UB Wilhelt Combo by Finkstein

Format: Commander

Commander: Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Dimir Zombie aristocrats deck uses Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver to turn every Zombie death into a decayed token and steady card draw. The primary plan assembles sacrifice loops with Gravecrawler plus a free sac outlet like Phyrexian Altar, Ashnod's Altar, Carrion Feeder or Warren Soultrader and a drain payoff such as Zulaport Cutthroat, Plague Belcher, Diregraf Captain or The Meathook Massacre. Rooftop Storm and Mikaeus, the Unhallowed act as hidden commanders, enabling zero-cost Zombie casts and undying loops that bypass mana. Secondary paths grind value through Necroduality, Tombstone Stairwell, and Rot Hulk reanimation, with Gray Merchant of Asphodel as a large life swing.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Retrieval
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archghoul of Thraben
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Butcher Ghoul
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Servant
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Liliana, Untouched by Death
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Noxious Ghoul
  • 1 Perplex
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 1 Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Rot Hulk
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shambling Ghast
  • 1 Sidisi, Regent of the Mire
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tombstone Stairwell
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Hand Ninja
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat