I will post a decklist of what I think the goal should be, but that will have to wait until tonight when I get home. But I didn't want to completely overwhelm her with a bazillion mechanics all at once. This is (relatively) basic; play zombies, or things that pump zombies, clear the way for bashing, then bash with zombies. Use reanimation effects to get back your zombies if they die. Bash more. She's learning the game from scratch, and she will probably use the PS3 games to help learn the game when I'm at work.
This is the current list as is, built with cards that I own already. I WILL PROXY better cards once I get a finalized decklist for her. Please make suggestions to the deck that I may have missed. I don't play Zombies often, so I don't know if I missed anything.
So, budget is of no concern, as I will proxy any card to make the deck the best that it can be. I just want to work on a finalized decklist while she uses this decklist for now. Once she gets relatively good at the game, I will start spending some money on her deck (fetchlands, vamp tutor, etc etc) but for now, I will proxy, or just use the cards that I own.
Imo, Cabal Coffers is worth it in any mono black deck, especially when running spells like Exsanguinate and Profane Command, and it gives Geth some serious power.
If you run it, get rid of the fetchlands, put in Expedition Map to fetch it, and Grim Discovery and/or Yawgmoth's Will to recur it.
Don't forget that, while not the best removal, Nameless Inversion is a "zombie", so it can be recurred with Unholy Grotto or Lord of the Undead.
I'm really enjoying some of the suggestions I've seen. Now I just need to find space for some of them ...
I do have a question regarding Cabal Coffers though. How do Coffers help when playing cards such as Death Cloud and Pox? Doesn't Coffers become a somewhat unplayable card when your deck runs these?
OT: Please, master, teach me how did you manage to get your wife into mtg. I'm trying so much with mine, but with no results at all...
Simple. Find a wife who enjoys spending time with you and is willing to learn a new game for that purpose.
On topic: I need to find space. I picked up an It That Betrays. What route is best? Kill control like Edicts or is it not worth it? Any suggestion is appreciated.
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This is the current list as is, built with cards that I own already. I WILL PROXY better cards once I get a finalized decklist for her. Please make suggestions to the deck that I may have missed. I don't play Zombies often, so I don't know if I missed anything.
She wants to use Balthor the Defiled as the General, I just don't own one. So for now, the general is Geth, Lord of the Vault.
1 Geth, Lord of the Vault
Enchantment
1 Bloodchief Ascension
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Grave Pact
Instant
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Corpse Dance
Sorcery
1 Stitch Together
1 Reanimate
1 Profane Command
1 Zombify
1 Dread Return
1 Rise from the Grave
1 Beacon of Unrest
1 Life's Finale
1 Mutilate
1 Barter in Blood
1 Death Cloud
1 Pox
1 Cannibalize
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Cruel Edict
1 Smallpox
1 Innocent Blood
1 Exsanquinate
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Beseech the Queen
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gravecrawler
1 Dauthi Ghoul
1 Boneknitter
1 Withered Wretch
1 Shepherd of Rot
1 Unbreathing Horde
1 Death Baron
1 Cemetery Reaper
1 Zombie Trailblazer
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Skinrender
1 Undead Warchief
1 Soulless One
1 Grave Defiler
1 Noxious Ghoul
1 Corpse Harvester
1 Twisted Abomination
Creature Type - Not Zombie
1 Filth (combo with Zombie Trailblazer)
1 Lord of the Undead
1 Grave Titan
1 Ascendant Evincar
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Avatar of Woe
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Harvester of Souls
1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
Non-Land Colorless
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Mimic Vat
1 Mind Stone
1 Charcoal Diamond
1 Coldsteel Heart
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Caged Sun
Land
1 Temple of the False God
1 Unholy Grotto
1 Homeward Path
1 Vesuva
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Terminal Moraine
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Leechridden Swamp
27 Swamp
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Balthor the Defiled
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Sol Ring
1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
1 Braids, Cabal Minion
1 Duplicant
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Black Market
1 Exquisite Bond
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Marsh Flats
1 Polluted Delta
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Phyrexian Tower
1 High Market
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 All Is Dust
1 Consuming Vapors
1 Damnation
1 Grim Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
So, budget is of no concern, as I will proxy any card to make the deck the best that it can be. I just want to work on a finalized decklist while she uses this decklist for now. Once she gets relatively good at the game, I will start spending some money on her deck (fetchlands, vamp tutor, etc etc) but for now, I will proxy, or just use the cards that I own.
Thanks for your time.
The really good ones:
Gempalm Polluter has won me games.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Call to the Grave
Army of the Damned
Other possibles:
- Vengeful Dead
- Vengeful Pharaoh
- Zombie Master (another Filth)
- Syphon Flesh
Tombstone Stairwell provides some really cool play possibilities.Imo, Cabal Coffers is worth it in any mono black deck, especially when running spells like Exsanguinate and Profane Command, and it gives Geth some serious power.
If you run it, get rid of the fetchlands, put in Expedition Map to fetch it, and Grim Discovery and/or Yawgmoth's Will to recur it.
Don't forget that, while not the best removal, Nameless Inversion is a "zombie", so it can be recurred with Unholy Grotto or Lord of the Undead.
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BB Drana: Down with the Sickness
BWR Kaalia Punisher: Heaven's on Fire
I'm really enjoying some of the suggestions I've seen. Now I just need to find space for some of them ...
I do have a question regarding Cabal Coffers though. How do Coffers help when playing cards such as Death Cloud and Pox? Doesn't Coffers become a somewhat unplayable card when your deck runs these?
Simple. Find a wife who enjoys spending time with you and is willing to learn a new game for that purpose.
On topic: I need to find space. I picked up an It That Betrays. What route is best? Kill control like Edicts or is it not worth it? Any suggestion is appreciated.