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Version #2 of my main Standard Zombie Deck:


Stockpile of Undeath | Zombies | Amonkhet

Standard* Cipher_8

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With this version I wanted to go more heavy on 2/2 Zombie token focus because Tokens kickass! I feel like there is a lot to exploit within Zombie tokens thanks to cards like Anointed Procession. Any of the Zombie generators work with it but the high ceiling combo is Olivia's Dragoon + From Under the Floorboards + Cryptolith Rite = huge X cost for tons of 2/2 Zombies! Just need some Zombies in play to tap for mana alongside any lands you have and you can easily pay a 5BB cost putting 10-15 Zombies into play. All those zombies then can be blockers as you turtle to get Liliana, the Last Hope's emblem into play. Then watch as your Zombie head count doubles every turn and you amass 30...60...120+ 2/2 Zombies.

Of course you have other ways to kill them long before this...

ETB effects from Zombies thanks to Wayward Servant and Plague Belcher also inflicts more pain when they leave the battlefield. Pair him with Bontu and start churning out and then sacrificing 2/2 Zombies left and right for burn damage.

This is where it dawned on me? Why even attack when creating tokens is just easier. Even if you never ultimate Liliana, the Last Hope there's plenty of synergy here amongst the cards to create dozens of tokens in a single turn and alongside Wayward Servant each 2/2 Zombie that enters the battlefield is -1 off their life. Count up to 20 tokens and you've already won the game. (Not the mention the more that enter gain you life which helps prolong the match and the more you have in play is great for chump blocking and your defending your life total.)

Because of this non-attacking apprach I decided to take out Diregraf Colossus (It works great alongside more Zombie creatures but not so much within a token creation build because you're not casting Zombie spells persay to activate it's token creation ability and each Zombie token obviously doesn't exist and thus doesn't count for it's graveyard ability either.)

One of my favorite things about this deck, besides all the synergy amongst the cards, is how multiples of one card can really amplify everything.

Take for example: Liliana's Mastery. Obviously having 1 in play is good because it makes all your 2/2 Zombies 3/3 and even gives use more of said tokens when it ETB's basically it's a Gisa's Bidding combined with Lord of the Accursed. But now what happens when you are able to get 2 or even 3 Liliana's Mastery in play? It makes everything that much bigger each buffing all your Zombies. Your 2/2's become 4/4's or 5/5's and instead of playing defensively now you might go on the offensive. After all 5/5 2/2 Zombies are all the better to attack with.

This also works with Anointed Procession though. Having one in play is nice but imagine having 2 or even 3 of them in play and casting a Gisa's Bidding. With doubles that creates 8 2/2 Zombies instead of just 2. Then maybe you also have one of your Wayward Servant in play. That's -8 off their life total and +8 to yours.

Now imagine if you casted From Under the Floorboards instead using Olivia's Dragoon 's free discard outlet effect to cast it for it's Madness. Pay the and then X=? cost. Depending on how much many you have that's a lot of tokens entering... 6 mana = 4 tokens but doubled twice thanks to Anointed Procession = 12 tokens and all the other effects to go with it. Throw in a Bontu the Glorified and start sacrificing!

And remember whenever a Zombie dies that old burping rotting pig (Plague Belcher) deals 1 damage to their life too!

This is why I chose to include a bit of ramp within this build running Cryptolith Rite because the more creatures you have the more mana you have. All these tokens can then tap for a massive X=? cost.

Then the finisher.

When considering you burn their life down every time a Zombie enters effects (Wayward Servant) and considering that you have doubling effects in play for when a token enters (Anointed Procession). Now consider playing a Second Harvest which then doubles every token you have in play already.

With Annointed Procession's effect that's +20 tokens and -20 life lost for them. Game over. Even if they somehow had life to spare you now have 30 2/2 Zombies left over on the board to do whatever you please with. Each capable of being tapped for mana which opens up a loophole. Tap 2 for mana, sacrifice one to Bontu and do another 1 damage to their life. The Zombies keep feasting!

Maybe they only have one tricky threat standing in your way. No problem at all, you've got the ultimate removal. Dark Salvation. Thanks to your Zombie head count you can easily put -6/-6 or more on anything sending it to the grave. And you can do this for just one if you don't want to spend any mana. X=0 is perfectly valid way to play this card once you have a board presence.

Throne of the God-Pharaoh counts things that are tapped. Well if we're not attacking how are we tapping? Cryptolith Rite. Tapping a lot of Zombies to pay for mana costs and being rewarded with dealing damage in the form of burn for doing so.

Binding Mummy in the sideboard also loves when multiple zombie tokens enter in a single turn. You get to tap all their blockers for one big swing.


Appetite for Brains | Art by Michael C. Hayes

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Revision 4 See all

(6 years ago)

-1 Hissing Quagmire main
+1 Painted Bluffs main
Date added 6 years
Last updated 6 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

4 - 1 Mythic Rares

30 - 6 Rares

10 - 4 Uncommons

4 - 4 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 3.03
Tokens Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders Zombies, BWG zombie token life drain, decks
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