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Commander

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Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
Whenever another Zombie you control dies, if it didn't have decayed, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice a Zombie. If you do, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Zombie
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver (mic) 40

Commander

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Anthem

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Diregraf Captain
Deathtouch
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever another Zombie you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Soldier Zombie
Diregraf Captain (sld) 858

Anthem

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Counters

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Force of Negation
If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Instant
Force of Negation (h1r) 9
Mental Misstep
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Counter target spell with mana value 1.
Instant
Mental Misstep (mb2) 30

Counters

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Creature

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Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Grimgrin enters tapped and doesn't untap during your untap step.
Sacrifice another creature: Untap Grimgrin and put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Whenever Grimgrin attacks, destroy target creature defending player controls, then put a +1/+1 counter on Grimgrin.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Zombie
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born (mul) 171z

Creature

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Drain

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The Ghoul, Gunslinger
First strike
Whenever The Ghoul or another nontoken Zombie or Mutant you control dies, target player gets two rad counters. If that player is you, create a Treasure token.
Legendary Creature - Rogue Zombie Mutant
The Ghoul, Gunslinger (sld) 2448

Drain

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Draw

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Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Instant
Brainstorm (sta) 13
Gitaxian Probe
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Look at target player's hand.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Gitaxian Probe (f12) 12
Mystic Remora
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Mystic Remora (tle) 16
Necropotence
Skip your draw step.
Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard.
Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.
Enchantment
Necropotence (wot) 31
Ponder
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Ponder (p08) 6
Preordain
Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Sorcery
Preordain (sld) 186
Rhystic Study
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Rhystic Study (sld) 478
Undead Augur
Whenever this creature or another Zombie you control dies, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Undead Augur (h1r) 15

Draw

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Land

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Ancient Tomb
: Add
. This land deals 2 damage to you.
Land
Ancient Tomb (eos) 46
Cavern of Souls
As this land enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type, and that spell can't be countered.
Land
Cavern of Souls (zne) 22
City of Brass
Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add one mana of any color.
Land
City of Brass (7ed) 327
Clearwater Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (slu) 15Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (slu) 15
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (sld) 7063
Fabled Passage
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.
Land
Fabled Passage (sld) 1534★
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (sld) 1648
Lake of the Dead
If this land would enter, sacrifice a Swamp instead. If you do, put this land onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
: Add
.
, Sacrifice a Swamp: Add
.
Land
Lake of the Dead (all) 140
Mana Confluence
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mana Confluence (eos) 25
Morphic Pool
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 603
Multiversal Passage
As this land enters, choose a basic land type. Then you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
This land is the chosen type.
Land
Multiversal Passage (spm) 180
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
: Add
.
,
: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)
Legendary Land
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (ths) 223
Phyrexian Tower
: Add
.
, Sacrifice a creature: Add
.
Legendary Land
Phyrexian Tower (jmp) 493
Polluted Delta
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Polluted Delta (mh3) 356
Prismatic Vista
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Prismatic Vista (zne) 27
Reflecting Pool
: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.
Land
Reflecting Pool (sld) 1535
Snow-Covered Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Snow Land - Island
Snow-Covered Island (sld) 326
Snow-Covered Swamp
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.)
Basic Snow Land - Swamp
Snow-Covered Swamp (sld) 327
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (sld) 1649
Underground Sea
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Island Swamp
Underground Sea (3ed) 290
Unholy Grotto
: Add
.
,
: Put target Zombie card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land
Unholy Grotto (sld) 1462
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (uma) 254
Urza's Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — This Saga gains "
: Add
."
II — This Saga gains "
,
: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost
or
, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land Enchantment - Saga Urza's
Urza's Saga (slc) 21
Watery Grave
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Swamp
Watery Grave (eoe) 381

