Scarab God Budget by IronicGiraffe

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarab God

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

The Scarab God leads a UB Zombie attrition deck. It plans to flood the board with Zombie tokens through Cryptbreaker, Grave Titan, and mass reanimation, then use The Scarab God's upkeep drain and recursive 4/4 theft to grind out opponents. Secondary paths include Gray Merchant devotion drain and death-trigger chip damage from Diregraf Captain, Vengeful Dead, and Plague Belcher. The commander is the primary engine, but Gisa and Geralf, Zul Ashur, and Bloodline Bidding provide backup recursion. There is no deterministic combo; the deck wins through sustained board presence, repeated upkeep drain, and occasional one-sided board control with Necrotic Hex or Necromantic Selection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archghoul of Thraben
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bog Witch
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compelling Deterrence
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Deadly Plot
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Essence Anchor
  • 1 Eternal Skylord
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Flip the Switch
  • 1 Forgotten Creation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 God-Eternal Bontu
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravespawn Sovereign
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grimoire of the Dead
  • 1 Havengul Lich
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Liliana's Standard Bearer
  • 1 Lost Monarch of Ifnir
  • 1 Loyal Subordinate
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Necromantic Selection
  • 1 Necrotic Hex
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Noosegraf Mob
  • 1 Overcharged Amalgam
  • 1 Overseer of the Damned
  • 1 Phyrexian Delver
  • 1 Pile On
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 1 Prophet of the Scarab
  • 1 Repository Skaab
  • 1 Rise of the Dread Marn
  • 1 Risky Research
  • 1 Rot Hulk
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Tomebound Lich
  • 1 Tormod, the Desecrator
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unliving Psychopath
  • 1 Vela the Night-Clad
  • 1 Vengeful Dead
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vizier of the Scorpion
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord