Grimgrin Zombies by maidenkev2

Format: Commander

Commander: Grimgrin, Corpse-Born

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

Grimgrin, Corpse-Born leads a Dimir Zombie tribal aristocrats deck designed to overwhelm opponents through asymmetric board attrition, combat damage, and aristocrat drain. Early turns focus on mana rocks and low-cost Zombie fodder like Gravecrawler and Cryptbreaker. Mid-game turns deploy card-advantage engines like Undead Augur and Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver, transitioning into high-threat board states with Grimgrin. Once assembled, Grimgrin sacrifices expendable tokens to grow in power and remove defending creatures upon attacking. Grave Pact and Noxious Ghoul lock down opposing creature strategies, breaking parity through death triggers and token creation. The deck closes games around Turn 8 via wide attacks backed by tribal lords like Death Baron and Undead Warchief, life drain from Diregraf Captain, or an infinite casting loop with Rooftop Storm and Gravecrawler. Mass reanimation spells provide resilient recovery against sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archghoul of Thraben
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Empty the Laboratory
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Gisa, the Hellraiser
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
  • 1 Havengul Lich
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Noxious Ghoul
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Vengeful Dead
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord