{"ops":[{"insert":" 🔵⚫"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver"},{"insert":"🔵⚫"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThis is a Dimir Zombie tribal deck built around turning death into value. The basic plan is simple: build an army of Zombies, sacrifice them for profit, replace them with more Zombies, and eventually overwhelm the table either through combat or repeated death triggers.\nWilhelt is the engine that holds everything together. Whenever one of our "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"non-decayed Zombies dies"},{"insert":", he replaces it with a 2/2 Zombie token with decayed. At the end of each turn, he can also sacrifice a Zombie to draw a card. This makes our creatures unusually expendable—the graveyard is often just another resource.\n\n🧟Early Game"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The first few turns are usually about establishing mana and getting a few Zombies onto the battlefield. Cards such as "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Champion of the Perished, Cryptbreaker, Gravecrawler, Diregraf Colossus"},{"insert":", and the various Zombie lords begin building the board while cards like "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Arcane Signet, Sol Ring, Talisman of Dominance"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Crowded Crypt"},{"insert":" help accelerate into the larger engines.\nGetting Wilhelt onto the battlefield is valuable, but there is no need to rush him out without something to sacrifice. Once Wilhelt and a sacrifice outlet are both available, the deck becomes much harder to exhaust.\n\n💀Sacrifice & Death Synergies"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cards like "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Carrion Feeder, Ashnod's Altar, Phyrexian Altar, Grimgrin, Corpse-Born"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Warren Soultrader"},{"insert":" allow Zombies to be sacrificed at will. Instead of simply losing a creature, those deaths can create mana, Treasure, +1/+1 counters, cards, and replacement Zombies.\nThe deck particularly benefits from effects that punish opponents whenever Zombies die. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Diregraf Captain, Plague Belcher, Vengeful Dead"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Meathook Massacre"},{"insert":" turn our sacrifice engines into direct damage. A large sacrifice chain can therefore kill opponents without ever attacking.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Grave Pact"},{"insert":" adds another nasty dimension: every creature we sacrifice forces every opponent to sacrifice one as well. Because Wilhelt continually replaces our expendable Zombies, we can often sacrifice creatures much more comfortably than our opponents can.\n\n♻️Zombie Recycling"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The graveyard is rarely the end for our creatures. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Gravecrawler, Gisa and Geralf, Zul Ashur, Lich Lord, Relentless Dead, Tomb Tyrant"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Soul Stone"},{"insert":" allow important Zombies to be reused repeatedly.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Gravecrawler"},{"insert":" is especially important because it can be cast directly from the graveyard whenever we control another Zombie. This makes it one of the deck's best sacrifice targets and also forms the core of its strongest combos.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Necroduality"},{"insert":" can quickly make things ridiculous by creating a token copy whenever a nontoken Zombie enters. Even ordinary Zombies become major value plays, while ETB creatures can effectively trigger twice.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cleaver Skaab"},{"insert":" provides another powerful cloning engine. Sacrificing a good Zombie creates "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"two token copies"},{"insert":" of it, and if the sacrificed creature was a non-decayed Zombie, Wilhelt also gives us a decayed Zombie for our trouble.\n\n🧟‍♂️The Decayed Loophole"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Normally Wilhelt's decayed Zombies are temporary attackers that cannot block and sacrifice themselves after combat. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory"},{"insert":" changes that dramatically. Once transformed, Poppet Factory makes our creature tokens into base 3/3 creatures and removes their abilities—including "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"decayed"},{"insert":".\nThat means Wilhelt's disposable 2/2 decayed tokens suddenly become permanent 3/3 Zombies. This can turn what looked like a pile of temporary sacrifice fodder into a legitimate army.\n\n♾️Infinite Combo"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck contains a particularly clean combo:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar + another Zombie"},{"insert":"\nSacrifice "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Gravecrawler"},{"insert":" to Phyrexian Altar for "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"B"},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Because another Zombie is on the battlefield, cast Gravecrawler from the graveyard for "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"B"},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sacrifice it again."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Repeat indefinitely."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This creates infinite "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Zombie death, sacrifice, cast, and enter-the-battlefield triggers"},{"insert":".\nWith Wilhelt on the battlefield, every Gravecrawler death also produces another decayed Zombie. With "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Plague Belcher, Vengeful Dead, The Meathook Massacre"},{"insert":", or "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Diregraf Captain"},{"insert":", the loop becomes lethal and can drain the table.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Rooftop Storm"},{"insert":" provides another route to the same type of loop by allowing Zombie spells to be cast for zero mana. With Rooftop Storm, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Gravecrawler"},{"insert":", another Zombie, and a free sacrifice outlet such as "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Carrion Feeder"},{"insert":", Gravecrawler can simply be sacrificed and recast from the graveyard indefinitely.\n\n☠️Winning Without the Combo"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck does not need an infinite combo to win. Zombie lords such as "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Death Baron, Cemetery Reaper, Undead Warchief"},{"insert":", and others turn a wide board into a serious combat threat. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Hordewing Skaab"},{"insert":" can give the entire horde flying, while "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Zombie Master"},{"insert":" can make the army extremely difficult to block against decks with Swamps.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Scarab God"},{"insert":" provides another late-game win condition. A large Zombie army causes every opponent to lose life during our upkeep while also letting us scry deeply into the deck. Its reanimation ability can then turn the best creatures in any graveyard into additional Zombies.\nUltimately, the deck wants to create a situation where "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"killing our Zombies doesn't actually solve the problem"},{"insert":". They die, become new Zombies, come back from the graveyard, trigger card draw, force sacrifices, and drain life along the way. Whether the final blow comes from a massive Zombie horde or an infinite Gravecrawler sacrifice loop, the goal is the same:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Reduce. Reuse. Reanimate."},{"insert":"\n"}]}