Varolz Scavenge Zombie Snake Army $200 Budget Deck

Commander / EDH

Poor

Counter Stick (2)

• 1x Dash Hopes
• 1x Isochron Scepter

Discard Outlets (7)

• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Noose Constrictor
• 1x Olivia's Dragoon
• 1x Stromkirk Condemned
• 1x Trespasser il-Vec
• 1x Undertaker
• 1x Wild Mongrel

Discard Synergy (2)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

Fetch Land (12)

• 1x Bad River
• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Grasslands
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Mountain Valley
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 1x Rocky Tar Pit
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Land (28)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 5x Forest
• 1x Foul Orchard
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Painted Bluffs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Strip Mine
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Other Artifacts (9)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x That Which Was Taken
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Other Creatures (2)

• 1x Filth
• 1x Horror of the Broken Lands

Other Enchantments (3)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Koskun Falls
• 1x Tainted Remedy

Other Instances (3)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Glissa's Scorn
• 1x Hero's Demise

Other Sorceries (5)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Rhystic Tutor
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Temporal Extortion
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Scavenge Me (10)

• 1x Death's Shadow
• 1x Groundbreaker
• 1x Hunted Horror
• 1x Lupine Prototype
• 1x Myr Superion
• 1x Nyxathid
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Ravaging Riftwurm
• 1x Sheltering Ancient
• 1x Tempting Wurm

Wincons (2)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Dragon Throne of Tarkir

Zombie Creatures (8)

• 1x Cursed Minotaur
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Liliana's Elite
• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Rotlung Reanimator
• 1x Thraben Foulbloods
• 1x Withered Wretch

Zombie Stuff (6)

• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Graf Harvest
• 1x Liliana's Mastery
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Parallel Lives

Commander (1)

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Work in progress.

Varolz Scavenge Zombie Snake Army $200 Budget Deck

Commander: Varolz, the Scar-Striped

Information: Varolz, the Scar-Striped has the unique ability to give the scavenge mechanic to all creatures in your grave yard: "Each creature card in you graveyard has scavenge. The scavenge cost is equal to its mana cost." He also has a built-in sac outlet: "Sacrifice another creature: Regenerate Valroz, the Scar-Striped."

702.96. Scavenge

702.96a Scavenge is an activated ability that functions only while the card with scavenge is in a graveyard. Scavenge [cost] means [Cost], Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the power of the card you exiled on target creature. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

The objective / wincon: Scavenge low CMC creatures with moderate to high power. Then place all +1/+1 counters onto Varolz, the Scar-Striped. Equip Dragon Throne of Tarkir and swing with your buffed Zombie (See: Zombie Stuff) and Snake (Archfiend of Ifnir + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons ) army for the win.

Alternate wincon: Army of the Damned in conjunction with Dragon Throne of Tarkir + Varolz, the Scar-Striped works as well in lieu of a supporting non-token Zombie / token Snake army.

The best scavenging creatures: Death's Shadow - Pay 1 black and get 13 +1/+1 counters. Phyrexian Dreadnought - Pay 1 of any color and get 12 +1/+1 counters. They also can self-sacrifice as an added bonus.

I have compiled what I think in my opinion are the most cost-effective scavenging creatures. Besides Death's Shadow and Phyrexian Dreadnought - both of which are out of this world in terms of mana cost to number of counters obtained, the majority of these scavenger creatures will have a 1 CMC for every 2 +1/+1 or something roughly close.

Hints:

• Make your creatures harder to block: Get Graf Harvest onto the battlefield, giving all your zombie creatures menace.

• Make your creatures unblockable: Get Filth into the graveyard to establish swampwalk on your creatures.

• Pump up your zombies: Get Lord of the Accursed, Cemetery Reaper, and Liliana's Mastery onto the battlefield. Each of these spells allows you to pump your zombie with +1/+1 for up to 3x +1/+1.

• Establish defenses: Get Koskun Falls onto the battlefield. It is Ghostly Prison for black.

• Flash out your 3 CMC creatures for FREE: Get Aluren onto the battlefield. All of your zombie creatures are 3 CMC or less. Note that this enchantment works in favor of your opponents as well.

• Bring back your zombie creatures from the grave: Zombie creature + Unholy Grotto .

• Counter target spells: Imprint Dash Hopes onto Isochron Scepter. Make players choose between having their spell countered or paying 5 life.

• Tutors at sorcery speed: Diabolic Tutor, Rhystic Tutor

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WUR
Key combos	Archfiend of Ifnir + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons Dragon Throne of Tarkir + Varolz, the Scar-Striped
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.77
Tokens	Centaur 3/3 G w/ Pro Black, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch, Zombie 2/2 B