Art by Chris Rallis
Saved commander deck
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
Swarm the board with resilient Zombie tokens and lords, sacrificing decaying minions for card advantage and draining opponents out of the game.
Prompt: a blue & black deck
Commander
1 cards
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
{2}{U}{B}Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Card Draw
10 cards
Midnight Reaper
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
steady card draw from creature deaths
Liliana's Standard Bearer
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
refuels hand after mass sacrifice or sweepers
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
consistent turn-by-turn card draw
Sygg, River Cutthroat
{U/B}{U/B}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Rogue
rewards aggressive life loss each turn
Removal
10 cards
Zombie Apocalypse
{3}{B}{B}{B}Sorcery
destroys humans and reanimates your entire zombie army
Threats/Wincons
25 cards
Diregraf Captain
{1}{U}{B}Creature — Zombie Soldier
buffs zombies and drains opponents on deaths
Death Baron
{1}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie Wizard
gives zombies deathtouch and power buffs
Cemetery Reaper
{1}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
anthem that generates tokens while eating enemy graves
Diregraf Colossus
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Giant
grows huge and floods the board with tokens
Cleaver Skaab
{3}{U}Creature — Zombie Horror
duplicates powerful non-token zombie threats
Headless Rider
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie
doubles zombie death triggers into new bodies
Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
gives zombies flying and converts bodies into large fliers
Champion of the Perished
{B}Creature — Zombie
one-drop that rapidly grows into a massive beater
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
huge life drain finisher in devotion-heavy boards
Hordewing Skaab
{4}{U}Creature — Zombie Horror
gives the entire team flying and loots on damage
Noxious Ghoul
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
continually shrinks and wipes opposing boards
Overseer of the Damned
{5}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
removal that creates extra zombies when enemies die
Master of Death
{1}{U}{B}Creature — Zombie Wizard
self-recurring zombie engine for sacrifice
Gravecrawler
{B}Creature — Zombie
premier repeatable sacrifice fodder in zombie tribal
Relentless Dead
{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
recursive beater that recurs other zombies
Tainted Adversary
{1}{B}Creature — Zombie
scalable zombie token generator with deathtouch
Gisa and Geralf
{2}{U}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
mills and casts zombies directly from the graveyard
Cryptbreaker
{B}Creature — Zombie
early discard outlet, token producer, and draw engine
Gleaming Overseer
{1}{U}{B}Creature — Zombie Wizard
protects zombie tokens with hexproof and menace
Lazotep Reaver
{1}{B}Creature — Zombie Beast
cheap two bodies on one card for sacrifice synergies
Butcher Ghoul
{1}{B}Creature — Zombie
undying creature that triggers Wilhelt multiple times
Carrion Feeder
{B}Creature — Zombie
free sacrifice outlet that grows into a lethal threat
Bladestitched Skaab
{U}{B}Creature — Zombie Soldier
cheap aggressive two-mana zombie anthem
Archghoul of Thraben
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Cleric
keeps the zombie engine fueled when creatures die
Utility
7 cards
Open the Graves
{3}{B}{B}Enchantment
additional token generation from nontoken deaths
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
protects commander and gives haste to key utility creatures
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
free equip protection and immediate haste enablement
Phyrexian Reclamation
{B}Enchantment
repeatable recursion for key zombie lords and utility creatures
Patriarch's Bidding
{3}{B}{B}Sorcery
mass graveyard reanimation spell to close out the game
