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The Nantuko Husk idea is so fun I can't NOT play it. Sac every zombie, make twice as many. That's just fun times.
I like the Polluter over my shepherd of rot too. It's more selective but it also spares me so I'll take that plus a cantrip. And since he's in and I don't know why I didn't have the unholy grotto to begin with, that's an auto include.
The Sovereign was a nice tip too, recursion in a sac based deck is helpful.
As for the Mantle and the Staff, I like them both. I'd even looked at the staff previously but I don't have that much more room. Right now as far as untaps I have the Magewright's Stone, The Thornbite Staff and the Thousand-Year Elixir. I can see how I might want more but I don't know what I want to cut for them. That said the Staff has other relevant abilities and with enough mana (and I generate plenty) it's super reusable so I'll keep looking for a cut. The Mantle is also fun but I'm less concerned about. That said it's a nice finisher against non-black, non-artifact board state if I can pump up gisa and use Shizo, Death's Storehouse to push her through.
Since you're mono black, you can look into some Lash cards. Korlash, Heir to Blackblade can be a solid finisher and is a zombie to boot. Lashwrithe and Nightmare Lash are equip versions of him. All of those cards typically come with pretty high power/toughness and the equips will allow you get a ton of value out of Gravecrawler and your other recursive cards.
The Lash cards are a welcome addition, giving some beaters that can always be sac'd into a boatload of zombies. I only had room for two so I chose Korlash, Heir to Blackblade (since he's a zombie) and Lashwrithe since it comes in as a creature if needed.
Whoops, I'd made an earlier edit to take out the unbreathing horde but I must've taken him out instead. Yes, he's in the 99.
I had initially overlooked the Graveborn Muse but testing her again I like her a lot more than Disciple of Bolas in this deck. The disciple add's life which I'll miss but I think I get more value out of the muse. I'm also running Noxious Ghoul over the Maalfeld Twins since they never really do that much. I was running Shepherd of Rot but I've actually cut him recently in favor of Gempalm Polluter.
Thanks for the help as always. I'm still looking for room to add in the Staff of Domination, perhaps I'll keep looking into the Eldrazi Monument as well. If you think of any more cards, or if you see a card that I can probably do without shout it out.
1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
ARTIFACTS
1 Coat of Arms
1 Expedition Map
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Illusionist's Bracers
1 Lashwrithe
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Magewright's Stone
1 Mimic Vat
1 Phyrexian Altar
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
1 Thornbite Staff
1 Thousand-Year Elixir
1 Whip of Erebos
CREATURES
1 Adaptive Automaton
1 Cemetery Reaper
1 Death Baron
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Gempalm Polluter
1 Geralf's Messenger
1 Grave Titan
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Gravecrawler
1 Gravedigger
1 Gravespawn Sovereign
1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
1 Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
1 Liliana's Reaver
1 Lim-Dûl the Necromancer
1 Lord of the Undead
1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
1 Nantuko Husk
1 Shriekmaw
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Soulless One
1 Spiteful Returned
1 Undead Warchief
1 Vengeful Pharaoh
1 Waning Wurm
1 Attrition
1 Call to the Grave
1 Contamination
1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
1 Grave Betrayal
1 Phyrexian Arena
SPELLS
1 Cruel Revival
1 Sudden Death
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Army of the Damned
1 Decree of Pain
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Praetor's Grasp
1 Rise from the Grave
1 Syphon Flesh
1 Zombie Apocalypse
WALKERS
1 Liliana Vess
1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
1 Sorin Markov
LANDS
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
1 Inkmoth Nexus
1 Leechridden Swamp
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1 Polluted Mire
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
24 Snow-Covered Swamp
1 Spawning Pool
1 Temple of the False God
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Unholy Grotto
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Vesuva
edit: 1.1; -1 Shepherd of Rot, +1 Gempalm Polluter; -1 Unbreathing Horde, +1 Nantuko Husk; -1 Stronghold Assassin, +1 Attrition; -1 Terrus Wurm, +1 Gravespawn Sovereign; -1 Swamp, +1 Unholy Grotto.
edit: 1.2; -1 Disciple of Bolas, +1 Graveborn Muse; -1 Vile Rebirth, +1 Contamination; -1 Rings of Brighthearth, +1 Lashwrithe; -1 Wright of Precinct Six, +1 Korlash, Heir to Blackblade; -1 Maalfeld Twins, +1 Noxious Ghoul.
Just a fun deck with a fun new commander. There's an infinite combo but I try not to do those. I just wanna have fun with waves and waves of zombies.
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RGW Rith, the Awakener
BRG Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
UBR Nicol Bolas
GWU Treva, the Renewer
RWU Numot, the Devastator
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The Nantuko Husk idea is so fun I can't NOT play it. Sac every zombie, make twice as many. That's just fun times.
I like the Polluter over my shepherd of rot too. It's more selective but it also spares me so I'll take that plus a cantrip. And since he's in and I don't know why I didn't have the unholy grotto to begin with, that's an auto include.
The Sovereign was a nice tip too, recursion in a sac based deck is helpful.
As for the Mantle and the Staff, I like them both. I'd even looked at the staff previously but I don't have that much more room. Right now as far as untaps I have the Magewright's Stone, The Thornbite Staff and the Thousand-Year Elixir. I can see how I might want more but I don't know what I want to cut for them. That said the Staff has other relevant abilities and with enough mana (and I generate plenty) it's super reusable so I'll keep looking for a cut. The Mantle is also fun but I'm less concerned about. That said it's a nice finisher against non-black, non-artifact board state if I can pump up gisa and use Shizo, Death's Storehouse to push her through.
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I LIKE DRAGONS!
Was Graveborn Muse intentionally dismissed or just overlooked? You can sack it to turn it off if that is a concern.
Eldrazi Monument is perfect here.
Undead Warchief ummm whats not to love?
Noxious Ghoul? Im not 100% on if this is awesome or overkill?!?1?
Shepherd of Rot
The Lash cards are a welcome addition, giving some beaters that can always be sac'd into a boatload of zombies. I only had room for two so I chose Korlash, Heir to Blackblade (since he's a zombie) and Lashwrithe since it comes in as a creature if needed.
Whoops, I'd made an earlier edit to take out the unbreathing horde but I must've taken him out instead. Yes, he's in the 99.
I had initially overlooked the Graveborn Muse but testing her again I like her a lot more than Disciple of Bolas in this deck. The disciple add's life which I'll miss but I think I get more value out of the muse. I'm also running Noxious Ghoul over the Maalfeld Twins since they never really do that much. I was running Shepherd of Rot but I've actually cut him recently in favor of Gempalm Polluter.
Thanks for the help as always. I'm still looking for room to add in the Staff of Domination, perhaps I'll keep looking into the Eldrazi Monument as well. If you think of any more cards, or if you see a card that I can probably do without shout it out.
CUBE: http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/73964;jsessionid=2DE1F5FF41A24820A137448A2FD5CF8F
I LIKE DRAGONS!