So I've been forcing reanimator / cheaty face a lot since early February, and its results have never been more consistent for me (thanks Flash / Atraxa!). Here's 6 decklists that were either pure reanimator decks or or some sort of Oath of Druids / Reanimator hybrid. Of the 6 decks, there's only 1 list where I wouldn't have run Unmarked Grave (the first one). Other than that list, I either would have run it, or it was already in the decklist. Again, I think the whole 'nonlegendary' being a dealbreaker of a drawback is extremely overblown.
So I've been forcing reanimator / cheaty face a lot since early February, and its results have never been more consistent for me (thanks Flash / Atraxa!). Here's 6 decklists that were either pure reanimator decks or or some sort of Oath of Druids / Reanimator hybrid. Of the 6 decks, there's only 1 list where I wouldn't have run Unmarked Grave (the first one). Other than that list, I either would have run it, or it was already in the decklist. Again, I think the whole 'nonlegendary' being a dealbreaker of a drawback is extremely overblown.
I've noticed that for the majority of your lists with unmarked, you only have 2-4 reanimation spells, which feels a bit too few IMO.
I would only go into reanimator if I open something like Sneak Attack/ Oath of Druids early on and reanimator is my backup.
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I've noticed that for the majority of your lists with unmarked, you only have 2-4 reanimation spells, which feels a bit too few IMO.
- In the hybrid lists, it's generally because reanimator typically isn't the primary plan and is mainly there for redundancy.
- The one pure reanimator deck that I have listed above is an example of not needing 4+ reanimator spells as long as you have enough tutors / card filtering / discard outlets.
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Even in reanimator decks, I would prefer to run cards like Bone Shards / Collective Brutality / Jace, Vryn's Prodigy that can help play a control game.
These are all fine cards, but they don't expedite the combo like Unmarked Grave does. JVP and other creature based discard outlets also don't work well with Oath of Druids. I'll take Unmarked Grave over any of these cards in any pure reanimator deck any day of the week unless my creature suite is all legendary.
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I would only go into reanimator if I open something like Sneak Attack/ Oath of Druids early on and reanimator is my backup.
For me it's typically either this or if I crack Entomb / Unmarked Grave early. I find it best practice to draft enablers before payoffs since they're fewer and far between.
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I've noticed that for the majority of your lists with unmarked, you only have 2-4 reanimation spells, which feels a bit too few IMO.
Even in reanimator decks, I would prefer to run cards like Bone Shards / Collective Brutality / Jace, Vryn's Prodigy that can help play a control game.
I would only go into reanimator if I open something like Sneak Attack/ Oath of Druids early on and reanimator is my backup.
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- In the hybrid lists, it's generally because reanimator typically isn't the primary plan and is mainly there for redundancy.
- The one pure reanimator deck that I have listed above is an example of not needing 4+ reanimator spells as long as you have enough tutors / card filtering / discard outlets.
These are all fine cards, but they don't expedite the combo like Unmarked Grave does. JVP and other creature based discard outlets also don't work well with Oath of Druids. I'll take Unmarked Grave over any of these cards in any pure reanimator deck any day of the week unless my creature suite is all legendary.
For me it's typically either this or if I crack Entomb / Unmarked Grave early. I find it best practice to draft enablers before payoffs since they're fewer and far between.
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