Art by Igor Kieryluk
Commander deckBUW
Varina, Lich Queen
Swarms the board with aggressive Zombie threats while filtering through the library with Varina's looting ability. Leverages sacrifice synergies, lord buffs, and mass reanimation to overwhelm opponents.
Asked for“I got the new marvel secret lair zombie deck. it comes with these cards: 1x Unstoppable Slasher 1x Zombie Apocalypse 1x Vogar, Necropolis Tyrant as “Zombie Giant-Man” 1x God-Eternal Bontu as “Zombie Thor” 1x Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver as “Zombie Captain America” 1x Varina, Lich Queen as “Zombie Scarlet Witch” I want a deck that is zombie creature heavy with all these cards included. i also want the cards from the creep show secret lair included. 1x Unholy Grotto 1x Zombie Master 1x Noxious Ghoul 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born 1x Death Baron the commander needs to be Varina, Lich Queen”
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
1Varina, Lich Queen
1WUBLegendary Creature — Zombie Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
God-Eternal Bontu
3BBLegendary Creature — Zombie God
Requested Marvel Secret Lair card that sacrifices excess permanents to refill your hand.
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
2UBLegendary Creature — Zombie Warrior
Requested Marvel Secret Lair card that generates decayed Zombie tokens and draws cards.
Undead Augur
BBCreature — Zombie Wizard
Draws a card and loses life whenever any Zombie you control dies.
Cryptbreaker
BCreature — Zombie
Taps untapped Zombies to draw cards and discards cards to make Zombies.
Midnight Reaper
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
Draws cards whenever your nontoken creatures die.
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Reliable draw trigger whenever creatures die each turn.
Distant Melody
3USorcery
Draws cards equal to the number of Zombies on your board.
Fact or Fiction
3UInstant
Digs deep and fills the graveyard for Varina and reanimation effects.
Village Rites
BInstant
Cheap instant-speed draw by sacrificing a disposable Zombie token.
Removal
10
Noxious Ghoul
3BBCreature — Zombie
Requested Creepshow card that wipes opposing boards as Zombies enter.
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
3UBLegendary Creature — Zombie Warrior
Requested Creepshow card that grows and destroys target creatures on attack.
Anguished Unmaking
1WBInstant
Versatile instant-speed exile removal for any nonland permanent.
Counterspell
UUInstant
Efficient two-mana interaction to protect your Zombie army.
Void Rend
WUBInstant
Uncounterable removal for any nonland permanent across Esper colors.
Feed the Swarm
1BSorcery
Black removal that handles both creatures and troublesome enchantments.
Toxic Deluge
2BSorcery
Flexible, low-cost board wipe that bypasses indestructible.
Threats/Wincons
24
Unstoppable Slasher
2BCreature — Zombie Assassin
Requested Marvel Secret Lair card that recurs itself and halves opponent life totals.
Vogar, Necropolis Tyrant
3BBLegendary Creature — Zombie Giant
Requested Marvel Secret Lair card that grows with dying creatures and cashes in for massive card draw.
Death Baron
1BBCreature — Zombie Wizard
Requested Creepshow lord that grants Zombies +1/+1 and deathtouch.
Lord of the Undead
1BBCreature — Zombie
Zombie lord that buffs power/toughness and recurs Zombies from graveyard to hand.
Cemetery Reaper
1BBCreature — Zombie
Buffs Zombies and exiles opposing cards to generate Zombie tokens.
Diregraf Captain
1UBCreature — Zombie Soldier
Lord that drains opponents for 1 life whenever a Zombie dies.
Undead Warchief
2BBCreature — Zombie
Reduces Zombie casting costs and provides a massive +2/+1 stat boost.
Headless Rider
2BCreature — Zombie
Generates 2/2 Zombie tokens whenever nontoken Zombies die.
The Scarab God
3UBLegendary Creature — God
Drains opponents based on Zombie count and resurrects creatures as 4/4 Zombies.
Champion of the Perished
BCreature — Zombie
Low-cost aggressive threat that rapidly scales up as Zombies enter.
Gravecrawler
BCreature — Zombie
Recurrent Zombie that easily casts from the graveyard repeatedly.
Relentless Dead
BBCreature — Zombie
Menacing Zombie that returns to hand and reanimates fellow Zombies upon dying.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
3BBBLegendary Creature — Zombie Cleric
Grants undying to all your Zombies, making your army exceptionally resilient.
Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
2ULegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Grants your Zombie army flying and converts high-toughness creatures into flying tokens.
Archghoul of Thraben
2BCreature — Zombie Cleric
Digs for more Zombie cards whenever your Zombies die.
Corpse Knight
WBCreature — Zombie Knight
Esper-colored Zombie that drains all opponents whenever creatures enter your battlefield.
Master of Death
1UBCreature — Zombie Wizard
Surveils on entry and returns itself from graveyard to hand for Varina discard fodder.
Hordewing Skaab
4UCreature — Zombie Horror
Gives Zombies flying and loots whenever one or more deal combat damage.
Cleaver Skaab
3UCreature — Zombie Horror
Sacrifices a Zombie to create two token copies of it, duplicating lord effects.
Bone Miser
4BCreature — Zombie Wizard
Synergizes with Varina's discard ability to generate tokens, mana, and extra cards.
Fleshbag Marauder
2BCreature — Zombie Warrior
Zombie that forces symmetric creature sacrifices upon entering the battlefield.
Plague Belcher
2BCreature — Zombie Beast
Menacing beater that drains opponents whenever another Zombie dies.
Gisa and Geralf
2UBLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Mills cards on entry and allows casting a Zombie creature from the graveyard each turn.
Lord of the Accursed
2BCreature — Zombie
Zombie lord that grants menace to push combat damage through blockers.
Utility
8
Zombie Master
1BBCreature — Zombie
Requested Creepshow card granting swampwalk and regeneration to your Zombie horde.
Zombie Apocalypse
3BBBSorcery
Requested Marvel Secret Lair mass reanimation spell that also destroys all Humans.
Rooftop Storm
5UEnchantment
Allows you to cast all Zombie creature spells for zero mana.
Phyrexian Reclamation
BEnchantment
Repeatable low-cost graveyard recursion for key Zombie creatures.
Patriarch's Bidding
3BBSorcery
Mass tribal reanimation spell that brings all Zombies directly to the battlefield.
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Varina with shroud and gives haste to attackers.
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Grants hexproof and haste to your commander or key lords.
Ashnod's Altar
3Artifact
Sacrifice outlet generating colorless mana from Zombie tokens to fuel large plays.
