Revised Wretched Ranks by user7866245

Format: Commander

Commander: Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Mono-Black Zombie Aristocrats and tribal midrange strategy led by Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet. The primary game plan revolves around deploying low-mana Zombie creatures and token generators to establish early board presence. Once Kalitas hits the board on Turn 4, any opposing creature death yields additional Zombie tokens while simultaneously exiling opposing threats to shut down graveyard synergies. The deck leverages powerful tribal lords such as Undead Warchief, Death Baron, and Cemetery Reaper to boost the power, toughness, and combat keywords of the Zombie horde. Supported by steady card draw from Cryptbreaker, Undead Augur, and Graveborn Muse, the deck overwhelms opponents with heavy combat damage between Turns 6 and 8. Strong creature removal and mass recursion through Zombie Apocalypse and Victimize provide robust grind potential against opposing creature decks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bad Moon
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bone Shards
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Butcher Ghoul
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Consumed by Greed
  • 1 Consuming Corruption
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Curse of the Restless Dead
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Festering Goblin
  • 1 Festering Mummy
  • 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
  • 1 Ghoulcaller's Chant
  • 1 Graf Harvest
  • 1 Graveborn Muse
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Physician
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Hungry Ghoul
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
  • 1 Liliana's Reaver
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Liliana, Untouched by Death
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mire Triton
  • 1 Mire in Misery
  • 1 Mutilate
  • 1 Noxious Ghoul
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Razorlash Transmogrant
  • 1 Return from Extinction
  • 1 Shambling Ghast
  • 1 Shambling Goblin
  • 1 Shred Memory
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulless One
  • 29 Swamp
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thran Vigil
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Butler
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vogar, Necropolis Tyrant
  • 1 Vorrac Battlehorns
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord