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Okay this is my first shot at a ~Standard Legal, Tournament Quality Deck~ I used it in a tournament at my local gaming place...It won a match against Delver and R/W humans The one match it lost too was too a MUCH better Delver deck made by my friend who has played magic for 16 years...i've been playing 2 months XD The card i REALLY want for this deck is 4 http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Discussion.aspx?multiverseid=209400 which i can use to replace my islands (i'd keep one island)
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I would be game for taking on your zombies with my werewolves haha. should make for an interesting game.
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That it would XD
I know a bunch of ppl who run Grimoire of the dead in their zombie decks. idk if it really fits what you're going for but it's a fun card! lol
a good card but like you said it doesn't really fit the feel of this deck :P
that and grimoire might not go off because there is hate for cards like that in standard
as its got alot of zombies in it u could put door of destiny in to power up the zombies http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=349040
Love the diregraf captain. need to get one for my zombie deck. like the setup here. Good deck. :)
it really is a great card ^_^ and thanks :3
Maybe consider death baron instead of cemetery reaper or maybe an undead warchief unless they dont work in your tournies. Mainly suggesting this because you dont really need the token spawning from him even though they would make good sacs for grimgrin :P but idk just throwing it out there I like the build :D
also if you want to take a look at my blue/white flyers ;) http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=343570
Death Baron is sadly not Standard (I love that card tho)
Ah zombies where to start? Ok i have found that endless ranks of the dead is an AMAZING CARD. it can put out so many zombies that you can overwhelm your opponent especially with 2-4 cemetery reapers out. Now when/if you decide to make it non standard corpse harvester rules. As well as dark rituals for quick reapers, messengers, or barons. I love my zombie deck and i would check it out if you want some help ;) http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=259617
Oh and maybe add a grave titan
i do like this deck i think ill make a zombies of all 5 colors! you have inspired this! be proud :D
Plz take a look at my new zombie deck plz http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=349009 it's my first standard deck~
try zombie apocalypse
too expensive for this deck honestly
this deck is solid! i'm jealous of a few cards. mine has some similarities http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=329899
have u thought of adding Skinrenders, I would think that they would work well with Havengul Lich and the undying effect from Mikaeus.
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a combo i love is pardox haze .. followed by endless ranks of the dead .. copy enchantment to make a copy of pardox haze give it to your opponent then let loose call to the grave
ive been running that combo for a while now .. it brings zombie horde to a new level
I've personally played a legacy zombie deck for a while, and i find, sadly, that Endless Ranks of the Dead is a TERRIBLE card! I seriously don't think you should ever pay 4 CMC and THEN wait a whole turn to get any benefit out of a card. And such limited benefit too. If you cast it when you have 4 mana available, you won't have more than what? 3-4 creatures in play? That a total of 1-2 extra zombies on your next upkeep. Not worth the mana or time investment it demands.
Did you consider adding in a couple of Mana Leaks ? You have the blue mana anyway, might as well take advantage of it.
Take out Grimgrin. You really don't want to be sacrificing your own zombies, you want to overwhelm your opponent. Mathematically, with all those +1/+1 bonuses going around, you want many small creatures, not just a single big one. In it's place you should put Grave Titan. It'll help you spew out even more zombies. And i'm not so sure about those ghostforms. I m mean they're useful, but with the amount of creature kill you have AND the amount of zombies you SHOULD have, unblockable isn't really a priority. I would throw in some Sign In Blood in there instead. You really need a way to replenish your hand, get some new threats in there to keep the pressure up.
Hmm, now that I think about it. I think you'd be much better off making this deck mono-black. The only blue cards you'd have left is Havengul Lich, which is STILL inferior to Grave Titan tbh, and Diregraf Captain, which is really good, i admit, but adds an unneeded extra colour to your deck. I'd go with either Black Cat, Unbreathing Horde or Smallpox, depending on your play environment.
But Grimgrin is great D: i only sacrifice grave crawlers or messengers (undying) allowing me to boost his VERY quickly and kill stuff
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And call me a double-idiot, but i forgot Sign In Blood isn't standard legal right now. Go with Tezzeret's Gambit then.
It will be soon enough. Reprinted for M13 =)
u could add in some door of destiny as it will boost the power of them alot heres my modular deck thats good i just need a sideboard any ideas plz comment http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=349040
Nice deck! Please check my deck http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=349306, i can promise with this deck you get total control of the game ^^
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First off, I want to say KEEP PLAYING ZOMBIES!!! AHHH I LOVE THEM SO MUCH AND SEEING OTHER PLAYERS PLAY THEM IN STANDARD MAKES ME SO HAPPY! :D Now then, on to how I would help fix your deck if you want to beat Delver decks, ramp decks, and other nasty sorts of things: I want ot preface all my suggestions with a thought: in the current standard metagame, there are three different types of Zombie decks: the first to originate was BU Aggro-Control, similar to the deck you have here. The next to come around was BR Aggro and it primarily was built around using the card Falkenrath Aristocrat. The third type to surface (and my personal favorite to play) was the Zombie Pod deck. Each deck is good for different reasons; BR Aggro is the fastest and in theory can kill your opponent as early as turn 4. Zombie Pod has the most options while you're building your deck and while it's slower than the standard BR Aggro, it becomes a lot more reliable beyond turns 7 or 8. BU Aggro-Control (what you have) is a good deck. It's what most Zombie players played originally, and it is effective. What BU offers over the other two options is Control elements. You can't play cards like Mana Leak, Phantasmal Image, or Ponder. Yes you also get access to cards like Havengul Lich, Grimgrin, and Diregraf Ghoul, but for the most part those cards are not nearly as important. Generally, when it comes to the current Standard game for Zombies, Phantasmal Image is better than Phyrexian Metamorph if you have blue mana sources. If you're playing BR Zombies, then Metamorph is obviously better because you don't need the blue mana, but in BU Phantasmal Image is better just because it's cheaper. If you have Blue mana sources, play Phantasmal Image. Ghostform is also a pretty worthless card. While it's a fun way to emphasize the Soulbond mechanic in the set, there are a lot better 2 drops. The absolute best would have to be Mana Leak. Zombies decks don't have any good turn 2 plays generally (other than playing another Diregraf Ghoul or a Gravecrawler) so you can keep that two mana open and counter whatever your opponent plays. Mana Leak is extremely important against Delver decks because it gives you a way to handle Geist of Saint Traft. Once Geist is out, he's almost certainly going to be swinging at you for 6 and if they have a Restoration Angel that number can go up to 10 before you ever even get a chance to block him. Throwing in about 2 Ponders would be a nice thing to add. You don't want an entire play set just because it's going to be very rare that you will cast it on turn 1. Generally it's a nice to to cast following a turn 1 beater. As far as removal goes, I would take out Go for the Throat and replace it with Tragic Slip. For one, Tragic Slip is cheaper, as long as you have the Morbid going it's more reliable, and it can target artifact creatures. Frankly, a lot of the scariest creatures in Standard are turn 1 drops: Delver, Birds, Pilgrim, Noble, even Gravecrawler in the mirror match-up. What do all those creatures have in common? 1 Toughness. All of them are easy to remove turn 1 with just a Tragic Slip, leaving your two mana open on turn 2. Putting 2 Mortarpods into your main deck would also be a good addition. Your mana curve could really use some work. First off Havengul Lich, Mikaeus, and Grimgrin are all extremely expensive to cast, so you want to be careful of having too many of them in your deck. It's ok if you want to go that route, but you really need to add in more control elements. Adding in a Dissipate might be a nice touch just to give you some more late game counter spells. Regarding the curve, I would remove two Cemetery Reapers and replace them with Fume Spitter. Fume Spitter is not the best, but having more 1 drops is really important. Other than Ghoul and Crawler, Fume Spitter is the best 1 drop, and having nine or ten 1 drops is nice because it statistically ensures you will have a creature on turn 1. Having a playset of Tragic Slips is also nice because it gives you 4 more spells to cast on turn 1 to destroy whatever creature your opponent plays. Right now, there are no good two CMC Zombies. However, Blood Artist might as well be the best 2 drop Zombie in Standard. Especially when you have cards like Geralf's Messenger, Gravecrawler, Grimgrin, Mortarpod, and so on, Blood Artist quickly ticks away at your opponent's life total. Putting in two copies of Blood Artist over Havengul Lich would be a great addition. The final thing you need is a sideboard, here's what I would recommend: 2x Ratchet Bomb - to deal with tokens. 3x Flashfreeze - against Ramp decks there is nothing better than getting to counter Titans/Rampant Growth/Green Sun Zenith. 2x Mortarpod - again, you want to have two or so of these in your main deck, but having 2 more to bring in against decks like Boros Humans can be a nice thing to have. 1x Corrosive Gale - Again another great card to deal with Lingering Souls and later it can help cover you against fliers, something you have no protection against. 2x Hex Parasite - great at killing Planeswalkers. Garruk Relentless can spell disaster for you, but with Hex Parasite suddenly he just dies and you have a giant artifact Insect attacking. 3x Surgical Extraction - Innistrad has a decent amount of cards that interact with the Graveyard, so having a couple of these is nice to get rid of cards that interact with the Graveyard. 1x Sword of War and Peace - the ultimate Aggro Equipment. This costs a ridiculous amount of money, so if it's not possible for you to get, there are other cards you can have in it's place. 1x Black Sun Zenith - Extremely important in the Delver match-up as you can take out a Delver and more importantly their Geist for just 4 mana. It also interacts nicely with Gravecrawler and Blood Artist, and it works incredibly well with Geralf's Messenger. Obviously it's mass removal so it's nice with Crawler and Blood Artist, but with Messenger, if he already has the +1/+1 counter, the -1/-1 counters will remove that and he'll be able to activate Undying the next time he dies. Having a Geralf's Messenger that dies twice and causes your opponent to lose at the very least 6 life is always good. If you can't afford Sword of War and Peace, just get a second copy of this. Hope I was helpful, and good luck with your Zombies. Take a look at one of my decks if you get the chance. My Zombie Pod deck I recently made is pretty good I think.
Also if you want more 2 drops Porcelain Legionnaire is one of the best aggressive 2 drops in Standard.
Oh god the was a long read XD i'll get to work on adding some of the stuff you mentioned later ^_^ thanks for the great comment
Nice deck why not split the Doom Blade and Go For The Throat 2 of each. If you have some time could you or anyone else take a look at my zombie legacy deck. I could use all the help I can get. http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=346275
if i'm fighting artifacts i go Doom blade...anything else go for the throat works
right but game one you don't know if they are playing artifact or not so if you split both you deck and sideboard you can just trade one for the other for game 2
I have seen other zombie decks but all of them seemed to be missing something. but it seems your deck has that something I am liking this Check out my modern spirits Deck link: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=328344
Thanks for the comment I'm glad you liked it. Your modern spirits deck is something that I'm liking. [¬º-°]¬
I do not believe in such a thing as too many kill spells. Now that your deck is no lonnger standard, you could add more kill spells and some other various sac outlets. Here is my modern zombie deck: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=408095