Willhelt, the Rotcleaver by Beasty95

Format: Commander

Commander: Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Dimir Zombie Aristocrats build commanded by Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver. The primary game plan revolves around generating continuous creature tokens through Wilhelt's passive trigger whenever non-decayed Zombies die, converting those bodies into cards and mana. The deck accelerates through early utility Zombies and mana rocks to assemble a lethal sacrifice loop on Turn 5. Its primary win condition pairs Gravecrawler with Phyrexian Altar (or Poppet Stitcher transformed into Poppet Factory) alongside drain payoffs like Blood Artist, Bastion of Remembrance, and Plague Belcher to drain the table in a single turn. Defensively, the deck runs efficient countermagic and board control via Dictate of Erebos, Toxic Deluge, and recurring edicts. While vulnerable to graveyard exile and artifact removal, its deep redundancy and recursion make it resilient and fast.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat