Reanimate-a-ton Mono B

by diay11 on 06 September 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Instants (7)


Artifacts (4)

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Deck Description

A simple reanimator deck I am making to play in Legacy.
Would apreciate some sugestions.

How to Play

Throw your Bombs to the graveyard with Buried Alive, Entomb. If you draw any of them try to discard them with Putrid Imp.
After you have the big creatures bring them directly to the battlefield with either Reanimate, Exhume or Animate Dead.
Lotus Petal and Dark Ritual will give you plenty of mana to do awesome combos due to the decks low mana cost.
Duress will let you look at your oponents hand before you play a big creature so you know if he can do something about it, and Sign in blood will give you some draw power for when you dont have the right cards just yet.

Example of possible combos:
Against Monocolored decks: Swamp -> Dark Ritual -> Entomb Iona -> Exhume her and choose the oponents color.
Against Aggro decks: Swamp -> Dark Ritual -> Entomb Elesh -> Exhume her so your opponents creatures die instantly or become useless.

Other possible combos:
Swamp -> Lotus Petal -> Entomb -> Sac Lotus Petal -> Reanimate
Swamp -> Dark Ritual -> Putrid Imp -> Discard big creature -> Animate Dead
Lotus Petal -> Sack Lotus Petal -> Dark Ritual...

Most of the times you'll want to get a Griselbrand out asap because of the lifelink and draw power he offers. Tidesprout Tyrand will annoy your opponent to death sending every permanent they have back to their hand.

Sideboard is focused on dealing with artifacts and enchantments, indestructible permanents fast decks and mirror matches with tidespout tyrant and angel of serenity, Various color protections, elesh against aggro and jin against combo decks.

Deck Tags

  • Reanimate
  • Legacy
  • Help

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

465000

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Not Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Reanimate-a-ton Mono B

Your fatty count is a little high. Because you tutor them into the graveyard, you really only need a few.
Typical reanimator creature list:
4 Griselbrand
1 Iona
1 Elesh Norn
1 Tidespout Tyrant

For reanimator to maximize effectiveness requires a blue splash (which unfortunately requires a HUGE amount of money for underground sea, fetches, forces, etc.)

If you want to stay monoblack, youre only real hope against graveyard hate is to be too fast. I'd suggest dark ritual to help you T1 ritual into entomb / exhume.

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Posted 06 September 2013 at 16:33

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Thank you for your comment raginggoblin.
Yes I have seen around that Blue splash would make things easier but I really like monoblack for a reanimator deck. With the tests I've made this deck is fast, and in the worst case I can get a creature out by the 3rd turn... most of the times i can do it in the first or secont tho.

Things that really worrie me:
1 - Leyline of the Void
2 - Rest in Peace
3 - Planar Void
4 - Grafdigger's Cage

Now, would 4 Nevinyrral's Disk and 4 duress be viable options for a sideboard to counter these?

As for creatures you are right, I'll defenatly put some of them on sideboard (like inkwell leviathan just in case the oponent has unsummons and things like that), I'll had more Griselbrands as I get the money to buy them defenatly. what else could I use for the main deck in the place of the creatures i'll take out?

Thank you so much for the help :)

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Posted 07 September 2013 at 16:02

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Some extra Lotus Petals wouldnt hurt. Also, you could definitely mainboard Duress or Inquisition (since thoughtseize is pricy). Stuff like Dabolic Edict and Smother can be good too. I also like Sign in Blood, it's not the most powerful draw spell ever, but you don't get a lot of options in monoblack.
Also, I think putrid imp would fit what you want from Oona's prowler.
Additionally, not a huge fan of cabal coffers. They really don't start to net you mana until turn 5 or 6, which you want to be winning before.

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Posted 07 September 2013 at 17:30

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I would myself instead of having the tomb and cemetery have blood crypt and Dragonskull Summitt and switch out the claim or grip with shattering spree and perhaps pillage

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Posted 15 September 2013 at 19:42

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Red would work great againts artifacts only, but there are some Enchantments that can be a pain also. Also the red spells you suggested are sorceries, if a Tormod's Crypt was played there was nothing i could do. With claim I can just destry it at instant speed in response to it being cast as well as krosan grip, but the split second is just a bonus against blue.

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Posted 15 September 2013 at 21:16

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True wasn't thinkimg about speed just converted mana cost

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Posted 15 September 2013 at 21:34

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Updated the deck! I liik it so far. More constructive criticism is always welcome.

