Every land in this deck can pay for Messenger, and it has the maximum amount of red sourcesnot only for Aristocrat, but also for sideboarded RR spells or multiple burn spells late. This deck maximizes the early draws and hands with a one-drop involved, while every other creature is geared toward getting damage through ground stalls or beating sweepers.

With a whopping 14 burn spells, Messenger and Blood Artist, it can actually close out games post-Thragtusk or Terminus, and dome someone for 6 to 8 off two cards without issue. Bump in the Night even helps with the traditional flooding issues, and all these burn spells mean that even without two-drops it clocks extremely well.

It also has a very nice sideboard with the combination of Underworld Connections and a host of removal if I need to go long. Meanwhile, against a UWR control deck where I just need to survive sweepers and burn them to death, drawing into a deck of mostly burn spells seems like a fine strategy to pursue. For the mirror, I can pick and choose from the removal suite, while already having more unconditional removal, and Rakdos, Lord of Riots outclasses everything in a straight brawl.

It's just a level above most other decks (and definitely the majority of Zombie builds). Then again, miracles do happen, and that was one of the few things this deck cant necessarily beatso be aware when confronting UWx Control.