Creature (27)
- 1x Carrion Feeder
- 1x Cemetery Reaper
- 1x Corpse Harvester
- 1x Cryptbreaker
- 1x Custodi Lich
- 1x Diregraf Captain
- 1x Diregraf Colossus
- 1x Fleshbag Marauder
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1x
Gravecrawler
- 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
- 1x Lich Lord of Unx
- 1x Liliana's Reaver
- 1x Lord of the Accursed
- 1x Prized Amalgam
- 1x Rancid Rats
- 1x Relentless Dead
- 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 Withered Wretch
- 1x Wonder
- 1x Zombie Master
Land (36)
- 1x Bad River
- 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 Sunken Hollow
- 12x Swamp
- 1x Tainted Isle
- 1x Temple of Deceit
- 1x Temple of the False God
- 1x Unclaimed Territory
- 1x Underground River
Sorcery (9)
- 1x Buried Alive
- 1x Deadly Tempest
- 1x Decree of Pain
- 1x Diabolic Intent
- 1x Diabolic Revelation
- 1x Final Parting
- 1x Kindred Dominance
- 1x Living Death
- 1x Windfall
Enchantment (6)
Commander (1)
Artifact (13)
- 1x Altar of Dementia
- 1x Ashnod's Altar
- 1x Charcoal Diamond
- 1x Dimir Signet
- 1x Herald's Horn
- 1x Lightning Greaves
- 1x Skullclamp
- 1x Sky Diamond
- 1x Sol Ring
- 1x Swiftfoot Boots
- 1x Talisman of Dominance
- 1x Unstable Obelisk
- 1x Vanquisher's Banner
Instant (8)
Maybeboard
Creature (84)
- 1x Abattoir Ghoul
- 1x Advanced Stitchwing
- 1x Agent of Erebos
- 1x Bone Dancer
- 1x Boneknitter
- 1x Cabal Interrogator SL
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2x
Calculating Lich
- 2x Coffin Queen
- 1x Consuming Aberration SL
- 1x Corpse Connoisseur SL
- 3x Death Baron
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1x
Diregraf Captain
- 1x Dread Slaver SL
- 1x Drowned
- 1x Drunau Corpse Trawler
- 1x Eternal of Harsh Truths SL
- 1x Ethereal Usher
- 1x Fatestitcher SL
- 1x Forgotten Creation SL
- 1x Foulmire Knight
- 1x Geralf's Masterpiece SL
- 1x Geralf's Mindcrusher SL
- 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault SL
- 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
- 1x Gleaming Overseer
- 1x Grave Titan
- 1x Graveborn Muse SL
- 1x Gravespawn Sovereign
- 1x Havengul Lich SL
- 1x Havengul Runebinder SL
- 1x Helldozer
- 1x Jhessian Zombies
- 1x Khenra Eternal SL
- 1x Laboratory Brute SL
- 1x Liliana's Devotee
- 2x Liliana's Standard Bearer
- 2x Lord of the Undead
- 1x Merciless Eternal SL
- 1x Midnight Reaper
- 2x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
- 1x Nightscape Familiar SL
- 1x Noosegraf Mob SL
- 1x Overseer of the Damned
- 1x Phyrexian Crusader
- 1x Phyrexian Delver SL
- 2x Plague Belcher
- 1x Pontiff of Blight SL
- 1x Possessed Skaab
- 2x Raving Dead
- 2x Relentless Dead
- 2x River Kelpie SL
- 2x Rot Hulk
- 1x Shepherd of Rot SL
- 1x Skaab Goliath
- 1x Skaab Ruinator
- 1x Skinrender
- 1x Soulless One
- 1x Stitched Drake
- 1x Stitched Mangler
- 1x Stitcher Geralf
- 1x Stromgald Crusader
- 1x Stronghold Assassin SL
- 1x The Scarab God
- 1x Tomebound Lich
- 1x Vedalken Ghoul
- 1x Vodalian Zombie
- 1x Walking Dead SL
- 1x Wall of Tombstones
- 1x Wight of Precinct Six SL
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1x
Wonder
- 1x Zombie Outlander
- 1x Zombie Trailblazer
Sorcery (50)
- 1x Ancestral Memories SL
- 1x Army of the Damned
- 1x Ashes to Ashes SL
- 1x Behold the Beyond
- 1x Black Sun's Zenith
- 1x Blood for Bones
- 1x Call to Mind
- 1x Compulsive Research SL
- 1x Dark Salvation SL
- 1x Diabolic Tutor SL
- 1x Distant Melody SL
