At this point, I can say that we never stop innovating in the Standard metagame. That can be attested by the recent success of the archetype nicknamed “The Aristocrats” in Pro Tour Gatecrash in Montreal. Another version of the Zombies deck also emerged, having White as its second color. Why not we combine the two?

I present you Zombie Aristocrats.

Lands
4 Dragonskull Summit
3 Orzhov Guildgate
5 Swamp
4 Isolated Chapel
4 Godless Shrine
4 Blood Crypt

Creatures
4 Diregraf Ghoul
4 Gravecrawler
4 Geralf’s Messenger
4 Cartel Aristocrat
3 Falkenrath Aristocrat
3 Blood Artist
2 Obzedat, Ghost Council
2 Skirsdag High Priest

Spells
1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
1 Bone Splinters
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Tragic Slip
2 Lingering Souls
1 Victim of Night
3 Orzhov Charm

The red splash for Falkenrath Aristocrat gives you a lot of card interactions in various board setup. That made me considers on adding Skirsdag High Priest to benefit more on Morbid triggers. A hasty 4/1 flyer also give you a fast clock.

The other cards like Obzedat, Ghost Council & Blood Artists are auto inclusion in the deck. I’ve differentiated spot removals on a few singletons, since most are sure kill to threats like Boros Reckoner.

I’ve not yet finalized the sideboard plan but adding red has given me a fine sb card Slaughter Games versus Blue White based control decks.

I’ll do a test run on this coming FNM and we’ll see how it goes. Thanks for reading and until next post.