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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 1:24AM
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Zombie Pox
  
Alright, my first attempt at a quick Zombie deck before the rush later today. Heres to hoping all zombie related topics can be merged into this one. Still looking for help with some formatting to make the post look all pretty. If someone could whip up a decent skab zombie deck, I'd be glad to add it to the main topic (all credits given, of course).
At its core, its a very aggressive deck that can realistically win turn 5 against steady opposition, with some pinpoint removal main to deal with annoying creatures, and the ultimate tech: smallpox. Between Gravecrawler and Geralfs Messenger, sacrificing a creature is almost never a problem, discarding a card can be ammeliated with superflous 3 and 4 drops and more of the former, and the tempo loss for your opponent is almost always devastating.
P.S. Cooler names always appreciated. Many thanks.
And now on to the individual card choices! Any card ideas or comments, please feel free. (For now I'm only commenting on the cards I've personally tried).
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Gravecrawler  : Amazing and really no contest in any zombie deck. It synergizes with smallpox in every way, and is a great aggressive drop that can give you gas against boardwipers.
Diregraf Ghoul  : Another aggressive 1 drop not much more to say.
Highborn Ghoul  : The only worthwhile 2 drop zombie in mono-black, sadly. It'll get gutshotted all day long, but if it lives it can get past the majority of the non-black meta.
Black Cat  Not a very aggressive drop, but potentially devastating with smallpox.
Geralf's Messenger  : It leaves you open at a crucial time if you're on the draw, but thats really its only downside. Amazing creature with lots of damage potential.
Diregraf Captain  : Amazing lord, and cheap too, what more can we ask.
Cemetery Reaper  : Another lord, and quite good tech against oposing undying creatures and reanimator shenanigans. Endless zombies aren't so bad either.
Skinrender  : Extra removal and a solid body against aggro, not so great against control.
Phyrexian Obliterator  : Amazingly backbreaking against aggro, vey aggressive drop against control. Whats there not to like. Deck Lists
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 1:00PM
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I personally love Smallpox, and this is on the right track to making it as close to tournament-viable as possible. I'm not sure about having that many 3-drops though, it seems like it could create some issues.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 2:01PM
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I wholeheartedly agree about the 3 drops, as I personally prefer mass number of 2 drops over them in aggressive decks any day.
Sadly, we don't really have a choice as there aren't better 2 drops. But, no worries, theres a method to my madness. With smallpox, superflous three drops can be discarded, and the lack of lands makes extra 3 drops essentially the top of my mana (if that makes any sense).
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 4:24PM
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You are missing Lashwrithe. But if you want to keep the blue splash put Grimgrin in. Maybe he only belongs in the SB as an alternate plan but he is pretty good with Gravecrawler.
Grow old or die trying.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 4:33PM
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You are missing Lashwrithe. But if you want to keep the blue splash put Grimgrin in. Maybe he only belongs in the SB as an alternate plan but he is pretty good with Gravecrawler.
grimgrin is too expensive with smallpox. i hardly see room in the sideboard for it. i'd rather play the obliterator turn 4.
lashwrithe ends up being a 4/4 for 4 most of the time. so playing a guy will usually be better. especially when your guys are skinrender and obliterator.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 4:37PM
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You are missing Lashwrithe. But if you want to keep the blue splash put Grimgrin in. Maybe he only belongs in the SB as an alternate plan but he is pretty good with Gravecrawler.
grimgrin is too expensive with smallpox. i hardly see room in the sideboard for it. i'd rather play the obliterator turn 4.
lashwrithe ends up being a 4/4 for 4 most of the time. so playing a guy will usually be better. especially when your guys are skinrender and obliterator.
Except for the fact that if Lashwrithe dies, you still have 4 power on the board because you can just re-equip it. I can only imagine the damage it will do on a gravecrawler.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 4:37PM
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You are missing Lashwrithe. But if you want to keep the blue splash put Grimgrin in. Maybe he only belongs in the SB as an alternate plan but he is pretty good with Gravecrawler.
Particularly since we have 8 non-basic lands. Lashwrithe would only really be good in a full MB deck. Though in a full MB deck, it'd be amazing with gravecrawler.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 5:31PM
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I think there needs to be a lot more removal in a deck like this. Tragic slip looks like a perfect fit, and Geth's Verdict is very good as well. Victim of Night  is superior to Doom Blade and GoFer, unless other monster tribal decks get popular. Ghoulcaller's Chant  is a great supporting card. It's almost always a 2-for-1, and helps recover from Smallpox or boardwipes. Ratchet Bombs in the sideboard seem almost mandatory in the current standard, and they'll probably be even better coming up.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 7:13PM
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I see no point in having blue splash for mana Leak. At all. And the Zombie lord is the worst of them all. Four obliterators seems like a must for these kinds of decks - it seems like the only way to combat Tokens Game 1 (Then you side in Rachet Bombs)
C-Lion is pretty much right on everything he's saying.
EDIT: I'm a grammar fool, and I also don't like Black Cat. It should be a 2/1.
(at)MrEnglish22
"still a better Commander card than Emmara Tandris"
-On the topic of Squire
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 7:49PM
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Alright guys, thank you so much for all your input. I've put up a second decklist, slightly modified to be mono black. Tell me what you guys think. I'll be putting up the comments for spell cards soon.
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