Tormod - Kraum
This is a mid-budget attempt at a near-competitive Zombie Tribal deck. It attempts to win with Zombie combos. I would love to hear what you think about this wacky notion!
Notable Omissions
- ABUR duals - out of budget, but proxing isn't completely out of the question.
- A few other budget busters, such as Wheel of Fortune, Yawgmoth's Will, Lion's Eye Diamond and Mox Diamond.
- Free counterspells - could be included, probably should!
- Thassa's Oracle - out of Tribe
Notable Includes
- The Commanders are the only Zombie Legends with Partner and apparently the best way to roll with Grixis Zombies.
- Liliana, Untouched by Death allows casting from the graveyard facilitating combos with several creatures.
- Haakon, Stromgald Scourge allows casting of Knights and, consequently, Shapeshifters from the graveyard.
- Acererak the Archlich is probably just bad, but he does combo hard with Rooftop Storm.
- Rooftop Storm facilitates some other combos in addition to the two-card combo with Ace.
Deck List
Win-Cons
Doomsday
The standard pile's composition would vary based on whether I needed another turn or not. If I did, Final Fortune would be needed, either in hand or on top of the pile. Any single card draw would be fine except for Top and it would work if I had another pile cracker that could dig at least two deep on the new turn.
On the ultimate turn (extra or not), step one would usually be Jeska's Will. The top two cards would be Acererak the Archlich and Rooftop Storm. The mana from Jeska's plus one should get Storm in play and it's all over except for protecting the combo. The third card of the pile will be an interaction piece to help with that last bit.
Other piles surely can be made for other win-cons, but most of them are three-card combos and would likely be used only if one or more pieces are already in play.
Combo enablers include:
Liliana, Untouched by Death and Haakon, Stromgald Scourge. Gravecrawler enables himself as does Ace.
Most combos require Phyrexian Altar or some other sac outlet plus a mana source or substitute. Shambling Ghast provide his own mana and Rooftop Storm can eliminate the need for mana.
To actually accomplish something, one of the Aristocrat effects is needed; i.e. Diregraf Captain or Plague Belcher.
A list of potentially winning combos:
- Gravecrawler, a Phyrexian Altar and an aristocrat or;
- Haakon, one of his one-drop pals, Phyrexian Altar and an aristocrat or;
- Lili, Shambling Ghast, a sac outlet an an aristocrat or;
- Lili, any one-drop, Phyrexian Altar and an aristocrat.
Change Log
- Underground River - Sea of Clouds: This was a simple mistake.
- Entomb - Rite of Flame: How did I forget Entomb? Rite of Flame doesn't feel greatly needed here.
- Forbidden Orchard - Cascade Bluffs: Rainbow lands are the best! This was an oversight.
- Gemstone Mine - Training Center: Ditto.
- Talisman of Indulgence - Talisman of Progress: I don't know, seems more useful than here, if you know what I mean.