OFFICIAL: B/x Zombies in Standard ( Heartless, Pox, Aggro etc...)

[Psyren]

too much one ofs and too many directions. its nice to have a theme in mind but now you need to decide how this deck should be play.

this is a list i came up with as a budget build. normally i m playing more blue with snapcasters, Phantasmal Image, Ponder, and Cavern of Souls.

4 Gravecrawler
4 Black Cat
4 Highborn Ghoul
4 diergraf captain
4 Geralf's Messenger
2 Skinrender

4 Sign in Blood
4 Go for the Throat
4 Tragic Slip
4 Smallpox

4 Drowned Catacomb
2 island
16 swamp

[i-am-hades]

This deck is one built on a budget, as the name describes, and is quite effective in its intended field of standard. It has a fair bit of removal and control, which is to be followed by the many copies of either Cemetery Reaper or Diregraf Captain. Deck list is below:

Creatures:

X1 Skinrender
X2 Geralf's Messenger
X1 Grave Titan
X4 Cemetery Reaper
X4 Diregraf Captain
X1 Havengul Lich
X1 Geralf's Mindcrusher
X1 Unbreathing Horde
X1 Solemn Simulacrum
X1 Diregraf Ghoul

Non-Creatures:

X2 Sleep
X2 Dismember
X2 Tragic Slip
X2 Rise from the Grave
X1 Black Sun's Zenith
X1 Cower in Fear
X1 Call to the Grave
X1 Sorin's Vengence
X1 Rooftop Storm
X1 Think Twice
X1 Forbidden Alchemy
X2 Vapor Snag
X1 Go for the Throat
X1 Ring of Xarthid

Lands (Budget Build):

X7 Island
X14 Swamp
X2 Nephalia Drownyard
X1 Drowned Catacomb

I would add in some more spells, like Undying Evil or Corrupt, and definitely more Swamps. I would have about 17 or 18.

[vger]

@I-am-hades,

Corrupt isn't Standard legal.

I do suggest you learning about competitive constructed formats and cards legality, before giving anyone any advice in the Standard forums(or any other competitive constructed forums). I understand that you are enthusiatic and are only trying to help, but you might be making things worse with irrelevant information when you are ill-informed/mis-informed about the formats.

Do note that I am not picking on you, but merely speaking on behalf of every user here.

Thanks for reading.

@Everyone,

Anyway, all these threads should probably be moved to the official sticked thread.

Vger and the Mod Team.

[i-am-hades]

Sorry I got most of my cards from M11 and lose track sometimes.

[Vishop]

Hello my Zombie Unearthing brethren!

I figured I would post my updated deck list for y'all to take a peek at. As of this moment the only changes I'm considering are adding a couple Ratchet Bomb to the sideboard for the ever pesky Oblivion Ring and possibly swapping out the lone mountain for another Cavern of Souls.

Let me know what you think, I'm open to all types of feedback and suggestions!

LIST: http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1032126

[BunnyStew]

So I've been having amazing success with UB Zombies recently ( 4-0'd two FNM's in a row, and won BOTH M13 gameday events (( Gave one of the mats to some 14year old that just started playing, because I'm a nice guy)) As much as I don't want to tarnish the amazing amount of synergy in the deck, do you guys think it would be possible to splash for green and play Rancor? Rancor is good on like every zombie, and the combo of Rancor and Grave Crawler just seems stupid good. Green would also bring a little help to the sideboard with artifact/enchantment hate. Having all of your lands provide black is really a must, so the mana would be really screwed up. What do you guys think? Maybe some shimmering grottos?

[Vishop]

Thinking about trying out this Grixis Zombie build tonight at FNM. Let me know what you guys think otherwise I might just stick to my BR build. Thanks!

Main Deck
3 Blood Artist
2 Bloodthrone Vampire
2 Diregraf Captain
2 Diregraf Ghoul
2 Falkenrath Aristocrat
2 Fume Spitter
4 Geralf's Messenger
4 Gravecrawler
2 Highborn Ghoul
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Phyrexian Obliterator
2 Grimgrin, Corpse-Born


2 Bonfire of the Damned
1 Brimstone Volley
2 Go for the Throat
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of War and Peace
3 Tragic Slip

4 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Drowned Catacomb
7 Swamp

Sideboard
2 Diregraf Ghoul
2 Dismember
2 Duress
1 Falkenrath Aristocrat
1 Geth's Verdict
2 Manabarbs
2 Mortarpod
2 Smelt
1 Zealous Conscripts

[spideyn]

Just curious, when it comes to the typical BR Zombie build, what is the sideboard against green/Thragtusk? I recently got back into standard so I'm kind of out of the loop at the moment. Please advise. Thanks.

[Vishop]

Decided to go with Grixis Zombie Pod to try to make it a little more consistent.

Here's the list, check it out. Let me know what you think.

http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1037993

[acidfromhell]

I think we should start using 1 Ghost Quarter in the Sideboard. Most of us run 4 Phantasmal Image and Gerry Thompson is right when he says that copying Primeval Titan, fetching Ghost Quarter to destroy Ramp's only Kessig Wolf Run is a very strong play.

Also, we should consider running a few copies of Spellskite in the sideboard. It is good against U/W Delver and Naya decks that are bringing in Knight of Glory against us. It might also do some work in the Infect matchup by redirecting the pump and protection spells.

I am going to try it out and I'll post the results here.