Modern necromancy
Modern forum
Posted on March 27, 2014, 10:33 a.m. by tyforthevenom
I want to make a big beater using the age old art of bringing cards from you graveyard yo the battlefield, what methods can i use for this in modern and which beaters would fit best?
Modern Living End is a thing now, though it didn't do particularly well in Valencia
March 27, 2014 11:25 a.m.
Your best bet for a deck would be Unburial Rites /Gifts Ungiven The cards you listed would be way too slow for reanimator
March 27, 2014 12:46 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #5
Gemstone Caverns exiles a card from your hand though.
March 27, 2014 12:52 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #6
Colfenor's Urn i was looking at unburial rights is very slow
March 27, 2014 1:57 p.m.
UrbanAnathema says... #7
Funny that you should mention this. Reanimator is pretty much a dead strategy in Competitive Modern...
That said..here was something I cooked up to try and bring it back.
Enthrall (Mill Reanimator) Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 3 | 1 COMMENTS | 512 VIEWSMarch 27, 2014 3:20 p.m.
you play unburial rites in a 4 colour control deck and cheat out elesh norn while controlling the game.
March 27, 2014 3:20 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #9
My current thoughts are lots of tokens somehow and used Doomed Necromancer to pull Champion of Stray Souls then flood you gy
March 27, 2014 4:06 p.m.
Dalektable says... #11
I'm working on an Esper Reanimator deck right now, I may or may not post it i havent yet decided. It throws cards into the graveyard with Zombie Infestation and bringing them back with either Unburial rights or Goryo's Vengeance . Some cards i'm looking to reanimate are cards like Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite , Griselbrand , Avacyn, Angel of Hope and Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur . To survive to this point in the game i run some controlling elements like Path to Exile , Inquisition of Kozilek and Smallpox . So far it's been working pretty well even against competitive builds.
March 27, 2014 4:32 p.m.
lord_of_the_snakes says... #12
here's something I built awhile ago, probably isn't too competitive, but, could give you some ideas. Mostly just use Hell's Caretaker to kill the kamigawa dragons and then return them so you can kill them for their effects again.
Starstruck Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 95 VIEWSnormally though, reanimator isn't too competitive anymore, its just too slow.
March 27, 2014 6:46 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #13
bantam1234 it's faster than paying the mana cost lol
March 27, 2014 7:40 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #14
Well, Reanimator is SOO not dead in Modern. They banned Deathrite Shaman . Goryo's Vengeance is the best possible way to go about reanimating things, with Faithless Looting and Izzet Charm as ways to get Griselbrand and Emrakul, the Aeons Torn into your graveyard. Griselbrand and Emrakul, the Aeons Torn are generally the two best fatties to be reanimating, as they are singlehandedly the most broken creatures to have in play in a void. Emrakul, the Aeons Torn is the largest creature and the most devastating, and Griselbrand allows you to draw a ton of cards, often to find several copies of Fury of the Horde to kill your opponent with three Griselbrand attacks as early as turn 2. If you want to keep the fatty in play (which isn't really that necessary), you could go for the Gifts Ungiven /Unburial Rites plan, which can use pretty much anything EXCEPT Emrakul, the Aeons Torn (since you often won't have enough mana on the turn you combo off to do both Gifts and Rites) including Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite , Griselbrand and Iona, Shield of Emeria as its usual targets. Have fun!
March 30, 2014 9:54 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #15
In addition, Reanimator can actually be such a fast combo (if you go for Goryo's Vengeance , the Gifts Ungiven package is usually in Esper control decks anyway), that you won't be needing a ton of control aspects. The other people saying that the deck is too slow need to look at it again. In Legacy the deck can reanimate fatties on turn 1, the Modern deck can do it on turn 2. This is a glass cannon if you go for the speed route, but its extreme power is worth it if you are willing to take the risk.
March 30, 2014 9:57 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #16
thispersonisagenius you can read right? you'll never have emrakul in your graveyard atleast not long enough to reanimate him
March 30, 2014 9:57 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #17
@tyforthevenom I would appreciate if you did your research before insulting other people, who very likely know more than you about the topic which you are asking about. Learn your manners.
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn has a trigger stating that when it goes to the graveyard, its owner shuffles it into his/her graveyard. This trigger can be responded to by casting Goryo's Vengeance or what have you targeting Emrakul, the Aeons Torn to put it into play before the trigger resolves.
March 30, 2014 9:59 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #18
thispersonisagenius did i insult you? i don't remember using any words to insult i was asking if you saw the part where you must shuffle emrakul back into your lib
March 30, 2014 10:04 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #19
i also didn't realise that turn 2 you'd have 3 mana
March 30, 2014 10:07 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #20
No worries. You said "you can read right?" which I took to imply sarcasm. If you did not mean that, forgive me. Anyways, there's your explanation.
March 30, 2014 10:07 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #21
Firstly, sorry for the double post. You can cast Faithless Looting on T1 and Goryo's Vengeance on T2 if you're reanimating Griselbrand .
Here's the full sequence (requiring a good deal of luck, obviously) to win on turn 1 (I just realized you could do this, I haven't played the deck in a while):
Opening Hand: 2x Simian Spirit Guide , black land, Faithless Looting , Goryo's Vengeance , Griselbrand , other card
Exile Simian Spirit Guide to cast Faithless Looting , discarding Griselbrand and some irrelevant card. Play your black land, tap it and exile Simian Spirit Guide to cast Goryo's Vengeance targeting Griselbrand . When Griselbrand enters play, draw 14 cards to hopefully hit Fury of the Horde and at least two red cards. Attack with Griselbrand , dropping your opponent to 13 and bringing you back up to 13. Cast Fury of the Horde to give you another attack step, draw 14 more cards to hopefully hit the second Fury of the Horde and two more red cards to exile, giving you the third Griselbrand attack for the win on turn 1.
March 30, 2014 10:14 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #22
ok, that made me laugh, requires a lucky opening hand but it's hilarious
March 30, 2014 10:33 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #23
also i keep double posting it's no bother too me, makes the thread look popular lol
tyforthevenom says... #2
Cards to put beaters in my gy i was thinking Gemstone Caverns and Hidden Horror
March 27, 2014 10:53 a.m.