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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.

As an aggro deck I was aiming for at least 30 Zombies. Many Gisa and Geralf decks go heavier on the combo aspect but I don't have the cash to get all the good tutors so budget-ish aggro plan has worked well enough and is great in my playgroups.


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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Newish cards to consider/remember: Show


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

Audited 5/29/18 -- NEEDS AUDIT*

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Fallen Shinobi in, Call to the Kindred out. Call to the Kindred usually served me very well, but sometimes it would get blown out. I could see running it again one day, but the Shinobi provides card advantage too and in a fun way. Also, another zombie.

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Revision 69 See all

(11 months ago)

+2 Headless Rider maybe
Top Ranked
Date added 7 years
Last updated 2 months
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

3 - 0 Mythic Rares

39 - 0 Rares

25 - 0 Uncommons

11 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.36
Tokens Monarch Emblem, Zombie 2/2 B, 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
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