I used to play a zombie bidding deck in standard when I was a dumb (happy) little kid. It was the first deck I took to FNM. My version was more aggro than yours, playing aggressive stuff like Vengeful Dead and Undead Warchief. I loved playing bidding getting back Noxious Ghoul to wipe opponent's creatures and Vengeful Dead to pressure their life total. Of course I lost all day to decks like rw Astral Slide.
I like the ability, but I wonder if this is too slow? I always saw the deck more aggro/combo than control, but this may fit the bill vs. other control decks. I like the card, but am having a hard time justifying what to remove.
@ el_pato
There is a more aggro list, that stays mono color for mana consistency and the ability to run more grotto. It accelerated the combo less so I always favored the UBbuild. Read the runes give the deck some extra draw that it really needs in the control match up. Plus, it nicely fuels the patriarch's bidding combo.
If you need help vs. slide deck, board out some cyclers and in stabilizer. This particular deck was tuned more for a goblins matchup (E.g., the 4x festering goblin and 2x infest main deck).
12 Swamp
4 Polluted Delta
3 Island
2 Barren Moor
2 Grand Coliseum
2 Unholy Grotto
4 Noxious Ghoul
4 Putrid Raptor
4 Rotlung Reanimator
4 Festering Goblin
3 Twisted Abomination
3 Withered Wretch
2 Gempalm Polluter
4 Patriarch's Bidding
2 Read the Runes
2 Infest
2 Smother
1 Cruel Revival
3 Call to the Grave
3 Head Games
2 Smother
2 Infest
2 Gempalm Polluter
I like the ability, but I wonder if this is too slow? I always saw the deck more aggro/combo than control, but this may fit the bill vs. other control decks. I like the card, but am having a hard time justifying what to remove.
@ el_pato
There is a more aggro list, that stays mono color for mana consistency and the ability to run more grotto. It accelerated the combo less so I always favored the UBbuild. Read the runes give the deck some extra draw that it really needs in the control match up. Plus, it nicely fuels the patriarch's bidding combo.
If you need help vs. slide deck, board out some cyclers and in stabilizer. This particular deck was tuned more for a goblins matchup (E.g., the 4x festering goblin and 2x infest main deck).
4 Noxious Ghoul
4 Undead Warchief
4 Rotlung Reanimator
4 Carrion Feeder
4 Twisted Abomination
3 Festering Goblin
3 Withered Wretch
3 Gempalm Polluter
4 Smother
3 Patriarch's Bidding
2 Call to the Grave
// Land (22)
18 Swamp
4 Unholy Grotto
4 Cruel Revival
4 Infest
4 Stabilizer
2 Call to the Grave
1 Festering Goblin