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (sld) 1641
Black Market
Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your first main phase, add
for each charge counter on this enchantment.
Enchantment
Black Market (sld) 2485
Bontu's Monument
Black creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legendary Artifact
Bontu's Monument (dmc) 179
Cabal Ritual
Add
.
Threshold — Add
instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Instant
Cabal Ritual (sld) 2199
Chrome Mox
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand.
: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.
Artifact
Chrome Mox (spg) 92
Culling the Weak
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add
.
Instant
Culling the Weak (soa) 27
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (sta) 26
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Artifact
Fellwar Stone (sld) 7062
Grim Monolith
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
: Add
.
: Untap this artifact.
Artifact
Grim Monolith (ulg) 126
Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 346
Lion's Eye Diamond
Discard your hand, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.
Artifact
Lion's Eye Diamond (mir) 307
Lotus Petal
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Lotus Petal (p30m) 2
Mana Vault
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay
. If you do, untap this artifact.
At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add
.
Artifact
Mana Vault (5ed) 388
Mox Amber
: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.
Legendary Artifact
Mox Amber (dom) 224
Mox Diamond
If this artifact would enter, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put this artifact onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Mox Diamond (sth) 138
Mox Opal
Metalcraft —
: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
Legendary Artifact
Mox Opal (mm2) 223
Nightscape Familiar
Blue spells and red spells you cast cost
less to cast.
: Regenerate this creature.
Creature - Zombie
Nightscape Familiar (sld) 1546★
Phyrexian Altar
Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Phyrexian Altar (slc) 43
Rooftop Storm
You may pay
rather than pay the mana cost for Zombie creature spells you cast.
Enchantment
Rooftop Storm (inr) 306
Sacrifice
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add an amount of
equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value.
Instant
Sacrifice (spg) 69
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (slc) 19

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Agadeem's Awakening
Return from your graveyard to the battlefield any number of target creature cards that each have a different mana value X or less.
Sorcery
Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 336Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 336
Dread Return
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Dread Return (cmm) 637
Funeral Room
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)
Enchantment - Room
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall (dsk) 338
Gravecrawler
This creature can't block.
You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.
Creature - Zombie
Gravecrawler (sld) 231
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it.
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Legendary Creature - Cleric Zombie
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed (sld) 490
Reanimate
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Sorcery
Reanimate (otp) 18
Relentless Dead
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
When this creature dies, you may pay
. If you do, return it to its owner's hand.
When this creature dies, you may pay
. If you do, return another target Zombie creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Zombie
Relentless Dead (sld) 850
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (neo) 416
Yawgmoth's Will
Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard.
If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.
Sorcery
Yawgmoth's Will (usg) 171
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord
Ward—Pay 2 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 2 life.)
: You may cast target Zombie creature card from your graveyard this turn.
Legendary Creature - Zombie Warlock
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord (fdn) 389

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An Offer You Can't Refuse
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (snc) 464
Cyclonic Rift
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Instant
Cyclonic Rift (2xm) 339
Feed the Swarm
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (sld) 7001
Fell the Profane
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
Fierce Guardianship
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 694
Force of Will
You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Force of Will (dmr) 418
Grave Pact
Whenever a creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Enchantment
Grave Pact (cmm) 639
Noxious Ghoul
Whenever this creature or another Zombie enters, all non-Zombie creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Creature - Zombie
Noxious Ghoul (sld) 1459
Otawara, Soaring City
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 414
Overcharged Amalgam
Flash
Flying
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability.
Creature - Horror Zombie
Overcharged Amalgam (dbl) 338
Pact of Negation
Counter target spell.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay
. If you don't, you lose the game.
Instant
Pact of Negation (a25) 68
Plague Belcher
Menace
When this creature enters, put two -1/-1 counters on target creature you control.
Whenever another Zombie you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Beast Zombie
Plague Belcher (akh) 104
Sink into Stupor
Return target spell or nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241
The Meathook Massacre
When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.
Legendary Enchantment
The Meathook Massacre (inr) 486
Toxic Deluge
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (2xm) 345

