Undead Uprising by SearingLumber

Format: Commander

Commander: Temmet, Naktamun's Will

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This Esper Zombie deck is commanded by Temmet, Naktamun's Will, an aggressive combat engine that turns every card draw into a table-wide +1/+1 anthem for all controlled Zombies. The deck establishes early board presence through low-cost Zombie generators like Cryptbreaker, Dreadhorde Invasion, and Geralf, the Fleshwright, scaling into mid-game powerhouses like Varina, Lich Queen, Gisa, the Hellraiser, and Grave Titan. Once Temmet is deployed, every draw step, combat loot, and burst draw spell (such as Frantic Search or Kindred Discovery) supercharges the Zombie horde with massive power buffs and evasive menace. The deck closes games around Turn 7 through overwhelming multi-combat damage, lethal evasion from Akroma's Will and Hordewing Skaab, or direct life loss via Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Wayward Servant. Strong graveyard recursion like Living Death ensures resilience against board wipes, while targeted interaction keeps critical threats in check.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Corpse Harvester
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Geralf, the Fleshwright
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Gisa, the Hellraiser
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 God-Eternal Oketra
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gravedig
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Servant
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lost Monarch of Ifnir
  • 1 Mindless Conscription
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
  • 1 On Wings of Gold
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Profaner of the Dead
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Rise of the Dread Marn
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Shepherd of Rot
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temmet, Naktamun's Will
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Varina, Lich Queen
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vizier of the Scorpion
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayward Servant
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Zombie Master