I am looking at making a Grixis Colored Reanimator EDH Deck. I have plenty of targets for such a deck, however, I do need help in the following ways.
What are the best reanimate effects. I want like, 15 or so of them.
What would be the best general for this?
Any effects that put creatures that are in your hand/deck into your graveyard?
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Reanimate effects.
1. Sheoldred, Whispering One is repeatable so therefore probably worth a spot IMO.
2. All Hallow's Eve is a favorite of mine.
3. Beacon of Unrest is pseudo-reusable reanimate.
4. Cauldron Dance is absolutely amazing for some shenanigans.
5. Chainer, Dementia Master can grab from any grave.
6. Coffin Queen is basically a second chainer.
7. Dawn of the Dead works well if you have a sacrifice outlet, which shouldn't be a problem in grixis colors.
8. Xiahou Dun, the One Eyed is necessary for a reanimator strategy IMO, use repeatable reanimate effects on him to bring back other black cards in your grave that you can use again and again.
9. Grim Harvest is a nice repeatable effect to bring creatures back to your hand.
10. Hell's Caretaker with creatures that either bring themselves back from the dead or creatures that produce more when they enter the battlefield is amazing. A true gem of a card.
11. Living Death is decent if you have more cards in graveyard than in play. Same with Living End.
12. Makeshift Mannequin is a great card and has combo potential to permanently keep the card brought back.
13. Classic Reanimate might be good :rolleyes:.
14. Phyrexian Delver for a reanimate on legs.
15. Profane Command is decent.
16. Goblin Welder is by far the best reanimator in the game.(for artifacts :D)
Best General for this would in all likelihood be Thraximundar if you are including a decent amount of sacrifice effects, (which you should be). Otherwise another good general for more of a beatdown strategy is Lord of Tresserhorn since you can negate his sacrifice creatures ability with the reanimation.
Sedris usally removes a key card from your graveyard, is slow and has no evasion. I know because he was my first EDH deck, never run him since switching to Tresserhron/Thrax.
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Phyrexian Reclaimation has never been dead for me personally. I have tried Strands of Night, but it's nessacary to have an Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth to being able to get the most out of the insane advantage (after a buried alive or sumin). I had just recently learned of Malevolent Awakening and in the process of testing it. It dubs as a sac outlet but the activation cost is fairly hefty to use unless you have access to quick mana.
Also, Insidious Dreams will let you ditch some dudes to tutor up some dudes to the top of your library, before you Traumatize yourself.
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The best general is Sedris, Traitor King, as he gives you yet another cheap, re-usable reanimation outlet. Make sure to use things like Tawnos's Coffin and Teferi's Veil to dodge effects that exile the creature when it leaves play.
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Beacon of Unrest
Animate Dead
Sheoldred, Whispering One (wich is both a reanimator target and a reanimation spell)
Puppeteer Clique (reanimate your opponent's stuff)
Balthor the Defiled (in the right deck it can be a one sided living dead)
Reanimators:
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Reanimate
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Beacon of Unrest
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Dread Return
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Yawgmoth's Will and Dralnu, Lich Lord can play more than creatures out of the grave.
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1. Sheoldred, Whispering One is repeatable so therefore probably worth a spot IMO.
2. All Hallow's Eve is a favorite of mine.
3. Beacon of Unrest is pseudo-reusable reanimate.
4. Cauldron Dance is absolutely amazing for some shenanigans.
5. Chainer, Dementia Master can grab from any grave.
6. Coffin Queen is basically a second chainer.
7. Dawn of the Dead works well if you have a sacrifice outlet, which shouldn't be a problem in grixis colors.
8. Xiahou Dun, the One Eyed is necessary for a reanimator strategy IMO, use repeatable reanimate effects on him to bring back other black cards in your grave that you can use again and again.
9. Grim Harvest is a nice repeatable effect to bring creatures back to your hand.
10. Hell's Caretaker with creatures that either bring themselves back from the dead or creatures that produce more when they enter the battlefield is amazing. A true gem of a card.
11. Living Death is decent if you have more cards in graveyard than in play. Same with Living End.
12. Makeshift Mannequin is a great card and has combo potential to permanently keep the card brought back.
13. Classic Reanimate might be good :rolleyes:.
14. Phyrexian Delver for a reanimate on legs.
15. Profane Command is decent.
16. Goblin Welder is by far the best reanimator in the game.(for artifacts :D)
Best General for this would in all likelihood be Thraximundar if you are including a decent amount of sacrifice effects, (which you should be). Otherwise another good general for more of a beatdown strategy is Lord of Tresserhorn since you can negate his sacrifice creatures ability with the reanimation.
Effects that bring cards from your library into your grave.
1. The dredge mechanic.
2. Buried Alive
3. Corpse Connoisseur
4. Entomb
5. Iname, Death Aspect (works well only if built around)
6. Intuition
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Living Death
Patriachs Bidding
Balthor the Defiled
Phyrexian Reclamation
Twilight's Call
Okay...so i couldn't link for some reason, here are the best choices for grixis imho.
Crosis, the Purger
Garza Zol, Plague Queen
Lord of Tresserhorn
Thraximundar
Sedris usally removes a key card from your graveyard, is slow and has no evasion. I know because he was my first EDH deck, never run him since switching to Tresserhron/Thrax.
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Also, Insidious Dreams will let you ditch some dudes to tutor up some dudes to the top of your library, before you Traumatize yourself.
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Pitch two dudes, search up some reanimation, profit! And then do it again.
Your best option for reanimation effects are those that are repeatable/reusable, such as:
Strands of Night
Coffin Queen
Chainer, Dementia Master
Nezumi Graverobber
Dawn of the Dead
Corpse Dance
Hell's Caretaker
Diabolic Servitude
Dreams of the Dead
Beacon of Unrest
Sheoldred, the Whispering One
The best general is Sedris, Traitor King, as he gives you yet another cheap, re-usable reanimation outlet. Make sure to use things like Tawnos's Coffin and Teferi's Veil to dodge effects that exile the creature when it leaves play.
As for cards that put creatures into your graveyard, you can try discard outlets like Zombie Infestation and Aquamoeba, or you can put them there directly with things like Entomb, Buried Alive, and Corpse Connoisseur.
As for good reanimation targets, try things with big converted mana costs and splashy effects - Jin Gitaxis, Core Augur, Hoverguard Sweepers, Tidespout Tyrant, Inkwell Leviathan, Kederekt Leviathan, Living Inferno, Mindleech Mass, Pestilence Demon, Prince of Thralls, Scion of Darkness, Stormtide Leviathan, etc.
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Also, if you include Iname, Death Aspect and then include your choice of grixis colored spirits:
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?sort=rating-&type=%20[spirit]||subtype=%20[spirit]&color=%20@%28[U]|[B]|[R]%29 (sorted by community rating)
You can get creatures in your graveyard quite quickly.
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Dread Return
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