Toolbox of the Dead

Commander / EDH Reanimator UB (Dimir) Zombie

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Toolbox (23)

• 1x Body Double
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Eternal Scourge
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Geralf's Mindcrusher
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Lich Lord of Unx
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Vengeful Dead
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces

Draw (5)

• 1x Behold the Beyond
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow

Removal (3)

• 1x Call to the Grave
• 1x Dark Salvation
• 1x Dictate of Erebos

Lands (32)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 9x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Transguild Promenade

Lords/Anthems (7)

• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Graf Harvest
• 1x Liliana's Mastery
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Undead Warchief

Ramp/Rocks (6)

• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Cluestone
• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring

Resurrection (4)

• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Ever After
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

Mill (9)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Extract from Darkness
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Glimpse the Unthinkable
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Moonlight Bargain
• 1x Zombie Infestation

Utility (6)

• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Wraths (4)

• 1x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Living Death

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Maybeboard

Other (21)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Nemesis of Reason
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Szadek, Lord of Secrets
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Training Grounds

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Updated list to work on using ETB triggers in conjunction with sac/discard outlets and The Scarab God's recursive abilities to create more of a toolbox than its previous form, which focused much more on flooding the board with zombie tokens and using the God's first ability to burn away at everyone.

After much playtesting with the original build, it turns out the zombies build of this deck isn't/wasn't very good. It's way too prone to removal, board wipes, and pretty much any other form of disruption you could think of. Getting a Scarab God on the field with a ton of zombies on board scares everyone a hell of a lot more than a Scarab God on a blank field with a toolbox of a graveyard.

For now here's a quick rundown of each section and some of the more interesting/out of place cards in each. Will update this whole description to be more of a primer as time goes on.

The Commander

The Scarab God

Use this guy for his second ability, trust me. That first ability is a complete afterthought with the way this deck is set up. Essentially with this, we're looking to turn our graveyard (and everyone else's too bc why not) into a massive toolbox of ETB effect creatures, allowing us to pay to fetch up any effect we could need at the time. Need removal? Graveyard's got you covered. Need to steal a problem card? All set. Want to steal massive amounts of life from everyone at the table? It's all in the yard.

The Scarab God is one of my favorite commanders too as we don't have to worry about his CMC growing and growing after being killed over and over thanks to his last ability. Watch your friends pay 8, 10, 12+ mana for their commanders while you're safely dropping him for 5 every single time. This dude drops for the same cost every single time while making your opponents think twice about whether it's really worth wasting a removal spell on him. It's a lot more helpful than I ever realized when I first saw this card.

Mill

Considering how this deck works, we want as many creatures as possible in both our and our opponent's graveyards. Nothing feels better than watching a problem creature head straight to the grave, only to end up on your board right after.

For this section I decided to include any card that lets us add cards to the grave from anywhere, whether for us or our opponent. Therefore, cards like Zombie Infestation fit right in here.

Draw

I put this panel here to say I'm including tutors in the draw section. There ya go.

Wraths/Removal

Ramp/Rocks

Lords/Anthems

The Toolbox

The Landbase

Upgrades/Additions (The Maybeboard)

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.84
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Vizier of Many Faces 0/0 W, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Wizard 1/1 UB
Folders	EDH