The Waggling Dead

I like it.

March 6, 2013 11:31 a.m.

Fascinating deck name..... Oh look it's PUMKPIN!

March 11, 2013 12:11 a.m.

It came from when I sent a text to a friend about watching The Walking Dead and because of auto correct, it changed to The Waggling Dead, hahaha.

March 11, 2013 12:16 a.m.

Haha that's awesome! I love auto correct shenanigans. Great deck btw. I started off with a jund zombie build when rtr dropped, I really like what you've got mainboard.

March 11, 2013 12:49 a.m.

Golgari Charmis great for removal of tokens, enchants like RIP and some board wipes.

I'd switch the mainboard Dreadbore-Searing Spear ratio to 2:2, just for planeswalker control.

An alternative to illness in the ranks is Electrickery, it can also take out a lot of the most irksome humans (Champion of Parish, Invisible Stalker, Avacyns Pilgrim) that seem to be everywhere. Instant speed is nice too.

If you are going aggro with green... Rancor?

March 11, 2013 6:50 a.m.

Rancor would be good to see, but there is more of the problem of getting two for oned when using rancor. The best things for Rancor imo is Souls and Sigarda. No one wants to waste a spell in a soul =) , and obviously hexproof is just always good.

March 11, 2013 11:18 a.m.

@axen@OFABass

This deck is already pretty good against sweepers (except Terminus), and I have Abrupt Decay for enchantments like Rest in Peace and Detention Sphere. I used to have Golgari Charm in my sideboard, but always found I wish I had Abrupt Decay instead (uncounterable), especially now with Boros Reckoner. I agree with Electrickery though. It is also really good against Naya Blitz, basically a mini-bonfire for 1. I used to use Rancor but could not seem to use it as consistently as I wanted to. Thanks for the suggestions!

March 11, 2013 11:35 a.m.

I really like the list, it's really similar to what we're using. However, we run Brimstone Volley over Searing Spear , because in zombies morbid triggers a ton. Other than that, great deck!

March 24, 2013 9:18 a.m.

I think you're quite (perhaps even too) heavy on the 3-drops. Perhaps 2x Rancor instead of 2x Dreg Mangler so you can curve out in an optimum way more often? I really like this deck, but I don't know about the Deathrite Shaman . In STD I like them more as value-creatures in midrange-decks, here you perhaps want some Rakdos Cackler instead?

+1 from my side nevertheless :D

March 25, 2013 10:16 a.m.

Before GTC, I ran this deck with 3x Rancor and 4x Rakdos Cackler . It didn't work out. This deck can be really fast, but if it comes out mid-game or even late game, Deathrite Shaman will be better than Rakdos Cackler . I also love having a mainboard way of dealing with an opponent's graveyard, and if an opponent has blockers, it will deal more damage. I only choose to run 2 because as you said, they are more mid-range and not very aggressive.

As for 3 drops, I only run the Geralf's Messenger and Dreg Mangler , and it has worked out quite well, either one leading into my only 4-drop, Falkenrath Aristocrat quite nicely.

March 25, 2013 11:12 a.m.

I like it. I have a similar deck Undying is flawless that is more undying oriented and seemingly only week to Terminus . +1 from me:-)

April 30, 2013 6:57 p.m.

I like the deck, cool idea. +1

May 1, 2013 9:37 p.m.

Switch Victim of Night for Putrefy . Its just more consistent even if it is a little higher cost.

May 7, 2013 4:56 p.m.

why no varolz?

May 7, 2013 9:14 p.m.

@chrismast55 Right now, the deck isn't really built to support him. The creatures that I scavenge wouldn't be that great- a Varolz, the Scar-Striped deck likes Vexing Devil and other good power/cost creatures. I'm running the full 4 Cavern of Souls as I have all zombies except for Falkenrath Aristocrat as well. He looks fun to build around. I may have to adapt my other Jund build to include him: Summoning Sickness is for Noobs. Any ideas on how?

@nocturnalreaper It may kill things more consistently, but I'm not sure that I'll be able to cast it more consistently, running 22 lands with 8 green sources. I suppose it may depend on your meta, if you are facing a lot of Jund and zombies, then Victim of Night is the worst card ever. I do like the "can't be regenerated" on Putrefy , too. Not sure how relevant the artifact destruction is at this point. I'll do some testing in real life and see how it works out, thanks for the suggestion.

May 7, 2013 11:47 p.m.

Look at my jundead list. I took 4-1 tonight for second place and 20 in store credit as well. Look at it and see what yah think. Sideboards are a meta thing. Alot of my meta runs midrange and control. So it's setup this way.

May 18, 2013 2:45 a.m.

But I been thinking of the scrivener and I tested 2 in my deck instead of diwciple of bolas and he is a little better in a deck that can empty hands. But I feel like I wanna run him with 2 golgari charms main so I can keep him with regenerates.

May 18, 2013 2:51 a.m.