Rise of the Zombie God by mtjs972

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarab God

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Dimir Zombie engine deck that looks tribal on the surface but plays as a compact combo-control list. The Scarab God supplies the long-game grind: an upkeep drain-and-scry, a repeatable activation that exiles any graveyard creature and reanimates it as a 4/4 Zombie, and a self-return clause that makes it nearly impossible to keep dead. The actual finishes live in the 99: Gravecrawler plus Phyrexian Altar with any death-trigger drain creates an infinite loop, Rooftop Storm plus Acererak the Archlich produces infinite dungeon ventures and extra turns, and Mikaeus, the Unhallowed provides a redundant undying chassis. A Cabal Coffers/Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth package sinks into Torment of Hailfire or Lich Lord of Unx, while zombie lords and Gray Merchant of Asphodel keep a beatdown/grind backup live. The commander is a facilitator, not a keystone - every kill line functions without it.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acererak the Archlich
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Creeping Tar Pit
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dracula's Tomb
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Erebos, God of the Dead
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lich Lord of Unx
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Noxious Ghoul
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vengeful Dead
  • 1 Wand of Orcus
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Zombie Master