Tide of the Restless Dead

steelslime37 steelslime37 Water Water Necromancer 163 views Jul 19, 2026 Updated Jul 25, 2026
Constructed Expensive
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Deck Primer

*generated by AI

Core Strategy

You are a mid-to-late game control deck that wins by grinding value out of the graveyard while disrupting enemy positioning.

Early game:

  • Use Raise Militia, Fowl Bones, and Bone Spear to stabilize the board.

  • Establish sites like Open Mausoleum, Dark Tower, or Den of Evil to enable recursion and positioning advantage.

  • Slow the opponent with Mudslide, Thin Ice, and Whirling Blades.

Mid game:

  • Transition into control using Undertow, Riptide, Displace, and Swap

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*generated by AI

Core Strategy

You are a mid-to-late game control deck that wins by grinding value out of the graveyard while disrupting enemy positioning.

Early game:

  • Use Raise Militia, Fowl Bones, and Bone Spear to stabilize the board.

  • Establish sites like Open Mausoleum, Dark Tower, or Den of Evil to enable recursion and positioning advantage.

  • Slow the opponent with Mudslide, Thin Ice, and Whirling Blades.

Mid game:

  • Transition into control using Undertow, Riptide, Displace, and Swap to manipulate units and deny favorable fights.

  • Start leveraging Open Mausoleum, Necronomiconcert, and Master Necromancer to recur threats.

  • Cards like Gnarled Wendigo, Shoggoth, and Lacuna Entity apply pressure while being annoying to remove cleanly.

Late game:

  • You win through inevitability: repeated recursion plus high-value threats like Lord of Lies, Daperyll Vampire, or Dormant Monstrosity.

  • Maelström and Into the Abyss act as reset or swing tools.

  • Your opponent runs out of resources while you keep rebuilding.

Key synergies:

  • Open Mausoleum + cheap undead (Fowl Bones, Bone Jumble) = constant board presence.

  • Water control (Undertow, Riptide, River Rapids) + displacement (Swap, Displace) = positional dominance.

  • Necromancers + Necronomiconcert = scaling recursion engine.

Weaknesses to Cover

  • Fast aggro before your engines come online.

  • High mobility airborne threats if you don’t draw control tools.

  • Site-dependent hands (you run many 1-ofs).

Avatar (1)
1 Necromancer
$0.20
Artifact (4)
1 Drums of Doom
$0.24 5
1 Golden Harp
$0.33 3
1 Panpipes of Pnom
$0.33 3
1 Pendragon Banner
$0.29 4
Minion (33)
3 Bone Jumble
$0.18 Air 1
2 Coy Nixie
$0.36 Water Water 3
2 Daperyll Vampire
$2.12 Air 5
2 Dormant Monstrosity
$0.57 Water Water 7
1 Draconian Bonekite
$3.52 Air Air Air 7
2 Failed Mutation
$0.23 Water Water 4
4 Fowl Bones
$0.08 Air 1
1 Gloam Toads
$0.51 Water Water 5
2 Gnarled Wendigo
$0.20 Water 6
2 Guile Sirens
$0.45 Water Water 3
2 Lacuna Entity
$1.25 Water Water Water 5
1 Lord of Lies
$3.87 Water Water 6
1 Lugbog Cat
$0.30 Water Water 3
2 Master Necromancer
$0.79 Air Air 5
1 Nelly Longarms
$16.65 Water Water 3
1 Order of the Sacred Oak
$0.22 Water Water 3
1 Orm Infestor
$0.70 Water 3
2 Shoggoth
$0.10 Water Water 6
1 Sir Pelleas
$0.34 Water Water Air 3
Magic (26)
2 Abyssal Assault
$0.12 Water Water 4
4 Bone Spear
$0.07 Air 1
1 Call of the Sea
$1.19 Water Water Water 6
2 Displace
$0.13 Air Air 2
2 Grapple Shot
$0.28 Air 3
1 Into the Abyss
$0.67 Water Water 4
2 Necronomiconcert
$0.30 Air Air 5
4 Raise Militia
$0.11 Air 3
3 Riptide
$0.22 Water 2
2 Swap
Water Water 3
1 Symmetric Suffering
$0.43 Water 3
2 Whirling Blades
$0.90 Air Air 5
Site (30)
1 Bureau of Occult Control
$1.12
1 Dark Tower
$0.34 Air
2 Den of Evil
$0.14 Air
1 Dread Thicket
$0.49 Air
1 Elder Ruins
$0.68 Water
1 Floodplain
$1.38 Water
1 Gothic Tower
$0.40 Air
1 Kelp Cavern
$0.93 Water
1 Lighthouse
$3.69 Water Air
1 Lone Tower
$0.33 Air
1 Maelström
$3.84 Water
1 Mismanaged Mortuary
$1.09
2 Mountain Peaks
$1.82 Air Air
3 Mudslide
$0.10 Water
1 Observatory
$5.76 Air
4 Open Mausoleum
$0.13 Air
2 River Rapids
$5.07 Water
2 Thin Ice
$0.51 Water
1 Troll Bridge
$0.63 Water
2 Undertow
$0.47 Water

Avatar (1)

Necromancer

Necromancer

Spellbook (63)

Abyssal Assault 2

Abyssal Assault

 Bone Jumble 3

Bone Jumble

 Bone Spear 4

Bone Spear

 Call of the Sea

Call of the Sea

 Coy Nixie 2

Coy Nixie

 Daperyll Vampire 2

Daperyll Vampire

 Displace 2

Displace

 Dormant Monstrosity 2

Dormant Monstrosity

 Draconian Bonekite

Draconian Bonekite

 Drums of Doom

Drums of Doom

 Failed Mutation 2

Failed Mutation

 Fowl Bones 4

Fowl Bones

 Gloam Toads

Gloam Toads

 Gnarled Wendigo 2

Gnarled Wendigo

 Golden Harp

Golden Harp

 Grapple Shot 2

Grapple Shot

 Guile Sirens 2

Guile Sirens

 Into the Abyss

Into the Abyss

 Lacuna Entity 2

Lacuna Entity

 Lord of Lies

Lord of Lies

 Lugbog Cat

Lugbog Cat

 Master Necromancer 2

Master Necromancer

 Necronomiconcert 2

Necronomiconcert

 Nelly Longarms

Nelly Longarms

 Order of the Sacred Oak

Order of the Sacred Oak

 Orm Infestor

Orm Infestor

 Panpipes of Pnom

Panpipes of Pnom

 Pendragon Banner

Pendragon Banner

 Raise Militia 4

Raise Militia

 Riptide 3

Riptide

 Shoggoth 2

Shoggoth

 Sir Pelleas

Sir Pelleas

 Swap 2

Swap

 Symmetric Suffering

Symmetric Suffering

 Whirling Blades 2

Whirling Blades

Atlas (30)

Bureau of Occult Control

Bureau of Occult Control

 Dark Tower

Dark Tower

 Den of Evil 2

Den of Evil

 Dread Thicket

Dread Thicket

 Elder Ruins

Elder Ruins

 Floodplain

Floodplain

 Gothic Tower

Gothic Tower

 Kelp Cavern

Kelp Cavern

 Lighthouse

Lighthouse

 Lone Tower

Lone Tower

 Maelström

Maelström

 Mismanaged Mortuary

Mismanaged Mortuary

 Mountain Peaks 2

Mountain Peaks

 Mudslide 3

Mudslide

 Observatory

Observatory

 Open Mausoleum 4

Open Mausoleum

 River Rapids 2

River Rapids

 Thin Ice 2

Thin Ice

 Troll Bridge

Troll Bridge

 Undertow 2

Undertow

Element Breakdown

Earth
0% Spells / 0% Cost
0% Sites / 0% Output
Fire
0% Spells / 0% Cost
0% Sites / 0% Output
Water
49% Spells / 57% Cost
50% Sites / 48% Output
Air
46% Spells / 37% Cost
47% Sites / 52% Output

Card Type Breakdown

Artifact 4
Avatar 1
Magic 26
Minion 33
Site 30

Cost Curve

Distribution of card costs in your deck

0 Cost 31 cards
31
33.0% of deck
3 Cost 20 cards
20
21.3% of deck
5 Cost 12 cards
12
12.8% of deck
1 Cost 11 cards
11
11.7% of deck
4 Cost 6 cards
6
6.4% of deck
6 Cost 6 cards
6
6.4% of deck
2 Cost 5 cards
5
5.3% of deck
7 Cost 3 cards
3.2% of deck

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