The Scarab God 2.0 by user3132916

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarab God

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Zombie tribal and reanimator strategy commanded by The Scarab God. It establishes early board presence using low-cost Zombies and lords, then deploys the commander to gain continuous card selection and life drain on each upkeep. In the mid-to-late game, the deck transitions from incremental chip damage into a decisive threat by casting mass token producers like Army of the Damned or kicked Josu Vess, Lich Knight, granting evasion through Eternal Skylord and Lord of the Accursed. The Scarab God acts as both an inevitable drain clock and an instant-speed reanimator that cannibalizes the best creatures from any graveyard. Supported by resilient recursion spells, defensive countermagic, and Gray Merchant of Asphodel, the deck sustains pressure through board wipes and closes out games through combined combat and life-drain triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Bladestitched Skaab
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cruel Revival
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Dream Fracture
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Empty the Laboratory
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Enter the God-Eternals
  • 1 Eternal Skylord
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Graf Harvest
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Josu Vess, Lich Knight
  • 1 Lazotep Chancellor
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Liliana's Devotee
  • 1 Liliana's Mastery
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Lost Monarch of Ifnir
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Prophet of the Scarab
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sinister Sabotage
  • 1 Skycoach Waypoint
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord