Shared Commander deck
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver - Zombie tokens, sacrifice, and card draw
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver · BU · 100 cards · 37 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 39Instants 11Sorceries 1Artifacts 7Enchantments 4Lands 37
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Strategy
Wilhelt makes a decayed Zombie whenever another Zombie dies and converts a Zombie into a card at each end step. The deck is a classic Zombie tribal build that profits from its creatures dying, which makes combat and removal both favourable for you.
Early: Cheap Zombies and recursion. Gravecrawler recurs from the graveyard endlessly, and Diregraf Colossus turns every Zombie cast into another token.
Mid: With Wilhelt out, every Zombie death produces a replacement and the end-step trigger draws a card. Plague Belcher and Undead Augur turn the same deaths into damage and more draw.
Late: Rooftop Storm makes every Zombie free to cast, which with Gravecrawler produces an arbitrarily large board. The Scarab God steals from opponent graveyards and drains the table.
Win conditions: A wide Zombie board attacks for lethal, or The Scarab God upkeep drain finishes opponents who stabilise the ground.
- Gravecrawler - Endlessly recurring Zombie for sacrifice loops
- Rooftop Storm - Free Zombies enable near-infinite value
- Diregraf Colossus - Token for every Zombie cast
- The Scarab God - Drain engine and graveyard theft
~$190.32
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior
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.
Creatures (39)
Carrion Feeder
Creature — Zombie
$1.99
This creature can't block.
Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Champion of the Perished
Creature — Zombie
$0.54
Whenever another Zombie you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Cryptbreaker
Creature — Zombie
$0.37
{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 lose 1 life.
Gravecrawler
Creature — Zombie
$0.93
This creature can't block.
You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.
Shambling Ghast
Creature — Zombie
$0.31
When this creature dies, choose one —
• Target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
• Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Accursed Marauder
Creature — Zombie Warrior
$0.27
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.
Putrid Goblin
Creature — Zombie Goblin
$0.44
Persist (When this creature 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.)
Undead Augur
Creature — Zombie Wizard
$0.15
Whenever this creature or another Zombie you control dies, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord
Legendary Creature — Zombie Warlock
$0.53
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.)
{T}: You may cast target Zombie creature card from your graveyard this turn.
Acererak the Archlich
Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard
$4.75
When Acererak enters, if you haven't completed Tomb of Annihilation, return Acererak to its owner's hand and venture into the dungeon.
Whenever Acererak attacks, for each opponent, you create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token unless that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Cemetery Reaper
Creature — Zombie
$0.33
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
{2}{B}, {T}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Death Baron
Creature — Zombie Wizard
$1.14
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.)
Diregraf Captain
Creature — Zombie Soldier
$0.32
Deathtouch
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever another Zombie you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life.
Diregraf Colossus
Creature — Zombie Giant
$0.96
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.
Fell Stinger
Creature — Zombie Scorpion
$0.18
Deathtouch
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Fleshbag Marauder
Creature — Zombie Warrior
$0.21
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Gleaming Overseer
Creature — Zombie Wizard
$0.11
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.
Headless Rider
Creature — Zombie
$1.67
Whenever this creature or another nontoken Zombie you control dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Liliana's Standard Bearer
Creature — Zombie Knight
$0.21
Flash
When this creature enters, draw X cards, where X is the number of creatures that died under your control this turn.
Lord of the Accursed
Creature — Zombie
$0.16
Other Zombies you control get +1/+1.
{1}{B}, {T}: All Zombies gain menace until end of turn.
Midnight Reaper
Creature — Zombie Knight
$0.23
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, this creature deals 1 damage to you and you draw a card.
Plague Belcher
Creature — Zombie Beast
$0.41
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.
Warren Soultrader
Creature — Zombie Goblin Wizard
$17.14
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.")
Cleaver Skaab
Creature — Zombie Horror
$4.18
{3}, {T}, Sacrifice another Zombie: Create two tokens that are copies of the sacrificed creature.
Corpse Augur
Creature — Zombie Wizard
$0.12
When this creature dies, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of creature cards in target player's graveyard.
Gisa and Geralf
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
$0.3
When Gisa and Geralf enters, mill four cards.
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a Zombie creature spell from your graveyard.
Graveborn Muse
Creature — Zombie Spirit
$4.3
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw X cards and lose X life, where X is the number of Zombies you control.
Overcharged Amalgam
Creature — Zombie Horror
$0.38
Flash
Flying
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability.
Prowling Geistcatcher
Creature — Human Rogue
$0.37
Whenever you sacrifice another creature, exile it. If that creature was a token, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return each card exiled with it to the battlefield under your control.
Tomb Tyrant
Creature — Zombie Noble
$2.53
Other Zombies you control get +1/+1.
{2}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return a Zombie creature card at random from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your turn and only if there are at least three Zombie creature cards in your graveyard.
Undead Warchief
Creature — Zombie
$3.12
Zombie spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Zombie creatures you control get +2/+1.
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Creature — Zombie
$0.66
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.)
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior
$1.96
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.
Hordewing Skaab
Creature — Zombie Horror
$5.99
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.
Noxious Ghoul
Creature — Zombie
$1.32
Whenever this creature or another Zombie enters, all non-Zombie creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Prophet of the Scarab
Creature — Zombie Wizard
$0.25
Vigilance
When this creature enters, draw cards equal to the number of Zombies you control or the number of Zombie cards in your graveyard, whichever is greater.
Ravenous Rotbelly
Creature — Zombie Horror
$0.49
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.
The Scarab God
Legendary Creature — God
$2.64
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.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Legendary Creature — Zombie Cleric
$21.96
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.)
Instants (11)
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Instant
$3.04
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Corrupted Conviction
Instant
$0.35
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Culling the Weak
Instant
$6.94
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.
Village Rites
Instant
$0.34
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Cyclonic Rift
Instant
$29.74
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Deadly Dispute
Instant
$0.3
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Aetherspouts
Instant
$0.76
For each attacking creature, its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
Sorceries (1)
Empty the Laboratory
Sorcery
$0.99
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.
Artifacts (7)
Wayfarer's Bauble
Artifact
$0.3
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Arcane Signet
Artifact
$0.34
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Talisman of Dominance
Artifact
$0.43
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Commander's Sphere
Artifact
$0.2
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Enchantments (4)
Black Market Connections
Enchantment
$10.11
At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
Necroduality
Enchantment
$5.92
Whenever a nontoken Zombie you control enters, create a token that's a copy of that creature.
Black Market
Enchantment
$4.86
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.
Rooftop Storm
Enchantment
$2.35
You may pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for Zombie creature spells you cast.
Lands (37)
Accursed Duneyard
Land
$0.43
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: 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.)
Bojuka Bog
Land
$0.9
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
{T}: Add {B}.
Castle Locthwain
Land
$1.38
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp.
{T}: Add {B}.
{1}{B}{B}, {T}: Draw a card, then you lose life equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Choked Estuary
Land
$0.31
As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.
Command Tower
Land
$0.18
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Crypt of Agadeem
Land
$3.62
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.
{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each black creature card in your graveyard.
Drowned Catacomb
Land
$0.45
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.
Mortuary Mire
Land
$0.3
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}.
Path of Ancestry
Land
$0.21
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Spymaster's Vault
Land
$1.89
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp.
{T}: Add {B}.
{B}, {T}: Target creature you control connives X, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)
Sunken Hollow
Land — Island Swamp
$0.3
({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Tainted Isle
Land
$1.59
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Legendary Land
$10.51
{T}: Add {B}.
Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Temple of Deceit
Land
$0.19
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.
Unholy Grotto
Land
$0.48
{T}: Add {C}.
{B}, {T}: Put target Zombie card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Basic lands: 14 Swamp 5 Island
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