*minecraft zombie noises* by KevsJazz1

Format: Commander

Commander: Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Dimir Zombie Tribal Aristocrats deck is led by Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver. The deck establishes an aggressive and resilient board state by deploying low-cost Zombie creatures, accelerating into Wilhelt on Turn 4, and utilizing his ability to convert dying nontoken Zombies into decayed tokens and card advantage. It generates high card velocity through sacrifice payoffs like Undead Augur and Skullclamp, while using asymmetric attrition from Noxious Ghoul and repeatable edicts to control opposing creatures. The primary win condition centers on infinite sacrifice loops using Gravecrawler and Warren Soultrader paired with drain engines like Plague Belcher, Diregraf Captain, or Vengeful Dead to eliminate all opponents on Turn 6. Backup plans feature lethal life-drain bursts via Gray Merchant of Asphodel, mass graveyard reanimation with Zombie Apocalypse, and evasive combat with Zombie Master and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bladestitched Skaab
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dark Salvation
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Empty the Laboratory
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lich-Knights' Conquest
  • 1 Liliana's Mastery
  • 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Noxious Ghoul
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Ravenous Rotbelly
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rot Hulk
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vengeful Dead
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord