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Format: Commander

Creator: trillrobby

Commander: Ghoulcaller Gisa

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black Zombie tribal aristocrats engine helmed by Ghoulcaller Gisa. Its primary objective is to develop early mana acceleration and resilient Zombie utility creatures, deploy Gisa, and rapidly convert high-power bodies into wide armies of 2/2 Zombie tokens. Once established, the deck leverages tribal lords such as Undead Warchief and Death Baron to threaten lethal combat swings while capitalizing on death triggers from Vengeful Dead, Ayara, First of Locthwain, and The Meathook Massacre. Control elements like Grave Pact and Noxious Ghoul keep opposing creature boards completely suppressed. While the deck boasts immense late-game scaling through Cabal Coffers and big finishers like Torment of Hailfire, its reliance on Gisa's tap ability and vulnerability to board wipes make pacing and timing crucial.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Attrition
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Cemetery Recruitment
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 God-Eternal Bontu
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Graveborn Muse
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana's Mastery
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Noxious Ghoul
  • 1 Open the Graves
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulless One
  • 29 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vengeful Dead
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord