Zombie Tribal by samz

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarab God

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Dimir Zombie tribal strategy centered on The Scarab God. It builds early board presence through low-cost Zombies and tokens, using aristocrat engines to generate steady value. By Turn 5, it deploys its commander or major engine pieces, turning its wide undead army into a clock that drains opponents each upkeep while scrying toward finishers. When opponents deploy large threats or sweep the board, mass reanimation spells like Living Death and Patriarch's Bidding flip graveyards back onto the battlefield to deliver massive life swings with Gray Merchant of Asphodel. While lacking competitive fast mana or compact infinite combos, its high redundancy and resilient recursion provide steady pressure in mid-power multiplayer games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dark Salvation
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Dread Summons
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Forgotten Creation
  • 1 Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Grave Betrayal
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
  • 1 Havengul Lich
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lich Lord of Unx
  • 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Necrotic Ooze
  • 1 Noxious Ghoul
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Pyre of Heroes
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Rise of the Dread Marn
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Songs of the Damned
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Undead Alchemist
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Wand of Orcus
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord