When I saw Kolaghan's Command I decided it was time to make a Modern Zombie deck. The deck is centered around the typical core of zombies with a couple of non-standard picks and a package of removal/discard for support.
Core Zombies:
3x
Cemetery Reaper
--> works in conjunction with the Withered Wretch but allows me to score a 2/2 zombie out of it.
3x Death Baron --> Mostly for the deathtouch, but the buff is great as well.
2x
Lord of the Undead
--> nice buff and allows me to pull zombies out of the graveyard at instant speed.
3x Geralf's Messenger --> I've found a few opponents that simply didn't know how to handle this card. A few times they've managed to accidentally kill themselves in an effort to get rid of it.
2x
Undead Warchief
--> Makes my zombies cheaper and grants a great buff.
Supporting Cast:
2x
Festering Goblin
--> can take down just about any 2/2 and can also sneak in a -1/-1 on 2/1 first strikers (looking at you Thalia).
2x
Diregraf Ghoul
--> quite decent in the opening hand and will only grow larger as the core zombies hit the board
2x Withered Wretch --> unsung hero in this deck. Can shut down Scavenging Ooze, Snapcaster Mage and similar cards/effects that rely on the graveyard (provided I have the mana to keep up).
2x
Slavering Nulls
--> simple 2/1 zombie that also causes my opponent to discard. Just more pressure of a different sort.
1x Grave Titan --> The deck doesn't necessarily need this creature to land, but it sure doesn't hurt.
2x
Blood Scrivener
--> I'm still on the fence on this one. I think it'll help should I get hit with either discard effects or to assist in recovering from board wipes.
Support Cards:
4x Dreadbore --> self explanatory
3x Lightning Bolt --> Because we're running red
3x Thoughtseize --> Because we're running black :)
2x Phyrexian Arena --> This is an aggro deck at its core, so the faster we can get cards in our hand the faster we can build up the board state.
3x Kolaghan's Command --> Really curious to see how this card performs. Can hit just about anything that matters in the current Modern meta, and can pull back key zombie enablers from the graveyard right to the battlefield.
