New take on Reanimator in U/B!
Hour of Devastation is giving us Striped Riverwinder. The second I saw this I knew it would fit in perfectly with
Exhume
. Here's what I came up with.
The question is, is it viable? Regardless of color, most reanimator decks lean heavily on a colorless Ulamog's Crusher. Our new snake cycles itself, which is perfect, but we trade Annihilator for Hexproof. This translates to a longer game. If our plan is to get something big out early, and we succeed, we still need to land 3-4 swings. The rest of the deck may end up being useless (and is probably already halfway discarded). Still, an early game 5/5 is nothing to scoff at. He won't end a game like a Crusher will, but he can hang out a lot longer, even with all the removal in Pauper. That all being said, both Striped Riverwinder and Ulamog's Crusher warrant a full playset in order to give us the best of both worlds.
We still have plenty of discard, but going blue instead of red gives us access to many more draws and counters. Most Reanimator decks use Dragon Breath, but the point of this deck going blue is for Hexproof, meaning we need to shift our focus to staying alive.
Dragon Scales
works here instead. Initially I had
Dragon Wings
here for cycling, more evasion, and native color, but
Dragon Scales
lets all 3 of our big creatures outright beat Gurmag Angler.
Just something I wanted to throw together. Reanimator has seen some success in the past, and Wizards gave us a new toy. I think this deck deserves another shot.
Comments and criticism are always welcome, and thanks for checking this out!
