Now lets get into all the fun engines this deck has.
voltron
there's tons of fun stuff that you can load on skullbriar here. He comes out turn two and starts beating face. He'll get scary and big fast and stay that way. Load him up with evasion and weapons and keep him sideways. You'll love it when you slide into an opponent with a zombie master and urborg is out, then cast increasing savagery.
Combo
Yes this deck can combo. Gravecrawler is the main cog in the wheel. A gravecrawler+phyrexian altar=lots of fun stuff
-infinite pump with door of destinies
-stack your deck and tutor with jar of eyeballs
-free board sweeps with grave pact
He's also your sack outlet each turn if you get an eldrazi monument out and you don't have tokens online.
oh and lets not forget mikaeus and a sack outlet. Good, wholesome, sacrificial fun.
Then there's the classic nim deathmantle, ashnod's altar, grave titan combo.
...and why is grave titan in here, he's not a zombie? He, makes zombies. That's why. So does endless ranks of the dead, army of the damned, and it all gets really good with doubling season out.
In conclusion
The deck does double duty, it's voltron with a very huge threat that is cheap to dump out even if removed while the aggro threat of the board not only boosts the general, but itself as well. It can fill the board with tokens, or just the lords can get you there on their own. Removal and counters do hurt the deck, but it can explode fast and when it does it's hard to slow it down.
The main thing is this has been my favorite EDH deck yet and I'm looking to make it even better so suggestions are very welcome. Happy hunting.
Update 5/4/12
- svogthos, the restless tomb (never activated it)
+cavern of souls (duh)
2) Caged Sun and Gauntlet of Power-type effects seem strange (a) in a multicolored deck and (b) in a deck that has access to green ramp. Just a thought.
On the whole, a lot of good stuff happening here, though. Good luck!
2) Caged Sun and Gauntlet of Power-type effects seem strange (a) in a multicolored deck and (b) in a deck that has access to green ramp. Just a thought.
On the whole, a lot of good stuff happening here, though. Good luck!
I only have one damnation and it's in another deck... But it will probably be moved over. The caged sun/gauntlet help power up the zombies while doubling the mana. Yet, I'll probably cut them first if something better comes along.
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Clan RepresentativeSorry to burst your bubble grimgrin players, but let me introduce you to the TRUE lord of the undead; Skullbriar.
Why is skullbriar better? he's a zombie tree thing with haste. he's cheap and he kills people. Oh, and he's green. RAMP!
The main focus of this deck is to be all zombies, all flavor, and lots of fun.
The deck:
1 Skullbriar, the walking grave
1 Death baron
1 zombie master
1 lord of the undead
1 cemetery reaper
1 undead warchief
1 Mikaeus, the unhallowed
The dead that do more than just walk, crawl, and smell
1 Glissa, the traitor
1 geth, lord of the vault
1 grave digger
1 phylactery lich
1 undead gladiator
1 unbreathing horde
1 graveborn muse
1 gravecrawler
Card draw
1 sylvan Library
1 phyrexian arena
1 skull clamp
1 sensei's divining top
1 jar of eyeballs
Removal
1 go for the throat
1 naturalize
1 life's finale
1 tragic slip
1 doom blade
1 grave pact
1 sever the bloodline
1 call to the grave
1 Doubling season
1 grave titan
1 army of the damned
1 endless ranks of the dead
Ramp
1 sol ring
1 expedition map
1 cultivate
1 rampant growth
1 kodama's reach
recursion
1 dread return
1 regrowth
1 zombie apocalypse
1 praetor's counsel
Makes things bigger, faster
1 caged sun
1 coat of arms
1 eldrazi monument
1 door of destinies
1 asceticism
1 gauntlet of power
1 genesis wave
1 cover of darkness
Skullbriar's cache
1 increasing savagery
1 loxodon warhammer
1 rancor
1 champions helm
1 darksteel plate
1 swiftfoot boots
1 wispersilk cloak
1 lightning greaves
1 nim deathmantle
1 bear umbra
1 ashnod's altar
1 phyrexian altar
Tutors
1 demonic tutor
1 increasing ambition
Garruk
1 garruk wildspeaker
1 garruk relentless
land
12 swamp
11 forest
1 homeward path
1 cabal coffers
1 unholy grotto
1 temple of the false god
1 oran-rief, the vastwood
1 tainted wood
1 bojuka bog
1 grim backwoods
1 urborg, tomb of yawgmoth
1 command tower
1 woodland cemetery
1 cavern of souls
Now lets get into all the fun engines this deck has.
voltron
there's tons of fun stuff that you can load on skullbriar here. He comes out turn two and starts beating face. He'll get scary and big fast and stay that way. Load him up with evasion and weapons and keep him sideways. You'll love it when you slide into an opponent with a zombie master and urborg is out, then cast increasing savagery.
Combo
Yes this deck can combo. Gravecrawler is the main cog in the wheel. A gravecrawler+phyrexian altar=lots of fun stuff
-infinite pump with door of destinies
-stack your deck and tutor with jar of eyeballs
-free board sweeps with grave pact
He's also your sack outlet each turn if you get an eldrazi monument out and you don't have tokens online.
oh and lets not forget mikaeus and a sack outlet. Good, wholesome, sacrificial fun.
Then there's the classic nim deathmantle, ashnod's altar, grave titan combo.
...and why is grave titan in here, he's not a zombie? He, makes zombies. That's why. So does endless ranks of the dead, army of the damned, and it all gets really good with doubling season out.
In conclusion
The deck does double duty, it's voltron with a very huge threat that is cheap to dump out even if removed while the aggro threat of the board not only boosts the general, but itself as well. It can fill the board with tokens, or just the lords can get you there on their own. Removal and counters do hurt the deck, but it can explode fast and when it does it's hard to slow it down.
The main thing is this has been my favorite EDH deck yet and I'm looking to make it even better so suggestions are very welcome. Happy hunting.
Update 5/4/12
- svogthos, the restless tomb (never activated it)
+cavern of souls (duh)
The EDH stax primer
When you absolutely, positively got to kill every permanent in the room, accept no substitutes.
1) None of the cheaper and/or more versatile sweepers (Damnation, Black Sun's Zenith) even though Life's Finale is included?
2) Caged Sun and Gauntlet of Power-type effects seem strange (a) in a multicolored deck and (b) in a deck that has access to green ramp. Just a thought.
On the whole, a lot of good stuff happening here, though. Good luck!
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Clan RepresentativeI only have one damnation and it's in another deck... But it will probably be moved over. The caged sun/gauntlet help power up the zombies while doubling the mana. Yet, I'll probably cut them first if something better comes along.
The EDH stax primer
When you absolutely, positively got to kill every permanent in the room, accept no substitutes.