The wonders of Innistrad block blue/black zombies

The Innistrad Block has given way to many creatures that were primarily one type of color are now prevalent in other colors. I'm gonna post some recommended cards for a skaab deck.

Take blue zombies, or skaabs for example. Most skaabs either make you self mill your deck or exile creatures from your grave yard. I think that that is a gamble, but could pay off if you run a decent blue/black skaab deck.But if you run a play set of cards like ghoulcallers chant or other "revival" cards, and also possibly a rooftop storm for free revived zombies, then it will most likely work out at the end.

Another good card for a zombie deck is endless ranks of the dead. But endless ranks of the dead has its drawbacks. If your opponent has a card like blood seeker or other creatures that penalize summoning creatures, then unless you get rid of the blood seeker, then you must double time your efforts before it is too late.

Diregaf captains are also a staple in most Blue/Black Skaab deck. It is a 2/2 for 3 mana with deathtouch and "other zombie creatures you control have +1/+1" and "Whenever another zombie you control dies, target player loses one life."

If you want to focus on a Zombie mill deck, Undead Alchemist is a must. Undead alchemist essentially replaces you dealing combat damage with you making the opponent "mill" cards depending on how much damage is inflicted. The other part of his ability is if a creature card is put into the graveyard from his or her library, exile that card and put a 2/2 black zombie creature token on the battle field, so if you are dishing out massive damage in one turn, then your opponent is in for quite a shock.

Another card I suggest for a zombie Skaab deck is call to kindred, which is an enchantment. If you are making a zombie deck, or a deck with predominantly one creature type, call to kindred is a good card. When you enchant the creature, at the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top 5 cards of your library and put a creature card with that shares the same creature type onto the battle field. I run this in my blue/black skaab deck and it ends up working at the end.

As mentioned earlier, endless ranks of the dead is a recommended enchantment card if you are interested in building a 2/2 zombie army! At the beginning of your upkeep, you put X 2/2/ black zombie tokens onto the battle field, where X is the number of zombies you control rounded down, so you can count on an exponential gain of zombie tokens every turn. 

Another card recommended for a zombie deck is Mikaeus Unhallowed. Although he is a high mana cost, i think he is worth it. For 6 mana you get a 5/5 with intimidate, other non human creatures get +1/+1 and undying, and you basically gain "human deathtouch!!" Which is basically whenever a human deals damage to you, destroy it.

Another card I will add is Grimgrin corpse born. Grimgrin is 5 mana for a 5/5 that enters tapped and doesn't untap during that players next untap step. His abilities include "sacrifice a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Grimgrin and untap it." Its second ability is "whenever grimgrin attacks, destroy target creature defending player controls and put a +1/+1 counter on it." I highly recommend this zombie for a deck.

One final card, although there are many more, is Gravecrawler. Gravecrawler is a one drop that is a 2/1, can not block, and can be cast from the grave yard. If you are short on tokens to sacrifice or other creatures you can sacrifice, gravecrawler is a good combo with grimgrin, and if you have rooftop storm active, you can infinitely keep sacrificing and recasting gravecrawler for free!!!

There are many other good zombie cards that you can use aand different combinations work better with different people. Depending on your play style, you will do better with some archetypes and will find combinations of your own.