MTG Salvation

Created with an eye to using graveyards (especially my opponents) as recruitment centers for bodies as well as to return my creatures that have been sent to the graveyard. A strong zombie deck that performs as it expected (a little big weak against flyers, mass removal, and burn).

I have been thinking of splashing white to add some other options to the deck. In particular Binding Mummy, Corpse Knight, Wayward Servant, and Unraveling Mummy. Of course I will add Godless Shrine and Unclaimed Territory to provide for the source of white mana.

Another thing that I am considering is addition Undead Augur instead of Vanquisher's Banner. If do add the Augur so then I will need to offset the lose of life by splashing some white as well adding Reliquary Tower in order to retain my drawn cards or adding Gravepurge to restock my library with creatures.

I appreciate any and all help in helping make this deck more powerful then it is.

You need to play Undead Augur and Relentless Dead in your maindeck as they're some of the best zombies for your deck.
They're much better than Eternal Taskmaster and Highborn Ghoul.

Carrion Feeder is the best zombie 1-drop besides Gravecrawler and should be in the maindeck as well, I'd add it over Graf Harvest.
Cryptbreaker is also very good and much better than Endless Ranks of the Dead as it can be used earlier and also draw you cards besides making tokens.

Unearth is probably a better option than Ghoulcaller's Chant as it puts the creature back into play and can also be cycled away if there are no targets for it.

Geralf's Messenger is much better than Ghoulraiser and a solid 3-drop for the deck.
Plague Belcher is also not bad (especailly with Carrion Feeder to trigger it at will) but is probably not as good as the other 3-drops (Lords, Colossus, Messenger).

I'm most concerned at the number of lands here. Most decks that are hoping to get up to three drops and four drops to curve out play upwards of 23 lands, I'd play 24 myself. You may not want to cut spells to add lands, but if you want your deck to be consistent and to be able to battle other decks at FNM, you will greatly appreciate the change.

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You need to play Undead Augur and Relentless Dead in your maindeck as they're some of the best zombies for your deck.
They're much better than Eternal Taskmaster and Highborn Ghoul.

Carrion Feeder is the best zombie 1-drop besides Gravecrawler and should be in the maindeck as well, I'd add it over Graf Harvest.
Cryptbreaker is also very good and much better than Endless Ranks of the Dead as it can be used earlier and also draw you cards besides making tokens.

Unearth is probably a better option than Ghoulcaller's Chant as it puts the creature back into play and can also be cycled away if there are no targets for it.

Geralf's Messenger is much better than Ghoulraiser and a solid 3-drop for the deck.
Plague Belcher is also not bad (especailly with Carrion Feeder to trigger it at will) but is probably not as good as the other 3-drops (Lords, Colossus, Messenger).

Thanks for the card ideas and helping me see that Cryptbreaker is better then Endless Ranks of the Dead. I was thinking of adding Liliana, the Last Hope over Endless Ranks of the Undead and Cryptbreaker although I am not a big fan of planewalkers.

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I'm most concerned at the number of lands here. Most decks that are hoping to get up to three drops and four drops to curve out play upwards of 23 lands, I'd play 24 myself. You may not want to cut spells to add lands, but if you want your deck to be consistent and to be able to battle other decks at FNM, you will greatly appreciate the change.

I do have a slight problem of seeing a card and wanting to play it without really thinking it over. I will have to rebuild this deck soon to address this problem.

Liliana, the Last Hope is a good option and another good PW for the deck can be Liliana, Untouched by Death.

Cryptbreaker is a must-have in my opinion as it does everything you want in this deck.

Your SB could also be improved with:
Discard spells (Thoughtseize/Inquisition of Kozilek/Collective Brutality), Creature removal (Fatal Push, Victim of Night/Cast Down, Defile), GY-hate (Withered Wretch, Nihil Spellbomb) and some land hate (Fulminator Mage/Rain of Tears) as well as activated abilities hate
(Pithing Needle/Sorcerous Spyglass/Phyrexian Revoker).

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Liliana, the Last Hope is a good option and another good PW for the deck can be Liliana, Untouched by Death.

Cryptbreaker is a must-have in my opinion as it does everything you want in this deck.

Your SB could also be improved with:
Discard spells (Thoughtseize/Inquisition of Kozilek/Collective Brutality), Creature removal (Fatal Push, Victim of Night/Cast Down, Defile), GY-hate (Withered Wretch, Nihil Spellbomb) and some land hate (Fulminator Mage/Rain of Tears) as well as activated abilities hate
(Pithing Needle/Sorcerous Spyglass/Phyrexian Revoker).

Thanks for all of the Ideas and I will have to look into all of them.

As you can see with the version 2 of this deck I have added the suggestion mentioned above as well as added 4 more lands as this deck requires additional mana sources. With the addition of Mortuary Mire I will be able to return a creature to the library and on my next draw into my hand. It isn’t perfect as I can’t use the land right away for mana but it does allow me to regain a creature

I appreciate any and all help in helping make this deck more powerful then it is.

If you want to see how this draws just follow this link below:

https://www.mtgsalvation.com/decks/12682-army-of-the-damned