Wilhelt, The Rotcleaver - Command Zombie Hordes With This Commander!

For my third deck tech the community voted for, Wilhelt, The Rotcleaver (bonus tournament arc!). This is a Commander I've been playing personally for years. All cards featured are ones I have currently in my deck as of recording. Prices will either be the average price of all prints for the card or the lowest price in the case of any that have any large outliers (A judge promo, for example, will not be counted into an average)
My name is Chris and this is Casual EDH. I love to play Commander and I've been playing for years. I hope to build a community where I can pass along some of my love and knowledge for EDH and MTG in general.
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Creatures
12:39 - Lands
15:33 - Artifacts
17:57 - Enchantments
19: 17 - Instants and Sorceries
22:30 - Cuts & Final Thoughts
#commander #edh #magicthegathering #decktech
If you are looking for an updated card list for this deck, or are interested in any of my other decks (even ones I haven't made a video about) check my decks at the following link www.moxfield.com/users/DMC222

[@CasualEDH]

If you are looking for an updated card list for this deck, or are interested in any of my other decks (even ones I haven't made a video about) check my decks at the following link www.moxfield.com/users/DMC222

[@darthkang_]

Great video, thanks a lot!

[@CasualEDH]

Glad you liked it!

[@bazzam429]

I built mine around sacrifice, one of my favorites. Dictate of Erabos, kindred discovery, grave pact, and grimgrin for an incredibly painful experience for your opponent. Mikaeus is insane. And I even run witchbane orb and other ways to give me hexproof. Deck is pretty good, very fun

[@GreatOldPete]

I play a simillar decklist for some time now and it's super fun and also pretty strong deck. Include some fast mana and it gets scarry as hell, with possible wins on turn 2-3. Urza's incubator also works wonders in this.

[@CasualEDH]

Nice! Incubators are a bit more affordable now than they used to be so definitely a good inclusion!

[@BillcosbyKNOWS]

This is a pretty niche use, but I saw the "Cement Shoes" Equipment recently which is very bad, except for Grimgrin Corpse-Born. +3/+3 doesn't untap during untap step. Between a cast for 1 and an equip for 2, he could start his ramp that much faster. Excellent deck tho, always love a good tribal bash.

[@CasualEDH]

That would be really good tech for a Grimgrin voltron deck. I've played against one once and it was nasty.

[@darksiders18]

if your doing a zombie graveyard recursion theme, then i would recommend the card "Master of Death" for the surveil 2 and you can return it to your hand at the beginning of your upkeep.

[@CasualEDH]

I'll have to take a look at that, thanks!

[@EineChillkroete]

One little nitpick, Geralf doesnt create 2 token copies of the sacrificed zombie. Cleaver Skaab has this effect instead.

[@CasualEDH]

Good catch!

[@MichaelSim291]

Thanks for the video! It's so hard to make a zombie deck! may I know your personal opinion on "Diregraf Captain" and "lord of the undead"?

[@CasualEDH]

I like Diregraf captain, he gives you a little benefit for having your darmy be disposable. Lord of the Undead, if you find yourself with mana available between turn cycles he's alright, but the way I play I generally don't so I don't find him as useful.

[@dnunz6557]

you think that this same decklist can work with scarab god as commander or wilthlt is just better?

[@CasualEDH]

I think it's worth a try with Scarab God, but honestly would expect it's better for Wilhelt just because of the decayed zombies Wilhelt makes. The deck is designed for staying power which Wilhelt just does better.

[@Jonzin4BeatzNYC]

Gravecrawler! Goo infinite ETB andleaves TB which can kill everyone with a plague belcher or diregraf captain...etc With Wilhelt you can make infinite colored mama as you stated or an infinite amount of decayed zombies at instant speed. I've been trying to find a good balance with this deck. I want it to be mid powered, over run the boar table with zombies. I don't want it to focus on the combos. So far my deck is super inconsistant. Great video. I think it will help me tune my deck

[@CasualEDH]

Glad to help! Wilhelt is definitely hard to keep the balance between combo and aggro, I had to tune a while for my play group.

[@Turdburger97]

What power level would you say this deck is?

[@CasualEDH]

In my area, a solid 7. It's very reliable as long as you mulligan correctly (not take risky hands, etc), but not overbearing until you turn the gears up a bit in the midgame. I always warn people when discussing power levels, though, that your local meta is likely different from mine, A 7 where I live might be a 6 in an area with super competitive people or an 8 somewhere with less competitive people. Also, this gets hosed by GY hate and exile effects, so if those are rampant in your area you can drop the number a bit. In a void, though, I think 7 is fair.

[@devilcatz84]

any decklist in one easy glance?

[@CasualEDH]

Sorry but no, the only list is in the video

[@lokumo13]

Highly recommend Rot Hulk.

[@CasualEDH]

I think Rot Hulk would be a great inclusion! Talk about a card needing a reprint though!