Revisiting my first built Commander deck

Deck tech, magic, MtG, MtG Deck Building


I finally got round to revisiting my first ever Commander deck that I built (which was only last year). I never posted that deck list, I just never got round to it.

The deck was a bit unfocused. I described it as having a plan a, plan b, plan c, and if none of them worked a plan d. The deck could make zombies, or play them. But it also had the ability to punish other players for playing the game. So they could lose life for drawing a card, or lose life for discarding one (which I could then force them to do).

I had fun playing the deck. But I just felt it needed a bit of direction.


I decided to stay with the Scarab God as my Commander, and be a bit more focused in the deck to utilising his ability.

So I’m doubling down on zombies. My creatures are zombies, or if they are not I can make them zombies! There are spells in to generate zombie tokens (lots of them). Naturally there are the classic black cards for tutoring and board wipes.

I think I’ve played the deck 3 or 4 times, and it did it’s thing, or tried to. So I’m pretty happy that it is now going in the right direction.

Too many plans Zombie Focused

Creatures:24

1 Proven Combatant

1 Dire Fleet Hoarder

1 Doomed Dissenter

1 Khenra Eternal

1 Miasmic Mummy

1 Tattered Mummy

1 Burnished Hart

1 Desiccated Naga

1 Eternal of Harsh Truths

1 Liliana’s Specter

1 Liliana, Heretical Healer

1 Lord of the Accursed

1 Moaning Wall

1 Plague Belcher

1 Bloodhunter Bat

1 Carrion Screecher

1 Fate Unraveler

1 Gavony Unhallowed

1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury

1 Liliana’s Reaver

1 Liliana’s Shade

1 Vizier of Many Faces

1 The Scarab God

1 Fleet Swallower

Creatures:22

1 Proven Combatant

1 Doomed Dissenter

1 Khenra Eternal

1 Miasmic Mummy

1 Tattered Mummy

1 Desiccated Naga

1 Eternal of Harsh Truths

1 Liliana, Heretical Healer

1 Lord of the Accursed

1 Moaning Wall

1 Plague Belcher

1 Carrion Screecher

1 Gavony Unhallowed

1 Josu Vess, Lich Knight

1 Liliana’s Reaver

1 Vizier of Many Faces

1 Archfiend of Depravity

1 The Scarab God

1 Archetype of Imagination

1 Soul of New Phyrexia

1 Overseer of the Damned

1 Distended Mindbender

Spells:36

1 Dark Salvation

1 Liliana’s Indignation

1 Sentinel Totem

1 Sol Ring

1 Traveler’s Amulet

1 Consign // Oblivion

1 Crook of Condemnation

1 Essence Scatter

1 Liliana’s Caress

1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh

1 Torment of Hailfire

1 Arcane Adaptation

1 Bontu’s Monument

1 Depths of Desire

1 Heartless Pillage

1 Liliana, the Last Hope

1 Never // Return

1 Oath of Liliana

1 Commit // Memory

1 Damnation

1 Diabolic Tutor

1 Liliana of the Dark Realms

1 Mastermind’s Acquisition

1 Raiders’ Wake

1 Contract Killing

1 Dark Petition

1 Increasing Ambition

1 Liliana Vess

1 Liliana’s Mastery

1 Liliana, Death’s Majesty

1 Painful Quandary

1 Revel in Riches

1 Spell Swindle

1 Deadly Tempest

1 Liliana’s Influence

1 Liliana, Death Wielder

Spells:39

1 Dark Salvation

1 Raise Dead

1 Sol Ring

1 Crook of Condemnation

1 Damping Sphere

1 Lightning Greaves

1 Torment of Hailfire

1 Trespasser’s Curse

1 Arcane Adaptation

1 Fortuitous Find

1 Golden Demise

1 Gruesome Fate

1 Infest

1 Liliana, the Last Hope

1 Never // Return

1 Recover

1 Soul Salvage

1 Sudden Spoiling

1 Wander in Death

1 Damnation

1 Dark Bargain

1 Diabolic Tutor

1 Endless Ranks of the Dead

1 Icy Manipulator

1 Mastermind’s Acquisition

1 Settle the Score

1 Torment of Scarabs

1 Dark Petition

1 Final Parting

1 From Under the Floorboards

1 Increasing Ambition

1 Liliana’s Mastery

1 Liliana, Death’s Majesty

1 The Eldest Reborn

1 Vanquisher’s Banner

1 Deadly Tempest

1 Stir the Sands

1 The Immortal Sun

1 Army of the Damned

Lands:40

1 Barren Moor

1 Blighted Cataract

1 Cascading Cataracts

1 Command Tower

1 Cradle of the Accursed

1 Crumbling Vestige

1 Desert of the Glorified

1 Desert of the Mindful

1 Dismal Backwater

1 Dunes of the Dead

1 Evolving Wilds

1 Fetid Pools

1 Ipnu Rivulet

4 Island

1 Mortuary Mire

1 Nephalia Academy

1 Reliquary Tower

1 Rogue’s Passage

1 Skyline Cascade

1 Submerged Boneyard

1 Sunscorched Desert

13 Swamp

1 Temple of the False God

1 Terramorphic Expanse

1 Vivid Marsh

Lands:39

1 Barren Moor

1 Blighted Cataract

1 Cascading Cataracts

1 Command Tower

1 Cradle of the Accursed

1 Crumbling Vestige

1 Desert of the Glorified

1 Desert of the Mindful

1 Dismal Backwater

1 Dunes of the Dead

1 Evolving Wilds

1 Fetid Pools

1 Ipnu Rivulet

4 Island

1 Mortuary Mire

1 Nephalia Academy

1 Reliquary Tower

1 Rogue’s Passage

1 Skyline Cascade

1 Submerged Boneyard

1 Sunscorched Desert

12 Swamp

1 Temple of the False God

1 Terramorphic Expanse

1 Vivid Marsh

That’s my Scarab God Zombie Deck. What cards would you replace?

9 thoughts on “Revisiting my first built Commander deck”

  1. Looks good, I would use army of the damned just for a laugh but not sure what to swap out, maybe icy manipulator so I can keep some friends.

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          1. As a class we were considering starting our own MTG club in Huntingdon, seeing if we could book out the library room. Nothing has been confirmed but I’ll be at the Hobit hole on the 7th July, unfortunately not making the prerelease anymore.

          2. That’s a cool idea. If you were older you could approach a local pub if they minded you using their place. If it was weekends I’m sure you could convince Dale and me to pop along and play from time to time.
            Shame about the prerelease. But we’ll have to play Commander on the 7th July if we can get a couple of others to play too.

          3. Indeed, I’m sure I can rally a few people over to chatteris. Dale said he’s up for the club we may start but apparently I have to be quiet in a library???

          4. Oh I’d have to see that. Bob silent rage quits, that could be a new internet meme

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