Hi pls help with reanimate deck^^

Claymore · Joined: 09 Jul 2009 Posts: 3

This feature is dumb, i stood typing for 5 hours and everything was deleted, because I had to sign back in to post, how the hell it's sign off anyhow? that's dumb.

going to sleep.

Delicious · Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 818

what was so important that you typed for 5 hours?

Plus it isn't a magic league feature, it's because it's entered into a text box with cache isn't saved

maybe you should have copied it first, like i always do Very Happy

Claymore · Joined: 09 Jul 2009 Posts: 3

It is! why was I signed off for? the system is being selectively mean to me!

Anyways, I haven't collected any cards for over 3 years and even then I had very small amount cards with only 1 deck and was at most a casual player. But now, I sort of have renewed interest in it. See, I just got bonded out of jail 3 months ago after staying there for a year and my cousin recently visited me with the pretense to play with me. He's hardcore MTG fan (he even owns the MTG novels and reads them) and he participates in tournies a lot. So when he came over, he brought a bunch of cards and I ended dueling most of his decks. He said my deck is almost at the status of world class decks and compete against them. Though I think I was a little lucky considering how incomplete and disorganized the deck is right now. Its a Reanimation deck.

Currently it's:

1x Avatar of Woe
1x Krosan Colossus
1x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1x Volrath the Fallen
1x Crosis, the Purger
1x Plated Slagwurm
1x Platinum Angel
2x Phyrexian Scuta
2x Bone Dancer
3x Black Knight
1x Dauthi Slayer (I remember there being another one in the deck, thief!)
1x Doomed Necromancer
2x Coffin Queen
1x Beacon of Unrest
1x Zombify
2x Victimize
2x Necromancy
2x Exhume
1x Entomb
2x Buried Alive
2x Terror
2x Do or Die
1x Chainer's Edict
2x Nevinyrral's Disk
2x Lightning Greaves
4x Dark Ritual
27x Swamps
1x Cabel Coffers
1x Peat Bog

SB:
3x Deathgrip
1x Plague Wind
1x Decree of Pain
1x Tsabo's Decree
1x Tsabo Tavoc
3x Dragon SHadow
2x Kill Switch
1x Emissary of Dispair
2x Ashes to Ashes

Save the flames and criticism, my mom ransacked everything and put all the gold sleeve cards together. The Side Deck is actually alot bigger. Basically when my cousin came, every card I was able to filter out was placed as in side deck and I did it in a hurry too. That's why my deck is 72 cards when last I checked before ending up in jail, the count was 54 cards and I forgot which cards were which in deck. Even then though, the deck is very large from being completed. I want more stronger, versatile, flexible heavy hitters in my deck and more of them. Obviously more Buried Alive (Entomb is restricted right?). Skim on all the creatures, lose all the high cost reanimation spells and build on the cheap ones, especially Exhume.

Last night I was looking up cards took many hours. I have several things I would appreciate any suggestions on.

Animate Dead looks too debilitizing to me, not only is the creature weaker, but it also provides another counter to the creature re-animated this way. Is it worth it's 2 mana converted cost?

Dance of the Dead has too long of a wait if you have less than 4 lands and speed is very important (u[keep is before your able to untap your lands, correct?)

Is Debtors' Knell worth it for a little late end game?, its useful for games with with more than 1 opponent. Though I could instead use Reya Dawnbringer.

Is Living End free? I deduct that it's probably not, but I want exact confirmation. It would be so cool if its free, a free reanimation spell!

I think Reanimate is worth it for the one mana cost. Though you could easily lose more than half your life on cards you choose to re-animate.

Recurring Nightmare looks like nice, now if only there nice heavy hitters that can spawn tokens, then it will endless revivals. Found one, Symbiotic Wurm, and you can keep spawning endless 1/1 insects for each 3 converted mana you pay. Though that takes time and therefore allows more opportunities to defend against whatever you re-animate.

Is Victimize still viable if I skim down on my deck for guaranteed fast re-animations?

I hate noted 2 instant turn 1 win functions before your opponent can even lay down a hand. One is possessing your first 7 drawn cards: 1x Entomb, 1x Buried Alive, 2-3x Dark Ritual (2 if you have Reanimate in your hand), any re-animation spell of 3 or less converted mana cost, 1x swamp. The process in this is to put all 4 Demigod of Revenge in your graveyard and re-animate one of them. By doing so you actually bring all 4 into into and since they have haste, you deal 20 combat damage to your opponent before he/she lays down 1 land.

The other is possessing a hand of: 1x Entomb, 1x Reanimate, 2x Dark Ritual, 1x Lightning Greaves, 1x Creature with converted mana cost of 14 or greater (Autochthon Wurm works great for this, I really want), 1x Black Lotus. If you go second, then it is possible to use 3 dark rituals instead and have swamp as your 8th draw and you could use re-animation spells with converted cost of 2 or less. though that played one land may ruin everything. The process in this is to place Volrath the Fallen in your graveyard, re-animate him, haste him, and buff him up to deal 20+ damage to your a opponent in a single turn.

This is taking up too much time and need to work out now, I am not familair with any of new creatures so please help me design a Re-animation deck. WIll finish later

IkeReilly · Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 34

Entomb is no longer restricted. Reanimation package of 4x Entomb, 4xExhume, 4xAnimate Dead, 4x stitch together, and blue is a good secondary color as it gives you access to draw/discard spells like breakthrough and careful study to get beaters from your hand into the yard.

Claymore · Joined: 09 Jul 2009 Posts: 3

-.-

Re-animation decks are purpose are to summon at least 1 game changing creature that have rare appearance in game even if it's dragged out, which is likely not, within the first 3 turns. They use black spells during the era when black spells >>> everything other spell and the still beat even the current ones. The cowards had to compensate this by making almost virtually every black creature outclassed by the other 4 colors. This method goes around that. You failed the second you mentioned Stitch Together. Speed is everything, the longer the fight lasts, the more the capabilities of your opponent increases and can begin to hinder whatever you bring out. Of course it can constructed as a fun deck to put together whatever dream team you have in mind. Its more I have trouble of what creatures to put into the deck anyways.

But thanks for telling me it's no longer restricted the spell Entomb, I would like to make the deck in a format acceptable some form of competition and if it go past T1, the better.

Either way, please compile and present an ideal deck with everything listed. ALot of things changed and I have no idea what all the new creatures are like and I'm wondering if a planewalker I heard about is worth it or not. If you think it would be more efficient to bring in other colors other than the creatures, be my guest, just state the reason why it's superior. Much appreciated to anyone who would do unduly expend their time for my request. ^^

IkeReilly · Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 34

4xEntomb
4xExhume
4xanimate Dead
4xStitch Together
4xDark ritual
4xCareful Study
4xBreakthrough
1xAkroma, Angel of Wrath
1xHellkite Overlord
1xBogarden Hellkite
1xInkwell Leviathan
1xAngel of Despair
1xSundering Titan
1xRazia, Boros Archanger
1xMox Jet
1xBlack Lotus
1xMox Sapphire
1xAncestral Recall
1xTime Walk
1xBrainstorm
1xDemonic Tutor
4x Polluted Delta
4xUnderground Sea
4xIsland
8xSwamp
SB
4xDuress
4xDaze
4xLeyline of the Void
3xChain of Vapor

ChronicBlunt · Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 17

Necromancy, animate dead, zombify, stitch together, recurring nightmare, buried alive, entomb, maybe use some blue cards to draw and discard fatties incase you dont have a way to burry alive or entomb.