The dead rise and new cards from Core Set 2019 make this deck extremely powerful. Boost your zombies, go wide and overtake the battlefield.
Recent Changes as of 5/4/19
Bontu's Last Reckoning
removed.
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
added 1.
Creatures
Cryptbreaker
will typically be seen early. He can help with card draw or token generation. But to me he's mainly a chump blocker with special abilities.
Metallic Mimic
is a great card to get out early. Giving future zombies permanent +1/+1 counters. Note they enter with +1/+1 counters. The creature does not have to be cast to get them. Therefore any tokens entering the battlefield get the counters.
Lord of the Accursed
helps your zombies grow as well. And his ability to give zombies Menace makes for a tough battlefield when you start producing tokens.
Relentless Dead
already has Menace and as long as you keep one mana open he's an endless chump blocker. He offers good graveyard recursion because you can do both abilities if he were to die provided you have the open mana. Use one trigger to get Relentless Dead back to your hand and another Zombie to the battlefield from the graveyard.
Diregraf Colossus
is nice if you can get him out early. That way any time you cast a zombie spell you produce tokens.
Token Generation
Diregraf Colossus
and
Cryptbreaker
both fall into this list.
Dark Salvation
produces zombie tokens and is a removal spell all balled up into one.
Liliana's Mastery
produces 2 zombie tokens and pumps zombies.
Open the Graves
is an enchantment that ensures zombies keep on coming.
Removal
Grasp of Darkness
is an extremely good removal spell for two mana at instant speed. Not to mention negative counters can kill an indestructible creature.
Fatal Push
can take out just about anything at one drop instant speed.
Bontu's Last Reckoning
is a very good board wipe despite its downside.
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
is the perfect Planeswalker for this deck. Yes six mana is a hefty price to get her on board but at six loyalty counters that makes up for the high CMC. Her static ability rewards you with card draw when a creature dies. But the great thing is her +1 and -4 abilities work in conjunction with the static ability. The +1 helps you protect her by generating tokens and the -4 helps thin the board while also drawing you cards. Her Ultimate -9 ability does not affect you at all. It forces all opponents to choose one of each permanent they control (including Planeswalkers) and sacrifice all the rest. This is an extremely crippling ability.
Liliana, Death's Majesty
is an all around good Planeswalker. Able to produce zombie tokens and return creatures from the graveyard. Plus a board wipe for an ultimate.
Liliana, Untouched By Death
is a new Planeswalker. Her first ability isn't the best putting 3 cards in the graveyard but being able to do her ultimate right away makes up for that. Her second ability is removal and -X/-X counter removal at that. I do love my removal.
This deck will go through periodic changes as new cards become relevant.