BUG Zombies? (Not sure if in the right place or not)
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Posted on Sept. 9, 2014, 2:55 p.m. by Sloanan
Hi Fellas,
I'm not 100% sure this belongs in Deck Help since I don't have a deck or anything - It's mostly just looking for recommendations.
So I've been using a casual mono-black Zombie tribal deck for my deck of choice when playing with friends, but I've been wanting to see if there's a viable strategy in making a BUG Zombie deck. My initial idea was to use something like Traumatize on myself and then follow up with Living Death , but I noticed that there are several really cool BG Zombie cards out there as well; Lotleth Troll , Skullbriar, the Walking Grave , Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord , and so on and so forth.
Would any of you fine folk happen to know of some good cards in the BUG spectrum that might be worth a look at? I know most of the mono-black zombies that are worth it, so I'm kinda leaning more towards recommendations in either BG, BU, or even GU, if there is such a zombie. Additionally, what's a good BUG strategy if I'm going for Zombies? Aggro w/ Recursion? Counters & Control? General Skullduggery?
MindAblaze says... #3
I like Undead Alchemist with Trepanation Blade for a more refined brain eating session.
Lotleth Troll fits the game plan well since it has trample and becomes huge thanks to the sword.
September 9, 2014 7:09 p.m.
What format is this for? I'm guessing Modern.
One of the benefits to playing BUG Zombies is you get access to all of the zombie lords and Phantasmal Image for making copies of those lords.
I've been thinking about playing it myself. It'd probably be something like:
4x Cavern of Souls
4x Marsh Flats
4x Overgrown Tomb
3x Swamp
4x Verdant Catacombs
4x Watery Grave
4x Diregraf Ghoul
4x Geralf's Messenger
4x Gravecrawler
4x Lord of the Undead
4x Lotleth Troll
4x Phantasmal Image
4x Putrid Leech
4x Undead Warchief
3x Abrupt Decay
2x Victim of Night
Although, I feel like there's room in the deck for both Tarmogoyf and Dark Confidant , simply to give more beat down.
September 9, 2014 9:51 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #5
I wonder if Lead the Stampede would be useful as a 1-2 of in there sylvannos?
September 9, 2014 10:09 p.m.
Hickorysbane says... #6
Dude this is perfect timing haha. Check out some of the new Sultai (BUG) stuff from Khans of Tarkir. Specifically Mythicspoiler.com is great for this as they have images of the cards spoiled so far. They are a zombie oriented black blue green clan...this is (probably) perfect for what you want
September 9, 2014 10:24 p.m.
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I've put together some cards I like/have into a deck, which I have below. It's not even really a rough draft at the moment, just a place for me to list cards I'd be interested in putting in there. Any ideas that might click when your looking it over would be appreciated!
Taming Some Strain Playtest
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Tinnuki says... #2
I am also a big fan of tribal zombies, though I usual stick to mono-black or UBR. Some personal favorites I can suggest are Ghoultree , Lich Lord of Unx , Havengul Lich , Llanowar Dead , Undead Alchemist , and Grixis Grimblade .
Also, Rooftop Storm is a MASSIVE benefit.
Good luck, I hope you can get it to work.
September 9, 2014 6:58 p.m.