Grave Danger (Starter Commander Decks) by cvest100

Format: Commander

Commander: Gisa and Geralf

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This Dimir deck focuses on Zombie tribal synergies, self-mill, and attrition through recursion. Commanded by Gisa and Geralf, the strategy fills the graveyard through incidental mill and combat trades, treating the graveyard as an extended hand. In the early game, cheap Zombies and mana rocks establish a presence. By the mid-game, Gisa and Geralf lets you recast a fallen Zombie each turn, compounding board advantage with anthems like Lord of the Accursed and Cemetery Reaper. Aristocrat payoffs like Diregraf Captain and Vengeful Dead turn opposing removal and board wipes into direct life loss for opponents. The primary win condition arrives in the late game through massive board swings using Zombie Apocalypse, Army of the Damned, or an explosive life-draining entry from Gray Merchant of Asphodel. While vulnerable to mass graveyard exile and slow against fast combo decks, it excels at grinding down opponents through combat and life drain.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Cruel Revival
  • 1 Curse of Disturbance
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Enter the God-Eternals
  • 1 Eternal Skylord
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Geralf's Mindcrusher
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Gravespawn Sovereign
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grimoire of the Dead
  • 1 Havengul Lich
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Josu Vess, Lich Knight
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Laboratory Drudge
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lazotep Reaver
  • 1 Liliana's Devotee
  • 1 Liliana's Mastery
  • 1 Liliana's Standard Bearer
  • 1 Liliana, Untouched by Death
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lotleth Giant
  • 1 Loyal Subordinate
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mire Triton
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Necromantic Selection
  • 1 Necrotic Hex
  • 1 Open the Graves
  • 1 Overseer of the Damned
  • 1 Pilfered Plans
  • 1 Salt Marsh
  • 1 Scourge of Nel Toth
  • 1 Sinister Sabotage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Reaper
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 18 Swamp
  • 1 Syphon Flesh
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Unbreathing Horde
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Unstable Obelisk
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vela the Night-Clad
  • 1 Vengeful Dead
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vizier of the Scorpion
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Withered Wretch
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse