The Scarab God by Dio

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarab God

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Zombie tribal and aristocrats strategy led by The Scarab God. It builds an early board of synergistic Zombies to generate card advantage, ramp mana, and apply pressure. On Turn 5, the deck deploys its commander or value engines like Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver, turning a wide board of Zombie tokens into substantial card draw and upkeep scry. By Turn 6, the deck achieves critical onset through lord buffs from Death Baron and Undead Warchief, life drain from Plague Belcher and Diregraf Captain, or explosive bursts from Gray Merchant of Asphodel. The Scarab God provides resilience by returning to hand upon death, avoiding commander tax while offering instant-speed graveyard exile and reanimation. Opponents face relentless life loss through combat and upkeep triggers, closing games around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Aetherspouts
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archghoul of Thraben
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Harvester
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Curse of the Restless Dead
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Eaten Alive
  • 1 Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell Stinger
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Graf Harvest
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Servant
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Honored Heirloom
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Noxious Ghoul
  • 1 Open the Graves
  • 1 Overcharged Amalgam
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 1 Rise of the Dread Marn
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Selhoff Entomber
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soured Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Syphon Flesh
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Tomb Tyrant
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Vengeful Dead
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Zero Point Ballad
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord