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I. Introduction

What is Zombie Survival   ?

Zombie Survival   is a Magic Online non-official multiplayer commander game format. It's a 3vs1 Survival Game where 3 players using commander decks will form the HUMAN TEAM against a horde of zombies ( ZOMBIE PLAYER). To fight each HUMAN will gain extra abilities from vanguard cards (you can choose 1 from 11 different vanguard cards).Each Vanguard card provide different starting life/hand size. The ZOMBIE will start with 6 cards and 24 life points. The first 3 turns HUMANS can't attack (it's time to set up defenses) and the ZOMBIE will not attack until all HUMANS get 3 turns. But be careful most zombies are free, have haste and will attack every turn if possible. Every time ZOMBIE player plays a spell he will gain 2 life points and if a zombie deals damage to you they will search for a random zombie from the deck. The game have 2 Nuclear bombs that will clean the field(except lands) 1 will activate when ZOMBIE's life goes 20 or less and the other when ZOMBIE's life points goes 60 or more. The game ends when all HUMAN/ZOMBIE are 0 or  21 or more commander damage is dealt to ZOMBIE.

How to play? 

The HUMANS need to build a Commander deck (following the official commander deck construction) with 99 + 1 vanguard card (Deck stucture will be: MAIN DECK: 99 cards + 1 vanguard card + SIDEBOARD: "your general"). 

Human Deck Construction Example Show

The ZOMBIE must HOST the game. So the other 3 players will be the HUMAN team. The game will be hosted at MULTIPLAYER ROOM and with description  Zombie Survival  Join here! it's a FREEFORM VANGUARD game.

Where to join Zombie Survival game Show

If you are the ZOMBIE player you will need to host the game. To create a  ZOMBIE SURVIVAL  game  you will need:

How to host  ZOMBIE SURVIVAL  game Show

Game Rules:

• HUMANS will have the first 3 turns to set up defenses.
• HUMANS can't attack ZOMBIE during the first 3 turns.
• ZOMBIE can't attack HUMANS until all the HUMANS got 3 turns. (because that some HUMANS would have 1 extra turn safe).
• ZOMBIE can't destroy or target HUMANS permanents during the first 3 turns.
• The game have 2 Nuclear Bombs (Nuke) that will destroy all the other permanents (except lands) and MUST be activated by ZOMBIE when one of the following conditions are reach:

• Nuke = Ashling, the Extinguisher Show
  

• 1 Nuke will be activated during ZOMBIE's turn Main Phase1 if the ZOMBIE's Life Points is 20 or less and the ZOMBIE have 5 at least lands.
• 1 Nuke will be activated during ZOMBIE's turn Main Phase 1 if the ZOMBIE's Life Points is 60 or less and the ZOMBIE have at least 5 lands. 

                    Nuke activation rules Show

• The game ENDS when:

• All HUMANS or ZOMBIE's Life Points are 0.
• 21 or More damage is dealt to ZOMBIE by a general/commander.

II. The Human Player Vanguard Cards

What is a Vanguard Card?

Vanguard cards were designed to modify the game giving to it's OWNER different Life Points, Starting/Maximum Hand Size and New abilities. Example Show
For HUMAN the Vanguard Cards represents their own personality and style of play. Some players like to play defense, others offensive and other will suport other players. To survive you will need to make a good balance between your deck and your vanguard card. You can choose 1 of the following vanguard cards to add to your commander deck:
Allowed Vanguard Cards Show

III. Game Rules

Banned Cards:

• Timesifter
• Trepanation Blade
• Grindstone
• Mind Funeral
• Surgical Extraction

 
Rules: 

• You can't cast more than 1 "EXTRA TURN" SPELL per turn and can't cast "EXTRA TURN" SPELLS during your EXTRA TURN.
•  Creatures with INFECT can't atk ZOMBIE PLAYER (you can still defend with them but NOT ATK). 
• ZOMBIE PLAYER can't be the target of Mindslaver .
• Infinity Combos/Loop Combo are not allowed (it's a for Fun game NOT a: I MUST WIN GAME)
• If a Player cast a Combo that creates infinity number of tokens. The casting Player can only create tokens until He/She have tokens equal to the number of creatures ZOMBIE control.
• If a Player cast a Combo that creates infinity mana. The casting Player can only repeat the loop equal to the number of Lands ZOMBIE controls.

IV. Zombie Deck

This Topic is for the ZOMBIE Player.

Who can be the ZOMBIE Player?

To be the ZOMBIE PLAYER you will need to know the following rules:
Who can be a ZOMBIE Player Show

How to Play?

• The Deck Engine:

The Deck Engine works with the following Vanguard cards:

ZOMBIE Vanguard cards Show

• What are the Zombie Lands?

Zombie Lands are Black Spells turned into Lands by  Dakkon Blackblade Show .

They are called Zombie Lands because they mostly are Zombies turned into Swamps. And if the Zombie Lands are destroyed or returned to hand they will return to be the card they were before. Example Show
You will need the Zombie Lands to pay the costs of your spells and you will have to choose what will be turned into a zombie land.

• How to cast ZOMBIE Spells?

• Use Zombie Lands to pay the casting cost of Creatures and other spells.
• You don't need to pay the creatures  (black mana). Youl will only need to pay the (incolor mana) of the creature. Example Show
  Vengeful Dead - You will only to pay the mana cost.
• You will need to pay the full casting cost of non-creature spells. Example Show
  Call to the Grave - You will need to pay the  casting cost to play Call to the Grave.

• How the ZOMBIE attacks?

 To make the game fair and respect the "brainless zombie flavor" the ZOMBIE's attack will be random and decided by Dice Rolls. The Die Number of each HUMAN will be decided by clockwise direction HUMANS Die Number Example Show
When the game starts you will need to inform the players their Die Numbers. Example Show

To do the random dice rolls I use the site Roll Dice Online. Roll Dice Online Example Show

• Number of sides = 6
• Number of dice to roll = equal to the number of creatures enable to attack.
• Number of rolls = maintain 1

Roll the Dice during Begin Combat Phase. Choose Number of dice roll equal to the number of creatures enable to attack.Them post the results to the other players. To order the attacking creatures choose them from Left to Right. Example Show

• The ZOMBIE Deck

ZOMBIE Deck Show

• The Deck Choices