Art by Adam Paquette
Commander deckBG
Varolz, the Scar-Striped
Fill the graveyard with zombie lords and undead monstrous creatures like Zombie Hounds, Wolves, Crocodiles, and Serpents, using scavenge and reanimation to build an overwhelming undead horde.
Asked for“A black zombie deck with green zombie animals”
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
1Varolz, the Scar-Striped
1BGLegendary Creature — Troll Warrior
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Sakura-Tribe Elder
1GCreature — Snake Shaman
snakelike ramp creature that fills the graveyard
Card Draw
10
Midnight Reaper
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
turns dying nontoken creatures into card advantage
Moldervine Reclamation
3BGEnchantment
draws cards and gains life when creatures die
Removal
10
Threats/Wincons
24
Cemetery Prowler
1GGCreature — Wolf
zombie wolf that reduces spell costs and exiles graveyards
Dreadhound
4BBCreature — Demon Dog
zombie hound that mills and drains life on creature deaths
Ammit Eternal
2BCreature — Zombie Crocodile Demon
zombie crocodile demon that grows huge for scavenge
Lotleth Troll
BGCreature — Zombie Troll
zombie troll discard outlet that grows and regenerates
Blighted Bat
2BCreature — Zombie Bat
zombie bat that gains haste for quick aggression
Gravebreaker Lamia
4BEnchantment Creature — Snake Lamia
zombie snake that tutors cards directly to the graveyard
Death Baron
1BBCreature — Zombie Wizard
zombie lord granting +1/+1 and deathtouch
Lord of the Accursed
2BCreature — Zombie
zombie lord that grants menace to attackers
Cemetery Reaper
1BBCreature — Zombie
zombie lord that creates tokens from graveyards
Undead Warchief
2BBCreature — Zombie
reduces zombie costs and buffs power significantly
Diregraf Colossus
2BCreature — Zombie Giant
grows with graveyard size and makes zombie tokens
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
classic zombie game finisher through life drain
Ghoultree
7GCreature — Zombie Treefolk
massive zombie treefolk beast costing pennies to scavenge
Plague Belcher
2BCreature — Zombie Beast
zombie beast that punishes opponents whenever zombies die
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
BBGGLegendary Creature — Zombie Elf
zombie elf that flings huge animal zombies at all opponents
Mire Triton
1BCreature — Zombie Merfolk
deathtouch zombie that mills self and gains life
Stitcher's Supplier
BCreature — Zombie
cheap zombie that rapidly self-mills 6 cards
Fleshbag Marauder
2BCreature — Zombie Warrior
zombie that forces all players to sacrifice creatures
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
5BGBGLegendary Creature — Avatar
massive elemental avatar zombie recastable from graveyard
Carrion Feeder
BCreature — Zombie
cheap zombie sacrifice outlet that grows steadily
Utility
8
Dread Return
2BBSorcery
reanimator spell playable from the graveyard via flashback
Ghoulcaller Gisa
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
turns large dead beasts into hordes of zombies
