Mono Black-Zombie-Artifact

by finchar on 09 March 2011

Main Deck (61 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Enchantments (4)

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Deck Description

Zombies that get stronger in numbers wile damaging the opponent with artifacts.

A good first hand has "Vault of Whispers","Dark Ritual" and "Phylactery Lich" - 1st turn play "Vault of Whispers" then "Dark Ritual" then "Phylactery Lich" and you got a 5/5 indestructible on 1st turn.

12 creature spells strengthen zombies.
4 creature spells reduce the mana cost of zombies.

Use artifacts to strengthen zombies.
Use "Cemetery Reaper","Oversold Cemetery" and "Lord of the Undead" with "Door Of Destinies" for amplified strength.

Sideboard-for land destroy add "Blight","Contaminated Ground" and "Sinkhole".

Deck Tags

  • Creature-Based

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Mono Black-Zombie-Artifact

If any one knows of any good low cost zombies or good low cost spells please let me no and ill see what I can do with them thanks.

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Posted 09 March 2011 at 18:16

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Hello. Looks like you have a lot of what you need for a great zombie deck with a good mana curve. However I have a few suggestions for you to consider.

First off, Zombie Master is a zombie now due to errata of the card. It now reads that OTHER zombies have swamp walk and regenerate.
Official link: http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=202440

I saw you were running Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth earlier which mixed with Zombie Master is very powerful.

In my opinion if you are going to run Phylactery Lich you need 4 and you need to build the deck around him with lots of artifacts. Vault of Whispers is great and is the best way to get him out early. If you aren't going to focus more on him you are better off taking him and most of the artifacts out. If you don't run 4 of him focus more on Zombie master and swamp walk and land destruction.

Also Bad Moon and gauntlet of power can really hurt you if you are playing against another black deck. Or Power gauntlet can hurt you if you play Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth.

All zombie decks can use 1 or 2 Unholy Grotto.

Gempalm Polluter Is a great card because of its cycle ability and you can keep pulling him out of your graveyard with Grotto, Lord of the undead, and Oversold Graveyard.

I also would run 2 more Undead Warchief instead of 2 Soulless one because having a lot of powerful creatures is better than one big creature.

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Posted 10 March 2011 at 11:37

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thanks thats a lot to consiter but ill start piecing it out and see what i can do

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Posted 10 March 2011 at 11:44

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Posted 10 March 2011 at 14:14

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No problem. This deck looks very good to me.

Energy chamber is a great addition.

I am not completely sold on 4 clasps but I can see it being pretty effective. How about 2 or 4 Darksteel axe instead? Its good for getting Lich out early plus you can equip him with it and have a 7/5 indestructible very early in the game.

If you keep clasp in how about some of the lands that deal with counters? Peat Bog or Subteranean Hangar. Not sure how well they would work out but I could be a good idea.

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Posted 10 March 2011 at 14:16

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interesting havent heard of those ill look in to them and see what elts can be done and thanks for the helpful advice

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Posted 10 March 2011 at 14:38

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i love the lands u suggested but i think im gona use them in a diffrent deck and the darksteel axe im defentley gona throw in it goes very good with the Lich as u said thanks again for the extra input.

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Posted 10 March 2011 at 14:51

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No problem. Feel free to return the favor one day. :-)

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Posted 10 March 2011 at 15:47

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lol ya i have left some advice hear and their but I am pretty new to mtg and still got a lot to learn lol but all in all i got a killer collection for a beginner cus i buy ppls collections and in result have some pree nasty decks i use this site to see what deck i want to advance and the cost of cards but i like how their are lots of ppl like u for example who offer good advice and info so thanks again and thanks to every one wh helps out with my decks

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Posted 10 March 2011 at 17:26

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Very nice Zombie deck... I don't know if you've noticed how helpful Grave Defiller can be but it is good at keeping a steady flow of zombies into your hand periodically. Otherwise good solid deck. I like it.

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Posted 11 March 2011 at 10:00

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thanks ill check out Grave Defiller and see if i can fit it in some wear

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Posted 11 March 2011 at 12:41

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