Lurrus Ad Naus Zombies

Commander / EDH* Combo Competitive Control Infinite Combo Lurrus of the Dream-Den WB (Orzhov) Zombie

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Zombie (14)

• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Foulmire Knight
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Lazotep Reaver
• 1x Mire Triton
• 1x Putrid Goblin
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Wayward Servant
• 1x Withered Wretch

Draw (10)

• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Foulmire Knight
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Ad Nauseam

Wincon (9)

• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Sickening Dreams
• 1x Ad Nauseam

Tutor (6)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Ad Nauseam

Boardwipe (3)

• 1x Sickening Dreams
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Fumigate

Counter (2)

• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Withering Boon

Ramp (13)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Aether Vial
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy

Other (26)

• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 8x Plains
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Recursion (8)

• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Oath of Ghouls
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Restoration Specialist
• 1x Immortal Servitude

Removal (6)

• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Despark
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Generous Gift

Sacrifice (4)

• 1x High Market
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Viscera Seer

Fodder (2)

• 1x Kami of False Hope
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought

Commander (1)

Companion (1)

Lifegain (10)

• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Mire Triton
• 1x Wayward Servant
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Fumigate

Protection (6)

• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Kami of False Hope
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Selfless Spirit

Exile (5)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Despark
• 1x Withered Wretch

Mill (3)

• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Mire Triton

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Sideboard

Other (1)

• 1x Lurrus of the Dream-Den

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Maybeboard

Other (36)

• 1x Claws of Gix
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Conjurer's Bauble
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Omen of the Dead
• 1x Scout's Warning
• 1x Scrabbling Claws
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Soul Stair Expedition
• 1x Tortured Existence
• 1x Bearer of Silence
• 1x Bounty Agent
• 1x Charming Prince
• 1x Gift of Estates
• 1x Grave Consequences
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x No Rest for the Wicked
• 1x Pit Keeper
• 1x Priest of Yawgmoth
• 1x Ronom Unicorn
• 1x Silumgar Assassin
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Tidehollow Sculler
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Whitemane Lion
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Succumb to Temptation
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Patrician's Scorn
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Tendrils of Agony
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Boardwipe (6)

• 1x Winds of Abandon
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Wrath of God
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Merciless Eviction

Counter (6)

• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Dash Hopes
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Illumination
• 1x Lapse of Certainty

Tokens (5)

• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Not Forgotten
• 1x Orzhov Enforcer

Tutor (3)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Idyllic Tutor

Sacrifice (1)

• 1x Carrion Feeder

Draw (21)

• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Urza's Bauble
• 1x Cremate
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Foulmire Knight
• 1x Skeletal Scrying
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Abeyance
• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Bankrupt in Blood
• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Due Respect
• 1x Mindblade Render
• 1x Pain Seer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 2x Sign in Blood
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Read the Bones

Nope (15)

• 1x Cremate
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Abeyance
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Due Respect
• 1x Eidolon of Obstruction
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Hallowed Moonlight
• 1x Leonin Arbiter
• 1x Psychogenic Probe
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Suppression Field
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Tithe Taker
• 1x Tomik, Distinguished Advokist

Ramp (10)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Tantalite
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 2x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid

Recursion (6)

• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Eternal Taskmaster
• 1x Return to the Ranks
• 1x Living Death

Protection (4)

• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Recusrion (1)

• 1x Not Forgotten

Lifegain (18)

• 1x It That Rides as One  ^Flip
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Faithful
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Angelic Wall
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x The Birth of Meletis
• 1x Wall of Essence
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Bitter Ordeal

Fodder (17)

• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Faithful
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Angelic Wall
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Gleaming Barrier
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nyx-Fleece Ram
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x The Birth of Meletis
• 1x Wall of Essence
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Shards
• 1x Wall of Souls

Removal (9)

• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Despark
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Plaguebearer
• 1x Seal of Cleansing
• 1x Skinthinner
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Force of Despair

Exile (5)

• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Despark
• 1x Remorseful Cleric
• 1x Winds of Abandon
• 1x Anguished Unmaking

Zombie (5)

• 1x Eternal Taskmaster
• 1x Miasmic Mummy
• 1x Plaguebearer
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Skinthinner

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Orzhov control/combo deck with Lurrus of the Dream-Den restrictions.

Semi-budget list or I dont own the card

The zombie build is just one of many, but I realised to keep your life total high, you need blockers. The zombie tribe also have good utility.

The CMC of the deck is kept low so that you can use Ad Nauseam and dig deep, and also pressure the board very fast.

Wincon

Wincon 1:

-Leonin Relic-Warder + Animate Dead / Dance of the Dead + Zulaport Cutthroat / Blood Artist / Corpse Knight = infinite death triggers for damage

-Requirements: Leonin Relic-Warder in the grave, Blood Artist on the field, Animate Dead in hand, or in grave with Lurrus on the field. Sometimes if Leonin is in hand, just cast him and sacrifice to Ayli. Bonus if you use the ETB trigger to 'pseudo flicker' your own mana rock.

Wincon 2:

-Angel's Grace + Ad Nauseam to draw the deck, Sickening Dreams to finish the table

Gameplan

Early game: Ramp or cast cheap zombies. Better if its an early draw engine like Dark Confidant / Cryptbreaker

Turn 3/4 when you have a mill effect like Codex Shredder or a self-sacrificing permanent, Cast Lurrus

Always chip in damage in the early turns, and try for favourable attacks with Lurrus to gain life.

Once you have 6 mana, you can easily Anguished Unmaking once a turn.

1. 0-2 cmc: cast a creature from GY (0 cmc because some creatures have undying or generate tokens)

2. 3 cmc: sac to Ayli

You might become public enemy because everyone is scared of exiling their Timmys. But stay strong as you have a wall of blockers and you slowly find your combo pieces to win the game.

Alternate builds

-trying for returning a ton of creatures, discarding, then recasting or discarding again

-alternative build to cause discard/exile through double-sac loops

-wall tribal for lifegain

-hatebear tribal to slow down opponent's gameplan: This build might work in more competitive games. But I'm playing at power 7-8, where Zombie Tribal is an OK game plan, although you never win through combat but through attrition by Ayli. There are also alot more permanents in this power bracket than there are spellslinging.

Rulings to check for Lurrus

-None for now

Budget version vs power version

-Reassembling Skeleton vs Nether Traitor / Bloodghast

-any wall vs Phyrexian Dreadnought. 1 mana to cast with Lurrus, 1 mana to sacrifice with Ayli in response to etb trigger, total of 2 mana for 12 life!

-Dusk Legion Zealot / Pain Seer vs Dark Confidant

Wall Tribal???

Walls, walls, walls

They block, and sacrifice for large chunks of health.

Health is to cushion the game for the long run, and for a large Ad Naus

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 1 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.70
Tokens	Companion Zone, Elephant 3/3 G, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	lonesentinel's EDH completed