Art by Karl Kopinski
Commander deckBGU
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Fill the graveyard rapidly with creature-heavy self-mill to build a zombie army with Sidisi, then reanimate titanic game-ending threats to overwhelm the board.
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Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
1BGULegendary Creature — Snake Shaman
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Sakura-Tribe Elder
1GCreature — Snake Shaman
rampant growth on a creature that sacrifices itself into the graveyard
Birds of Paradise
GCreature — Bird
one-drop mana dork fixing all three Sultai colors
Llanowar Elves
GCreature — Elf Druid
efficient turn-one acceleration that adds to the deck's creature count
Elves of Deep Shadow
GCreature — Elf Druid
one-mana dork that taps for black mana
Wood Elves
2GCreature — Elf Scout
creature-based ramp that searches for typed forests untapped
Farhaven Elf
2GCreature — Elf Druid
fetches any basic land onto the battlefield on a creature body
Kodama's Reach
2GSorcery — Arcane
redundancy for Cultivate to hit required mana curves
Card Draw
10
Mulldrifter
4UCreature — Elemental
evokeable creature that draws cards and loads the graveyard
Fact or Fiction
3UInstant
instant-speed card selection that sends unchosen cards straight to the grave
Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
1GLegendary Enchantment Creature — Snake Druid
channels from hand to self-mill and ramp, and returns cards later
Beast Whisperer
2GGCreature — Elf Druid
draws cards continuously off the deck's high creature density
Grim Flayer
BGCreature — Human Warrior
early attacker that filters draws and fills the graveyard with creatures
Stitcher's Supplier
BCreature — Zombie
mills six cards total across entering and dying for just one mana
Nyx Weaver
1BGEnchantment Creature — Spider
mills two cards on upkeep and can exile itself to regrow any card
Rishkar's Expertise
4GGSorcery
draws cards equal to massive creatures and casts a free spell
Removal
10
Ravenous Chupacabra
2BBCreature — Beast Horror
creature-based unconditional targeted creature kill
Reclamation Sage
2GCreature — Elf Shaman
inexpensive creature that removes artifacts and enchantments
Shriekmaw
4BCreature — Elemental
cheap evoke removal that triggers death triggers and sits in the grave
Foundation Breaker
3GCreature — Elemental
evoke naturalize creature to deal with troublesome permanents
Assassin's Trophy
BGInstant
versatile, unconditional instant-speed removal for any permanent
Threats/Wincons
24
Archon of Cruelty
6BBCreature — Archon
devastating reanimation target that drains, draws, and forces sacrifice
Toxrill, the Corrosive
5BBLegendary Creature — Slug Horror
oppressive threat that decimates opposing boards with slime counters
Koma, Cosmos Serpent
3GGUULegendary Creature — Serpent
creates self-replicating serpent tokens and locks down key threats
Lord of Extinction
3BGCreature — Elemental
grows to enormous power and toughness off full graveyards
Sepulchral Primordial
5BBCreature — Avatar
steals the best dead creatures from each opponent upon entering
Diluvian Primordial
5UUCreature — Avatar
casts opponents' best instant and sorcery spells from their graveyards
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
burns the table whenever creatures leave or enter any graveyard
Vilis, Broker of Blood
5BBBLegendary Creature — Demon
giant demon that turns life loss into massive card advantage
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
punishes wide boards with negative toughness and life loss
End-Raze Forerunners
5GGGCreature — Boar
budget Craterhoof that pumps your zombie army with trample
Terastodon
6GGCreature — Elephant
blows up three problematic noncreature permanents immediately
Nezahal, Primal Tide
5UULegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
resilient card-drawing leviathan that easily discards targets to protect itself
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
5BGBGLegendary Creature — Avatar
casts easily from the graveyard by tapping zombies and delving
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
BBGGLegendary Creature — Zombie Elf
flings huge creatures like Lord of Extinction to kill the table
Overwhelming Stampede
3GGSorcery
overrun finisher scaling with the largest reanimated monster
Wonder
3UCreature — Incarnation
grants flying to your entire army while resting in the graveyard
Brawn
3GCreature — Incarnation
gives trample to all creatures while sitting in the graveyard
Golgari Grave-Troll
4GCreature — Troll Skeleton
dredge 6 engine that grows large and easily fills the graveyard
Doom Whisperer
3BBCreature — Nightmare Demon
surveil engine that quickly mills creatures at instant speed
Sheoldred, Whispering One
5BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
repeatable reanimation and forced sacrifice for opponents
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
creature removal on a hefty menace body that gains life
Grave Titan
4BBCreature — Giant
rapidly floods the board with zombie tokens alongside Sidisi
Consuming Aberration
3UBCreature — Horror
scales massively while milling opponents on every spell cast
Utility
8
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
cheap two-mana aura to return any milled creature to play
Dread Return
2BBSorcery
can be flashed back for zero mana by sacrificing spare zombie tokens
Victimize
2BSorcery
trades one cheap token to reanimate two massive threats tapped
Perpetual Timepiece
2Artifact
active self-mill artifact that can shuffle your graveyard in response to hate
Altar of Dementia
2Artifact
free sacrifice outlet that turns tokens and creatures into self-mill
Eternal Witness
1GGCreature — Human Shaman
retrieves any key card from your graveyard directly back to hand
