So many buffed up zombies!!!
RECOMMENDATIONS NEEDED!
This is hands down my favorite deck to play. It has so many different combos and ways to win. It's extremely diverse. Zombie Lord buffs, tokens, and combos galore! The deck is a little pricey, but regardless, it's a blast to play.
Aether Vial are the key here. Taking a few mulligans to pull one would be worth it. Once Aether vials is at 3 charges(leave it at 3), you can cast a 3 CMC zombie for FREE each turn. 24 out of the 36 creatures in this deck are 3 CMC. This saves your mana to be used to cast crucial creature spells to flood the board with zombie tokens. If I manage to get even 2 aether vials to 3 charges, its game over. i wouldn't even need the other ones in play.
I know 3 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx may seem a little much, but running 4 Cryptbreakers helps with that, since you can use it's mana ability to discard it from your hand to put a 2/2 zombie token on the board if you have a Nykthos already in play. I haven't run into a problem getting stuck with multiple nykthos in my hand because of that.
There are 12 total zombie lords in the deck that buff ALL other zombies 1+1 (NOT COUNTERS!!! that's very important to note). Be ready to annoy your opponent by constantly changing over the dice to keep track of all the buffs lol
Geralf's Messenger CAN be buffed by the lords and still return using his undying ability since the lords dont add "counters", they "give" zombies 1+1. So G.M. would return to the battlefield with the lord buffs AND an extra counter on it.
Diregraf Colossus is great at bringing in tokens. Even if you sac Gravecrawler with Altar's Reap, then cast him from the graveyard, it would trigger Diregraf Colossus's token ability, since you're still casting a zombie spell. More tokens? Yes please!
Lord of the Undead is great not only for its lordship, but bringing back zombies to your hand. There are a ton of big targets here for removal spells(Death Baron, Relentless Dead,
Unbreathing Horde
, Diregraf Colossus). If your opponent chooses to remove something, it's easily brought back with a 2 mana creature ability. Even if the opponent casts any kind of destroy EVERYTHING kind of spell, the combination of lord of the undead and the aether vials helps rebuild a zombie army in a jiffy.
Westvale Abbey
is in there to add insult to injury. sac 5 tokens and its party time with Ormendahl, Profane Prince
Unbreathing Horde
can get beastly. If i pull him early, i sac or discard him for tokens or to draw cards, then bring him back later with Lord of the Undead's mana ability when I have a bunch of zombies and tokens out
so many different combos in this deck, im just going to start rattling some off.
COMBOS:
Cryptbreaker
+
Gravecrawler
- you can pay to discard gravecrawler to the graveyard for a 2/2 token, then cast gravecrawler from the graveyard for 1 mana
Altar's Reap
+
Gravecrawler
- sac gravecrawler to draw 2, then cast gravecrawler back from the graveyard for 1 mana
Death Baron
+
Relentless Dead
Relentless Dead with Menace and Deathtouch. Two birds one stone? i think so.
There's probably combos or synergies im overlooking. There are so many here. Feel free to remind me of something i missed.
Suggestions are welcomed. I do need suggestions on protecting my deck from graveyard hate and sideboard stuff. Thanks. Upvote if you like!
