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{"ops":[{"insert":"So the title isn't one-hundred percent true. There is still zombie support in this deck. However, when building for popular commanders, I don't like building decks that are only the most used cards on edhrec. For Scarab God, that's all just zombie stuff. This deck leans just as much into the reanimator angle; you can turn anything into a 4/4 zombie - not just creatures that are already zombies. There are also a lot of creatures that want to be in the graveyard in general, plus ways to self-mill. \n\nHere are some of my favorite cards/pet cards that are in the deck:\n\nThran Turbine: This is essentially another copy of Training Grounds. Yes, you need to use the mana during your upkeep but if you are going to be activating Scarab God anyway, that isn't much of a downside. Super underrated card. \n\nThe Everflowing Well: This one gives you a bit of self-mill and is also pretty easy to flip in a deck like this. You have lots of creatures in this deck that just get better if you have two as well. \n\nBrine Shaman: A repeatable counterspell on a stick for creatures and a sac outlet. This card is extremely underrated for how good it is in a deck like this. It's definitely one of those cards that people will pick up to read and wonder why they've never seen it before. \n\nCarrionette: Another classic niche commander card with a very unique ability that is great in a deck like this. Oftentimes opponents will forget about it as well since it just sits quietly in the graveyard. \n\nBone Dancer: One of those old weird cards that cares about graveyard order. Bone Dancer is here because it's a fun and unique card that I wanted to play and it just happens to be a zombie to synergize with the commander. \n\nCoffin Queen: Another classic underrated commander card that steals creatures from graveyards and also happens to be a zombie. This is another creature that people sometimes have to pick up to read. \n\nKiora, the Rising Tide: Great for getting creatures out of your hand and into the graveyard, and making her 8/8 is not hard in a deck like this. \n\nBehold the Beyond: Yes it's 7 mana but it simutaneously lets you dump stuff into your graveyard and gets you the best three cards in your deck. I could have put better tutors in here obviously, but I think for the power level this deck is aiming for this card is really neat. \n\nTortured Existence: One of the best cards in the deck. Letting you cycle the creatures you want in your hand vs graveyard like this is extremely powerful. \n\nAttunement: This is self-mill that also lets you manipulate which cards can be in your hand. Another very underrated card in the right deck. \n\nInsight: Most pods have a green deck and this sometimes just feels like you have a Rhystic Study. \n\nBreathstealer's Crypt: This card is super annoying for your opponents but you don't even mind the drawback because you're often willing and happy to just discard the creature you draw. \n\nTombstone Stairwell: You can potentially just kill people with this card if you have enough creatures in the yard. This card is pretty expensive but it's too synergistic and too thematic (and too weird) to not include in this list. \n"}]}
Commander
The Scarab God
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses X life and you scry X, where X is the number of Zombies you control.
: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie.
When The Scarab God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.
: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie.
When The Scarab God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.
Legendary Creature - God
Commander
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Creature
Subterfuge
When this creature enters, target creature gains flying and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw that many cards" until end of turn.
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Elemental Incarnation
Creature
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Drain
Tombstone Stairwell
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.)
At the beginning of each upkeep, if this enchantment is on the battlefield, each player creates a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with haste named Tombspawn for each creature card in their graveyard.
At the beginning of each end step and when this enchantment leaves the battlefield, destroy all tokens created with this enchantment. They can't be regenerated.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if this enchantment is on the battlefield, each player creates a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with haste named Tombspawn for each creature card in their graveyard.
At the beginning of each end step and when this enchantment leaves the battlefield, destroy all tokens created with this enchantment. They can't be regenerated.
World Enchantment
Drain
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Draw
Eumidian Wastewaker
Whenever this creature attacks, you and defending player each discard a card or sacrifice a permanent. You draw a card for each land card put into a graveyard this way.
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Cleric Insect
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.
+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
Draw
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Land
Land
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Mill
Breach the Multiverse
Each player mills ten cards. For each player, choose a creature or planeswalker card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. Then each creature you control becomes a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
Sorcery
Mill
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Protection
Lazotep Plating
Amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Protection
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Ramp
Ramp
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Recursion
Coffin Queen
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
, : Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. When this creature becomes untapped or you lose control of this creature, exile that creature.
, : Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. When this creature becomes untapped or you lose control of this creature, exile that creature.
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Rakshasa Debaser
Whenever this creature attacks, put target creature card from defending player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Demon
Recursion
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Removal
Amphin Mutineer
When this creature enters, exile up to one target non-Salamander creature. That creature's controller creates a 4/3 blue Salamander Warrior creature token.
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Pirate Salamander
Removal
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Tokens
Gleaming Overseer
When this creature enters, amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
Zombie tokens you control have hexproof and menace.
Zombie tokens you control have hexproof and menace.
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Tokens
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Tutor
Corpse Connoisseur
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Tutor
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{"ops":[{"insert":"So the title isn't one-hundred percent true. There is still zombie support in this deck. However, when building for popular commanders, I don't like building decks that are only the most used cards on edhrec. For Scarab God, that's all just zombie stuff. This deck leans just as much into the reanimator angle; you can turn anything into a 4/4 zombie - not just creatures that are already zombies. There are also a lot of creatures that want to be in the graveyard in general, plus ways to self-mill. \n\nHere are some of my favorite cards/pet cards that are in the deck:\n\nThran Turbine: This is essentially another copy of Training Grounds. Yes, you need to use the mana during your upkeep but if you are going to be activating Scarab God anyway, that isn't much of a downside. Super underrated card. \n\nThe Everflowing Well: This one gives you a bit of self-mill and is also pretty easy to flip in a deck like this. You have lots of creatures in this deck that just get better if you have two as well. \n\nBrine Shaman: A repeatable counterspell on a stick for creatures and a sac outlet. This card is extremely underrated for how good it is in a deck like this. It's definitely one of those cards that people will pick up to read and wonder why they've never seen it before. \n\nCarrionette: Another classic niche commander card with a very unique ability that is great in a deck like this. Oftentimes opponents will forget about it as well since it just sits quietly in the graveyard. \n\nBone Dancer: One of those old weird cards that cares about graveyard order. Bone Dancer is here because it's a fun and unique card that I wanted to play and it just happens to be a zombie to synergize with the commander. \n\nCoffin Queen: Another classic underrated commander card that steals creatures from graveyards and also happens to be a zombie. This is another creature that people sometimes have to pick up to read. \n\nKiora, the Rising Tide: Great for getting creatures out of your hand and into the graveyard, and making her 8/8 is not hard in a deck like this. \n\nBehold the Beyond: Yes it's 7 mana but it simutaneously lets you dump stuff into your graveyard and gets you the best three cards in your deck. I could have put better tutors in here obviously, but I think for the power level this deck is aiming for this card is really neat. \n\nTortured Existence: One of the best cards in the deck. Letting you cycle the creatures you want in your hand vs graveyard like this is extremely powerful. \n\nAttunement: This is self-mill that also lets you manipulate which cards can be in your hand. Another very underrated card in the right deck. \n\nInsight: Most pods have a green deck and this sometimes just feels like you have a Rhystic Study. \n\nBreathstealer's Crypt: This card is super annoying for your opponents but you don't even mind the drawback because you're often willing and happy to just discard the creature you draw. \n\nTombstone Stairwell: You can potentially just kill people with this card if you have enough creatures in the yard. This card is pretty expensive but it's too synergistic and too thematic (and too weird) to not include in this list. \n"}]}