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Pioneer Midrange Reanimator Tempo UBR (Grixis)

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Land (23)

• 3x Blood Crypt
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 2x Island
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 4x Spirebluff Canal
• 4x Steam Vents
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Wandering Fumarole
• 3x Watery Grave

Creature (21)

• 4x Elder Deep-Fiend
• 4x Haunted Dead
• 2x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 3x Merchant of the Vale
• 4x Prized Amalgam
• 4x Stitchwing Skaab

Instant (14)

• 3x Fiery Temper
• 4x Izzet Charm
• 4x Kozilek's Return
• 3x Lightning Axe

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x The Royal Scions

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 2x Abrade
• 2x Fatal Push
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 2x Mystical Dispute
• 1x Spell Pierce

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Dreadbore
• 3x Thoughtseize

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Fevered Visions

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Asylum Visitor
• 1x Bonecrusher Giant
• 1x Flamewake Phoenix
• 1x Wretched Gryff

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Alms of the Vein
• 1x Biting Rain
• 1x Nagging Thoughts
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Instant (3)

• 1x Broken Concentration
• 1x Just the Wind
• 1x Magma Spray

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This is my first crack at a Pioneer deck, based on the UR Emerge deck of Aether Revolt standard.

The core of the deck is Stitchwing Skaab/Haunted Dead, and they're used in three ways:

1. As Emerge fodder for Elder Deep-Fiend

2. As enablers for Prized Amalgam and Fiery Temper

3. As recursive threats (alongside Prized Amalgam)

The ideal hand would have a discard spell on turn 1 (Merchant of the Vale, Lightning Axe) to discard Skaab or Haunted Dead, some Amalgams and/or Kozilek's Return to discard to the reanimation ability on turn 2, and an Elder Deep-Fiend to play on turn 3.

That doesn't happen often, but even when your draw isn't perfect, the deck is still pretty powerful; for example, discarding a Haunted Dead on turn 1 then discarding a Prized Amalgam to it on turn 2 leaves you with 6 power that you can attack with on turn 3, with protection and removal spells like Izzet Charm as backup. Discarding two Amalgams or an Amalgam and Fiery Temper can lead to even more favorable tempo, and with the big octopus on top of it all games can spiral out of control quickly.

Notably, most of these plays can (and should be) made on your opponent's turn, which gives the deck a lot of versatility between answering opposing threats and playing your own. Kind of like a control deck in a sense.

Explanation for the title: I translated "Emerge" into different languages on google translate around 30 times then translated it back into English.

UG Emerge:

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It's an EMERGEncy!

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Top Ranked	Achieved #36 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #3 position in Pioneer 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Pioneer Midrange 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 3 Mythic Rares 26 - 5 Rares 15 - 6 Uncommons 6 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.43
Tokens	Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, On an Adventure, Spirit 1/1 W
Folders	MAYBE DECKS, Decks I like