Zombie Hunt is best combo in Modern

Modern PainShake

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lawl. love it. +1

March 11, 2013 4:38 a.m.

Doolbeurt says... #2

Might just order this for shiggs and gittles! +1 my friend :)

March 12, 2013 4:48 a.m.

Steve.Corell says... #3

love this!! such a sweet combo.

March 20, 2013 2:49 p.m.

Steve.Corell says... #4

definitely worth a +1.

March 20, 2013 2:50 p.m.

EvenDryke says... #5

Brilliant, +1.

Judging form your sideboard, this deck can work with a similar combo built around treasure hunting into a Seismic Assault instead of a Zombie Infestation. It seems like this would be a much faster combo to me, why not use that combo in the mainboard?

March 20, 2013 2:52 p.m.

theemptyquiver says... #6

Jank should be a legality. Officially.

March 20, 2013 2:54 p.m.

PainShake says... #7

The choice of Zombie Infestation is mostly because it's less color intensive. You'd need a bunch of U/R dual lands for casting Treasure Hunt turn 2 into Seismic Assault turn 3, and you can't cast Seismic Assault with the mana from Reliquary Tower.

Black/Blue also offers better manlands, IMO. Since this deck folds to a single Counterspell, Duress, Thoughtseize, or Inquisition of Kozilek, Creeping Tar Pit and Faerie Conclave are a better alternate win condition than the red manlands.

Mutavault and Blinkmoth Nexus would also be good to add, if you want a better manland aggro backup plan. Of course, 1 Mutavault costs more than the rest of the deck right now.

March 20, 2013 5:50 p.m.

Jonch says... #8

Add Hellraiser Goblin mybs? Then when you suuuuuuper spam the zombie's, chuck him down, boom, swing, dead. You have the red in there ;)

March 24, 2013 1:29 a.m.

Jonch says... #9

And I can't see the price :S How much does it cost exactly?

March 24, 2013 1:40 a.m.

PainShake says... #10

Jonch, adding any nonland cards, like Hellraiser Goblin breaks the combo.

The only money card in the list right now is Creeping Tar Pit . You can easily get the rest for $7-10. It'll run you about $12 more to add 4 copies of Creeping Tar Pit .

March 25, 2013 11:22 a.m.

Mpz5 says... #11

A turn 1 Inquisition of Kozilek , Thoughtseize , or Duress makes this unplayable unfortunately. Great idea though. Wish I could think of some way to dodge the problem cards that wouldn't mess it up. I'd suggest Leyline of Sanctity but dilution in a deck like this ruins it.

March 25, 2013 12:33 p.m.

xzzane says... #12

Like Mpz5 said, it can run into some issues when it comes to things like that, but other than that I love it!

March 25, 2013 8:31 p.m.

Jonch says... #13

BUT if you do happen to mull down to a Treasure Hunt , Leyline of Sanctity and one land, it'd be a god hand, no doubt.

March 26, 2013 3:36 a.m.

skyb0rg says... #14

I run a similar deck, but I run some red for the loothouse as well as ad nauseum with the future sight storage lands. It increases the price, but also the consistancy.

March 27, 2013 7:46 a.m.

LayWhoZayHer says... #15

Very Creative! +1!

March 29, 2013 11:34 a.m.

MTdude says... #16

I'm going to run this for fun tonight! +1!!

March 29, 2013 5:26 p.m.

messy6 says... #17

Don't forget about cards like Pyroclasm and Rolling Temblor . They would make short work of this decks zombies. Also, +1 for funny idea.

March 29, 2013 10:07 p.m.

PainShake says... #18

The idea is that Reliquary Tower lets you produce zombies on your opponent's end step, dodging sorcery speed removal like Pyroclasm or Wrath of God .

April 1, 2013 4:58 p.m.

bpwnz says... #19

really like this combo. recently stumbled on it through reddit and have been trying to cheaply modify it to be a bit more reliable and flexible.

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/modern-zombie-hunt/

also, please let me know if you're the originator of this combo so i can properly credit you.

April 2, 2013 1:19 a.m.

PainShake says... #20

I'm definitely not the first one to come up with the combo. It's been floating around for a while, although I do think I was one of the first to add a few things to make it more Modern-Viable. I like some of the ideas in yours right now, particularly the Tomb of Urami and Contested War Zone . I think I put my version together before Contested War Zone was printed.

April 3, 2013 12:02 a.m.

pheonix_222 says... #21

I'd suggest running cascade cards like Kathari Remnant or Shardless Agent .

They'll only be able to cascade into Zombie Infestation or Treasure Hunt but it does help fill your hands with stuff you want without having to mulligan so excessively. I'd also suggest running lands like Reflecting Pool with Gemstone Caverns , City of Brass and Vivid Creek to help color fixing.

April 14, 2013 9:59 p.m.

jokercrow says... #22

Wow, I love it ! +1

April 14, 2013 10:18 p.m.

pumpkinsword says... #23

Hilarious.

April 24, 2013 4:17 p.m.

LordOfMishap says... #24

Ha, Funny as hell! Cheap as hell! +1

May 22, 2013 9:28 p.m.

tomrok277 says... #25

what turn does this deck wins ? most of the times ?

June 18, 2013 7:53 p.m.

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