Art by Raluca Marinescu
Commander deckB
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord
Fill the graveyard with impactful Zombies using self-mill and sacrifice effects, then leverage Zul Ashur's recursion capability alongside Zombie lords and aristocrat drains to overwhelm opponents.
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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
1Zul Ashur, Lich Lord
1BLegendary Creature — Zombie Warlock
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9
Card Draw
9
Undead Augur
BBCreature — Zombie Wizard
zombie tribal engine drawing cards on zombie deaths
Midnight Reaper
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die
Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
drains opponents and acts as a card draw sacrifice engine
Removal
9
Fleshbag Marauder
2BCreature — Zombie Warrior
zombie creature that forces sacrifices across table
Merciless Executioner
2BCreature — Orc Warrior
additional fleshbag marauder effect on a zombie body
Noxious Ghoul
3BBCreature — Zombie
continually shrinks and wipes non-zombie creatures
Threats/Wincons
25
Cemetery Reaper
1BBCreature — Zombie
zombie lord that can hate graveyards and build tokens
Diregraf Colossus
2BCreature — Zombie Giant
creates zombie tokens whenever you cast zombie spells
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
devotion finisher that drains all opponents
Headless Rider
2BCreature — Zombie
replaces non-token zombies with token tokens upon death
Archghoul of Thraben
2BCreature — Zombie Cleric
filters top of library for more zombie cards
Champion of the Perished
BCreature — Zombie
grows extremely fast in zombie token strategies
Lord of the Undead
1BBCreature — Zombie
zombie lord with built-in graveyard recursion
Liliana's Standard Bearer
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
flash zombie that refills hand after a board wipe
Soulless One
3BCreature — Zombie Avatar
massive power creature scaling with total zombies in play and graveyards
Shepherd of Rot
1BCreature — Zombie Cleric
taps to deal heavy life burn based on zombie count
Gravespawn Sovereign
4BBCreature — Zombie
taps five zombies to steal any creature from any graveyard
Liliana's Devotee
2BCreature — Human Warlock
creature buff and end step zombie token generator
Josu Vess, Lich Knight
2BBLegendary Creature — Zombie Knight
kicked cast creates a wide menace token army
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
3BBBLegendary Creature — Zombie Cleric
grants undying and buff to non-human creatures
Crow of Dark Tidings
2BCreature — Zombie Bird
flying zombie that self-mills on entry and death
Utility
10
Carrion Feeder
BCreature — Zombie
one-mana zombie free sacrifice outlet that grows
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
protects commander and gives haste to tap ability
Stitcher's Supplier
BCreature — Zombie
mills six cards total on entry and death for cheap
