Rooftop Experiments (Zombie Tribal)

Commander / EDH Aggro Bracket 3 Combo Reanimator Sacrifice UB (Dimir) Zombie

Optimator

Creature (30)

• 1x Acererak the Archlich
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Champion of the Perished
• 1x Cleaver Skaab
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Fallen Shinobi
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Headless Rider
• 1x Hordewing Skaab
• 1x Lich Lord of Unx
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Prophet of the Scarab
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Siren of the Silent Song
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vengeful Dead
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
• 1x Zombie Master

Land (35)

• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 9x Island
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Undercity Sewers
• 1x Underground River

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Diresight
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Final Act
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Make an Example

Instant (6)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Hostile Negotiations
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Phyrexian Altar HP
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Liliana's Mastery
• 1x Oubliette
• 1x Rooftop Storm
• 1x Secrets of the Dead

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (25)

• 1x Bone Shards SL
• 1x Boneyard Parley SL
• 1x Breach the Multiverse SL
• 1x Commune with Evil SL
• 1x Deadly Cover-Up SL
• 1x Dread Summons SL
• 1x Eldritch Pact SL
• 1x Ever After SL
• 1x From Under the Floorboards SL
• 1x Minions' Murmurs SL
• 1x Morality Shift SL
• 1x Night's Whisper SL
• 1x Pact of the Serpent SL
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding SL
• 1x Ritual of the Machine SL
• 1x Sign in Blood SL
• 1x Stock Up
• 1x Syphon Mind SL
• 1x Twilight's Call SL
• 1x Victimize SL
• 1x Virtus's Maneuver SL
• 1x Will of the Abzan
• 2x Winternight Stories SL
• 1x Yawgmoth's Vile Offering SL

Land (1)

• 1x Midgar, City of Mako

Creature (21)

• 1x Archghoul of Thraben
• 1x Corpse Augur SL
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur SL
• 1x Corpse Harvester SL
• 1x Dread Slaver SL
• 1x Fell Stinger SL
• 1x Graveborn Muse SL
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight SL
• 1x Liliana's Reaver SL
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer SL
• 1x Loyal Subordinate SL
• 1x Murderous Rider SL
• 1x Overseer of the Damned SL
• 1x Pontiff of Blight SL
• 1x Ravenous Rotbelly SL
• 1x Relentless Dead SL
• 1x Shepherd of Rot SL
• 1x Species Specialist SL
• 1x Tomb Tyrant SL
• 2x Undead Augur

Instant (4)

• 1x Body Count SL
• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn SL
• 1x Soul Shatter SL
• 1x Tragic Slip SL

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Attrition SL
• 1x Cemetery Tampering SL
• 1x Curse of Disturbance SL
• 1x Dark Prophecy SL
• 1x Dictate of Erebos SL
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion SL
• 1x Ghoulish Procession SL
• 1x Graf Harvest SL
• 2x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Necromancer's Stockpile SL
• 1x Soul Enervation SL
• 1x Teval's Judgment
• 1x The Eldest Reborn SL
• 1x Zombie Infestation SL

Artifact (7)

• 1x Altar of Bhaal SL
• 1x Crowded Crypt SL
• 1x Cursecloth Wrappings SL
• 1x Essence Anchor
• 1x Tarrian's Journal SL  ^Flip
• 1x Wand of Orcus SL
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty SL

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- - - Version 2.0 - - - 3/2/25

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The Timmy in me loves Rooftop Storm so much!

That's the deck theme! Not exactly exotic (no shortage of Dimir zombie decks out there) but Mono-black zombies isn't as fun to build. I love the inclusion of Blue to add more utility and variety. My goal is to have an aggro deck that can slide into a Rooftop Storm-combo when necessary/available. Not going full combo, as many Gisa and Geralf decks tend to do.

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The original idea for this deck was a heavy mill theme (self and opponent) and lots of cards that take advantage of other peoples' graveyards--cards like Fated Return, Ashen Powder, Sepulchral Primordial, Puppeteer Clique, Chainer, Dementia Master, Consuming Aberration, etc. After much soul-searching I felt that it didn't take advantage of Gisa and Geralf as much as I thought (compared to just a bit of self-mill). I also felt that having too much opponent-mill and reanimation cards diluted the actual zombie-tribal aspect. Nekusar, the Mindrazer, Teneb, the Harvester, Sidisi, Brood Tyrant, Wrexial, the Risen Deep, and especially Lazav, Dimir Mastermind do "opponent's graveyard" sooo much better. After all, the goal of this deck is supposed to be Rooftop Storm and "true" zombie tribal.

I used to have almost all the self-mill zombies (Laboratory Brute, etc.) but they kept getting bumped for clearly-superior zombies. I still think they're good in a more budgeted Gisa and Geralf deck. It's a shame though, as I wanted to include as many blue zombies and I could.

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Cards to likely add: Show

Owned:

Not Owned:

Zul Ashur, Lich Lord - Undead Augur

Withering Torment - Zombie Apocalypse -

Accursed Duneyard

Cards to maybe add: Show

Owned:

Loyal Subordinate - Josu Vess, Lich Knight - Fell Stinger - Overseer of the Damned

Curse of Disturbance -

Victimize - Winternight Stories

Liliana, Death's Majesty -

Not Owned:

Lost Monarch of Ifnir - Laboratory Drudge -

Kindred Discovery - Teval's Judgment

Baleful Mastery -

Basics: Islands on point, Swamps could use some diversity. One or two more from Innistrad/Av Resto,

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Cards with an SL are cards I own. Cards with an MP are potential cuts. Cards with an HP are proxies.

Audited 3/2/25

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aggro 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Combo 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Reanimator 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Tribal 4 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.37
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dungeon: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, Dungeon: Lost Mine of Phandelver, Dungeon: Tomb of Annihilation, Goblin 1/1 R, Skeleton 1/1 B, The Atropal, Monarch Emblem, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Wizard 1/1 UB
Folders	+1 Non-Budget, Mill, Interesting Commander Decks, My Decks, Budget, Black EDH, EDH Idea, Gisa and Geralf, Commander, Commander/EDH