- 1x Dread Summons SL
- 1x Epic Downfall
- 1x Extinction Event SL
- 1x Extract from Darkness SL
- 2x Fabricate SL
- 1x Flood of Tears
- 1x From Under the Floorboards SL
- 1x In Garruk's Wake SL
- 1x Increasing Ambition
- 1x Killing Wave
- 1x Life's Finale
- 1x Moan of the Unhallowed
- 1x Mutilate
- 1x Necromantic Selection
- 1x Part the Waterveil SL
- 2x Patriarch's Bidding
- 1x Pieces of the Puzzle SL
- 1x Ponder SL
- 1x Profane Command SL
- 1x Pull from the Deep SL
- 1x Read the Bones SL
- 1x Recall
- 1x Rise from the Grave SL
- 2x Rise of the Dark Realms
- 1x Ritual of the Machine SL
- 1x Ruinous Path SL
- 1x Stir the Sands SL
- 1x Syphon Mind SL
- 1x Taigam's Scheming SL
- 2x Tendrils of Agony
- 1x Toxic Deluge
- 1x Victimize
- 1x Whispering Madness
- 2x Zombie Apocalypse
Artifact (20)
- 1x Bident of Thassa SL
- 1x Bonehoard SL
- 1x Coat of Arms
- 1x Dolmen Gate SL
- 1x Door of Destinies SL
- 1x Eldrazi Monument
- 1x Grimoire of the Dead SL
- 1x Icon of Ancestry
- 2x Jet Medallion
- 1x Mind Stone SL
- 3x Nevinyrral's Disk SL
- 1x Perpetual Timepiece SL
- 3x Phyrexian Altar
- 1x Thought Vessel
- 1x Worn Powerstone SL
Instant (33)
- 1x Ancient Excavation SL
- 1x Arcane Denial
- 1x Brainstorm SL
- 1x Countersquall
- 2x Cyclonic Rift
- 1x Dark Bargain
- 1x Dimir Charm
- 2x Entomb
- 1x Forbid
- 1x Forbidden Alchemy SL
- 1x Fortune's Favor
- 1x Frantic Search
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1x
Go for the Throat
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1x
Hero's Downfall
- 1x Hinder
- 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
- 1x Malicious Affliction
- 1x Mystical Teachings SL
- 1x Negate SL
- 1x Negate
- 1x Pack's Disdain SL
- 1x Perplex SL
- 1x Redirect
- 1x Silence the Believers
- 1x Silumgar's Command
- 1x Spin into Myth SL
- 1x Sudden Spoiling SL
- 2x Swan Song
- 1x Tragic Slip
- 1x Wake the Dead
Enchantment (17)
- 1x Attrition
- 1x Cover of Darkness
- 1x Declaration of Naught
- 1x Dictate of Erebos SL
- 2x Graf Harvest SL
- 1x Grave Betrayal SL
- 1x Grave Pact
- 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
- 1x Monastery Siege SL
- 1x Necromancer's Stockpile SL
- 2x Phyrexian Arena
- 1x Tainted Remedy
- 1x Think Tank
- 1x Tortured Existence SL
- 1x Underworld Connections SL
Land (12)
- 1x Barren Moor
- 1x Bojuka Bog
- 1x Darkslick Shores
- 1x Fetid Pools
- 1x Halimar Depths
- 1x Leechridden Swamp
- 1x Mystic Sanctuary
- 1x Rogue's Passage
- 1x Unholy Grotto
- 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 2x Watery Grave
Planeswalker (2)
Version 1.6 - - - 6/14/20
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.
Cards to likely add: Show
Cards to maybe add: Show
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
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| Date added | 4 years |
| Last updated | 1 week |
| Legality | This deck is Commander / EDH legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 3 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons |
| Cards | 100 |
| Avg. CMC | 3.34 |
| Tokens | 1/1 Zombie Wizard, 2/2 Zombie, Monarch |
| Folders | +1 Non-Budget, Mill, Interesting Commander Decks, Uncategorized, Budget, Black EDH, EDH Idea, Gisa and Geralf, Commander |
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Revision 61 See all
3 weeks ago)
| +1 | Death Baron | maybe |
| +2 | Fabricate | maybe |
| +1 | Phyrexian Arena | maybe |
| -1 | Toxic Deluge | maybe |
| +1 | Watery Grave | maybe |