The Scarab God - Zombie Tribal by user2075412

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarab God

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Dimir Zombie Tribal and Aristocrats strategy commanded by The Scarab God. It focuses on assembling a resilient board of Zombies, generating incremental card advantage through engines like Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver and Undead Augur, and controlling the battlefield with asymmetric sacrifice effects such as Grave Pact. Mana rocks and cost-reducers accelerate the deployment of high-impact payoffs like Grave Titan, Rooftop Storm, and Bolas's Citadel around Turn 6. The deck finishes games through cumulative upkeep life loss from The Scarab God, evasive attacks enabled by Wonder and Zombie Master, massive bursts from Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Torment of Hailfire, or infinite sacrifice loops using Gravecrawler and Phyrexian Altar. Built-in recursion and the commander's natural resistance to removal give the deck strong mid-to-late game staying power.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Arcane Adaptation
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Call to the Grave
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dark Salvation
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Empty the Pits
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 From Under the Floorboards
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Leechridden Swamp
  • 1 Lich Lord of Unx
  • 1 Life's Finale
  • 1 Liliana's Mastery
  • 1 Liliana's Reaver
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Open the Graves
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 1 Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulless One
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Tomebound Lich
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Zombie Master