We're giving the people what they want - It's time for the Esper Zombies deck!
There are probably better zombie decks in terms of raw power level in this format - both B/R and U/R lists are looking hot - but the esper zombies deck has more style, using Wayward Servant and Plague Belcher to get in chip damage or drains when a zombie enters play or dies. This provides some reach that the zombie decks were missing. In the past, you could often get to a board stall, but either couldn't get through for the finish or generate enough value from the interactions between your zombies. With Servant and Belcher, if we can establish a board stall, we can essentially put the opponent on a clock, an ability we didn't have previously.
Aside from that, we still punish control by making most removal obsolete, although we would be smart to watch out for Magma Spray and Cast Out. Our silver bullet copy of Liliana can demolish control if we resolve it. This is important because it looks as if Control (specifically U/W control) might be a prescence in Amonkhet standard.
Overall, the deck is as slow to start as most zombie decks, but we can back ourselves up with a fairly decent removal package. If we can make enough time for ourselves to get just a couple of pieces set up, we can start generating pings quickly and all at once, getting crazy value from Wayward Servant when you bring in Prized Amalgams, Haunted Dead, and Dread Wanderers from your yard and keeping that value going when they die from Belcher or Voldaren Pariah (who can also come down to finish the game in a hurry)!
Creatures (26)
4 Cryptbreaker
3 Dread Wanderer
2 Relentless Dead
3 Wayward Servant
4 Plague Belcher
4 Prized Amalgam
3 Haunted Dead
3 Voldaren Pariah
Spells (8)
3 Sinister Concoction
2 Dark Salvation
3 Grasp of Darkness
Planeswalkers (1)
1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
Lands (25)
3 Sunken Hollow
2 Fetid Pools
4 Concealed Courtyard
2 Shambling Vent
1 Plains
13 Swamp
Sideboard
2 Fatal Push
2 Key to the City
4 Trespasser's Curse
2 Scrapheap Scrounger
2 Never//Return
1 Kalitas
1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
1 Voldaren Pariah
Cuts: Diregraf Colossus, Lord of the Accursed, Dusk//Dawn
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