Scarab God by bear5134

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarab God

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Zombie tribal and midrange aristocrats strategy commanded by The Scarab God. It establishes early board presence through efficient Zombie drops, token generators, and mana rocks, setting up a reliable operational state by Turn 5. The commander provides an inevitable clock that drains all opponents and scries on each upkeep based on Zombie count, while serving as instant-speed graveyard interaction and threat reanimation. The deck transitions into a lethal threat by Turn 6, closing out the table over two subsequent response cycles via life drain, lord-buffed combat with evasion from Cover of Darkness and Hordewing Skaab, or explosive turns with Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Tombstone Stairwell. Backed by a dense suite of ten cheap counterspells, the deck excels at protecting its board and disrupting opposing wins. Its built-in commander recursion and deep graveyard synergies provide exceptional recovery against removal and board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Defabricate
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 God-Eternal Bontu
  • 1 God-Eternal Kefnet
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Havengul Lich
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Liliana's Mastery
  • 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Master of Death
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Murky Sewer
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 Noxious Ghoul
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Perplex
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Rot Hulk
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shepherd of Rot
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulless One
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 The Ghoul, Gunslinger
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Tombstone Stairwell
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vengeful Dead
  • 1 Verity Circle
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord