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board wipe that bypasses indestructible creatures."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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) 2

Commander

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Bladestitched Skaab
Other Zombies you control get +1/+0.
Creature - Soldier Zombie
Bladestitched Skaab (inr) 231
Cemetery Reaper
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
,
: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Creature - Zombie
Cemetery Reaper (drc) 87
Death Baron
Skeletons you control and other Zombies you control get +1/+1 and have deathtouch. (Any amount of damage they deal to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Death Baron (fdn) 521
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 (scd) 224
Lord of the Accursed
Other Zombies you control get +1/+1.
,
: All Zombies gain menace until end of turn.
Creature - Zombie
Lord of the Accursed (drc) 95

Anthem

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Gray Merchant of Asphodel
When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Creature - Zombie
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (fdc) 105
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 (drc) 97
Shepherd of Rot
: Each player loses 1 life for each Zombie on the battlefield.
Creature - Cleric Zombie
Shepherd of Rot (plst) ONS-168

Drain

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Archghoul of Thraben
Whenever this creature or another Zombie you control dies, look at the top card of your library. If it's a Zombie card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand. If you don't put the card into your hand, you may put it into your graveyard.
Creature - Cleric Zombie
Archghoul of Thraben (inr) 370
Empty the Laboratory
Sacrifice X Zombies, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a number of Zombie creature cards equal to the number of Zombies sacrificed this way. Put those cards onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Sorcery
Empty the Laboratory (mic) 14
Hordewing Skaab
Flying
Other Zombies you control have flying.
Whenever one or more Zombies you control deal combat damage to one or more of your opponents, you may draw cards equal to the number of opponents dealt damage this way. If you do, discard that many cards.
Creature - Horror Zombie
Hordewing Skaab (mic) 15
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) 176
Midnight Reaper
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, this creature deals 1 damage to you and you draw a card.
Creature - Knight Zombie
Midnight Reaper (drc) 44
Village Rites
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Village Rites (inr) 392

Draw

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Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
Zombies you control have flying.
,
, Sacrifice another nontoken creature: Create an X/X blue Zombie creature token, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Geralf, Visionary Stitcher (vow) 61

Evasion

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Unstoppable Slasher
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, they lose half their life, rounded up.
When this creature dies, if it had no counters on it, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with two stun counters on it.
Creature - Zombie Assassin
Unstoppable Slasher (dsk) 119

Finisher

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Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
Cabal Coffers
,
: Add
for each Swamp you control.
Land
Cabal Coffers (mh2) 301
Choked Estuary
As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Choked Estuary (trc) 517
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (trc) 521
Darkwater Catacombs
,
: Add
.
Land
Darkwater Catacombs (fic) 384
Dimir Aqueduct
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Dimir Aqueduct (dsc) 270
Drowned Catacomb
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Drowned Catacomb (trc) 525
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (trc) 378
Field of the Dead
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Whenever this land or another land you control enters, if you control seven or more lands with different names, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Land
Field of the Dead (m20) 247
Gloomlake Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control an Island or a Swamp.
Land
Gloomlake Verge (dsk) 260
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mdd) 294
Morphic Pool
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Morphic Pool (trc) 390
Mortuary Mire
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
: Add
.
Land
Mortuary Mire (pip) 272
Phyrexian Tower
: Add
.
, Sacrifice a creature: Add
.
Legendary Land
Phyrexian Tower (mh3) 303
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) 224
Secluded Courtyard
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 or activate an ability of a creature source of the chosen type.
Land
Secluded Courtyard (msc) 265
Shipwreck Marsh
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shipwreck Marsh (fra) 189
Soulstone Sanctuary
: Add
.
: This land becomes a 3/3 creature with vigilance and all creature types. It's still a land.
Land
Soulstone Sanctuary (fdn) 133
Sunken Hollow
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Island Swamp
Sunken Hollow (trc) 407
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (mdd) 296
Temple of Deceit
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Deceit (drc) 176
Underground River
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Underground River (trc) 415
Unholy Grotto
: Add
.
,
: Put target Zombie card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land
Unholy Grotto (drc) 182
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 (trk) 306

Land

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (trc) 485
Ashnod's Altar
Sacrifice a creature: Add
.
Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (cmm) 368
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 (drc) 124
Crowded Crypt
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.
Whenever a creature you control dies, put a corpse counter on this artifact.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed for each corpse counter on this artifact. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Artifact
Crowded Crypt (drc) 88
Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (frc) 56
Rooftop Storm
You may pay
rather than pay the mana cost for Zombie creature spells you cast.
Enchantment
Rooftop Storm (inr) 83
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (trc) 499
Talisman of Dominance
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (trc) 505

