Scarab God by ALargent

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarab God

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a resilient Dimir Zombie Tribal Midrange deck commanded by The Scarab God. The strategy blends traditional tribal synergies with powerful graveyard recursion and attrition. During the early turns, the deck develops its mana with cheap mana rocks and establishes low-cost Zombie creatures that generate tokens or draw cards. Once The Scarab God enters the battlefield on Turn 4 or 5, it acts as both an inexorable life-drain clock and an instant-speed reanimation engine. The deck scales its damage output through Zombie count, draining opponents on each upkeep while scrying to sculpt future draws. High-impact payoffs like Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Grave Titan, and Noxious Ghoul clear opposing boards and accelerate lethal damage. Backup win conditions include an infinite drain-and-mill loop with Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank and mass reanimation via Rise of the Dark Realms.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Curse of the Restless Dead
  • 1 Dark Salvation
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Death Tyrant
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dread Summons
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Eternal Skylord
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Flip the Switch
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
  • 1 Geralf, the Fleshwright
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Ghoulish Procession
  • 1 Ghouls' Night Out
  • 1 Gisa, the Hellraiser
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Graveborn Muse
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 1 Invasion of Innistrad // Deluge of the Dead
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lich Lord of Unx
  • 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Noosegraf Mob
  • 1 Noxious Ghoul
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Adversary
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tormod, the Desecrator
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Wand of Orcus
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Withering Torment