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10 months ago ::
Aug 22, 2012 - 3:52AM
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Date Joined:
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What is Zombies? Spoiler:
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Why should I play Zombies? Spoiler:
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Because you're broke and you can't afford to play U/W, because black has supplanted red as the sligh colour and because you cherish the laments of control and aggro alike. While testing this, my friend thought I was cheating every time he saw his life total, he was gettin' drained so damn fast. As an added bonus, this deck loses basically nothing vital with the rotation and will probably be the go-to deck for release day tournaments. You can just laugh at all the suckers paying $30-40 for Rav duals on-site (assuming they even get reprinted) or frantically cracking packs and winding up with trash.
When I began this writeup (about early-July), the creatures in this deck were much cheaper. Still shouldn't be hard to trade for at around 5-6 each. How does this deck win? Spoiler:
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Be, aggressive, B-E aggressive. But know when you are control. Mid-late game will be spent whacking creatures for your amusement and sustenance, and the loss of life to your opponent just  keeps  stacking  . Late-game, you can win by continuously saccing Gravecrawler, especially when you've got multiple Blood Artist out. Awwwwww yeaaah. What's the core of the deck look like? Spoiler:
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What's your personal build look like? Spoiler:
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Cards that I would strongly consider post-rotation (for now, there are slightly better options): Spoiler:
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Cavern of Souls  - Honestly, don't want more than 2-3, in my opinion. It can sometimes make the mana slightly awkward, especially once Blackcleave Cliffs  goes away. Be careful.
Duty-Bound Dead  / Knight of Infamy  - Having briefly tested with small numbers of exalted weenies in here, I REALLY love what they do to my game. A pumped Gravecrawler can be traded for an opposing creature and simply replayed (if they're dumb/desperate enough to block it), and the Knight puts a counter on Falkenrath Aristocrat  when you need it.
Appetite for Brains  - Probably the best answer to Thragtusk  , as this creature is made of back-breaking card advantage.
Duress  - When control comes back, we'll be ready for it.
Sign in Blood  - Draws -OR- kills!
Never done a write-up before and don't have graphics. Input from folks who know what the crap they're doing is appreciated. Will add matchups/'boarding info after this FNM, if I'm able to go.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 22, 2012 - 4:47AM
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I watched yang's finals game online. He definitely won and that's definitely his list.
Next thing you will tell me Browbeat  is bad.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 22, 2012 - 4:48AM
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Date Joined:
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Sweet. I freaking love this deck. 
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10 months ago ::
Aug 23, 2012 - 1:51AM
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Date Joined:
Jan 29, 2012
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Wait... How does cavern make mana wierd?
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10 months ago ::
Aug 23, 2012 - 9:07AM
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Date Joined:
Jun 14, 2006
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Doesn't tap for coloured mana that isn't a spell of the chosen creature type and sometimes I'll get stuck on a swamp and a Cavern and need to name vampire to slip an Artist under the wall of countermagic and then be able to play exactly one 1-cc zombie a turn.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 23, 2012 - 5:40PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 29, 2012
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Ah, I see
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9 months ago ::
Aug 28, 2012 - 8:09AM
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Date Joined:
Jun 14, 2006
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Can someone either clean this up and move it to Tier 1/2, or rewrite it and move it? It appears to be an actual deck now.
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