Welcome to my Abzan Reanimator designed for Modern competitive play. Before we begin, I want it to be known that I have not seen any sort of Reanimate decks in this format since I got into Modern myself in (2013), so I am coming to the table with something completely rogue, but I have designed this to take down the meta as best to my ablility as a deckbuilder. Unburial Rites is my Birthing Pod since POD got banned, and has so far been very cool and a lot of fun. Enjoy it, playtest it, let me know your feedback! And please if you like this deck, shoot me a +1. Cheers!!
Creatures & Planeswalkers:
Birds of Paradise - Mana ramp of any color, Flying. Becomes an attacker with Gavony Township, and Elesh Norn.
Satyr Wayfinder - Find your way through the deck with this 1/1 stick. Early beats, and chump blocks when needed. Flashing with Resto Angel is also nice synergy!
Spellskite - This little artifact creature does so much work against so many meta decks.
Liliana of the Veil - She is the glue of the deck. She IS a necromancer after all. :)
Restoration Angel - 3/4 Flyer with Flash, and blinks one of our many ETB creatures. She saves every creature in this deck except herself, Gisela and Iona.
Eternal Witness - Get back ANYTHING. K Thanks. :P
Siege Rhino - Thragtusk 2.0 in my opinion. This guy is a tank.
Thragtusk - The Myth, the Legend, the Beast, is back for a beating! Tusks' tokens synergize well with Elesh Norn, making them 5/5. Gaining an army is ideal for this build.
Grave Titan - I mean, he is a little slow, but he creates you an entire army. Also, a turn 3 Titan, is pretty damn good imo.
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight - Back in my standard days, I played a 4 Color Dark Naya deck in Innistrad/RTR block. This creature is easy on hand mana with only needing one red off of a Birds of Paradise, and a bomb for reanimating for the kill.
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite - Does good work against meta decks, kills off their creatures and pumps our creatures! 1/1 Spirits, 2/2 Zombies, and 3/3 Beasts.
Iona, Shield of Emeria - It's like Iona, I mean, the Shield of Emeria, nuff said right? Shut down a prominent color, and beat face.
Spells:
Thoughtseize - Early game removal. Always essential for setting up shop.
Path to Exile - A powerful one mana exile creature spell.
Abrupt Decay - Early game removal. Is really good against most meta decks early, and late game.
Murderous Cut - After many friends asked why I haven't been playing this, well here we go. It seems like it'll be just fine. Witnessing it back to hand seems nice too. Good pinch card.
Lingering Souls - Flying blockers, are good at attacking especially with said Elesh Norn.
Grisly Salvage - Instant speed dig for 5, and find a creature or land is really powerful, and is needed for this style of deck. I had tried Mulch, but I prefer Instant speed so the opponent has to react right away instead of tapping myself out.
Unburial Rites - I assume after reading all of this, you understand what exactly we do here.