Gangrenous Zombies
Creature — Zombie
, Sacrifice this creature: This creature deals 1 damage to each creature and each player. If you control a snow Swamp, this creature deals 2 damage to each creature and each player instead.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #25164
Gangrenous Zombies deals 1 damage to each non-black creature and each opponent — a repeatable, Snow-land-gated board suppression effect stapled to a 2/2 body for four mana. The cost is real: you need a Snow Swamp in play to activate, the damage ceiling is low, and four mana is a lot to ask for a creature that trades with vanilla 2/2s.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gangrenous Zombies fits narrowly into Zombie tribal builds that already run Snow-covered basics — most notably black-heavy decks where the Snow Swamp requirement is trivially met and pinging all opponents for 1 each turn adds up over a 4-player table. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; the effect is far too slow and fragile for those formats. Pauper is the most interesting home outside Commander — black Snow-based control shells can use Gangrenous Zombies as a recurring answer to 1-toughness creatures, though it faces stiff competition from more efficient removal at common.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Gangrenous Zombies is deep bulk — the price reflects its narrow playability rather than any supply issue. Don't expect movement; it's a niche tribal piece that will stay in bulk boxes.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.