Art by Adam Paquette
Saved commander deck
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.
Prompt: A black zombie deck with green zombie animals
Commander
1 cards
Varolz, the Scar-Striped
{1}{B}{G}Legendary Creature — Troll Warrior
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Sakura-Tribe Elder
{1}{G}Creature — Snake Shaman
snakelike ramp creature that fills the graveyard
Card Draw
10 cards
Cryptbreaker
{B}Creature — Zombie
zombie generator and repeatable card draw engine
Midnight Reaper
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
turns dying nontoken creatures into card advantage
Beast Whisperer
{2}{G}{G}Creature — Elf Druid
draws cards for casting creature spells
Moldervine Reclamation
{3}{B}{G}Enchantment
draws cards and gains life when creatures die
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
steady creature death draw engine
Removal
10 cards
Casualties of War
{2}{B}{B}{G}{G}Sorcery
blows up multiple opponent permanent types
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Cemetery Prowler
{1}{G}{G}Creature — Wolf
zombie wolf that reduces spell costs and exiles graveyards
Dreadhound
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Demon Dog
zombie hound that mills and drains life on creature deaths
Ammit Eternal
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Crocodile Demon
zombie crocodile demon that grows huge for scavenge
Lotleth Troll
{B}{G}Creature — Zombie Troll
zombie troll discard outlet that grows and regenerates
Putrid Leech
{B}{G}Creature — Zombie Leech
zombie leech with efficient power pumping
Blighted Bat
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Bat
zombie bat that gains haste for quick aggression
Gravebreaker Lamia
{4}{B}Enchantment Creature — Snake Lamia
zombie snake that tutors cards directly to the graveyard
Death Baron
{1}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie Wizard
zombie lord granting +1/+1 and deathtouch
Lord of the Accursed
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie
zombie lord that grants menace to attackers
Cemetery Reaper
{1}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
zombie lord that creates tokens from graveyards
Undead Warchief
{2}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
reduces zombie costs and buffs power significantly
Diregraf Colossus
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Giant
grows with graveyard size and makes zombie tokens
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
classic zombie game finisher through life drain
Ghoultree
{7}{G}Creature — Zombie Treefolk
massive zombie treefolk beast costing pennies to scavenge
Noxious Ghoul
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
continually wipes enemy non-zombie boards
Plague Belcher
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Beast
zombie beast that punishes opponents whenever zombies die
Mirkwood Bats
{3}{B}Creature — Bat
drains life whenever zombie tokens are created
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
{B}{B}{G}{G}Legendary Creature — Zombie Elf
zombie elf that flings huge animal zombies at all opponents
Mire Triton
{1}{B}Creature — Zombie Merfolk
deathtouch zombie that mills self and gains life
Stitcher's Supplier
{B}Creature — Zombie
cheap zombie that rapidly self-mills 6 cards
Fleshbag Marauder
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Warrior
zombie that forces all players to sacrifice creatures
Zombie Master
{1}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
gives all zombies swampwalk and regeneration
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
{5}{B/G}{B/G}Legendary Creature — Avatar
massive elemental avatar zombie recastable from graveyard
Carrion Feeder
{B}Creature — Zombie
cheap zombie sacrifice outlet that grows steadily
Utility
8 cards
Dread Return
{2}{B}{B}Sorcery
reanimator spell playable from the graveyard via flashback
Ghoulcaller Gisa
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
turns large dead beasts into hordes of zombies
