Diregraf Ghoul

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Character Background

Diregraf Ghoul is a cheap, two‑power black body that—despite entering tapped—best supports aggressive or tempo zombie builds: it buys you favorable trades and board presence on turns you can’t immediately open the attack. Thematically it reads as a slow‑rising shambling corpse, which fits decks that swarm the battlefield rather than rely on flashier combos. Practically, pair it with zombie lords (Death Baron, Diregraf Captain) and recursion or unearth effects so tapped entry becomes a nonissue; it is also excellent sacrifice fodder for Viscera Seer or a Blood Artist package that converts deaths into value. In limited play it stabilizes early combat and demands removal, while in constructed tribal aggro include pump effects and at least a couple of haste enablers or reanimation targets so those 2/2 bodies contribute immediately. Mulligan aggressively for a one‑drop curve and prioritize interaction to turn the Ghoul’s cheap durability into tempo advantage.

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