Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver by Kattz17

Format: Commander

Commander: Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver leads a Dimir Zombie tribal deck that combines aggressive token swarms with aristocrat drain strategies. The primary game plan creates a wide undead board using token generators like Grave Titan, Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia, and Army of the Damned. Wilhelt converts dying nontoken Zombies into decayed tokens to supply card draw and sacrifice fodder. The deck wins by overrunning opponents through lord buffs from Cemetery Reaper and Diregraf Captain, granting evasion via Eternal Skylord, or draining the table using Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Vengeful Dead. Mass recursion from Zombie Apocalypse and Gravespawn Sovereign closes late games.

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 Commence the Endgame
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Cruel Revival
  • 1 Crush Dissent
  • 1 Curse of Disturbance
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Enter the God-Eternals
  • 1 Eternal Skylord
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravespawn Sovereign
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grimoire of the Dead
  • 1 Havengul Lich
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Josu Vess, Lich Knight
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Liliana Vess
  • 1 Liliana's Devotee
  • 1 Liliana's Mastery
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Liliana, Untouched by Death
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Loyal Subordinate
  • 1 Mastermind's Acquisition
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Necromantic Selection
  • 1 Necrotic Hex
  • 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
  • 1 Open the Graves
  • 1 Overseer of the Damned
  • 1 Pilfered Plans
  • 1 Relentless Advance
  • 1 Salt Marsh
  • 1 Scourge of Nel Toth
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Reaper
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Syphon Flesh
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Treno, Dark City
  • 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 Waterfront District
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Withering Curse
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse