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Temmet, Naktamun's Will
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- Esper
Created by  Sunline22
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4.5 - 5.0
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ANALYSIS

Overview:

Temmet, Naktamun's Will leads a Zombie tribal deck focused on swarming with tokens, leveraging card draw synergies to pump creatures, and draining opponents through death triggers. While it has strong tribal synergies and some explosive plays, it lacks fast combos and has moderate interaction density.

Primer:

Core Strategy: This deck aims to flood the board with Zombie tokens via amass mechanics (Lazotep Reaver, Eternal Skylord), token generators (Army of the Damned, Open the Graves), and recursion (The Scarab God, Gisa and Geralf). Temmet’s attack-triggered draw/discard feeds Zombie buffs and enables discard synergies (Lazotep Chancellor). Key wincons include:

  • Combat Overload: Buffed Zombie armies with evasion from Cover of Darkness or Vela the Night-Clad
  • Life Drain: Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Diregraf Captain, and Mirkwood Bats chip away at opponents
  • Burst Tokens: Josu Vess, Lich Knight (kicked) or Army of the Damned create overwhelming boards

Mulligan Priorities:

  • 3 lands (ideally untapped duals)
  • Early Zombie generators (Gravecrawler, Champion of the Perished)
  • Card draw enablers (Hordewing Skaab, Distant Melody) Avoid hands lacking board presence or color fixing.

Key Tips:

  • Time Wraths: Hold Necromantic Selection or Damn until after establishing token recursion (Open the Graves)
  • Exploit Sacrifice: Use Carrion Feeder and Vampiric Rites to convert tokens into value
  • Protect Critical Mass: Mithril Coat on Temmet or Flowering of the White Tree on key lords

Avoid Traps:

  • Overextending before wrath protection
  • Holding discard triggers without Lazotep Chancellor/amass payoffs
  • Slow mana development with 13 tapped lands

Weaknesses:

  • Critical:
    • Graveyard hate (Rest in Peace) cripples recursion and Gravecrawler
    • Board wipes outpace recovery without Teferi's Protection-style protection
  • Moderate:
    • Limited instant-speed interaction for combos
    • Relies on commander for consistent draw engine
  • Minor:
    • Slow mana base with 13 ETB-tapped lands

Most Important Cards:

  • Rooftop Storm
  • The Scarab God
  • Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • Army of the Damned
  • Diregraf Captain
  • Open the Graves
  • Liliana's Mastery
  • Cover of Darkness
  • Gravecrawler
  • Hordewing Skaab

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10

  • Goldfish T7-8 wins via token floods. No fast mana/tutors for early Rooftop Storm/Army of the Damned

Resilience: 4/10

  • Recursion via Gisa and Geralf/Unholy Grotto helps against single removals but folds to grave hate. Limited protection for key pieces.

Consistency: 6/10

  • Strong tribal redundancy (20+ Zombie payoffs) and draw from Temmet/Hordewing. Lacks tutors for critical noncreatures like Rooftop Storm.

Interaction: 5/10

  • 6 targeted removals (Void Rend, Fracture) and 3 counterspells (Render Silent). Missing free interaction for critical turns.

Rating Justification:

This deck sits between "Optimized Casual" (rubric 5.0) and "Focused Casual" (4.5). It has superior tribal synergy to precons but lacks:

  • Fast mana/combos of 5.5+ decks
  • Stax/graveyard protection of 6.0+
  • The density of interaction seen in 5.5+ lists

Its T7-8 combat-focused wins and moderate resilience align with 4.5-5.0. Upgrading the mana base and adding tutors for Rooftop Storm would push it to 5.5.

Power level: 4.5 - 5.0

DECK LIST
Temmet, Naktamun's Will
Creature: 35
($47.86)
1
Athreos, God of Passage
1 W B
1
Carrion Feeder
B
1
Cemetery Reaper
1 B B
1
Champion of the Perished
B
1
Corpse Knight
W B
1
Diregraf Captain
1 U B
1
Eternal Skylord
4 U
1
Fell Beast of Mordor
2 B B
1
Geralf's Mindcrusher
4 U U
1
Gisa and Geralf
2 U B
1
Gleaming Overseer
1 U B
1
God-Eternal Oketra
3 W W
1
Grave Titan
4 B B
1
Gravecrawler
B
1
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3 B B
1
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
3 U B
1
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
W B
1
Hordewing Skaab
4 U
1
Josu Vess, Lich Knight
2 B B
1
Lazotep Chancellor
U B
1
Lazotep Reaver
1 B
1
Liliana's Devotee
2 B
1
Lord of the Accursed
2 B
1
Lost Monarch of Ifnir
3 B
1
Loyal Subordinate
2 B
1
Mirkwood Bats
3 B
1
Murderous Rider // Swift End
1 B B
1
Overcharged Amalgam
2 U U
1
The Scarab God
3 U B
1
Unbreathing Horde
2 B
1
Undead Augur
B B
1
Vela the Night-Clad
4 U B
1
Vengeful Dead
3 B
1
Vizier of the Scorpion
2 B
1
Wayward Servant
W B
Artifact: 11
($30.14)
1
Arcane Signet
2
1
Bontu's Monument
3
1
Commander's Sphere
3
1
Decanter of Endless Water
3
1
Dimir Signet
2
1
Grimoire of the Dead
4
1
Mithril Coat
3
1
Patchwork Banner
3
1
Phial of Galadriel
3
1
Sol Ring
1
1
Talisman of Dominance
2
Enchantment: 7
($20.56)
1
Cover of Darkness
1 B
1
Flowering of the White Tree
W W
1
Liliana's Mastery
3 B B
1
Necroduality
3 U
1
Open the Graves
3 B B
1
Rooftop Storm
5 U
1
Vampiric Rites
B
Instant: 4
($2.81)
1
Fracture
W B
1
Pull from Tomorrow
X U U
1
Render Silent
W U U
1
Void Rend
W U B
Sorcery: 5
($3.13)
1
Army of the Damned
5 B B B
1
Damn
B B
1
Distant Melody
3 U
1
Feed the Swarm
1 B
1
Necromantic Selection
4 B B B
Land: 37
($8.43)
1
Arcane Sanctum
1
Bojuka Bog
1
Choked Estuary
1
Command Tower
1
Dismal Backwater
1
Drowned Catacomb
1
Fetid Pools
1
Glacial Fortress
1
Irrigated Farmland
4
Island
1
Isolated Chapel
1
Jwar Isle Refuge
1
Orzhov Basilica
1
Path of Ancestry
4
Plains
1
Prairie Stream
1
Rivendell
1
Salt Marsh
1
Submerged Boneyard
1
Sunken Hollow
7
Swamp
1
Temple of Deceit
1
Temple of Silence
1
Terramorphic Expanse
1
Unholy Grotto

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