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Scarab's Swamplands
Deck Size: 121
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Est deck cost: $482.90
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Commander

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The Scarab God

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses X life and you scry X, where X is the number of Zombies you control. {2}{U}{B}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie. When The Scarab God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
The Scarab God (2xm) 216

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Adding

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Altar of Dementia

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Artifact
Altar of Dementia (mh1) 218
Altar of the Brood

Whenever another permanent you control enters, each opponent mills a card.

Artifact
Altar of the Brood (ktk) 216
Blasphemous Edict

You may pay {B} rather than pay this spell's mana cost if there are thirteen or more creatures on the battlefield. Each player sacrifices thirteen creatures of their choice.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Edict (fdn) 57
Cabal Coffers

{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each Swamp you control.

Land
Cabal Coffers (mh2) 301
Corpse Harvester

{1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a Zombie card and a Swamp card, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Corpse Harvester (plst) LGN-62
Diregraf Captain

Deathtouch Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1. Whenever another Zombie you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Diregraf Captain (scd) 224
Dreadhorde Invasion

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and 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.) Whenever a Zombie token you control with power 6 or greater attacks, it gains lifelink until end of turn.

Enchantment
Dreadhorde Invasion (drc) 91
Geralf, Visionary Stitcher

Zombies you control have flying. {U}, {T}, Sacrifice another nontoken creature: Create an X/X blue Zombie creature token, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Creature
Geralf, Visionary Stitcher (vow) 61
Grave Betrayal

Whenever a creature you don't control dies, return it to the battlefield under your control with an additional +1/+1 counter on it at the beginning of the next end step. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

Enchantment
Grave Betrayal (rtr) 67
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.

Creature
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born (inr) 239
Life's Finale

Destroy all creatures, then search target opponent's library for up to three creature cards and put them into their graveyard. Then that player shuffles.

Sorcery
Life's Finale (nph) 65
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.

Planeswalker
Liliana, Dreadhorde General (fdn) 176
Lost Monarch of Ifnir

Afflict 3 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 3 life.) Other Zombies you control have afflict 3. At the beginning of your second main phase, if a player was dealt combat damage by a Zombie this turn, mill three cards, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Lost Monarch of Ifnir (drc) 11
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
Ravenous Rotbelly (mic) 22
Rhet-Tomb Mystic

Flying Each creature card in your hand has cycling {1}{U}. ({1}{U}, Discard that card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Rhet-Tomb Mystic (drc) 10
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Instant
Snap (woc) 110
Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (drc) 141
Training Grounds

Activated abilities of creatures you control cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Enchantment
Training Grounds (mat) 9
Undead Warchief

Zombie spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Zombie creatures you control get +2/+1.

Creature
Undead Warchief (plst) TSB-52
Vogar, Necropolis Tyrant

Menace Whenever another creature dies during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Vogar. When Vogar dies, draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Vogar, Necropolis Tyrant (gn3) 3
Warren Soultrader

Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Warren Soultrader (mh3) 110

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Anthem

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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
Death Baron (mic) 111
Eternal Skylord

When this creature enters, amass Zombies 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters 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 flying.

Creature
Eternal Skylord (scd) 49
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
Gleaming Overseer (scd) 229

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Board wipe

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Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery
Damnation (2x2) 73

Board wipe

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Copy

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Cleaver Skaab

{3}, {T}, Sacrifice another Zombie: Create two tokens that are copies of the sacrificed creature.

Creature
Cleaver Skaab (mic) 11
Necroduality

Whenever a nontoken Zombie you control enters, create a token that's a copy of that creature.

Enchantment
Necroduality (vow) 70

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Drain

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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 {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Creature
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (thb) 99

Drain

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Draw

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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
Archghoul of Thraben (vow) 93
Bankrupt in Blood

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice two creatures. Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Bankrupt in Blood (rna) 62
Casting of Bones

Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, draw three cards, then discard one of them.

Enchantment
Casting of Bones (all) 44a
Corrupted Conviction

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Corrupted Conviction (mom) 98
Cryptbreaker

{1}{B}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Tap three untapped Zombies you control: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Cryptbreaker (emn) 86
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
Necromancer's Stockpile

{1}{B}, Discard a creature card: Draw a card. If the discarded card was a Zombie card, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Enchantment
Necromancer's Stockpile (j22) 446
Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Village Rites (lcc) 212
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.

Creature
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver (omic) 2

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Finisher

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Army of the Damned

Create thirteen tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens. Flashback {7}{B}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Army of the Damned (scd) 68
Champion of the Perished

Whenever another Zombie you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Champion of the Perished (pmid) 91p
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
Hordewing Skaab (mic) 15

Finisher

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Fodder

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Gravecrawler

This creature can't block. You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.

Creature
Gravecrawler (plst) DDQ-59

Fodder

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Graveyard Protection

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Perpetual Timepiece

{T}: Mill two cards. {2}, Exile this artifact: Shuffle any number of target cards from your graveyard into your library.

Artifact
Perpetual Timepiece (otc) 263

Graveyard Protection

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Land

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Barren Moor

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. Cycling {B} ({B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Barren Moor (c21) 277
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (mkc) 256
Fetid Pools

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Fetid Pools (mkc) 261
Halimar Depths

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Add {U}.

Land
Halimar Depths (afc) 244
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (akh) 251
Lonely Sandbar

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Lonely Sandbar (mkc) 273
Mortuary Mire

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Mortuary Mire (mic) 176
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (mkc) 276
Submerged Boneyard

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Submerged Boneyard (scd) 321
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (mic) 182
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (akh) 252
Unholy Grotto

{T}: Add {C}. {B}, {T}: Put target Zombie card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Unholy Grotto (ons) 327

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Mill

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Embalmer's Tools

Activated abilities of creature cards in your graveyard cost {1} less to activate. Tap an untapped Zombie you control: Target player mills a card.

Artifact
Embalmer's Tools (akh) 227
Ghoulcaller's Bell

{T}: Each player mills a card.

Artifact
Ghoulcaller's Bell (isd) 224
Larder Zombie

Defender Tap three untapped creatures you control: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Creature
Larder Zombie (mid) 58
Lich Lord of Unx

{U}{B}, {T}: Create a 1/1 blue and black Zombie Wizard creature token. {U}{U}{B}{B}: Target player loses X life and mills X cards, where X is the number of Zombies you control.

Creature
Lich Lord of Unx (plst) ARB-24

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Pingers

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Loyal Subordinate

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Lieutenant — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, each opponent loses 3 life.

Creature
Loyal Subordinate (c18) 16
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
Plague Belcher (akh) 104

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Protection

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Lazotep Plating

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.) You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Lazotep Plating (scd) 57
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (fdn) 258

Protection

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (drc) 51
Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (plst) EMA-218
Black Market

Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on this enchantment. At the beginning of your first main phase, add {B} for each charge counter on this enchantment.

Enchantment
Black Market (jmp) 204
Bontu's Monument

Black creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Artifact
Bontu's Monument (akh) 225
Cabal Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}. Threshold — Add {B}{B}{B}{B}{B} instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Instant
Cabal Ritual (tor) 51
Culling the Weak

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Culling the Weak (exo) 55
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (tmp) 118
Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 346
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (dmr) 385
Rooftop Storm

You may pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for Zombie creature spells you cast.

Enchantment
Rooftop Storm (mic) 103
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (drc) 56

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Recursion

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Dread Return

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Dread Return (tsr) 111
Raise Dead

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Raise Dead (cn2) 146
Relentless Dead

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) When this creature dies, you may pay {B}. If you do, return it to its owner's hand. When this creature dies, you may pay {X}. If you do, return another target Zombie creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Relentless Dead (soi) 131
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 (afc) 112

Recursion

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Removal

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Accursed Marauder

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

Creature
Accursed Marauder (mh3) 80
Bone Shards

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or discard a card. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Sorcery
Bone Shards (mh2) 76
Cast Down

Destroy target nonlegendary creature.

Instant
Cast Down (cmr) 112
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dmr) 45
Fleshbag Marauder

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Fleshbag Marauder (clu) 111
Force of Despair

If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy all creatures that entered this turn.

Instant
Force of Despair (mh1) 92
Grave Pact

Whenever a creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Enchantment
Grave Pact (wot) 29
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (aer) 40
Tragic Slip

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.

Instant
Tragic Slip (cmm) 192

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Tokens

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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
Diregraf Colossus (mic) 112
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 (mic) 116
Headless Rider

Whenever this creature or another nontoken Zombie you control dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Creature
Headless Rider (vow) 118
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 {B} (During your turn, you may pay {2} 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

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Tutor

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Buried Alive

Search your library for up to three creature cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Buried Alive (mh3) 273
Diabolic Intent

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Diabolic Intent (bro) 89
Grim Servant

Menace When this creature enters, search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to your devotion to black, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Creature
Grim Servant (mh3) 97

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Tokens & Extras

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Copy

(This token can be used to represent a token that's a copy of a permanent.)

Token
Copy (tmkc) 27
Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact Token
Treasure (tmh3) 34
Zombie

Decayed (This creature can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

Creature Token
Zombie (tmid) 5
Zombie

Creature Token
Zombie (tcmm) 13
Zombie

Creature Token
Zombie (totc) 10
Zombie Army

Creature Token
Zombie Army (tdrc) 8
Zombie Wizard

Creature Token
Zombie Wizard (tarb) 4

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