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Commander
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{"ops":[{"insert":"The objective of this deck is to build an engine that allows you to repeatedly replay zombies from your graveyard, control the board and then, eventually, win the game.\n\nThe deck's primary way to do this is with the commander (Gisa and Geralf) but there are multiple other cards in the deck that also facilitate your zombie's rebirth. All of which can be used alongside the others for multiple recursions of the same creature in the same turn. The best part is that very little of these cards exile the zombie you'd like to recur, allowing you to repeat the process turn after turn.\n\nThe deck will feel quite slow until you deploy one of your discounters (Urza's incubator, Semblance anvil, heartless summoning etc). Once a discounter is in play you will go from playing 1 zombie a turn to playing 2-3 per turn. The difference is extremely impactful and warrants mulliganing for a discounter. There are enough in the deck to be almost guaranteed to find one upon mulliganing.\n\nOnce your engine is in play you will aim to control the board with the deck's plethora of zombies that interact with the board. Most give you the option of sacrificing themselves to send them to your graveyard, you SHOULD almost always do this as it allows them to be recast later. You can also use the deck's sac outlets to get your zombies back into the graveyard to be reused.\n\nTo win the game you will overwhelm your opponents with zombies over a number of turns, this should be fairly easy as your interaction engine will empty their board of creatures turn after turn.\nAnother very potent win con is the Gray Merchant of Asphodel. You can recur it extremely easily to drain the table out. It is also tutorable with the 4 tutors in the deck.\n\nNotable tutor targets:\nGray Merchant of Asphodel (finisher)\nNoxious Ghoul (board wipe)\nCarrion Feeder (sac outlet)\nGraveborn Muse/Undead Auger (large amounts of card draw)\n\n"}]}

Commander

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Gisa and Geralf
When Gisa and Geralf enters, mill four cards.
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a Zombie creature spell from your graveyard.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Gisa and Geralf (inr) 237

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Clones

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Glasspool Mimic
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature you control, except it's a Shapeshifter Rogue in addition to its other types.
Creature - Rogue Shapeshifter
Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 60Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 60

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Discard

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Liliana of the Veil
+1: Each player discards a card.
−2: Target player sacrifices a creature.
−6: Separate all permanents target player controls into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of their choice.
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Liliana of the Veil (dmu) 373

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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
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Creature - Zombie
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (dsc) 142

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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 - Cleric Zombie
Archghoul of Thraben (inr) 370
Cryptbreaker
,
, 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 - Zombie
Cryptbreaker (drc) 41
Custodi Lich
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
Whenever you become the monarch, target player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Creature - Cleric Zombie
Custodi Lich (ncc) 244
Graveborn Muse
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of Zombies you control.
Creature - Spirit Zombie
Graveborn Muse (plst) 10E-145
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.
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Liliana, Dreadhorde General (fdn) 176
Midnight Reaper
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, this creature deals 1 damage to you and you draw a card.
Creature - Knight Zombie
Midnight Reaper (fdn) 609
Undead Augur
Whenever this creature or another Zombie you control dies, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Undead Augur (drc) 100
Unshakable Tail
When this creature enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1.
Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from your library, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, Sacrifice a Clue: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Zombie Detective
Unshakable Tail (mkc) 29
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.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Zombie
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver (mic) 2

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Land

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Accursed Duneyard
: Add
.
,
: Regenerate target Shade, Skeleton, Specter, Spirit, Vampire, Wraith, or Zombie. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)
Land
Accursed Duneyard (drc) 20
Bloodstained Mire
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Bloodstained Mire (mh3) 216
Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (soc) 129
Darkslick Shores
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Darkslick Shores (otc) 281
Darkwater Catacombs
,
: Add
.
Land
Darkwater Catacombs (tdc) 355
Drowned Catacomb
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Drowned Catacomb (fic) 388
Flooded Strand
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Flooded Strand (mh3) 220
Gloomlake Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control an Island or a Swamp.
Land
Gloomlake Verge (dsk) 260
Misty Rainforest
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 250
Morphic Pool
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Mortuary Mire
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
: Add
.
Land
Mortuary Mire (pip) 272
Otawara, Soaring City
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
Polluted Delta
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Polluted Delta (mh3) 224
Shipwreck Marsh
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shipwreck Marsh (inr) 284
Sunken Hollow
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Island Swamp
Sunken Hollow (tmc) 76
Sunken Ruins
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Sunken Ruins (fic) 430
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (sos) 276
Tainted Isle
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Land
Tainted Isle (dsc) 303
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (neo) 278
Undercity Sewers
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Land - Island Swamp
Undercity Sewers (mkm) 270
Underground River
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Underground River (fic) 439
Underground Sea
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Island Swamp
Underground Sea (3ed) 290
Unholy Grotto
: Add
.
,
: Put target Zombie card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land
Unholy Grotto (drc) 182
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
Watery Grave
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Swamp
Watery Grave (eoe) 261
Witch's Cottage
(
: Add
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Swamps.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land - Swamp
Witch's Cottage (eld) 249

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Mill

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Stitcher's Supplier
When this creature enters or dies, mill three cards. (Put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Creature - Zombie
Stitcher's Supplier (tdc) 196

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (brc) 132
Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (brc) 138
Heartless Summoning
Creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creatures you control get -1/-1.
Enchantment
Heartless Summoning (inr) 117
Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
Mind Stone
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Mind Stone (soc) 352
Semblance Anvil
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonland card from your hand.
Spells you cast that share a card type with the exiled card cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Semblance Anvil (som) 201
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (ecc) 58
Stormscape Familiar
Flying
White spells and black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Bird
Stormscape Familiar (pls) 36
Talisman of Dominance
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (drc) 141
The Sibsig Ceremony
Creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever a creature you control enters, if you cast it, destroy that creature, then create a 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature token.
Legendary Enchantment
The Sibsig Ceremony (tdm) 91
Undead Warchief
Zombie spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Zombie creatures you control get +2/+1.
Creature - Zombie
Undead Warchief (plst) TSB-52
Urza's Incubator
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creature spells of the chosen type cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Urza's Incubator (mh3) 297

Ramp

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Recursion

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Gravespawn Sovereign
Tap five untapped Zombies you control: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Creature - Zombie
Gravespawn Sovereign (scd) 79
Havengul Lich
: You may cast target creature card in a graveyard this turn. When you cast it this turn, this creature gains all activated abilities of that card until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Havengul Lich (scd) 231
Liliana, Death's Majesty
+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Mill two cards.
−3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
−7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Liliana, Death's Majesty (drc) 94
Liliana, Untouched by Death
+1: Mill three cards. If at least one Zombie card is milled this way, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
−2: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Zombies you control.
−3: You may cast Zombie spells from your graveyard this turn.
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Liliana, Untouched by Death (scd) 84
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it.
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Legendary Creature - Cleric Zombie
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed (cmm) 173
Osteomancer Adept
Deathtouch
: Until end of turn, you may cast creature spells from your graveyard by foraging in addition to paying their other costs. If you cast a spell this way, that creature enters with a finality counter on it. (To forage, exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food. If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)
Creature - Squirrel Warlock
Osteomancer Adept (blb) 103
Rot Hulk
Menace
When this creature enters, return up to X target Zombie cards from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the number of opponents you have.
Creature - Zombie
Rot Hulk (drc) 98
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.
: 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.
Legendary Creature - God
The Scarab God (drc) 120
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord
Ward—Pay 2 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 2 life.)
: You may cast target Zombie creature card from your graveyard this turn.
Legendary Creature - Zombie Warlock
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord (fdn) 77

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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 - Warrior Zombie
Accursed Marauder (mh3) 405
Boggart Trawler
When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.
Creature - Goblin
Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog (mh3) 243Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog (mh3) 243
Diver Skaab
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, target creature's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
Creature - Zombie
Diver Skaab (vow) 56
Drown in the Loch
Choose one —
• Counter target spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard.
• Destroy target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard.
Instant
Drown in the Loch (clb) 842
Fell the Profane
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
Fleshbag Marauder
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Creature - Warrior Zombie
Fleshbag Marauder (drc) 92
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.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Zombie
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born (inr) 239
Jwari Disruption
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins (znr) 64Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins (znr) 64
Mana Drain
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of
equal to that spell's mana value.
Instant
Mana Drain (2x2) 57
Mana Sculpt
Counter target spell. If you control a Wizard, add an amount of
equal to the amount of mana spent to cast that spell at the beginning of your next main phase.
Instant
Mana Sculpt (sos) 57
Noxious Ghoul
Whenever this creature or another Zombie enters, all non-Zombie creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Creature - Zombie
Noxious Ghoul (plst) LGN-77
Pongify
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.
Instant
Pongify (tdc) 160
Rapid Hybridization
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.
Instant
Rapid Hybridization (soc) 198
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 - Horror Zombie
Ravenous Rotbelly (mic) 22
Sink into Stupor
Return target spell or nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241
Soul Shatter
Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.
Instant
Soul Shatter (scd) 108
Toxic Deluge
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (mh3) 412
Vindictive Lich
When this creature dies, choose one or more. Each mode must target a different player.
• Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
• Target opponent discards two cards.
• Target opponent loses 5 life.
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Vindictive Lich (cmm) 196

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Sac Outlet

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Ashnod's Altar
Sacrifice a creature: Add
.
Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (cmm) 368
Carrion Feeder
This creature can't block.
Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Zombie
Carrion Feeder (plst) MH1-81
Phyrexian Altar
Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Phyrexian Altar (2x2) 311
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Protection from Humans
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card.
, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician (tsr) 336

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Tokens

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Champion of the Perished
Whenever another Zombie you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Zombie
Champion of the Perished (scd) 71
Cleaver Skaab
,
, Sacrifice another Zombie: Create two tokens that are copies of the sacrificed creature.
Creature - Horror Zombie
Cleaver Skaab (mic) 11
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 - Zombie Giant
Diregraf Colossus (mic) 112
Diregraf Horde
When this creature enters, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens with decayed. When you do, exile up to two target cards from graveyards. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Creature - Zombie
Diregraf Horde (mid) 96
Headless Rider
Whenever this creature or another nontoken Zombie you control dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Creature - Zombie
Headless Rider (vow) 118
Necroduality
Whenever a nontoken Zombie you control enters, create a token that's a copy of that creature.
Enchantment
Necroduality (inr) 365

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Tutor

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Corpse Connoisseur
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Unearth
(
: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Corpse Connoisseur (plst) ALA-68
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
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Creature - Zombie Warlock
Grim Servant (mh3) 409
Sidisi, Undead Vizier
Deathtouch
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When Sidisi exploits a creature, you may search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Legendary Creature - Zombie Snake
Sidisi, Undead Vizier (plst) DTK-120
Vile Entomber
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
When this creature enters, search your library for a card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Creature - Zombie Warlock
Vile Entomber (fdn) 616

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{"ops":[{"insert":"The objective of this deck is to build an engine that allows you to repeatedly replay zombies from your graveyard, control the board and then, eventually, win the game.\n\nThe deck's primary way to do this is with the commander (Gisa and Geralf) but there are multiple other cards in the deck that also facilitate your zombie's rebirth. All of which can be used alongside the others for multiple recursions of the same creature in the same turn. The best part is that very little of these cards exile the zombie you'd like to recur, allowing you to repeat the process turn after turn.\n\nThe deck will feel quite slow until you deploy one of your discounters (Urza's incubator, Semblance anvil, heartless summoning etc). Once a discounter is in play you will go from playing 1 zombie a turn to playing 2-3 per turn. The difference is extremely impactful and warrants mulliganing for a discounter. There are enough in the deck to be almost guaranteed to find one upon mulliganing.\n\nOnce your engine is in play you will aim to control the board with the deck's plethora of zombies that interact with the board. Most give you the option of sacrificing themselves to send them to your graveyard, you SHOULD almost always do this as it allows them to be recast later. You can also use the deck's sac outlets to get your zombies back into the graveyard to be reused.\n\nTo win the game you will overwhelm your opponents with zombies over a number of turns, this should be fairly easy as your interaction engine will empty their board of creatures turn after turn.\nAnother very potent win con is the Gray Merchant of Asphodel. You can recur it extremely easily to drain the table out. It is also tutorable with the 4 tutors in the deck.\n\nNotable tutor targets:\nGray Merchant of Asphodel (finisher)\nNoxious Ghoul (board wipe)\nCarrion Feeder (sac outlet)\nGraveborn Muse/Undead Auger (large amounts of card draw)\n\n"}]}
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