Zomboni by BigJawn

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarab God

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Dimir Zombie tribal deck is commanded by The Scarab God and focuses on building a wide, resilient board of Zombies to drain opponents out through upkeep triggers, combat damage, and aristocrat life-loss engines. The early game establishes board presence with low-cost utility Zombies and ramp. By Turn 5, the commander enters play, turning every Zombie on board into unpreventable upkeep life loss and top-deck card selection. In addition to passive drain, The Scarab God operates at instant speed to steal the best creatures from any graveyard as 4/4 black Zombies. Alternate paths to victory include token swarms enhanced by lords like Death Baron and Undead Warchief, evasion via Geralf, Visionary Stitcher or Zombie Master paired with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, and aristocrat bursts from Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Diregraf Captain. The deck features resilient recursion, protecting its engine through commander self-bounce, death triggers, and targeted countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Gisa, the Hellraiser
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lich Lord of Unx
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Lost Monarch of Ifnir
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rise of the Dread Marn
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Undead Alchemist
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zombie Master