MBD Zombie

Casual Dragons Dredge Mono-Black Zombie

Andramalech

Creature (22)

• 4x Bladewing's Thrall
• 2x Boneyard Scourge
• 4x Champion of the Perished
• 4x Golgari Thug
• 3x Gravecrawler
• 3x Scourge of Nel Toth
• 2x Tainted Adversary

Land (20)

• 4x Barren Moor
• 3x Dakmor Salvage
• 3x Secluded Courtyard
• 10x Swamp

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Graf Harvest
• 4x Zombie Infestation

Instant (10)

• 4x Shadow of the Grave
• 3x Sudden Edict
• 3x Supernatural Stamina

---

Sideboard

Creature (8)

• 2x Apprentice Necromancer
• 2x Archfiend's Vessel
• 2x Magus of the Bridge
• 2x Shambling Ghast

Instant (5)

• 2x Undying Evil
• 3x Undying Malice

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Damnation

---

Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 4x Cryptbreaker
• 4x Relentless Dead

Instant (4)

• 4x Soul Shatter

---

A Mono Black {B} Zombies deck using the Dredge mechanic to exploit crazy synergies, and build an insurmountable boardstate.

The Theme

As I pointed out in my comment with Balaam__ my goal was to have a bunch of cool Zombies and Zombie-oriented Dragons. My goal is accomplished by exploiting the Dredge mechanic to retrieve a bunch of Zombies from my graveyard.

The Mechanic

The Dredge mechanic is not traditionally something I would use. In fact, this was the first deck I built specifically focusing on the mechanic. Prior to this, I had only heard/seen this type of thing in a Manaless Dredge deck.

The cards I initially thought of for Dredge were:

• Dakmor Salvage
• Golgari Thug
• Life from the Loam

All noteworthy, but didn't quite give me a focal point; in comes the interaction of Shadow of the Grave and Zombie Infestation.

By dumping hand into the enchantment, you then fetch hand back with Shadow of the Grave and net a few bodies. Next, one of a few things:

• you've made a number of bodies and are holding Scourge of Nel Toth and Bladewing's Thrall. Dump both of those guys to make another body. You'll cast them on the following turn.

• you had Champion of the Perished on the field and now him beefy as hell. Proceed to swing for face.

Discussion

August 2022: Recently received feedback from Balaam__ and going to be including a more in depth description soon.

Jund Wins

({B}{G}{R})

Formerly, I have used the following for synergy reasons:

• Shadow of the Grave
• Noose Constrictor
• Flameblade Adept

And then more recently these for competitive purposes:

• Kolaghan's Command
• Riveteers Charm
• Ziatora's Envoy

And there's no reason you can't too. No single one of these cards is crazy expensive and all of them do crazy cool things with the benefit that Zombie Infestation just happens to be another outlet. Plenty of cards from the Amonkhet blocks support this type of build while still being on point for theme:

• Dread Wanderer
• Miasmic Mummy
• Plague Belcher
• Never / Return
• Doomed Dissenter
• Nest of Scarabs

And then the mention of higher end meta, we know Liliana of the Veil is returning to standard rotation, so buckle up. Endling also comes to mind.

Gruesome Ghasts

({B}{G})

In my favorite way to splash with Black as the main color, green offers the following:

• Erstwhile Trooper
• Lotleth Troll
• Abrupt Decay
• Status / Statue
• Ghoulcaller's Harvest
• Witherbloom Command
• Rot Farm Skeleton

This is personally one of my favorite ways to do this because I can combo the best elements of Dredge and Dredge-similar mechanics to succeed.

Top Ranked	Achieved #24 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #3 position in Casual 1 year ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 16 - 4 Rares 29 - 4 Uncommons 3 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.33
Tokens	Demon 5/5 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed