Coat of arms could backfire if your playing against elves, goblins, etc. Door of destinies could work or if want to go cheaper (but riskier) metallic mimic
I love ur content. I have a very similar deck to this one. I combine endless ranks of the dead with eldrazi monument and grave crawlers. I know ur going for speed, but some games can take longer bc of those annoying board wipes and flyers. Plus I will never run out of blocker and/or attackers.
Fit in 2-3 Cabal Coffers, 1-2 Army of the Damned, 2 (maybe 3) Noxious Ghoul, and 4 Diregraf Colossus. Unless your opponent is playing zombies, this is almost constant board wipes on their side. But the deck you got here seems legit. Gonna adopt some of your ideas and weave them into mine. I've only focused on amassing a horde of zombies and overwhelming my opponent with sheer numbers and menace, but I really like the deathtouch swing to yours.
My old zombie deck ran 4 Undead Warchief and Nefashu, specifically for late game finishers. I’d usually have them dead early, but it helps to have a contingency plan. Gempalm Polluter is an amazing way to finish an opponent off too. For land, Cabal Coffers could help stack the mana up if the game gets a ways in.
Hey great video!!! I love these tech decks that you make. I got into mtg mainly because of you and started off with your mono green infect. Now me and my gf experiment with different decks thanks to your videos. Keep it up man!
I'm late but an amazing land is Unholy Grotto. It's something like one black mana and flip this card select target creature and put it on top of your library.
In my past zombie deck I ran the entomb/exhume combo entomb 1swamp - search your library for a creature and put it in your graveyard. Exhume 1 colorless 1 swamp each player puts target creature from your graveyard onto the battle field. So that Grave Titan and 2 2/2 zombies on the field turn 2.
Zombie decks are so good. I have been toying with the idea of a zombie token deck with the Liliana that doubles your zombies and running with doubling season.
I had a 100% zendikar/innistrad zombie deck that had basically the same theme. I went 5-1 in my first ever tournament, but only got a foil rift bolt for placing first at the local fnm event lol. Such a fun game, and such a cool, nerdy bunch of people to Get to know and be friends with. Great idea!!! Btw, ot was a vampire nighthawk, bloodchief ascension, vampire hexmage deck. Omg, I loved that deck.
Nameless inversion is a card that I have found to be extremely versatile in this deck. Because it Is a Zombie at all times, it Interacts with: Unholy grotto (return removal), Lord of the undeead (same), Undead warchief (costs 1 less to cast), Gravedefiler (can draw it) Graveborn muse (kills her if she is goes out of control).
Nice deck, check out Grave Pact awesome enchantment, then add a sacrifice outlet like that 2/2 zombie that get +2/+2 when you sacrifice a creature to it. Super happy fun time. Death Baron is so awesome all time favorite zombie.
Warband Gaming Network Dread Wanderer 3x Grave crawler 4x Diregraf ghoul 2x Cryptbreaker 1x Relentless Dead 3x Lord of the undead 3x Lord of the Accursed 4x Death baron 2x Gerald’s messenger 3x Undead warchief 1x Phyrexian obliterator 1x Thoughtseize 1x Fatal push 2x Ultimate price 3x Wrench mind 3x Infurnal tutor 1x Mono Black Mana 23 ~Here you go~
I didn't know that they changed Lord of the Undead to a Zombie. That is good to know; thanks for mentioning it. I have a friend who plays with the goblin from that same set, and we always treated it like it was not a goblin. I checked the rules, and its creature type changed too.
I would sideboard a Coat of Arms, that would help a lot. I would also get rid of one of those 1 drops, and replace it with Graf Harvest. I would also drop the messengers, and put Diregraf Colossus it's cheaper, and a bit better. For the land I would get rid of 2 swamps, and replace them both with Nykthos Shrine to Nyx.
Awesome deck, I've been planning on building zombies but couldn't find a deck I liked that would be a nice guideline. Also you may want to include doom blade; it's 1B and destroys a target non-black creature
Hey I also have a speed zombie deck and for your lands you could add 4 cavern of souls. They enter untapped can add any mana color for the creature type you choose and when you use it for zombie spells they can't be countered. Also you can add Wayward servant since you have Cavern of souls and relentless dead. lol. now you have life gain. If you want to play really risky and speedy add Shepard of rots in. Tap: each player loses life equal to number of zombies you control. lol. then attack. with 2 in play its easy to stack up 10 -12 lose of life not including what you are about to attack with. lol
I think if you put a couple "Subterranean hangers" in there and replace "infernal tutor" with "diabolic tutor" and "ultimate price" with "murder" that would improve this deck a little.
If you're looking to really stick it up their caboose Mr Moss, get yourself some blasting stations, splash white for solemnity, possibly by using dual lands, then blast that messenger out of here, ping for one using blasting station, messenger returns and blasting station untaps. Rinse and repeat. Zombie combo FTW.
Honestly Cryptbreaker could be more powerful in this deck than you think. Since you have so many creatures that come back you can essentially pull two zombies for a major cheep price and tapping one creature, which increases the overwhelm capacity of the deck, though i suppose that's only what I'd do.
Tip... main Grave Titan, find a way I find ways to discard him then pull him back from grave with cheaper cost cards get him and 2 zombies for half the cost and much faster. I do this with 3 to 4 mana. You can use zombify for example. Better cards out there but you get the point. Imagine Grave Titan with +2 +3 +4 and Menace creating an army of other zombies with the same. OP on top of all your other cheap swarm of zombies like Grave Crawler.
You talked about other lands to add. I would suggest Mutavaults, but they aren’t the cheapest. They gain all the tribal bonuses you are throwing around.
Endless Ranks of The Dead? 2gen 2Swamp enchant At upkeep create x 2/2 zombie tokens x= half number of zombies controlled, rounded down (does not specify nontoken, unless errata i'm unaware of exists)
I would personally add Demonic Tutor to this deck to pull a card I want (and not have to show it) and Dark Ritual to get more mana out to get things going even faster.
Thanks for this video I was trying to improve my mono black zombies and I was going to add liliana the last hope. Would she be good to add my main deck and I have whip of erobos as a way of life link and an enchantment that give zombies menace
It's really a shame that the "tutor" cards are all so expensive, good land cards that produce lots are also an arm and a leg. It makes it really hard to get a consistent game, especially when you're running two colours like I am. You just have to hope you get mana of the right colour at the right time and get the cards you need when you need them, with some search library stuff and some beefier lands that wouldn't be a problem but the pay wall is so huge.
I builted a deck similar to this one jhonny, i love your videos could you make an updated version of this video? Thanks again and greetings from a fan from chile
Cryptbreaker is the third best One-Drop Zombie ever printed besides Gravecrawler and Carnophage. A one-of here shows that you do not value card draw high enough.
Love your deck tech! How much is it to put this together? I put together your $40 annoying deathtouch lifelink deck and I love it! Keep it up. Let me know the price minus side board.
dread wanderer gravecrawler diregraf ghoul cryptbreaker relentless dead lord of the undead lord of the accursed death baron geralf's messanger undead warchief pherexian obliterater thoughtsieze fatal push ultimate price wrench mind imfernal tutor
Run 4 or 8 green/black duel land...then add "familiar ground" your opponent may not block with more than one creature....this in effect makes your deck unblockable so long as menace is in play...certainly not critical for the the deck, however, could come in handy against super aggro crazies
Good video, one problem I had though is Lord of the Undead is not a zombie.. It will not get any zombie tribal benefits from other cards. Calling it a zombie seemed a little misleading
Hey, just a heads up but your videos haven't been showing up in my subscription feed the last few days. I have notifications on, but I don't know if this is effecting everyone else. 4 Ghost Quarter in basic land decks are nice, also mutavault can be something to look into.
It showed up a few hours ago, when I came back to check my subscription feed but it definitely wasn't there for the first few hours or so. Good luck and sorry if this was confusing.
I used to have an epic black deck with mostly zombies, whereby (thanks to the Mortal Combat enchantment) if I had 20 creatures in my graveyard, I'd win to game.
