Grimgrin crashed his spaceship by chriskeysix

Format: Commander

Commander: Grimgrin, Corpse-Born

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Dimir deck combines traditional Zombie tribal aggression with lethal aristocrat drain and infinite combo finishes. Commanded by Grimgrin, Corpse-Born, the deck turns disposable Zombie tokens and recurring creatures like Gravecrawler into continuous card advantage, board control, and sudden burst damage. The primary strategy builds a resilient board of synergistic Zombie lords, sacrifice outlets, and death-trigger drain permanents such as Bastion of Remembrance, Plague Belcher, and Diregraf Captain. It can close games rapidly via combat damage with an unblockable, overgrown commander, through massive token generation from Tombstone Stairwell, or by assembling the infinite loop of Rooftop Storm and Gravecrawler. Heavy graveyard recursion ensures that board wipes only temporarily slow down the engine, allowing the deck to outgrind opponents in mid-to-late game scenarios.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Boneknitter
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consult the Star Charts
  • 1 Corpse Harvester
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 Graveborn Muse
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
  • 1 Havengul Lich
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jailbreak Scheme
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Netherborn Altar
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silver Shroud Costume
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 3 Snow-Covered Island
  • 3 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Tomb Tyrant
  • 1 Tombstone Stairwell
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Vengeful Dead
  • 1 Wand of Orcus
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord