May Not Be The Average Reanimator

Standard* BGW (Abzan, Junk) Combo Discard Lifegain Midrange Reanimator

DodgeNDive

Creature (22)

• 3x Angel of Serenity
• 2x Armada Wurm
• 3x Ashen Rider
• 2x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 2x Deathrite Shaman
• 4x Lotleth Troll
• 2x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 4x Sylvan Caryatid

Land (23)

• 2x Forest
• 4x Godless Shrine
• 4x Golgari Guildgate
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Swamp
• 4x Temple Garden
• 4x Temple of Plenty

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Deadbridge Chant

Artifact (3)

• 3x Whip of Erebos

Instant (2)

• 2x Grisly Salvage

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Commune with the Gods
• 4x Obzedat's Aid

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 3x Fiendslayer Paladin
• 2x Witchstalker

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Illness in the Ranks

Instant (8)

• 4x Hero's Downfall
• 4x Putrefy

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Maybeboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Rescue from the Underworld

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I'm yet to see a deck of this style that's uploaded longer than this deck has, so I think it's about time my home-brewed recipe for the Morglen standard reanimator rise out of obscurity :)

This kind of reanimator deck wants to start the reanimating process by turn 4/5, so I've focused on getting this done on time.

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Card Roles:

• Whip of Erebos is the card that makes this kind of deck a thing, puts a glimmer in your eyes when you play it because you know you're in the game.

• Lotleth Troll is an early game threat, he buffs as you discard creatures to reanimate, can block all day while regenerating, just an all around good card for this deck.

• Deathrite Shaman and Sylvan Caryatid are my mana rampers and mana fixer. With the amount of discard in the deck, the shaman would have no problem producing mana of any colour, which is crucial as we have double and even triple costs of bwg

• Grisly Salvage and Commune with the Gods accelerates our discarding rate, grab a land, a mana fixer, a whip... there's always something to choose from playing these cards.

• Angel of Serenity, Ashen Rider, and Armada Wurm have great ETB effects when whipped back, they don't rely on dealing damage to trigger their effect either so you know you'll get some value out of them even if they're instantly answered.

• Obzedat, Ghost Council should probably just marry the whip.

• Obzedat's Aid is a great card in this deck, it always feels good when you bring back an angel or ashen rider permanently. This can even happen at turn 4!

• Deadbridge Chant is another path for creatures to enter the battlefield from your graveyard. It's 6 mana cost places it as a one of in the deck.

• Blood Baron of Vizkopa is a creature I've included to hard cast only. Against control match ups we're able to dig for him with our grisly salvage or commune with the gods. If he does end up being in the battlefield, the idea is to refrain from whipping him, instead use Serenity to take him back in hand.

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Any advice on cards that could smooth out the gameplay, or critiques about the deck are all welcome!

Note that Guildgates will be replaced by scrylands, so if you're playtesting you can pretend it is a scry land and scry when you play them :) lol

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 5 Rares 0 - 10 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	4.08
Tokens	Wurm 5/5 G w/ Trample
Folders	yeah