Mai not good mono red goblins. Perfect play for mono red goblins I land all the time, Turn 1, 1 drop goblin, usually fanatical firebrand, or raging goblin because haste. Turn 2, Krenko’s Command or Dragon Fodder, because three goblins is better than 1. Turn 3, Goblin Warchief or Goblin Chieftan, because again haste is important with goblins. Turn 4, Krenko, Mob Boss, and tap him instantly create 5 extra goblin’s with haste, who are potentially 2/2’s, and you can also still use goblin grenade after attacking to sack a goblin, and deal five extra damage, which is potentially lethal. Goblin’s are a hard match up for Zombies. A buddy I play with plays a zombie deck, that gets crazy amounts of Zombies, and can go infinite turn 5 or 6, but I consistently burn him out, or just generate too many tokens for him to deal with.
You said “even with the 1/1 counters on geralfs messenger” but with undying you can’t put the 1/1 counters on it unless you don’t plan on him having undying.
One "Coat of Arms" would compliment this deck nicely
I keep picturing a zombie wearing a coat made out of arms :D
Coat of arms could backfire if your playing against elves, goblins, etc. Door of destinies could work or if want to go cheaper (but riskier) metallic mimic
Hello nice deck, that death barons are so expensive tho :D Can I ask you why you don´t use Phylactery Lich?
You can't use Phylactery Lich without artifacts.
I love ur content. I have a very similar deck to this one. I combine endless ranks of the dead with eldrazi monument and grave crawlers. I know ur going for speed, but some games can take longer bc of those annoying board wipes and flyers. Plus I will never run out of blocker and/or attackers.
Fit in 2-3 Cabal Coffers, 1-2 Army of the Damned, 2 (maybe 3) Noxious Ghoul, and 4 Diregraf Colossus. Unless your opponent is playing zombies, this is almost constant board wipes on their side. But the deck you got here seems legit. Gonna adopt some of your ideas and weave them into mine. I've only focused on amassing a horde of zombies and overwhelming my opponent with sheer numbers and menace, but I really like the deathtouch swing to yours.
5:35 What are you trying to do, give me a heart attack!
I love that you narrate all the card text, it lets me watch these when I’m driving or something almost like a podcast
Undead warchief is actually a 3/2 lol
HELL YA!! This is actually a deck I started to build but needed a few tweaks, this helped A LOT! Thanks so much!!!
My old zombie deck ran 4 Undead Warchief and Nefashu, specifically for late game finishers. I’d usually have them dead early, but it helps to have a contingency plan. Gempalm Polluter is an amazing way to finish an opponent off too.
For land, Cabal Coffers could help stack the mana up if the game gets a ways in.
Hey great video!!! I love these tech decks that you make. I got into mtg mainly because of you and started off with your mono green infect. Now me and my gf experiment with different decks thanks to your videos. Keep it up man!
I'm late but an amazing land is Unholy Grotto. It's something like one black mana and flip this card select target creature and put it on top of your library.
For alternate removal I would look into Tragic Slip. It would fit very nicely in the deck.
In my past zombie deck I ran the entomb/exhume combo entomb 1swamp - search your library for a creature and put it in your graveyard.
Exhume 1 colorless 1 swamp each player puts target creature from your graveyard onto the battle field. So that Grave Titan and 2 2/2 zombies on the field turn 2.
Zombie decks are so good. I have been toying with the idea of a zombie token deck with the Liliana that doubles your zombies and running with doubling season.
I had a 100% zendikar/innistrad zombie deck that had basically the same theme. I went 5-1 in my first ever tournament, but only got a foil rift bolt for placing first at the local fnm event lol. Such a fun game, and such a cool, nerdy bunch of people to Get to know and be friends with. Great idea!!! Btw, ot was a vampire nighthawk, bloodchief ascension, vampire hexmage deck. Omg, I loved that deck.
Nameless inversion is a card that I have found to be extremely versatile in this deck. Because it Is a Zombie at all times, it Interacts with: Unholy grotto (return removal), Lord of the undeead (same), Undead warchief (costs 1 less to cast), Gravedefiler (can draw it) Graveborn muse (kills her if she is goes out of control).
Nice deck, check out Grave Pact awesome enchantment, then add a sacrifice outlet like that 2/2 zombie that get +2/+2 when you sacrifice a creature to it. Super happy fun time. Death Baron is so awesome all time favorite zombie.
I started watching your videos a couple days ago, and they are all great! You earned a sub. Keep doing what you do
Insane build man.
It would be awesome if you could build these techs on TCG with a link in the description for people to get these cards ;)
Warband Gaming Network
Dread Wanderer 3x
Grave crawler 4x
Diregraf ghoul 2x
Cryptbreaker 1x
Relentless Dead 3x
Lord of the undead 3x
Lord of the Accursed 4x
Death baron 2x
Gerald’s messenger 3x
Undead warchief 1x
Phyrexian obliterator 1x
Thoughtseize 1x
Fatal push 2x
Ultimate price 3x
Wrench mind 3x
Infurnal tutor 1x
Mono Black Mana 23
~Here you go~
So happy to see a zombies deck on here, been looking to pimp out my mediocre zombies one
I didn't know that they changed Lord of the Undead to a Zombie. That is good to know; thanks for mentioning it. I have a friend who plays with the goblin from that same set, and we always treated it like it was not a goblin. I checked the rules, and its creature type changed too.
I would sideboard a Coat of Arms, that would help a lot. I would also get rid of one of those 1 drops, and replace it with Graf Harvest. I would also drop the messengers, and put Diregraf Colossus it's cheaper, and a bit better. For the land I would get rid of 2 swamps, and replace them both with Nykthos Shrine to Nyx.
Awesome deck, I've been planning on building zombies but couldn't find a deck I liked that would be a nice guideline. Also you may want to include doom blade; it's 1B and destroys a target non-black creature
+Drako 6101 sideboard material for sure
Hey I also have a speed zombie deck and for your lands you could add 4 cavern of souls. They enter untapped can add any mana color for the creature type you choose and when you use it for zombie spells they can't be countered. Also you can add Wayward servant since you have Cavern of souls and relentless dead. lol. now you have life gain.
If you want to play really risky and speedy add Shepard of rots in. Tap: each player loses life equal to number of zombies you control. lol. then attack. with 2 in play its easy to stack up 10 -12 lose of life not including what you are about to attack with. lol
I think if you put a couple "Subterranean hangers" in there and replace "infernal tutor" with "diabolic tutor" and "ultimate price" with "murder" that would improve this deck a little.
I want to see you run this against someone. You've inspired me. I now have a monoblack zombie deck I'm building. I just want to see it in action lol
Interesting deck. I love the art on LOTD, it's so metal, lol.
I recommend Crypt of Agadeem instead of 2 swamps. 2 should do it since they enter tapped, but it will end any mana problems you have.
God I love relentless' dead artwork
It's a damn fine piece of art
+von Krahe Buy the original art
I didn't know I could
Now I know, I'll order it soon, ty
If you're looking to really stick it up their caboose Mr Moss, get yourself some blasting stations, splash white for solemnity, possibly by using dual lands, then blast that messenger out of here, ping for one using blasting station, messenger returns and blasting station untaps. Rinse and repeat. Zombie combo FTW.
Love these deck techs. Even though I will probably never make this deck I love seeing how decks work.
Honestly Cryptbreaker could be more powerful in this deck than you think. Since you have so many creatures that come back you can essentially pull two zombies for a major cheep price and tapping one creature, which increases the overwhelm capacity of the deck, though i suppose that's only what I'd do.
Tip... main Grave Titan, find a way I find ways to discard him then pull him back from grave with cheaper cost cards get him and 2 zombies for half the cost and much faster. I do this with 3 to 4 mana. You can use zombify for example. Better cards out there but you get the point. Imagine Grave Titan with +2 +3 +4 and Menace creating an army of other zombies with the same. OP on top of all your other cheap swarm of zombies like Grave Crawler.
Endless Ranks of the Dead would be a great card for this deck for late game if you aren’t able to beat them earlier in the game
Dark ritual x4 would allow you to bring some of the higher CMC creatures and sorcories, plus I believe that Liliana would thrive with that deck.
You talked about other lands to add. I would suggest Mutavaults, but they aren’t the cheapest. They gain all the tribal bonuses you are throwing around.
Very good zombie deck man. Looks alot like mine but a few different cards.
I like it, short simple and to the point, gonna kill em with zombies. Nice deck, and overall something that looks really fun to play!
Endless Ranks of The Dead?
2gen 2Swamp enchant
At upkeep create x 2/2 zombie tokens x= half number of zombies controlled, rounded down (does not specify nontoken, unless errata i'm unaware of exists)
did they mute your videos?
dread summonings, zombie apocolypse , and phrexian crusaders are the way too go for a zombie deck and for late game army fthe damned just crazy
This is actually quite similar to a deck I built.
A but different, but much like it.
Nicely done, bro.
For a little bit of life gain I recommend trespassers curse, it's in my deck and I run 4 lol thought I'd help
A good card to put is gray merchant of Aspidall
Nicholas Eleftheriou Dirty dirty plays. I love it! Name the deck Gary and friends
I run Crypt Ghast in my Zombie Deck because it makes your Black Mana add one more black Mana to your Mana pool. And it has the extort ability.
I think a soulless one would do well it gains plus one plus one for each zombie on the battlefield and in all graveyards
@badBoyGaming do you happen to have similar version but mono white?
The scarab god. Mandotory for zombie decks, IMO.
Black white blue makes a really good deck. Liliana, the last hope would also compliment this deck
You should fit in 2 endless ranks of the dead from innistrad. 2 colorless and 2 swamp for x extra zombies on each of your upkeeps
Pure luck that I found this 1 minute after it was uploaded. My notification didn't go off :c
I would personally add Demonic Tutor to this deck to pull a card I want (and not have to show it) and Dark Ritual to get more mana out to get things going even faster.
Thorinox dark ritual isn't modern legal....
Wasn't their another deck like this in a previous video. If so then im in luck bc i have a zombie deck like this
+Zavier Ignis That deck wasn't exactly legal, many changes have taken place
I have been building decks that are based on game of thrones. So I have a white walker deck and had to run a giant as well as a zombie dragon.
Thanks for this video I was trying to improve my mono black zombies and I was going to add liliana the last hope. Would she be good to add my main deck and I have whip of erobos as a way of life link and an enchantment that give zombies menace
I was thinking what about one mikaeus, the unhallowed and a sheoldred, the whispered one in the sideboard.
It's really a shame that the "tutor" cards are all so expensive, good land cards that produce lots are also an arm and a leg. It makes it really hard to get a consistent game, especially when you're running two colours like I am. You just have to hope you get mana of the right colour at the right time and get the cards you need when you need them, with some search library stuff and some beefier lands that wouldn't be a problem but the pay wall is so huge.
I wonder if there’s a black spell that gives all your creatures flying. That would make the zombie deck more painful to deal with. XD
FINALLY IVE BEEN WAITING FOR A NEW UPDATED ZOMBIE DECK!!! THX
Don't forget Undead war chief powers himself up as well with +2 +1. So he enters the battlefield as a 3/2.
This makes me realize just how jankie my zombie deck is... I need to start that over from scratch.
I builted a deck similar to this one jhonny, i love your videos could you make an updated version of this video? Thanks again and greetings from a fan from chile
Cryptbreaker is the third best One-Drop Zombie ever printed besides Gravecrawler and Carnophage. A one-of here shows that you do not value card draw high enough.
id use "Stir the sands" i think its called that.
Its a sorcery what costs 6 mana, you may put 3 2/2 black zombie creature tokens onto the battlefield.
Would endless ranks of the undead be good in the sideboard?
Damm you sound like youre havin a good time...also great deck...im more the necro kinda player and you just made a dream deck for me....thx
4 pushes 4 thought seize or at least 2 of and 2 inquisition’s. I want to help you build decks Joey! Your killin me smalls, killin me.
I applaud you sir, this deck of yours is quite exquisite.
