Build an army of mortals to march against your opponent! and its variants, as well as , allow for rapidly amassing foot soldiers, which can then be supported by ,, and . and also allow for maintaining your resources and, in the case of the latter, more efficiently refilling your hand after emptying it every turn.
The death of your units is only where the game plan of this deck begins, however. Any of your mortals dying allows for the (potentially mass) reanimation of , as well as the free-casting of if it's your turn. also makes for an easy way to toss your zombies to the cemetery for later use while drawing replacements and, if throwing your mortals into combat isn't an option, may be used to sacrifice them, triggering the aforementioned cards while also summoning a free monster.
Lastly, utilizes a toolbox of tutorable spells, including situational pieces such as and , while also being able to fetch core strategy pieces like and .
With the addition of Gothic and the avatar, the deck now leans much more heavily into the undead strategy while still preserving the mortal core and Werewolf/Banshee line. Now, however, skeleton tokens are easy to come by through your avatar's ability, , and the . In addition to the Scourge Zombies, also joins the deck as a cheap undead that can bring itself back as a repeated nuisance, and has the potential to summon Ghouls repeatedly through recurring its effect with Lady Iseult. These are all supported through cards such as , which functions as a second Bannerman for undead, , which can push extra damage and prime a location for even more of a push, and the sites and , providing more selektons and a movement bonus for them, respectively.