Best Colors for 4-Color Zombie Tribal?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Dec. 11, 2016, 8:42 p.m. by Wizno
I've been wanting to upgrade my zombie deck for a while now to four colors but can't figure out which four are the most optimal. So I turn to you, the wise TappedOut Community, for guidance.
Blue and Black will obviously be auto-includes but the remaining two colors are up in the air.
Red offers some solid removal, wheel effects (for future graveyard targets, and has some solid zombies/zombie-related cards. When I look at Red I see the following being considered: Anathemancer, Flayer of the Hatebound, Past in Flames, Unscythe, Killer of Kings, and Sedris, the Traitor King.
Green offers a lot of ramp and graveyard interaction through mechanics like Dredge and Delve. It has a lot of solid zombie cards and reanimator tech. I think the following when I think of green: Life from the Loam, Sidisi, Brood Tyrant, Meren of Clan Nel Toth, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, Glissa, the Traitor.
White also offers up solid removal, anthems, and life gain. White also opens up reanimator tech too. I'm looking at cards like the following: Athreos, God of Passage, Debtors' Knell, Immortal Servitude, Obzedat's Aid, Necromancer's Covenant.
So what do you all think should be the last two colors and why?
Or stick to the colors your scrub tribe has been assigned. Don't try to complicate a tribal deck.
December 11, 2016 10:33 p.m.
Green can provide you artifact and enchantment removal, and red can provide artifact removal as well. I would absolutely recommend red. Alara has some decent zombies in Grixis, things like Lightning Reaver, Nekusar, the Mindrazer, and Thraximundar
Green offers less, but does offer a lot of graveyard recursion, which is something zombies are all about, plus again you get to use the zombie support from Sultai to create zombies and fill your graveyard. Think Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
In a zombie tribal theme, I would think white offers you the least overall that can't be obtained from other colors along with other benefits. If I were building for this, I would say go for Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper and Kraum, Ludevic's Opus as the partner generals.
December 12, 2016 12:34 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #5
I would do non-white, unless you really want to play Necromancer's Covenant. Otherwise, Alara's Grixis and Tarkir's Sultai both could team up to do zombies together.
December 12, 2016 6:30 a.m.
I would exclude white. You can get lifegain elsewhere in another color that interacts better with your zombies.
brokendwarf says... #2
White for the artifact/enchantment removal UB didn't have, on top of those cards you mentioned (don't forget Unburial Rites)
Green for the ramp since you'd have 4 colors so you need to fix your mana quickly, and also for the artifact/enchantment removal UB didn't have.
So if you do go with the WUBG combo, your best bet for commander(s) would be Ravos, Soultender and Thrasios, Triton Hero
December 11, 2016 9:51 p.m. Edited.