Legacy UB reanimator (+1 if you like!)

Legacy scholar

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Changed things alot —Dec. 8, 2014

I changed this deck around a lot, including its description. With that being said, I cleared all the old previous comments. Thanks for looking!

Pilz_753 says... #2

Mystical Tutor is banned. In it's place you could add the two Thoughtseize you want to make room for and maybe two Ponder for additional card selection.

November 25, 2014 10:49 a.m.

Pilz_753 says... #3

Having an illegal card in thete is also the reason why you can't unprototype it.

November 25, 2014 10:50 a.m.

scholar says... #4

@magicnerd0815, dang did not know that, thanks!

November 25, 2014 10:51 a.m.

scholar says... #5

@magicnerd0815, no other tutor options or have to go with more dig like Ponder as you suggested?

November 25, 2014 10:54 a.m.

Pilz_753 says... #6

I don't think that there are any legacy legal tutors that don't cost a million mana, except Infernal Tutor wich doesn't work in this deck.

November 25, 2014 11:05 a.m.

scholar says... #7

November 25, 2014 11:06 a.m.

ratface383 says... #8

Add 3 more Griselbrand and an Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, cut the Avacyn, Angel of Hope, Sigarda, Host of Herons, Blazing Archon, and Empyrial Archangel. Griselbrand is just the best reanimation target because it lets you draw half your deck when you play it. With all the free counters you play you can protect it easily. Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite is good against elves, death and taxes, maverick, and the like.

November 25, 2014 11:39 a.m.

scholar says... #9

@ratface383, you think a playset of Griselbrand is the right move? It doesn't leave much more room for utility reanimation targets with a total of seven creatures in the deck.

November 25, 2014 11:56 a.m.

Felix1942 says... #10

Put in Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur over Griselbrand. Jin basically needs to be responded to within a turn in order to not soft lock the game, he also facilitates renaimation as you'll draw 7 cards at the end of turn then discard down to 7 putting all your reanimation target's in the graveyard.

November 26, 2014 4:40 a.m.

scholar says... #11

@Felix1942, Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur is an outdated card for reanimator. Too much removal in legacy, you can use Griselbrand's card draw as a response to removal.

November 26, 2014 5:59 a.m.

Dhominus says... #12

I do prefer Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur in this sort of reanimator over Griselbrand as well. I think Griselbrand is stronger in an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn reanimator, because you need a bunch of specific cards to look for and reanimate just once to clean up the field and swing for 15 flying. In your reanimator, I think the best targets for the first reanimation would be Iona, Shield of Emeria and Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur because they control your opponent and give you the upperhand.

I would run some Dark Rituals and maybe two Buried Alives probably in place of Thoughtseize and Daze. You're relying too much on your four Entombs. I think you'd better have some other ways to search your library for reanimation targets.

November 26, 2014 7:18 a.m.

Felix1942 says... #13

@shedidthistome I'm aware there is a lot of removal in Legacy that's the main reason you run Daze + Force of Will to protect your Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur for one turn to force them to top deck.

If you brick with Griselbrand as well it ends up hurting you a lot worse, than jin milling you.

I'm not saying don't run Griselbrand, just that Jin is a better turn one target for reanimate because he gives you a huge amount of card advantage, as well as facilitate the rest of the deck.

November 26, 2014 1:52 p.m.

scholar says... #14

@Dhominus and @Felix1942, Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur used to be my go-to reanimation target in my Better Luck Next Time, Prince Charming deck, pre-Griselbrand. Do you know how many times I've dropped it, just to have it exiled by white? Sure, I could protect it with Force of Will or possibly even Daze, but that's not always reliable. What if I'm not holding any countermagic? What is always reliable is activating Griselbrand's card draw ability in the face of removal and drawing into, either answers for that specific removal, more reanimation fuel, or both.

Also, @Dhominus, Entomb is not my only "enabler". There is Careful Study which can dump fatties from my hand and also Personal Tutor which can fetch Careful Study. The UB version can technically survive itself a few turns with not much to do, until you can hopefully Brainstorm into something to do.

Check out my Better Luck Next Time, Prince Charming deck. It's like what you describe. More variable silver bullets via less-reliance on Griselbrand, but also no countermagic. It's pretty much mono-black (though it's UB) and it's way more explosive (resolving fatties on first turn).

November 26, 2014 5:26 p.m.