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Altar of Dementia
Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Artifact
Altar of Dementia (brr) 66
Carrion Feeder
This creature can't block.
Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Zombie
Carrion Feeder (sld) 1114
Time Sieve
, Sacrifice five artifacts: Take an extra turn after this one.
Artifact
Time Sieve (sld) 1671
Warren Soultrader
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature - Wizard Goblin Zombie
Warren Soultrader (mh3) 332

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Diregraf Colossus
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each Zombie card in your graveyard.
Whenever you cast a Zombie spell, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Creature - Zombie Giant
Diregraf Colossus (sld) 840

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Buried Alive
Search your library for up to three creature cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Buried Alive (sld) 1673
Demonic Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (sta) 27
Entomb
Search your library for a card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Instant
Entomb (dmr) 426
Gifts Ungiven
Search your library for up to four cards with different names and reveal them. Target opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle.
Instant
Gifts Ungiven (2x2) 51
Imperial Seal
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Sorcery
Imperial Seal (2x2) 354
Intuition
Search your library for three cards and reveal them. Target opponent chooses one. Put that card into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Then shuffle.
Instant
Intuition (tmp) 70
Lively Dirge
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+
— Search your library for a card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle.
+
— Return up to two creature cards with total mana value 4 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Lively Dirge (otj) 93
Mystical Tutor
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Mystical Tutor (dmr) 421
Tainted Pact
Exile the top card of your library. You may put that card into your hand unless it has the same name as another card exiled this way. Repeat this process until you put a card into your hand or you exile two cards with the same name, whichever comes first.
Instant
Tainted Pact (sta) 96
Vampiric Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 430
Waterlogged Teachings
Search your library for an instant card or a card with flash, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Instant
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Damnation
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.
Sorcery
Damnation (p08) 1
Demonic Consultation
Choose a card name. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with the chosen name. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.
Instant
Demonic Consultation (sld) 1127
Liliana, Death's Majesty
+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Mill two cards.
−3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
−7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Liliana, Death's Majesty (sld) 232
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card.
+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
−4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.
−9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Liliana, Dreadhorde General (fdn) 419
Mana Drain
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of
equal to that spell's mana value.
Instant
Mana Drain (otp) 11
Rise of the Dark Realms
Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.
Sorcery
Rise of the Dark Realms (sld) 233
The Soul Stone
Indestructible
: Add
.
,
, Exile a creature you control: Harness The Soul Stone. (Once harnessed, its ∞ ability is active.)
∞ — At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Artifact - Infinity Stone
The Soul Stone (spm) 66
Unearth
Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Sorcery
Unearth (sld) 2191
Victimize
Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.
Sorcery
Victimize (spg) 23
Zombie Apocalypse
Return all Zombie creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped, then destroy all Humans.
Sorcery
Zombie Apocalypse (sld) 1354

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Consign to Memory
Replicate
(When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Counter target triggered ability or colorless spell.
Instant
Consign to Memory (spg) 162
Flusterstorm
Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays
.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Instant
Flusterstorm (mh3) 496
Hall of Echoes
: Add
.
: This land becomes a copy of target creature you control until end of turn. The "legend rule" doesn't apply to permanents you control this turn.
Land
Hall of Echoes (fra) 379
Jeweled Lotus
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast your commander.
Artifact
Jeweled Lotus (cmm) 702
Mana Crypt
At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, this artifact deals 3 damage to you.
: Add
.
Artifact
Mana Crypt (spg) 17
Recurring Nightmare
Sacrifice a creature, Return this enchantment to its owner's hand: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Enchantment
Recurring Nightmare (exo) 72

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Construct
This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.
Creature Artifact Token - Construct
Construct (tdmr) 14
Radiation
At the beginning of your precombat main phase, if you have any rad counters, mill that many cards. For each nonland card milled this way, you lose 1 life and a rad counter.
Card
Radiation (tpip) 22
Treasure
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact Token - Treasure
Treasure (tacr) 6
Zombie
Creature Token - Zombie
Zombie (sld) 1357
Zombie
Decayed (This creature can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Creature Token - Zombie
Zombie (tmid) 5

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