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Posted 08 September 2013 at 00:21

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hello, i believe that vampiric tutor or demonic tutor can help this deck big time. given the case that there is no entomb in your opening hand ... get it by these two cards. four lotus petal won't hurt. Reanimate card should also be considered, making your the deck's probability of reanimation in turn one higher. about the diabolic edict... or other cards that cost you to sacrifice... try verdant force, it's old school but I believe still gets the job done. Creature cards to consider are Petradon (for early land destruction) and Multani Maro -Sorcerer. Hope this helps. Anyway, Great Job!

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Posted 10 September 2013 at 15:59

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Both of those tutors are banned in legacy.
He has reanimate, though he could add another copy or two.
I agree with four lotus petals.
Diabolic Edict does not have any synergy with the deck.
Absolute NO to all of those creatures.

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Posted 10 September 2013 at 16:07

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I wish i could use those tutors but as raginggoblin stated they are banned.
I might trade 1 buried alive for a 4th lotus petal.
About Reanimate, I do agree it is a really powerfull card to play on the first 3 turns, when I am still at a high life count, but after that loosing 7 to 9 health seems too risky.

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Posted 10 September 2013 at 16:45

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The life loss always seems like a huge downside, but look at it this way, once you reanimate someone:
-Iona: they can't burn you out or play creatures
-Elesh: the won't be able to attack you with creatures
-GRIZZLEBRAND: you gain metric f*ck tons of life.

Overall, the life loss is severe, but the fact that you get a huge guy for free makes it completely worth.

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Posted 10 September 2013 at 16:56

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I'll swap 2 animate dead for 2 more Reanimate and see how it works.

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Posted 10 September 2013 at 18:15

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i love it evil very evil

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Posted 12 September 2013 at 22:52

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I know you like mono black but as someone who plays reanimator in legacy the blue is a must!!!! force of will ,spell perce,brainstorm,
careful study,intuition. I like the deck but do not think it could stand a real turney. to much graveyard hate

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Posted 13 September 2013 at 06:55

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I know reanimator B/U is alot better but just checking the prices it is tottaly out of question. Atm Force of Will is around 60 euro each, Show and tell is about the same, intuition is around 25 euro... I like magic but I cannot afford to pay so much for a single card. I even had to think a lot about buying Entomb for 15 euro each. That is as far as I can go.

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Posted 13 September 2013 at 15:55

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#GetRidOfTheReservedList

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Posted 13 September 2013 at 18:38

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great deck m8 , the only card i think you should add to this is 1 " emrakul ,the aeons torn " pretty 1shot/1turn

theres the link : http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=216332

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Posted 13 September 2013 at 22:28

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For him I youd have to add a playset of Goryo's Vengeance. An instant spell is the only way to prevent his triggered abilitie to resolv first, at least that is what I heard.

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Posted 13 September 2013 at 22:40

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hmm right I never thought about that :p soz

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Posted 13 September 2013 at 22:56

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Major Edit 1: After going to my local shop and talking to some other more experienced magic players than me I was advised to forget blue (since it is way too expensive) and go with a green splash for decent defence againts hate.

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Posted 14 September 2013 at 20:18

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The addition of green for sideboard hate is pretty interesting. I'd suggest steering clear of guildgates though, not only are they subpar, but they don't interact with woodland cemetery. I think your land base should be 12 swamp, 3 overgrown tomb, 2 woodland cemetery.

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Posted 14 September 2013 at 21:08

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was planning on replacing the guildgates for overgrown tomb after I had most other cards since shock lands are so damn expensive. Its just a cheap replacement to get the base deck asap and than start improving on that.

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Posted 15 September 2013 at 00:19

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Edit 2: Added Beseech the Queen to main deck to do some searching when needed, Pithing Needle to sideboard for overall protection and Tormod's Crypt for mirror games. Still only a bit on the fence on Sheoldred since his pros seem to be a little slow for the speed of the deck.

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Posted 16 September 2013 at 23:39

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plz help
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Posted 20 September 2013 at 16:28

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Now that you've got the Duress in the mainboard Cabal Therapy is another great spell for discard. Also maybe I'm weird but I think Empyrial Archangel is better than Inkwell Leviathan. Possibly drop Beseech the Queen? it feels slow.

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Posted 24 September 2013 at 08:07

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Chalice of the void is nice against tormods crypt, if u go first. I splash red with my legacy reanimator. I carry more legends so I cam almost guarantee one of em in my opening hand. Sideboard is creatures for specific decks. I use obliterators until I find out whatwhat opponent is running. Them ill sub out creatures if needed. If your worried bout life loss, plat emperiom is a great card. Prevemts u from losing life to reanimate. Check my reaniamtor if u like. Its been modified several times. Leyline is the biggest threat to my deck as well. I sideboard quicksilver amulet to help. Plus the four obliterators aren't hard to get out.

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Posted 09 October 2013 at 01:27

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Posted 18 November 2013 at 12:59

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