Living Dead (copy) by ProxyBert

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarab God

Bracket: 5

Deck overview

This is a hyper-tuned Dimir combo deck built around The Scarab God, but the commander functions primarily as a value engine rather than a combo piece. The primary game plan is to assemble one of several infinite death/mill/damage loops using low-CMC Zombie synergies and sacrifice outlets. The deck leverages a deep battery of premium tutors, fast mana, and a robust interaction suite to execute its win condition by turn 5 in the median game. Secondary lines include Ad Nauseam + Necropotence for hand refueling, and Bolas's Citadel for top-of-library cheating. The The Scarab God's own life-drain ability and token generation provide a solid backup if the combo is disrupted.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Blasting Station
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gate to Phyrexia
  • 1 Geralf's Messenger
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Thoughtseize
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat