Grim-grim Zombie combo

Commander / EDH

orangekresh

Land (37)

• 1x Bad River
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 4x Island
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootwater Depths
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Terminal Moraine
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Dark Salvation
• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Tendrils of Agony
• 1x Unearth

Creature (21)

• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Filth
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Lich Lord of Unx
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Nantuko Husk
• 1x Noxious Ghoul
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Undead Alchemist
• 1x Vengeful Dead
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
• 1x Zombie Master

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Blanket of Night
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Greed
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Rooftop Storm

Commander (1)

Instant (16)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Deprive
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Gravepurge
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Negate
• 1x Stubborn Denial

Artifact (6)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Worn Powerstone

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Sorcery (1)

• 1x Reanimate

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Grim-grin (a.k.a Grimmers) began as a pure zombie tribal deck but has evolved into something a little more scary.

The main win cons are infinite combos that involve sacrificing and recasting Gravecrawler. This can be achieved with Phyrexian Altar or Rooftop Storm and another sac outlet (Grimgrin, Corpse-Born, Carrion Feeder, Nantuko Husk, etc.). Opponents are killed with damage/life drain from Vengeful Dead, Diregraf Captain, or Tendrils of Agony.

Secondary win-cons include milling people with Undead Alchemist and Altar of Dementia, and a simple beat down strategy with either Grimmers himself or a token strategy (see below).

For protection, lots of counterspells, spot removal. Noxious Ghoul is amazing for controlling creatures and really decimates token decks.

Despite not having some of the classic zombie tribal token generators, this deck can make a lot of tokens - Undead Alchemist, Cemetery Reaper, Dark Salvation, Endless Ranks of the Dead, Diregraf Colossus, Grave Titan, Lich Lord of Unx. Lots of stuff here to make your tokens big and threatening as well - Death Baron, Diregraf Captain, Cemetery Reaper, Lord of the Undead - can give zombies up to +4/+4.

The token strategy is facilitated by giving zombies swampwalk - Blanket of Night and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth to make lands into swamps, Zombie Master, Filth for swampwalk.

Would love to hear any comments!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Wizard 1/1 UB
Folders	+1 Decks I Want to Emulate