ZOMBIES! by DanDar52

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarab God

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Dimir Zombie tribal deck is commanded by The Scarab God, combining resilient creature swarms, aristocrats life drain, and graveyard reanimation. The deck curves out with low-cost Zombie creatures and utility artifacts, deploying The Scarab God by Turn 5. The primary game plan revolves around amassing a critical density of Zombies to trigger The Scarab God's upkeep ability, draining each opponent for substantial life while filtering draws through deep scrying. Supporting lords like Undead Warchief, Diregraf Captain, and Lord of the Accursed grant offensive evasion and stat buffs to close out games through combat damage. The commander's built-in death trigger provides exceptional resilience against board wipes by returning directly to hand without incurring commander tax. Backup win conditions include mass reanimation via Zombie Apocalypse, explosive token generation from Army of the Damned and Grave Titan, and devastating life swings through Gray Merchant of Asphodel.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archghoul of Thraben
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Bladestitched Skaab
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Cemetery Recruitment
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Cursecloth Wrappings
  • 1 Dark Salvation
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Tempest
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Empty the Laboratory
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Game Over
  • 1 Geralf, the Fleshwright
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Graf Harvest
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
  • 1 Havengul Lich
  • 1 Hazel's Nocturne
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prophet of the Scarab
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Rise of the Dread Marn
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tablet of the Guilds
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Tomb Tyrant
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Unbreathing Horde
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord