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*Updated: Nov. 6, 2021*


Budget casual Esper tribal midrange/combo/reanimation Zombies featuring Varina, Lich Queen. Zombie beatdown with evasion sources Wonder/Hordewing Skaab, lots of lords and Archfiend of Ifnir to clear the way. Featuring Rooftop Storm combos of Gravecrawler or Acererak the Archlich.


Main Combos

Acererak the Archlich + Rooftop Storm = infinite enters of Dungeon: Lost Mine of Phandelver with Dark Pool room as win condition.

With Rooftop Storm, Acererak the Archlich can be repeatedly cast from my hand for free since each time he ETB he's returned to my hand because I never complete Dungeon: Tomb of Annihilation. Each time Vcererak ETB I venture into Dungeon: Lost Mine of Phandelver which gives me value up until Dark Pool room which making each opponent lose 1 life each time becomes the win condition of the combo. Each time I complete Phandelver I draw a card therefore I have to make sure I have enough cards in my library to end all my opponents before I run out of cards in my library. I will never draw from an empty library because I can control how many times I cast Acererak.

If I control Wayward Servant and/or Corpse Knight before I repeatedly cast/bounce Acererak the Archlich then I need less cards in my library for Dark Pool room to be a win condition.

Gravecrawler + Rooftop Storm + Carrion Feeder = infinite casts/dies of Gravecrawler. Another sac outlet could replace Feeder.

Add other cards to this combo for a win condition, token value, draw value:

Gravecrawler + Rooftop + Feeder only creates a loop of Gravecrawler dying. I need another Zombie to be the win condition thus I shouldn't assemble this combo until I control a win condition or a draw source that can find the win condition. Rooftop Storm lets me repeatedly cast Gravecrawler from my graveyard for free and Carrion Feeder is the sac outlet who sacs Gravecrawler each time he ETB. Feeder being a Zombie is important because I must control another Zombie to cast Gravecrawler from my graveyard. If I control another Zombie then any other sac outlet such as Viscera Seer can replace Feeder in the combo.


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Updates Add

I've removed Havengul Lich + Ashnod's Altar combo and replaced it with Acererak the Archlich. Acererak is one Zombie with Rooftop Storm to combo instead of two cards. Ashnod's price keeps going up and being an artifact is problematic since I don't have a way to recur an artifact, but I have many ways to recur or reanimate Zombies. Hall of Heliod's Generosity is here to be able to recur Rooftop as well as a few other support enchantments such as Animate Dead. It's also helpful to be able to tutor for Rooftop with Vile Entomber or Unmarked Grave to get it into my graveyard and then recur it with Hall.

Hordewing Skaab from the Undead Unleashed precon has replaced Havengul Lich as another five drop Zombie for it's flying evasion for all Zombies I control. Relying only on Wonder to give all my Zombies flying can be problematic and I like that I can reanimate Hordewing.

I've kept the Liliana, Untouched By Death + Shambling Ghast combo since it doesn't need Gravecrawler or Rooftop Storm. Having a combo that doesn't need either of these cards is helpful because these along with Acererak the Archlich are the main cards my opponents will try to exile.

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Date added 4 years
Last updated 2 years
Exclude colors R
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Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

4 - 0 Mythic Rares

32 - 1 Rares

29 - 0 Uncommons

18 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.61
Tokens Dungeon: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, Dungeon: Lost Mine of Phandelver, Dungeon: Tomb of Annihilation, Elephant 3/3 G, Goblin 1/1 R, Skeleton 1/1 B, The Atropal, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Army 0/0 B, Zombie X/X U
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