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Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior · {2}{U}{B} · Black/Blue commander
What Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · deathWhenever another Zombie you control dies, if it didn't have decayed, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed.
- Triggered ability · end_stepAt the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice a Zombie. If you do, draw a card.
What a Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver deck needs
Plays as zombie typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- expendable creatures and tokens to sacrifice (the commander is a sacrifice outlet)
- zombie creatures (its text counts them)
The Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 5× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 4× Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Carrion Feeder1 mana
- Gravecrawler1 mana
- Stitcher's Supplier1 mana
- Champion of the Perished1 mana
- Cryptbreaker1 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Nightscape Familiar2 mana
- Undead Augur2 mana
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Grixis Slavedriver6 mana
- Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer3 mana
- Unstoppable Slasher3 mana
- Relentless Dead2 mana
- Dunes of the Dead0 mana
- Hobbling Zombie3 mana
- Death Tyrant5 mana
- Haakon, Stromgald Scourge3 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Patchwork Banner3 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Adaptive Automaton3 mana
- Cemetery Reaper3 mana
- Chief of the Foundry3 mana
- Diregraf Captain3 mana
- Icon of Ancestry3 mana
- Master of Etherium3 mana
Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- Carrion Feeder1 mana
- Viscera Seer1 mana
- Altar of Dementia2 mana
- Spawning Pit2 mana
- Umbral Collar Zealot2 mana
- Bloodthrone Vampire2 mana
- Dark Privilege2 mana
- Ashnod's Altar3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
- Extinction Event4 mana
- Endemic Plague4 mana
- Desynchronization4 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
Combos with Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver + Poppet Stitcher + Carrion Feeder8,086 decks
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver + Poppet Stitcher + Ashnod's Altar5,865 decks
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver + Poppet Stitcher + Phyrexian Altar5,640 decks
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver + Poppet Stitcher + Altar Of Dementia2,509 decks
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver + Poppet Stitcher + Viscera Seer866 decks
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver + Poppet Stitcher + Blasting Station523 decks
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