Zombies by Tjswilley

Format: Commander

Commander: Gisa and Geralf

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Zombie tribal strategy led by Gisa and Geralf, focusing on graveyard recursion, swarm aggression, and aristocrat drain. The game plan centers on establishing early board presence with low-cost Zombies and mana rocks, casting the commander on turn 4 to mill resources, and utilizing turn 5 to begin recurring creatures from the graveyard. As the game progresses, tribal lords such as Death Baron, Lord of the Accursed, and Cemetery Reaper augment the Zombie army, while engines like Cryptbreaker and Undead Augur keep the hand refueled. The deck pivots to a lethal clock on turn 7 via powerful mass reanimation spells like Zombie Apocalypse and Bloodline Bidding, or high-impact finishers like Gray Merchant of Asphodel and The Scarab God. While vulnerable to mass graveyard hate and exile sweepers, the deck leverages repeatable edicts like Fleshbag Marauder and token shielding to grind out opponents over 2 response cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archghoul of Thraben
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Didn't Say Please
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Draugr Thought-Thief
  • 1 Eaten Alive
  • 1 Enter the God-Eternals
  • 1 Eternal Skylord
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gravespawn Sovereign
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grimoire of the Dead
  • 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 Pilfered Plans
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Salt Marsh
  • 1 Scourge of Nel Toth
  • 1 Sinister Sabotage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 18 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Unbreathing Horde
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vela the Night-Clad
  • 1 Vengeful Dead
  • 1 Vizier of the Scorpion
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Withered Wretch
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse