Budget Frites Reanimation

Modern*

MrQuestionMark

Creature (20)

• 4x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 4x Birds of Paradise
• 4x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 2x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 2x Griselbrand
• 2x Massacre Wurm
• 2x Sheoldred, Whispering One

Land (24)

• 2x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 2x Dragonskull Summit
• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 6x Forest
• 1x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 3x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Swamp

Sorcery (15)

• 4x Faithless Looting
• 4x Mulch
• 3x Tracker's Instincts
• 4x Unburial Rites

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 2x Inferno Titan
• 2x Phyrexian Ingester

Instant (10)

• 3x Ancient Grudge
• 4x Mental Misstep
• 3x Ray of Revelation

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Lingering Souls

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (4)

• 4x Copperline Gorge

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Selective self mill and then reanimation of big threats early. Pretty straight-forward. The maybeboard is full of cards I want to put in the deck but don't have at the moment. The mana is exceptionally sketchy but it tends to hold up okay. It is in desperate need of Copperline Gorges but I don't have any and those would make it less budget.

Also the reanimation suite is fully customizeable to whatever meta you may have. This particular one is adjusted to a meta which contains many red and green aggressive decks and pod decks. If you have more control (especially the white kind. screw Celestial Purge!!!!!) you may want to find something to put in the side to replace the flayers with for a matchup where you suspect Celestial Purge and avoid sheoldred entirely. If tokens or humans are your problem Massacre Wurm does wonders(and elesh norn if you can afford her).

Also love the idea of the potential interaction between Gisela, Blade of Goldnight and the flayers. Even one flayer hits them for 10 when I reanimate Gisela so if I have two flayers (which I often do) it's basically game. I will definitely be picking up 2-3 of her at earliest opportunity.

HOLY CRAP I just notice that with flayer it is the creature entering (not the flayer) that deals the damage. So Griselbrand gains you 7 life and deals 7 damage when he enters. Or you can draw 7 cards and deal 7 damage. So I will try and get 1-2 of him for the deck as well. In light of this discovery it now also makes me want to run some Wurmcoil Engines if I can get my hands on them.

Date added	12 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 2 Mythic Rares 16 - 0 Rares 7 - 13 Uncommons 16 - 3 Commons
Cards	59
Avg. CMC	3.60
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 W
Folders	Standard