Zombi/Vamp tribal by Doc3557

Format: Commander

Commander: Ayara, First of Locthwain

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black aristocrats and devotion strategy commanded by Ayara, First of Locthwain. Its game plan revolves around deploying cheap black creatures, converting them into card advantage through Ayara's activated ability, and gradually whittling down opponents' life totals with entering and dying drain triggers. The deck leverages Zombie and Vampire tribal synergies alongside powerful devotion payoffs like Gray Merchant of Asphodel and big mana finishers like Army of the Damned and Exsanguinate. While the deck features strong incremental life swings and decent resilience through single-target graveyard recursion, it lacks fast mana acceleration, reliable non-creature interaction, and robust protection against sweepers. Victory is achieved through persistent combat damage amplified by tribal lords like Death Baron and Lord of the Accursed, compounded by burst life loss from Gary and Ayara triggers across several combat turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bloodrage Vampire
  • 1 Bloodthrone Vampire
  • 1 Carrier Thrall
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Child of Night
  • 1 Corpse Harvester
  • 1 Crippling Blight
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Dreamdrinker Vampire
  • 1 Eternal Student
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fate Unraveler
  • 1 Flesh to Dust
  • 1 Gempalm Polluter
  • 1 Graf Harvest
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Guul Draz Vampire
  • 1 High-Society Hunter
  • 1 Hooded Assassin
  • 1 Ill-Gotten Inheritance
  • 1 Liliana, Death Wielder
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Meteor Sword
  • 1 Morlun, Devourer of Spiders
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Murmuring Volume
  • 1 Nightmare
  • 1 Pain 101
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Pox Plague
  • 1 Pull from the Grave
  • 1 Quag Vampires
  • 1 Raise Dead
  • 1 Risen Necroregent
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Shepherd of Rot
  • 1 Sneering Shadewriter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Salvage
  • 1 Stab
  • 1 Staff of the Death Magus
  • 1 Streaking Oilgorger
  • 35 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vampire Cutthroat
  • 1 Vampire Envoy
  • 1 Vampire Interloper
  • 1 Vampire Opportunist
  • 1 Vampire Revenant
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vizier of the Scorpion
  • 1 Wander Off
  • 1 Zombify