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Thank you so very much for your wonderful suggestions! For this week's update, I carefully went through all of the comments posted under this topic as of Jan. 16, 2012.

I have to say that I am very pleased with the advice given to me so far, offered so early on in the development of this deck. Without further ado, I would like to explain the changes incorporated into the creation of the second revision.

Thank you Strangelove, vishnarg, and Baphomet for your amazing recommendation of Gravecrawler! As soon as I spotted the card, I looked it up, and without hesitation, I decided to include it in this week's early update!

Zombie Apocalypse stood out to me as the perfect "one-sided" Patriarch's Bidding. Although it suffers from a minor drawback (one extra black mana), the use of this card as opposed to Patriarch's Bidding prevents disaster in the case of a Tribal versus Tribal match. However, in case the six CMC of Zombie Apocalypse is one too many, I have included a copy of the five mana alternative in the deck's sideboard.

I replaced Call to the Grave with Coat of Arms in order to better reflect the rush strategy of this deck. Since the former doesn't begin to take effect until the conclusion of your fifth turn, I have decided to replace it with the commonly used tribal artifact, which shines in full glory from as early as the beginning (first main phase) of the aforementioned turn.

I considered switching out Noxious Ghoul for an aggro creature like Unbreathing Horde, Phylactery Lich, or Skinrender, but decided against it when I realized there remained only six other sources of removal in the deck (from eight in the first revision). Additionally, taking out Noxious Ghoul would render any form of late-game removal extinct. Thus, I have decided to leave the creature in the deck's second revision.

Following this post are my comments for this week's Card of the Week. Again, thanks for all of the thoughtful comments! I greatly appreciate all of your suggestions. As I am still relatively new to Magic the Gathering, I would indeed greatly appreciate any suggestions and/or constructive criticism that you may have to offer.

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It does not seem entirely appropriate to comment on an unreleased card, but it seems to take the crown of popularity this week in the comment section. Thus, with the early update this week comes my interpretation of this incredible one-drop. My choice of this week is Gravecrawler.

The drawback on this creature is hardly damaging, since you'd most likely be using it to assault your opponent. Its ability to be played from the grave allows this Innistrad Zombie to come back again and again, and saves you an activated ability from Lord of the Undead.

All of this without mentioning that you get a creature with Power 2 for the price of one black mana! Use this to your advantage as you whack your enemy for maximum damage.

To conclude briefly, the comments recommending Gravecrawler have been dead on. As a new introduction to the deck, let's give this one-drop a warm welcome. I can't wait until Dark Ascension releases!