Beyond damage, you can get a few other decent payoffs
What makes it especially good in a Zombie deck, aside from the fact that most Zombies are Black Creatures, is that you can probably recur it with ease
All of these cards represent something Magic did especially well in 2025: bold design, expressive mechanics, and the confidence to let players find their own best cards along the way
Golgari Demons with Llanowar Elves 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal 2 Anoint with Affliction 4 Archfiend of the Dross 4 Blooming Marsh 3 Cut Down 6 Forest 3 Glissa Sunslayer 4 Go for the Throat 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Llanowar Wastes 4 Mosswood Dreadknight 1 Preacher of the Schism 4 Restless Cottage 1 Scavenging Ooze 2 Sentinel of the Nameless City 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 2 Soulstone Sanctuary 5 Swamp 1 Tranquil Frillback 4 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber 2 Choking Miasma 2 Dreams of Steel and Oil 3 Duress 2 Ghost Vacuum 2 Gix's Command 1 Nissa, Ascended Animist 2 Tear Asunder 1 Vivien Reid Fletcher Johnson secured a Top 8 finish at the $10,000 RCQ at SCG CON Columbus with a deck that showcases the evolving face of this archetype
So many of these cards are great, but I really dig these Clattering Skeletons by Phil Stone
As a Final Fantasy fan whos never really touched FFXIV, the character names just come off as bizarre and off-putting for that deck especially
