Zur the Reanimator

Commander / EDH Enchant Enchantment Multiplayer Reanimator WUB (Esper)

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Creature (28)

• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Bonded Fetch
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Cephalid Broker
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Krovikan Sorcerer
• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Luminate Primordial
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Merfolk Looter
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Reya Dawnbringer
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sire of Stagnation
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Thought Courier

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Shielded by Faith

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Coastal Tower
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 5x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 2x Plains
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Artifact (2)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Makeshift Mannequin
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pulse of the Grid
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Void Shatter

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Ever After
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Pyrrhic Revival
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Winds of Rath
• 1x Zombify

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Medomai the Ageless

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Artifact (6)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Debtors' Knell

Creature (4)

• 1x Body Double
• 1x Iridescent Angel
• 1x Magister of Worth
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Instant (2)

• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Miraculous Recovery

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Living End

Land (1)

• 1x Nephalia Drownyard

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Reworking my budget Ertai, the Corrupted reanimator deck into one that hopefully isn't hot garbage. Swapped commander to Zur the Enchanter since he can actually help with the overall strategy.

The basic plan is to loot early and put some large corpses in the yard. This will also help with finding reanimate spells, removal, protection and correct land colors. Looters & Tutor: Entomb, Looter il-Kor, Merfolk Looter, Thought Courier, Bonded Fetch, Krovikan Sorcerer, Compulsive Research, Thirst for Knowledge, Pulse of the Grid, Monastery Siege, Windfall, Cephalid Broker, Fact or Fiction. Stinkweed Imp can also help but cares less about what cards I would like to actually use.

The next step is to resurrect expensive creatures to gain a presence on the battlefield for a generous discount. Reanimation effects: Animate Dead, Dance of the Dead, Exhume, Necromancy, Victimize, Zombify, Makeshift Mannequin, Dread Return, Living Death, Unburial Rites, Ever After, Pyrrhic Revival.

Once large creatures are out they can also be cloned with Phantasmal Image or Cackling Counterpart. Counterspell, Hinder, Negate, Void Shatter, Spellskite, Shielded by Faith, Diplomatic Immunity and Sphinx of the Final Word will try to protect what we have once it is out there.

Deadeye Navigator can combo with half of the reanimate targets to blink them back into the battlefield to trigger ETB effects as well as dodge removal.

If we fail to draw a reanimation spell or Stinkweed Imp puts them all in the graveyard we can cast Zur the Enchanter which can hopefully swing to cast an enchantment to help out. All enchantments in the deck are within his 3 CMC range and either protect a creature, draw cards or reanimate creatures.

If most of this goes wrong there are three board wipes which will hopefully let us get back into the game or just cause some chaos by reanimating everything later with Pyrrhic Revival / Living Death.

Looking to add Reanimate, Cyclonic Rift, Swiftfoot Boots, Buried Alive and probably Stitch Together. Rhystic Study would be an upgrade to Mystic Remora. Also I need to actually spend more than $15 on my mana base. Deck suggestions are welcome.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	RG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 1 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.05
Tokens	Copy Clone, Spirit 1/1 WB, Zombie 2/2 B