Rise From the Ashes

Commander / EDH* Mono-Black Sacrifice Tokens Zombie

Mervingian

Creature (28)

• 1x Arcbound Reclaimer
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Brood of Cockroaches
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Filth
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gutterbones
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Memnite
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Myr Moonvessel
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thieving Amalgam
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh

Instant (2)

• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
• 1x Supernatural Stamina

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Army of the Damned

Artifact (22)

• 1x Arcum's Astrolabe
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Dark Sphere
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mox Tantalite
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Navigator's Compass
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Salvaging Station
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Haunted Crossroads
• 1x Screams from Within
• 1x Tortured Existence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Commanders (2)

Land (37)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Malakir Mire  ^Flip
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 26x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

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Sideboard

Artifact (9)

• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Conjurer's Bauble
• 1x Darksteel Relic
• 1x Embalmer's Tools
• 1x Executioner's Capsule
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Skyship Weatherlight
• 1x Summoning Station

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Malevolent Awakening
• 1x Parasitic Implant

Creature (1)

• 1x Sanitarium Skeleton

Instant (1)

• 1x Defile

Land (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Tower

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Maybeboard

Creature (34)

• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Draugr Necromancer
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Gravespawn Sovereign
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Liliana's Devotee
• 1x Liliana's Reaver
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mishra's Self-Replicator
• 1x Nether Shadow
• 1x Nether Spirit
• 1x Orc Sureshot
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Twisted Abomination
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Vizier of the Scorpion
• 1x Workshop Assistant
• 1x Zombie Master

Artifact (14)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Journeyer's Kite
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Malefic Scythe
• 1x Nuisance Engine
• 1x Replicating Ring
• 1x Servo Schematic
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Liliana's Mastery

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Blood on the Snow
• 1x Contract Killing
• 1x Dark Salvation
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Fortuitous Find
• 1x From Under the Floorboards
• 1x Gild
• 1x Haunting Voyage
• 1x Necrotic Hex
• 1x Taste of Death
• 1x Zombie Apocalypse

Instant (4)

• 1x Cruel Revival
• 1x Empty the Pits
• 1x Renegade's Getaway
• 1x Szat's Will

Land (3)

• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well

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Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor & Tormod, the Desecrator just look to good together not to build around. What a juicy pair.

From the ashes they will rise

STAGE 1: BUILD IT UP

Flood the board with 0-1CMC artifacts for early game ramp: Jeweled Amulet | Jeweled Lotus | Lotus Bloom | Lotus Petal | Mana Crypt Mox Amber | Mox Opal | Mox Tantalite | Paradise Mantle | Sol Ring and Metalworker to leverage the ones that stay in your hand.

To get the Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor & Tormod, the Desecrator out as fast as possible.

Draw into some of the recurring creatures: Bloodsoaked Champion | Gravecrawler | Gutterbones | Bloodghast | Brood of Cockroaches | Nether Traitor | Reassembling Skeleton

STAGE 2: BURN IT DOWN

Sac the artifacts and creatures to Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor , fueling your hand start to build your zombie army.

Expand the land base: Burnished Hart | Liliana of the Dark Realms | Wayfarer's Bauble | Mycosynth Wellspring

Recur them to maximize their value and Tormod, the Desecrator triggers, with: Malakir Rebirth   | Volrath's Stronghold | Supernatural Stamina | Tortured Existence | Myr Retriever | Haunted Crossroads | Screams from Within | Arcbound Reclaimer | Salvaging Station | Trading Post | Hell's Caretaker

STAGE 3: EXPAND

Start looking for (black) mana doublers: Cabal Coffers | Extraplanar Lens | Crypt Ghast | Caged Sun | Nirkana Revenant

With: Expedition Map | Inventors' Fair | Dimir House Guard

And expand your board presence. Recur as much as possible from the GY to maximize Tormod, the Desecrator triggers.

Keep the board clean with: Dictate of Erebos | Grave Pact | Attrition | Vengeful Pharaoh

STAGE 4: FINISH

Finish the game with zombie dominance to create: Rise of the Dread Marn | Endless Ranks of the Dead | Grave Titan | Army of the Damned

And pump: Death Baron | Lord of the Accursed | Lord of the Undead | Undead Warchief

Or if the game runs too long, get infinite zombies with: Tormod, the Desecrator + Phyrexian Altar + Gravecrawler

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 1 Mythic Rares 28 - 3 Rares 23 - 4 Uncommons 11 - 6 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.66
Tokens	2/2 N Creature Pincher, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Goat 0/1 W, Manifest 2/2 C, Phyrexian Myr 1/1 C, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Berserker 2/2 B