Relentless Dead

Creature — Zombie

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

When Relentless Dead dies, you may pay . If you do, return it to its owner's hand.

When Relentless Dead dies, you may pay . If you do, return another target Zombie creature card with converted mana cost X from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Discussion (48)

pinto_bean1324 on SKAAB FACTORY - Vial Zombie Tribal [MH2]

21 hours ago

This decklist is super cool. I noticed 4 copies of Relentless Dead in your maybe board. I would recommend finding a way to fit in at least 2 Relentless Dead, especially with all the mill and sacrifice. One benefit to this is an additional way to get Skaab Ruinator out of the graveyard, as early as turn 3 if you have a lucky hand.

Balaam__ on Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny

4 months ago

Thanks for the insight, DeVerbalen. The Aether Vial situation you described was always a concern as I was building this. I went with it reasoning that with 4 copies of this cheap artifact, I would probably draw at least 2 relatively early and that I would leave them sitting at 1 counter and 2 counters respectively. That would ensure a free Gravecrawler and Relentless Dead on any given turn, if available. With these two zombies coupled with access to the Pyre, I can field all my creatures as soon as they’re drawn. Not to mention that once Grimgrin, Corpse-Born is in play I can buff him infinitely with the Aether Vial -> Gravecrawler interaction.

That being said, I do see merit in your comment and I’ll keep it in mind. I haven’t yet extensively playtested this build, so you may well be right. Zombies are my favorite creature type and I usually always have a new deck being worked on in the background, so I might take your suggestions and apply them to another build. Thanks again!

Blackgate on Black Lantern (Tergrid menace/midrange)

5 months ago

Hello droslag, thanks for the feedback! They are both great menace cards thank you! I think both those cards would be great in a zombie menace deck to make the most use of their special abilities. Combine them with Graf Harvest and that would be a good foundation! That being said adding Plague Belcher and Relentless Dead is something I will play test!

I am also considering swapping out Hunted Nightmare for 3 copies of Dreamstealer and swapping out Josu Vess, Lich Knight for Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip to include a discard strategy to the main deck.

droslag on Black Lantern (Tergrid menace/midrange)

5 months ago

Plague Belcher and Relentless Dead are good menace creatures. Relentless Dead has the potential to reanimate the other zombies you are already boarding, and is pretty hard to get rid of.

TheVectornaut on There's a Quake In My Boot!

5 months ago

I don't know what your budget is, but this seems like an ideal deck to be running some sort of fetchlands, even the common variants. They let you recur Bloodghast an additional time and even grant extra damage from Mayhem Devil . Hofri Ghostforge and Rekindling Phoenix feel quite slow relative to the power of their effect. It also seems a shame not to have as many black creatures available to sacrifice as possible for the sake of Teysa, Orzhov Scion , although I could also see Pawn of Ulamog fulfilling a similar role. Maybe something like Gutterbones , Reassembling Skeleton , or a combo of Relentless Dead and Gravecrawler could prove useful. There's also Grim Haruspex as another way to refuel or Gate to the Afterlife if pitching cards is important.

kellpiece on Golgari Aristocrats

5 months ago

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord one of my fav golgari sac creatures, might make a good finisher since all your cards are such low cmc Abrupt Decay super clutch G/B control card. Lotleth Troll and Relentless Dead make for great sacrifice cratures Viscera Seer and Carrion Feeder can be pretty clutch Rancor is nice as well to keep those lowbies swingin.

ClockworkSwordfish on Fast Zombies Everywhere!

7 months ago

Rancid Rats seems like kind of a weak point in the deck! Skulk seems kind of wasted on a creature with Deathtouch - you're more than happy to have him blocked by one of your opponent's big fellas - and it will only get worse if you're trying to stack lords. If you really want the Deathtouch on a cheap body, I think Foulmire Knight would serve your purposes much better. He's one mana for the same 1/1 Deathtouch body, and can also score you an extra card if you draw him later in the game. Seeing as you already have eight one-drops, however, I can understand if you wanted a solid two-mana creature. Relentless Dead , Stromgald Crusader and Graveyard Marshal all would fit the bill.

By the way, Ghoulcaller's Chant is also directly superior to Return from Extinction in a zombie deck!

Jonesbond49 on Zombie Tribal

9 months ago

I've decided to make more than one list but each one should be helpful to you in the future. Also, you don't need to put in all these cards. There are too many here for you to fit in the deck.

Liliana cards:

Liliana, Death's Majesty (can be a board wipe but don't count on it), Liliana, Dreadhorde General (also doubles as amazing card draw), Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip, Liliana, the Last Hope, and Liliana, Untouched By Death (has a removal ability).

Zombie tribal cards:

Shepherd of Rot, Lord of the Accursed, Risen Executioner, Relentless Dead, Field of the Dead, Undead Augur (also card advantage), Havengul Runebinder, Stitcher Geralf, Gleaming Overseer, Call to the Grave (rude card), Endless Ranks of the Dead (my favorite zombie tribal card), Graf Harvest, Graveborn Muse (also card advantage), and Josu Vess, Lich Knight.

Never/Return is zombie themed removal.

Necromantic Selection is a zombie themed board wipe.

Ramp cards:

Dimir Signet, Talisman of Dominance, Charcoal Diamond, Sky Diamond, and Fellwar Stone.

I hope this helps!