Monoblack Theros Reanimator

Standard* Mono-Black Reanimator

MaskOfBorro

Creature (16)

• 3x Disciple of Phenax
• 2x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 4x Lifebane Zombie
• 3x Shadowborn Demon

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Land (24)

• 2x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 22x Swamp

Artifact (2)

• 2x Whip of Erebos

Instant (9)

• 3x Hero's Downfall
• 3x Pharika's Cure
• 3x Rescue from the Underworld

Sorcery (7)

• 4x Read the Bones
• 3x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Disciple of Phenax

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Underworld Connections

Instant (9)

• 4x Devour Flesh
• 3x Doom Blade
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Pharika's Cure

Sorcery (3)

• 2x Duress
• 1x Thoughtseize

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Maybeboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Blood Scrivener
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Festering Newt
• 1x Gnawing Zombie
• 1x Returned Phalanx

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Dark Prophecy

Instant (1)

• 1x Grim Return

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Shrivel

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This is an attempt at a post-rotation monoblack Reanimator deck that utilizes Whip of Erebos and Rescue from the Underworld to repeatedly bring back creatures with powerful ETB effects such as Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Shadowborn Demon. The remaining deck is the usual mix of removal, card draw and disruption.

The deck is a first draft so feel free to add suggestions, or explain why such a deck won't work anyway (without Mutilate and Vampire Nighthawk I'm not sure myself whether it can survive against the more aggressive builds out there;). I'm especially interested in ways to cope against early beatdown, almost the entire Maybeboard is dedicated to this task including peculiar suggestions like Returned Phalanx or Gnawing Zombie. I'm also thinking about adding white for hard enchantment removal, some additional Orzhov utility cards and the bombs Obzedat and Blood Baron, but I can't see where to fit them in and it would jeopardize the devotion to black plan.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 1 Mythic Rares 8 - 2 Rares 10 - 1 Uncommons 10 - 11 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.56
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms
Folders	Mono Black, Inspirations