Rituals of Shame by cgodsey12

Format: Commander

Commander: Thraximundar

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Grixis zombie tribal sacrifice deck helmed by Thraximundar. The commander provides a growing threat with haste and forces a sacrifice on attack, while growing off every sacrifice on the battlefield. The deck aims to generate a swarm of zombie tokens through cards like Diregraf Colossus, Grave Titan, Ghoulcaller Gisa, and Army of the Damned, using Grave Pact and Dictate of Erebos effects to control the board. Sacrifice outlets like Braids, Arisen Nightmare and Cryptbreaker generate card advantage. The primary win condition is combat damage from either a massive Thraximundar (aided by Leyline Axe or Nazgul Battle-Mace) or an overwhelming zombie army. The deck lacks infinite combos and relies on attrition, value, and incremental advantage to close out games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
  • 1 Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Nazgûl Battle-Mace
  • 1 Overseer of the Damned
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Ravenous Rotbelly
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Thraximundar
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vona's Hunger
  • 1 Wand of Orcus
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord