Scarab God's Zombie Bonanza EDH

Commander / EDH Budget Tribal UB (Dimir) Zombie

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Lands (36)

• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 8x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Memorial to Genius
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 15x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Watery Grave

Removal (11)

• 1x Call to the Grave
• 1x Callous Dismissal
• 1x Dark Salvation
• 1x Enter the God-Eternals
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Never / Return
• 1x Noxious Ghoul
• 1x Sinister Sabotage
• 1x Tyrant's Scorn
• 1x Vraska's Contempt

Mana Ramp (4) (4)

• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Locket
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus

Tribal Buff (15)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Eternal Skylord
• 1x Gleaming Overseer
• 1x Graf Harvest
• 1x Lazotep Plating
• 1x Liliana, Untouched By Death
• 1x Liliana's Mastery
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Rooftop Storm
• 1x Vizier of the Scorpion
• 1x Zombie Trailblazer

Card Draw (9)

• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Commence the Endgame
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Tomebound Lich
• 1x Undead Augur

Damage (6)

• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Shepherd of Rot
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
• 1x Vengeful Dead

Commander (1)

Graveyard (11)

• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Gisa and Geralf
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Gift
• 1x Lazav, the Multifarious
• 1x Possessed Skaab
• 1x Prized Amalgam
• 1x Soulless One
• 1x Stitcher Geralf
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces
• 1x Wonder
• 1x Zombie Apocalypse

Zombie Generator (7)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Aven Eternal
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Open the Graves

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Sideboard

Other (1)

• 1x Undead Warchief

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Maybeboard

Other (20)

• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lich Lord of Unx
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Night Dealings
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Whip of Erebos
• 1x Zombie Master

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This is a focused EDH deck designed around playing a tribal zombie theme and draining all of your opponents at the same time with both the commander and the damage engines.

Tribal Buffs

• Adaptive Automaton --- As it enters declare zombie and it acts as a bare-bones zombie lord

• Death Baron --- Zombie lord + Deathtouch for all other zombies

• Diregraf Captain --- Zombie lord + ping damage

• Eternal Skylord --- Flying for all zombie tokens

• Lord of the Accursed --- Zombie lord + Menace for all other zombies

• Metallic Mimic --- Declare zombie, leave lasting counters on all incoming zombies, but not any that were on the field previously

• Risen Executioner --- Zombie lord + recursion

• Vizier of the Scorpion --- Deathtouch for all zombie tokens

• Zombie Trailblazer --- Gives evasion for attacks

• Graf Harvest --- Menace for all zombies + token production

• Liliana's Mastery --- Zombie buff + token production

• Rooftop Storm --- Hand dump

• Lazotep Plating --- Protects all of the precious zombies

• Liliana, Untouched By Death --- Graveyard pump + Removal + Recursion

• Gleaming Overseer --- Hexproof + Menace for all zombie tokens

Zombie Generators

• Aven Eternal --- Simple 2 body for 1 card

• Cryptbreaker --- Creates 2/2 Zombies through getting rid of unwanted lands or putting zombie cards in the graveyard for the graveyard support cards.

• Josu Vess, Lich Knight --- Early game blocker or late game bomb

• Dreadhorde Invasion --- Consistent zombie token pump + Lifelink to zombies with 6+ power

• Open the Graves --- Refills board with zombies for all non-token zombies that die

• Army of the Damned --- Literally just makes 13 2/2 zombie tokens

• Dread Summons ---Fills all graveyards + fills your board with zombies based on creatures put into each graveyard

Card Draw

• Champion of Wits --- for (3) Draw 2 and discard 2 make a 2/1 body; for (7) Draw 4 discard 2 make a 4/4 token

• Forgotten Creation --- Allows you to pitch your entire hand into the graveyard to both fill the grave, and to refill with better spells

• God-Eternal Bontu --- Sac any amount of permanents and draw equal to that number of permanents

• Midnight Reaper --- On self creature death draw

• Tomebound Lich --- Loots on ETB and on player damage

• Undead Augur --- On self creature death draw

• Commence the Endgame --- Draw 2 make a zombie token

• Fact or Fiction --- Draw 2-3 cards

• Razaketh, the Foulblooded --- Absolute bomb (NOT BUDGET FRIENDLY) allows instant speed tutors with no mana cost

Graveyard Support

• Consuming Aberration --- Mills opponents and gets larger from doing so

• Gisa and Geralf --- Allows recursion of 1 zombie per turn

• Lazav, the Multifarious --- Copy any creature in your graveyard

• Prized Amalgam --- Recurs for free when another creature returns from your grave

• Soulless One --- Gets large and in charge based on board and grave zombies

• Stitcher Geralf --- Mills players and makes tokens based on what it can mill

• Vizier of Many Faces --- Can recur itself once

• Wonder --- Gives creatures flying if in grave

• God-Pharaoh's Gift --- Exile any creature from your graveyard to make a 4/4 copy without cost once per turn

• Zombie Apocalypse --- Return ALL zombie cards to the battlefield + potential removal

• Possessed Skaab ---Recur answers when it ETB

Removal

• Fleshbag Marauder --- Forces each player to sacrifice

• Noxious Ghoul --- Can continually boardwipe non-zombies

• Call to the Grave --- Forces opponents to sacrifice

• Essence Scatter --- Stops bombs or commanders from entering

• Tyrant's Scorn --- Removal or return creature to hand

• Sinister Sabotage --- Stops bombs or commanders from entering

• Vraska's Contempt --- Threat removal + lifegain

• Callous Dismissal --- Removal + zombie token

• Dark Salvation --- Zombie token creation and single target removal

• Enter the God-Eternals --- Removal + mill + zombie token + lifegain

• Never / Return --- Removal + zombie token

Damage Engines

• Gray Merchant of Asphodel --- Drain all opponents for devotion to black on ETB

• Shepherd of Rot --- Damage ALL players based on zombies

• Torgaar, Famine Incarnate --- Set an opponent's life to 20

• Vengeful Dead --- Ping opponents on zombie death

• Throne of the God-Pharaoh --- Ping per tapped creature on end step

• Plague Belcher --- Ping opponents on zombie death

Ramp

• Darksteel Ingot

• Dimir Locket

• Gilded Lotus

• Dimir Signet

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Tribal 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH UB (Dimir) 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Zombie 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 24 - 1 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.80
Tokens	Champion of Wits 4/4 B, Copy Clone, Vizier of Many Faces 0/0 W, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B, Zombie Knight 2/2 B, Zombie X/X U
Folders	1. Decks I Own, BudgetEDH, 2. Commander Decks, EDH, Zombie, Scarab God