+Scotty G. Ty sir
Love your deck tech! How much is it to put this together? I put together your $40 annoying deathtouch lifelink deck and I love it! Keep it up. Let me know the price minus side board.
dread wanderer
gravecrawler
diregraf ghoul
cryptbreaker
relentless dead
lord of the undead
lord of the accursed
death baron
geralf's messanger
undead warchief
pherexian obliterater
thoughtsieze
fatal push
ultimate price
wrench mind
imfernal tutor
Wow perfect timing! I am currently working on a zombie deck
+Warlord Kingdom noice
love these deck techs
Sorry id I just did'nt hear it in the video but how much is this deck?
Run 4 or 8 green/black duel land...then add "familiar ground" your opponent may not block with more than one creature....this in effect makes your deck unblockable so long as menace is in play...certainly not critical for the the deck, however, could come in handy against super aggro crazies
Good video, one problem I had though is Lord of the Undead is not a zombie.. It will not get any zombie tribal benefits from other cards. Calling it a zombie seemed a little misleading
Adam Fancher Lord of the undead has been considered a zombie since 2005.
Hey, just a heads up but your videos haven't been showing up in my subscription feed the last few days. I have notifications on, but I don't know if this is effecting everyone else.
4 Ghost Quarter in basic land decks are nice, also mutavault can be something to look into.
+Justin Tyler I'll contact RUclips about this, I've had issues with hackers before
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It showed up a few hours ago, when I came back to check my subscription feed but it definitely wasn't there for the first few hours or so. Good luck and sorry if this was confusing.
Very cool but at least in Brazil, 2020, each card is around 10 dollars! Expensive
Here what’s a good place to buy cards cuz I’m using amazon and that’s a little pricy
Pricy everywere, this deck is à lot Over $100
what do you use to buy your cards
Money
I used to have an epic black deck with mostly zombies, whereby (thanks to the Mortal Combat enchantment) if I had 20 creatures in my graveyard, I'd win to game.
Id like to see in "endless ranks of the dead" can work here. My friend loves that card too much not to run it.
Is this deck better than the mono green stompy? What do you guys think?
I'm currently trying to make a commander zombie deck.
+Bobby Two Shades Whoa
+Bobby Two Shades Crazy draw ability is a must
Not surprisingly I've included many of the cards you mentioned here.
Cool deck Joey! No metallic mimics?
Would you consider playing bloodghast in this????
+KingZeo24 thought about it!
What format is this deck
What is the prize of the desk? In euros plis
Mikaeus the Unhallowed does some work with both +1/+1 and undying to all your zombezz...stronk
need deck list for this with side board
wheres the tech part?
Is this deck good with batting Mono red Goblins?
Mai not good mono red goblins. Perfect play for mono red goblins I land all the time,
Turn 1, 1 drop goblin, usually fanatical firebrand, or raging goblin because haste.
Turn 2, Krenko’s Command or Dragon Fodder, because three goblins is better than 1.
Turn 3, Goblin Warchief or Goblin Chieftan, because again haste is important with goblins.
Turn 4, Krenko, Mob Boss, and tap him instantly create 5 extra goblin’s with haste, who are potentially 2/2’s, and you can also still use goblin grenade after attacking to sack a goblin, and deal five extra damage, which is potentially lethal.
Goblin’s are a hard match up for Zombies. A buddy I play with plays a zombie deck, that gets crazy amounts of Zombies, and can go infinite turn 5 or 6, but I consistently burn him out, or just generate too many tokens for him to deal with.
Why not a few dark ritual? Makes the deck even faster? Everything is monoblack....I'm no expert by any means I was just curious.
love your deck techs
+Raff's Show I enjoy knowing you watch
I would swap push with tragic slip. Though that is probably just preference.
Maybe a couple of dark rituals? Would help get that grave titan out faster.
what about graf harvest?
Adding 2 grey merchants would be good as well as a sideboard
You said “even with the 1/1 counters on geralfs messenger” but with undying you can’t put the 1/1 counters on it unless you don’t plan on him having undying.
In which format would this deck be competitive?
Would like to see these decks put together in Arena
To bad most of the cards arent in the smartphone game....can you make a build for it 2 ?
i would add another undead war chief and 2 soulless ones
Soulless ones are kind of old school.
Diregraf Colossus
Unbreathing Horde