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Zombie Infestation

Multiverse ID: 241860

Zombie Infestation

Comments (30)

Arcane-Denial
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Well, its easier to get than Putrid Imp ^>
A0602
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (11 votes)
I WANT those cards in my graveyard. The token is just a bonus...
MasterOfEtherium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
Art = WOW
Keino
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (6 votes)
The next set is a graveyard themed set. This card might just be extremely useful in a few months.
WateryMind
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Reanimator welcomes you.
Hayw00d0909
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0) (3 votes)
I have a feeling this card is going to be essential for black in Innistrad. Unless the unthinkable occurs, and Buried Alive gets a reprint.

I'l cross my fingers.
don_miguel
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
B/R zombie-burn deck: discard 2 chandra's phoenix, bolt, repeat.
Falgorn
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
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Gorgi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ad Nauseam anyone...? ;)
tazman321
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Can the effect be activated at instant speed? Because if so, holy hell........
jstorrie
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
A few ways to play this:

Run with 4 Treasure Hunt and 52 lands.

Run with Bloodghasts, Chandra's Phoenixes, Grim Lavamancers and burn.

Run with Cemetary Reaper.

Run with high-powered equipment with which to suit up your dudes, like Sword of Feast and Famine.

Run with Sun Titans to recoup lost value.
Gothicstorm
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Discard high cmc creatures of any color and put them into the battlefield during your next upkeep with Sheoldred, Whispering One (cue evil laughter)
Pheso
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (13 votes)
4 Zombie Infestation
4 Treasure Hunt

1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

37 Swamp
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Drowned Catacomb
4 Hallamar Depths
2 Island

Mulligan til you get treasure hunt and let the fun begin
ObsceneMartyr
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Well, the vampires seem a bit capped but cards like this definately make zombies fun. Be sure to discard all of your vengeful pharaohs.
wrathofdave430
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Another Life From the Loam combo card... hehe
Totema
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Fantastic in draft, where you're likely to draw a bunch of junk you're not going to play anyway.
Shruiken16
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
I'm curious now that Innistrad is out if anyone is getting good mileage out of this with Altar's Reap...
Tsunaki
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
When I saw this back in Magic 2012, I was like "WTF?! This sucks!!!"
Now that Innistrad is back, I'm like "WTF?! Why didn't I see this coming?!"

Awesome card with the new Flashback type and even "Grave Creatures" honestly
I can't wait to see more combo's with this come up in the next pack.
Baconradar
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Really versatile card with lots of obvious combos.

Also fun!

4.5
the_sixth_degree
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Half the time when I'm playing this against my friends, I completely forget to even put the token on.
medleymr
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you have two copies out, do you get two zombies for discarding two cards?
ilovealara
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@medlymr

No. The discard is part of a cost. Having two of this is useless. If you got two zombies for every two discard, it would be like dealing two damage for each tap when you control two Prodigal Pyromancers.
RedAtrocitus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this card. Occasionally, I'll slip up and play it as a sorcery. Whoops. You know my opponent's not gonna say, hey, don't put that in your graveyard, it's a permanent!" But I'd still play a couple in my reanimator deck if it was a sorcery with the same cost. The fact that it is an enchantment makes this card a powerhouse.
Weisse
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Veilborn Ghoul enables a very reliable and simple combo with this card, especially for mono-black. Even just one of the Ghouls in hand can effectively reduce the cost of Infestation's activation by 1 (assuming it's activated once per turn, etc.).
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not good in every deck with swamps.
But a solid card when combined with graveyard stuff.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A nice way to get rid of dead cards. Too many lands? Get a zombie and some tempo! Got two of that enchantment that's redundant? Drop it and a land, get a Zombro.

When you consider that most 2/2s are 2 mana and somewhat playable and this is a work-around-able {0} CMC 2/2 and a discard outlet, it's better than you think at first. May experiment with it for the redundant portion I mentioned.

Also, instant speed means this 2/2 has haste (and is very difficult to counter!)
RunedServitor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Nobody mentioned Madness? Seriously? OK. With Dark Withering and Fiery Temper and this out already, you can burn something for three damage, destroy one of their creatures (even a Cudgel Troll or something!) and spawn a 2/2 Zombie for the low, low price of BlackRed. Compare that to Terminate. You do lose card advantage pretty quickly doing that, but you can also completely turn a game around very quickly.
OlvynChuru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I would've really preferred it if this card's ability was discard 1 card to put out a 1/1 zombie instead. It's good as it is, though.