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Cheap Reanimator 62 cards, 2 sideboard 4 {Dragonskull Summit} 9 {Swamp} 4 {Graven Cairns} 5 {Mountain} 22 lands 2 {Blazing Archon} 2 {Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur} 2 {Stormtide Leviathan} 2 {Platinum Angel} 1 {Crater Hellion} 1 {Hellkite Overlord} 1 {Doomed Necromancer} 11 creatures 3 {Sign in Blood} 4 {Dark Ritual} 2 {Reanimate} 2 {Animate Dead} 2 {Exhume} 1 {Dance of the Dead} 2 {Necromancy} 4 {Buried Alive} 4 {Faithless Looting} 3 {Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded} 27 other spells Sideboard 1 {Victimize} 1 {Diabolic Servitude} 2 sideboard cards

I have never played reanimator, can anyone point me in the right direction? As it stands the only things im somewhat sure of are {faithless looting} and the reanimate cards..

Well, there's a couple ways you can go about reanimator. First off, do you want just straight up grave filling and beatdown, or do you want sacrificing and recurring etb effects to be part of it?

Option 1: get my stuff in GY, get my stuff out of GY.

Quote from: MisterJH on March 08, 2013, 10:53:03 PM
Option 1: get my stuff in GY, get my stuff out of GY.

Well then, you've got the right idea! Just have to get the proportions correct. First, I've noticed a lack of creatures. As it stands, you have tons of ways to bring them back, but hardly anything to bring back. Take out some cards for some more creatures. {Demon of Death's Gate}, {Rune-Scarred Demon}, and non-legendary Eldrazi; if its big, you can't go wrong. The lack of creatures also means that tibalt is going to be throwing away all your resurrection spells, which is hardly productive. Next, try to get some cards that aren't enchantments to bring things back. The low mana cost is appealing, but your 9/9 with flying and trample dying to a {Naturalize} is not. {Torrent of Souls} is a personal favorite. Another option is to add blue, which gives you great draw/discard effects, and the option for the wonderful Grixis unearth cards!

Ill definitely be looking into this when i have time again thankyou! Renanimator seems like a crazy fun play type with unlimited options

Not a problem! Reanimator is lots of fun to play. An honorable mention goes to {Anger} as well. I'd suggest throwing him in there, but you'd probably want some more mountains to make him useful. Nothing worse than seeing your opponent pay 2 mana for an {It That Betrays} with haste!

Quote from: Potticus on March 08, 2013, 11:20:06 PM
Run sheoldred.... Dump her, then get her back and get a creature back every turn.

{sheoldred, whispering one}

I don't like {howling mine} in this. To much chance to draw your creature card.

Which with tibalt and faithless looting etc i didnt think would be a problem, as well as damaging my opponent with tibalt

Plus you giving them card draw as well. Unless your doing hardcore mill. Howling just doesn't fit IMO.

Quote from: Imdowd80 on March 09, 2013, 03:23:38 PM
Plus you giving them card draw as well. Unless your doing hardcore mill. Howling just doesn't fit IMO.

Ok so what might be better?

I just doubled up on the creatures thatll save me if im low on health

Quote from: MisterJH on March 09, 2013, 03:35:42 PM

Quote from: Imdowd80 on March 09, 2013, 03:23:38 PM
Plus you giving them card draw as well. Unless your doing hardcore mill. Howling just doesn't fit IMO.

Ok so what might be better?

{griselband}.

This deck has worked people over...