Competitive Zombie deck ?
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Posted on Dec. 17, 2017, 8:23 p.m. by pretzels
Ok , I need help on this zombie deck im working on , I'm wondering if this roster is good enough or not
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/12-12-17-ub-zombies/
StardustDragon11 says... #4
One thing I would say is that if you are going to be tribal you better have a damn good reason. tribal decks that are a competitive are usually good because they are consistent, redundant, reliable and steady.
Merfolk is good because they play so many lords that essentially they are a combo deck. Resolve two lords and two other fish and you are golden.
Elves are good because you can generate such absurd asinine amounts of mana in three turns that you can do unfair things.
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Here are your priority slots for creatures.1) Lords Lord of the Undead This is a no-brainer that you need to pump the whole team up. If you do this this puts your opponent in the red a lot quicker and allows you to keep up with and outpace the more unfair decks.
2) ETB effects Geralf's Messenger. Think of each of your creatures as a sorcery. If they don't pump the team or have a great turn one investment, you are putting yourself behind the curve. You need to have an impact on the board with every card you play.
3) Abusive effects Gravecrawler. This is where the real meat of tribal decks lie outside of the "(Type)Ball." You need something that generates advantage by the board state. Gravecrawler/Carrion Feeder are an amazing combo that demonstrate the abusive effect. Every turn you can put more and more and more pressure on your opponent at an efficient price. While playing my Legacy deck these two cards alone have won games.
I would recommend building a pox style deck. zombies' have the insane advantage that death does not slow them down (how ironic). Play a lot of both players discard or sacrifice effects. What your goal by doing this is to bleed your opponent dry turn after turn by running them out of board state and cards in hand.
Legacy actually offers a really fun zombie deck that I used to play to great success.
I can provide you a link if you like.
December 17, 2017 9:19 p.m.
I ended up changing it to legacy , because carrion feeder got banned
December 17, 2017 9:33 p.m.
I don't know how to put this politely, but... erhm... what do you know of legacy, pretzels? I'll admit that I'm no afficionado of legacy, but this does not look like a competitive legacy deck. Your clock is too low to just race your way to a win (can that actually be done in legacy), you have no protection against combos that put a hasted Griselbrand into play turn 2, and so on. While getting to play Carrion Feeder is an upgrade over a modern zombie deck, the decks you want to compete against get so much more than a few +1/+1 counters on turns where they have mana to spend.
It's probably a smarter move to start looking for a replacement for Carrion Feeder, and stay in modern. Or invest in some Underground Sea and Polluted Deltas... and some Wastelands... and a set of Thoughtseize
December 18, 2017 9:04 a.m.
I don't know how to put this politely, but... erhm... what do you know of legacy, pretzels? I'll admit that I'm no afficionado of legacy, but this does not look like a competitive legacy deck. Your clock is too low to just race your way to a win (can that actually be done in legacy?), you have no protection against combos that put a hasted Griselbrand into play turn 2, and so on. While getting to play Carrion Feeder is an upgrade over a modern zombie deck, the decks you want to compete against get so much more than a few +1/+1 counters on turns where they have mana to spend.
It's probably a smarter move to start looking for a replacement for Carrion Feeder, and stay in modern. Or invest in some Underground Sea and Polluted Deltas... and some Wastelands... and a set of Thoughtseize
December 18, 2017 9:05 a.m.
I wouldn't play Zombies in Legacy unless I was using Enduring Renewal + Goblin Bombardment.
I'd suggest going back over to Modern with this, even though it means losing Carrion Feeder. Zombies can be a really strong tribe with how ridiculous its lords are.
December 18, 2017 10:07 a.m.
You could play Blasting Station to get a combo-like finisher with Gravecrawler.
StardustDragon11 says... #2
Good enough for what?
December 17, 2017 9:06 p.m.