B&W 9/24 by user3818108

Format: Commander

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Zombie tribal and aristocrats list helmed by Ratadrabik of Urborg. The primary strategy focuses on assembling a wide board of Zombie creature tokens, buffing them with tribal lords, and draining opponent life totals through death triggers. Ratadrabik of Urborg enhances this game plan by creating nonlegendary Zombie token copies of legendary creatures whenever they die, effectively doubling the value of key utility pieces like Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim and Teysa Karlov. While the deck features strong internal creature synergy and recursion through cards like Gravecrawler and Haakon, Stromgald Scourge, its low land count of 29 lands creates mana friction for its higher-cost spells. Furthermore, the absence of dedicated tutors and fast mana places the deck comfortably in casual-to-mid power pods, aiming to assemble a lethal board presence around Turn 7 and close games by Turn 9 through combat and aristocrat life drain.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Ashes of the Fallen
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Cradle of the Accursed
  • 1 Curse of the Restless Dead
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dunes of the Dead
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Fan Bearer
  • 1 From Under the Floorboards
  • 1 Gempalm Polluter
  • 1 Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
  • 1 Gisa, the Hellraiser
  • 1 God-Eternal Oketra
  • 1 Graf Harvest
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 History of Benalia
  • 1 Kaya's Wrath
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of the New Coalition
  • 1 Liliana's Mastery
  • 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Moan of the Unhallowed
  • 1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 On Wings of Gold
  • 1 Overseer of the Damned
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Reprobation
  • 1 Resolute Rider
  • 1 Shepherd of Rot
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Starseer Mentor
  • 1 Student of Warfare
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Syphon Flesh
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Unbreathing Horde
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vengeful Dead
  • 1 Vile Rebirth
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Wizened Mentor
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord