The Zombie Zoo

Commander / EDH UBR (Grixis) Zombie

Hagdorm

Lands (37)

• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crosis's Catacombs
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Crypt of the Eternals
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 5x Island
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Sulfur Vent
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thran Quarry
• 1x Unholy Grotto

Card Draw & Tutors (6)

• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Greed
• 1x Jayemdae Tome
• 1x Portent
• 1x Staff of Nin

Death Triggers (5)

• 1x Abyssal Gatekeeper
• 1x Aphetto Vulture
• 1x Bearer of the Heavens
• 1x Gavony Unhallowed
• 1x Reef Worm

Recursion (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Gravedigger
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Rise from the Grave

Value (14)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Boneknitter
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Nantuko Husk
• 1x Prince of Thralls
• 1x Prized Amalgam
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Sanitarium Skeleton
• 1x Tenacious Dead
• 1x The Scarab God
• 1x Thraximundar

Lords (8)

• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Zombie Master

Lifedrain (4)

• 1x Blood Tithe
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Syphon Soul

Pump (4)

• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x O-Naginata
• 1x Temur Battle Rage

Commander (1)

Answers (11)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Murder
• 1x Negate
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Spell Swindle

Ramp (6)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass

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Card Draw & Tutors (8)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Razaketh's Rite

Ramp (4)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Obelisk of Grixis

Value (8)

• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Liliana, Untouched By Death
• 1x Nekusar, the Mindrazer
• 1x Squee, Goblin Nabob
• 1x Squee, the Immortal
• 1x The Scarab God
• 1x Unbreathing Horde

Pump (3)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Worldslayer

Answers (7)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Terminate

Recursion (3)

• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Tortured Existence

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That's a big 10/4, good buddy!

Lord of Tresserhorn is a commander that doesn't get as much love as he deserves, these days. There are other options for a Grixis zombie deck, from Thraximundar (arguably the "best" option, and certainly the most popular choice on EDHREC), to Sedris, the Traitor King, or even Nekusar, the Mindrazer, although I'd consider him better suited for a Wheel deck. Lord of Tresserhorn does one thing better than any of them, though - beat face. Seriously, he's a 10/4 - give him +1/+0 and he's a two-hit kill with commander damage!

The main game plan for this deck is pumping up the zombie horde and wrecking our opponents. We have a number of lords to buff the horde in general, and our commander in particular. Lord of Tresserhorn shocks us for 2 when he enters the battlefield, which is annoying if he dies multiple times, but isn't too bad once or twice. He regenerates for just so we shouldn't need to worry too much about losing him. To mitigate the creature sacrifice, Abyssal Gatekeeper makes everyone sac a creature, Aphetto Vulture can return a key creature to us from the graveyard, and Bearer of the Heavens can blow up the board (and leave us with our commander thanks to regenerate). Letting an opponent draw two cards...well, this is a multiplayer format - we can use this to play politics, making a deal with whoever benefits us the most.

The rest of the deck is pretty straightforward - ramp, card draw, countermagic, removal, et al.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.49
Tokens	Copy Clone, Fish 3/3 U, Kraken 9/9 U, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure, Whale 6/6 U, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Knight 2/2 B