Hey all! I am back and I am continuing learning how to build my deck. I will keep it short as I am getting ready for bed. I'm the guy who built this as my first non-precon deck ever. I have gotten extremely strong and helpful feedback from here so I wanted to come back and get some more advice on what creatures or other spells to cut. I am going for zombie graveyard play and mill to play with graveyards for now.
I was going to cut Mystic Remora as when I've played it I have not been to pay the upkeep and play what I needed to out of my hand. This is not a final cut but I just have not had luck with it. I also was NOT scrying and doing the life loss with Scarab God, I missed all my triggers and felt so dumb after. But I am not being hard on myself, it is just something I have to get used to and get into the habit of, it is part of Commander anyway! So what I was going to try was Graveborn Muse and Forgotten Creation.
I am going to cut some counterspells too, this list is as of a day or so ago but today I placed the orders for the new cards. I just don't know what to cut and what to run at this point, it seems like I have a TON of firepower now compared to when I first pieced it together just two weeks ago and now the deck has taken on a life of its own. I tried to work on some token generation too.
Also, I have $40-50 I want to blow at Star City this weekend, any recommendations on heavy hitters I can pick up while I'm saving on cards anyway?? I am thinking maybe Grave Pact and Rise of the Dark Realms.
Maybe take out Zombie Master he's kind of lacking in today's environment for maybe Josu Vess, Lich Knight or some other better zombie tribal card. Unless he is there for nostalgia old school style. (I totally understand that.)
Decree of Pain - In my experience this is either not powerful enough early on or too expensive to cast in the late game. Maybe switch for something like Death cloud or a wipe with a body like Reiver Demon
Some possibilities to consider: Vengeful Dead - Seems like an obvious include Necrotic ooze -Not a zombie but makes use of all those things in your graveyard Extract from Darkness - Thematic and fun.
If you don't mind infinite combos, you could pick up a Phyrexian Altar, which will mill everyone out with Gravecrawler+ any other zombie. I believe it's about $20 for an UMA one. You could also pick up some fetches like Polluted Delta and the less expensive ones that are half fetches in Bloodstained Mire and Flooded Strand. Those are fairly reasonably priced and they can help you with consistency. Or you could blow it all on a Vampiric Tutor.
I'm not a huge fun of Endless Ranks of the Dead or Open the Graves. They are both 5 mana do-nothing enchantments that put a target on you before you've gotten much of any value.
If you don't mind infinite combos, you could pick up a Phyrexian Altar, which will mill everyone out with Gravecrawler+ any other zombie. I believe it's about $20 for an UMA one. You could also pick up some fetches like Polluted Delta and the less expensive ones that are half fetches in Bloodstained Mire and Flooded Strand. Those are fairly reasonably priced and they can help you with consistency. Or you could blow it all on a Vampiric Tutor.
I'm not a huge fun of Endless Ranks of the Dead or Open the Graves. They are both 5 mana do-nothing enchantments that put a target on you before you've gotten much of any value.
I picked up a Phyrexian Altar yesterday! And a Grave Pact. I will pick up the Mire and Strand today at Star City and the #1 item on my list is a Polluted Delta.
In addition to those, I picked up a Polluted Delta, two fetches, a Rise of the Dark Realms, Ponder, Phenax, and a couple other things. Pretty much all that is left on my wishlist for now is cheaper stuff but my deck is pretty stacked now!
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1 The Scarab God
1 Altar of the Brood
1 Ashnod's Altar
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Buried Alive
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Cemetery Reaper
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Cryptbreaker
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Damnation
1 Darkwater Catacombs
1 Death Baron
1 Decree of Pain
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dictate of Erebos
1 Dimir Signet
1 Diregraf Captain
1 Diregraf Colossus
1 Disallow
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Eldrazi Monument
1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
1 Entomb
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Expedition Map
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Forgotten Creation
1 Geth, Lord of the Vault
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
1 Gisa and Geralf
1 Grave Titan
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Gravecrawler
1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
1 Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
1 Haunted Fengraf
1 Hero's Downfall
7 Island
1 Lich Lord of Unx
1 Life's Finale
1 Liliana, Untouched By Death
1 Lord of the Accursed
1 Lord of the Undead
1 Mana Confluence
1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
1 Mindcrank
1 Morphic Pool
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Nirkana Revenant
1 Noosegraf Mob
1 Open the Graves
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Phyrexian Delver
1 Phyrexian Tower
1 Plague Belcher
1 Pull from Tomorrow
1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Relentless Dead
1 Rhystic Study
1 Risen Executioner
1 Rooftop Storm
1 Shepherd of Rot
1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
1 Sol Ring
1 Stitch Together
10 Swamp
1 Tainted Isle
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Thought Vessel
1 Training Grounds
1 Unbreathing Horde
1 Undead Alchemist
1 Undead Warchief
1 Underground River
1 Unholy Grotto
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Victimize
1 Watery Grave
1 Whispering Madness
1 Windfall
1 Winding Canyons
1 Zombie Master
1 Counterspell
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Havengul Lich
1 Mystic Remora
1 Negate
1 Swan Song
The build: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/where-is-your-scarab-god/
Incoming cards are as follows:
Dictate of Erebos
Forgotten Creation
Relentless Dead
Lord of the Undead
Ghoulcaller Gisa
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
I was going to cut Mystic Remora as when I've played it I have not been to pay the upkeep and play what I needed to out of my hand. This is not a final cut but I just have not had luck with it. I also was NOT scrying and doing the life loss with Scarab God, I missed all my triggers and felt so dumb after. But I am not being hard on myself, it is just something I have to get used to and get into the habit of, it is part of Commander anyway! So what I was going to try was Graveborn Muse and Forgotten Creation.
I am going to cut some counterspells too, this list is as of a day or so ago but today I placed the orders for the new cards. I just don't know what to cut and what to run at this point, it seems like I have a TON of firepower now compared to when I first pieced it together just two weeks ago and now the deck has taken on a life of its own. I tried to work on some token generation too.
Also, I have $40-50 I want to blow at Star City this weekend, any recommendations on heavy hitters I can pick up while I'm saving on cards anyway?? I am thinking maybe Grave Pact and Rise of the Dark Realms.
Pickups at Star City possibly include Rot Hulk and Reality Shift.
Decree of Pain - In my experience this is either not powerful enough early on or too expensive to cast in the late game. Maybe switch for something like Death cloud or a wipe with a body like Reiver Demon
Some possibilities to consider:
Vengeful Dead - Seems like an obvious include
Necrotic ooze -Not a zombie but makes use of all those things in your graveyard
Extract from Darkness - Thematic and fun.
Hope this helps.
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I'm not a huge fun of Endless Ranks of the Dead or Open the Graves. They are both 5 mana do-nothing enchantments that put a target on you before you've gotten much of any value.
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I picked up a Phyrexian Altar yesterday! And a Grave Pact. I will pick up the Mire and Strand today at Star City and the #1 item on my list is a Polluted Delta.
Thank you Ken Carson.