other effects. There are a few card synergies I would like to point out:

• Deathrender to buff and cheat in creature cards for Ghoulcaller Gisa to turn into zombies...this gets very ugly when Gisa is equipped with the Thornbite Staff and you have a fist full of fatties!
• Nim Deathmantle works with digging the non-zombie creatures out of the graveyard and letting them benefit from the numerous zombie buff effects this deck puts into play.
• Wight of Precinct Six played after a board wipe, such as Black Sun's Zenith or In Garruk's Wake will make for a pretty large beat-stick...better yet, sacrifice the Wight to Ghoulcaller Gisa to put a fair number of 2/2 Zombie tokens on the board. Late-game shenanigans with the Soulless One could easily flood the board with The Walking Dead.
• Mimic Vat provides many possibilities when combined with Fleshbag Marauder, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Geralf's Messenger, Grave Titan and any other creature with a useful ETB effect - plus, you can then sac the token to Ghoulcaller Gisa before having to sac it during your end step, to create even more 2/2 zombie tokens...the value never ends!
• Sudden Spoiling provides a great way to stop (and outright remove) an onslaught of trampling creatures - this card makes your 2/2 Zombies formidable blockers, and your opponent will be powerless to stop it!

Many thanks to NoSoyYucateco's Mallwalkers deck for the inspiration (and the Deathrender/Thornbite Staff shenanigans with Ghoulcaller Gisa). Any and all suggestions are welcome!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	WURG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.74
Tokens	Copy Clone, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Zombies 'R' Us