Night of the Living Dead by user8701814

Format: Commander

Commander: Temmet, Naktamun's Will

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Zombie Tribal Midrange build commanded by Temmet, Naktamun's Will. The strategy focuses on establishing early Zombie board presence with resilient token creators like Dreadhorde Invasion, Cryptbreaker, and Gleaming Overseer. Once Temmet enters on Turn 5, every card drawn converts into a +1/+1 anthem for all Zombies until end of turn. Because Temmet triggers a card draw and discard on attack, attacking immediately pumps the entire board. Multi-draw engines like Varina, Lich Queen, Raffine, Scheming Seer, Brainstorm, and Kindred Discovery scale this pump exponentially during combat. Life drain from Corpse Knight and Wayward Servant chips away at life totals, while mass reanimation via Zombie Apocalypse and The Scarab God provides resilience. The deck wins by overwhelming opponents through wide, evasive attacks and continuous incremental drain by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Cryptcaller Chariot
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Desert of the Glorified
  • 1 Desert of the Mindful
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Forgotten Creation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gempalm Polluter
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 God-Eternal Oketra
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lost Monarch of Ifnir
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 On Wings of Gold
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prophet of the Scarab
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Rhet-Tomb Mystic
  • 1 Rise of the Dread Marn
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Rot Hulk
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temmet, Naktamun's Will
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Varina, Lich Queen
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wayward Servant
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord