There Must Always Be A Lich King

Commander / EDH Multiplayer Reanimator Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir)

KingRamz

Creature (30)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Cadaver Imp
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Extractor Demon
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized*
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Jhessian Zombies
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Lich Lord of Unx
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Necromaster Dragon
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Twisted Abomination
• 1x Ulamog's Nullifier
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vulturous Aven

Land (38)

• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Frost Marsh
• 1x High Market
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 3x Snow-Covered Island
• 17x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave

Artifact (8)

• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Dragon Arch
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Commander (1)

Sorcery (9)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Extract from Darkness
• 1x Hellfire
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Pilfered Plans
• 1x Read the Bones

Instant (8)

• 1x Dimir Charm
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Recoil
• 1x Slaughter
• 1x Sudden Spoiling

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Ever since I played Warcraft III, I've always loved the story of Arthas, the paladin who lost his soul trying to save his country and ended up destroying it. The Lich King is easily my favorite villain in the Warcraft universe. I've tried several times to build a commander deck that actually felt like I was in command of the undead Scourge and make my opponents feel like they were battling a neverending undead army. I've tried various flavors of Zombie tribal with Lord of Tresserhorn, Ihsan's Shade and Thraximundar. But finally, with The Scarab God , I think I've got it right.

The Scourge was always an implacable foe because with every enemy they slew, they grew stronger. They could raise their enemies from the dead to fight for them or they could use their fallen foes to create new horrors. On top of that, their leader, the Lich King, was practically impossible to kill. No matter how good a shot you thought you got on him, he would always come back for more.

This deck is designed to really like it when your opponents' creatures die. You want your opponents to be terrified that you might kill something because you can use it against them somehow. And, of course, the deck also has a lot of ways to kill things. It is not focused on Zombie tribal to maximize the Scarab God's trigger. Most of the zombies you have will be tokens you made from someone's dead stuff. It doesn't have to be your opponents' stuff either; there are plenty of value creatures in the deck that get much better when they are 4/4s.

I also made sure to add several ways to sacrifice my commander so that I could avoid putting him in the command zone as much as possible. There must always be a Lich King!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WRG
Splash colors	U
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.08
Tokens	Copy Clone, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Wizard 1/1 UB