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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.

100 cards$192.61 totalSep 2, 202629 views

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Commander

1 cards
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord

Zul Ashur, Lich Lord

{1}{B}

Legendary Creature — Zombie Warlock

Chosen commander for the requested strategy.

Ramp

9 cards
Sol Ring

Sol Ring

{1}

Artifact

essential fast mana staple

Arcane Signet

Arcane Signet

{2}

Artifact

efficient mana acceleration

Mind Stone

Mind Stone

{2}

Artifact

ramp that can cycle into a card late game

Thought Vessel

Thought Vessel

{2}

Artifact

colorless ramp that provides hand size protection

Charcoal Diamond

Charcoal Diamond

{2}

Artifact

budget black mana rock

Jet Medallion

Jet Medallion

{2}

Artifact

reduces cost of all black spells

Crypt Ghast

Crypt Ghast

{3}{B}

Creature — Spirit

doubles swamp mana and offers extort value

Black Market

Black Market

{3}{B}{B}

Enchantment

accumulates massive black mana as creatures die

Commander's Sphere

Commander's Sphere

{3}

Artifact

mana fix that can draw a card

Card Draw

9 cards
Village Rites

Village Rites

{B}

Instant

cheap instant speed draw on creature sacrifice

Deadly Dispute

Deadly Dispute

{1}{B}

Instant

draws two cards and creates a treasure token

Corrupted Conviction

Corrupted Conviction

{B}

Instant

additional single-black sacrifice draw spell

Sign in Blood

Sign in Blood

{B}{B}

Sorcery

efficient early game black card draw

Read the Bones

Read the Bones

{2}{B}

Sorcery

digs four cards deep for exact pieces

Undead Augur

Undead Augur

{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie Wizard

zombie tribal engine drawing cards on zombie deaths

Cryptbreaker

Cryptbreaker

{B}

Creature — Zombie

discards zombies to graveyard and draws cards

Midnight Reaper

Midnight Reaper

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie Knight

draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die

Ayara, First of Locthwain

Ayara, First of Locthwain

{B}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Elf Noble

drains opponents and acts as a card draw sacrifice engine

Removal

9 cards
Infernal Grasp

Infernal Grasp

{1}{B}

Instant

unconditional cheap instant creature removal

Toxic Deluge

Toxic Deluge

{2}{B}

Sorcery

premier board wipe that bypasses indestructible

Feed the Swarm

Feed the Swarm

{1}{B}

Sorcery

essential black removal for enchantment flexibility

Go for the Throat

Go for the Throat

{1}{B}

Instant

efficient creature removal spell

Fleshbag Marauder

Fleshbag Marauder

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie Warrior

zombie creature that forces sacrifices across table

Merciless Executioner

Merciless Executioner

{2}{B}

Creature — Orc Warrior

additional fleshbag marauder effect on a zombie body

Noxious Ghoul

Noxious Ghoul

{3}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie

continually shrinks and wipes non-zombie creatures

Living Death

Living Death

{3}{B}{B}

Sorcery

mass board wipe combined with game-ending reanimation

Defile

Defile

{B}

Instant

cheap removal scaling with swamp count

Threats/Wincons

25 cards
Lord of the Accursed

Lord of the Accursed

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie

zombie lord that grants menace

Death Baron

Death Baron

{1}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie Wizard

gives zombies buff and deathtouch

Undead Warchief

Undead Warchief

{2}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie

reduces zombie costs and gives +2/+1 buff

Cemetery Reaper

Cemetery Reaper

{1}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie

zombie lord that can hate graveyards and build tokens

Diregraf Colossus

Diregraf Colossus

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie Giant

creates zombie tokens whenever you cast zombie spells

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

{3}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie

devotion finisher that drains all opponents

Headless Rider

Headless Rider

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie

replaces non-token zombies with token tokens upon death

Archghoul of Thraben

Archghoul of Thraben

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie Cleric

filters top of library for more zombie cards

Champion of the Perished

Champion of the Perished

{B}

Creature — Zombie

grows extremely fast in zombie token strategies

Zombie Master

Zombie Master

{1}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie

gives all zombies swampwalk and regeneration

Grave Titan

Grave Titan

{4}{B}{B}

Creature — Giant

generates massive token swarm and board presence

Lord of the Undead

Lord of the Undead

{1}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie

zombie lord with built-in graveyard recursion

Plague Belcher

Plague Belcher

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie Beast

drains opponents whenever zombies die

Liliana's Standard Bearer

Liliana's Standard Bearer

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie Knight

flash zombie that refills hand after a board wipe

Soulless One

Soulless One

{3}{B}

Creature — Zombie Avatar

massive power creature scaling with total zombies in play and graveyards

Shepherd of Rot

Shepherd of Rot

{1}{B}

Creature — Zombie Cleric

taps to deal heavy life burn based on zombie count

Vengeful Dead

Vengeful Dead

{3}{B}

Creature — Zombie

drains each opponent whenever any zombie dies

Zombie Apocalypse

Zombie Apocalypse

{3}{B}{B}{B}

Sorcery

mass reanimates all zombies from graveyard

Army of the Damned

Army of the Damned

{5}{B}{B}{B}

Sorcery

instantly generates thirteen zombie tokens

Gravespawn Sovereign

Gravespawn Sovereign

{4}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie

taps five zombies to steal any creature from any graveyard

Ghoulish Procession

Ghoulish Procession

{1}{B}

Enchantment

steady zombie decay token generator

Liliana's Devotee

Liliana's Devotee

{2}{B}

Creature — Human Warlock

creature buff and end step zombie token generator

Josu Vess, Lich Knight

Josu Vess, Lich Knight

{2}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Zombie Knight

kicked cast creates a wide menace token army

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

{3}{B}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Zombie Cleric

grants undying and buff to non-human creatures

Crow of Dark Tidings

Crow of Dark Tidings

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie Bird

flying zombie that self-mills on entry and death

Utility

10 cards
Ashnod's Altar

Ashnod's Altar

{3}

Artifact

free sacrifice outlet generating colorless mana

Viscera Seer

Viscera Seer

{B}

Creature — Vampire Wizard

cheap free sacrifice outlet with scry

Carrion Feeder

Carrion Feeder

{B}

Creature — Zombie

one-mana zombie free sacrifice outlet that grows

Swiftfoot Boots

Swiftfoot Boots

{2}

Artifact — Equipment

protects commander and gives haste to tap ability

Lightning Greaves

Lightning Greaves

{2}

Artifact — Equipment

zero-cost equip haste and protection

Buried Alive

Buried Alive

{2}{B}

Sorcery

tutors key zombie targets directly into graveyard

Entomb

Entomb

{B}

Instant

tutors single key card directly to graveyard at instant speed

Victimize

Victimize

{2}{B}

Sorcery

sacrifices a token to reanimate two creatures

Animate Dead

Animate Dead

{1}{B}

Enchantment — Aura

cheap single-target reanimation spell

Stitcher's Supplier

Stitcher's Supplier

{B}

Creature — Zombie

mills six cards total on entry and death for cheap

Lands

37 cards
Reliquary Tower

Reliquary Tower

Land

No maximum hand size.

War Room

War Room

Land

Card draw from the mana base.

Rogue's Passage

Rogue's Passage

Land

Makes a creature unblockable.

Temple of the False God

Temple of the False God

Land

Extra mana in the late game.

Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog

Land

Free graveyard hate on ETB.

Castle Locthwain

Castle Locthwain

Land

Mono-color utility land.

Swamp

Swamp 31x

Basic Land — Swamp

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.