Ramp

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Ghouls' Night Out
For each player, choose a creature card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. They're black Zombies in addition to their other colors and types and they gain decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Sorcery
Ghouls' Night Out (mic) 19
Gravecrawler
This creature can't block.
You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.
Creature - Zombie
Gravecrawler (tdc) 93
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 (drc) 94
Lord of the Undead
Other Zombie creatures get +1/+1.
,
: Return target Zombie card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Zombie
Lord of the Undead (fdc) 112
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 (cmm) 173
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 (soi) 131
Rot Hulk
Menace
When this creature enters, return up to X target Zombie cards from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the number of opponents you have.
Creature - Zombie
Rot Hulk (drc) 98
Tomb Tyrant
Other Zombies you control get +1/+1.
,
, Sacrifice a creature: Return a Zombie creature card at random from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your turn and only if there are at least three Zombie creature cards in your graveyard.
Creature - Zombie Noble
Tomb Tyrant (mic) 23
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 (tdc) 198
Zombie Apocalypse
Return all Zombie creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped, then destroy all Humans.
Sorcery
Zombie Apocalypse (scd) 121
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) 77

Recursion

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Accursed Marauder
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.
Creature - Warrior Zombie
Accursed Marauder (mh3) 405
Aetherspouts
For each attacking creature, its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
Instant
Aetherspouts (mic) 97
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 (fic) 267
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (fdc) 61
Fleshbag Marauder
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Creature - Warrior Zombie
Fleshbag Marauder (drc) 92
Grave Pact
Whenever a creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Enchantment
Grave Pact (cmm) 165
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 (inr) 239
Murderous Rider
Lifelink
When this creature dies, put it on the bottom of its owner's library.
Creature - Knight Zombie
Murderous Rider // Swift End (fic) 279
Noxious Ghoul
Whenever this creature or another Zombie enters, all non-Zombie creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Creature - Zombie
Noxious Ghoul (fdc) 120
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 (inr) 80
Ravenous Rotbelly
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice up to three Zombies. When you sacrifice one or more Zombies this way, each opponent sacrifices that many creatures of their choice.
Creature - Horror Zombie
Ravenous Rotbelly (mic) 22
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 (trc) 277

Removal

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Carrion Feeder
This creature can't block.
Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Zombie
Carrion Feeder (fdc) 88
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) 110

Sac Outlet

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Army of the Damned
Create thirteen tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Army of the Damned (fdc) 85
Champion of the Perished
Whenever another Zombie you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Zombie
Champion of the Perished (fdc) 91
Cleaver Skaab
,
, Sacrifice another Zombie: Create two tokens that are copies of the sacrificed creature.
Creature - Horror Zombie
Cleaver Skaab (mic) 11
Curse of the Restless Dead
Enchant player
Whenever a land enchanted player controls enters, you create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Enchantment - Aura Curse
Curse of the Restless Dead (mic) 18
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 (fdc) 96
Endless Ranks of the Dead
At the beginning of your upkeep, create X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens, where X is half the number of Zombies you control, rounded down.
Enchantment
Endless Ranks of the Dead (fdc) 97
Ghoulcaller Gisa
,
, Sacrifice another creature: Create X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Ghoulcaller Gisa (cmm) 161
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.
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Gleaming Overseer (drc) 116
Grave Titan
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Creature - Giant
Grave Titan (ecc) 74
Headless Rider
Whenever this creature or another nontoken Zombie you control dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Creature - Zombie
Headless Rider (fdc) 106
Necroduality
Whenever a nontoken Zombie you control enters, create a token that's a copy of that creature.
Enchantment
Necroduality (inr) 79
Open the Graves
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Enchantment
Open the Graves (fdc) 121
Rise of the Dread Marn
Create X 2/2 black Zombie Berserker creature tokens, where X is the number of nontoken creatures that died this turn.
Foretell
(During your turn, you may pay
and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Instant
Rise of the Dread Marn (khm) 107

Tokens

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Entomb
Search your library for a card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Instant
Entomb (dmr) 82
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

Tutor

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20 mana - 20 cards
74 pips - 49 cards
37 mana - 36 cards
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