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I think you're referring to these posts (and the others related):
http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?8639-Deck-Reanimator&p=560048&viewfull=1#post560048...

I remember that many years ago (on the old thread) there was a discussion on the right numbers of each card in order to combo off as fast as possible, and that led to strange results.

Look at this...

I'm intrigued: can you post your list and explain how you side (what other cards you bring in and what you take out) and what is your strategy when you bring in the Bird?



Good article, I agree...

How is Mindshrieker? What are the matchups that it helps in?

The selling feature of Reanimator is its blazing speed: turn 1 or 2 Griselbrand are quite often and some decks cannot do anything about it. Then in G2/3 they bring in hate, but still they have to...

Welcome to the source! I'll be quick

Against Deathrite Shaman you can:

be faster (lotus petals and gemstone mines help here)
use some show and tell maindeck
use some kind of removal...

Here you go:
http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?8639-Deck-Reanimator&p=560048&viewfull=1#post560048...

Back in 2011 Hapless researcher was the real thing, just look at page 122 of the old thread: http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?8639-Deck-Reanimator&p=560159&viewfull=1#post560159
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Versus decks with StP inkwell is better than sigarda for the bigger body and islandwalk/trample, which is relevant against miracle (they entreat for two and sigarda is now useless) or decks that can...

I play a main similar to Chris's but my side differs very much, so take my points with a grain of salt.

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OTP: +1 flusterstorm, +2 spell pierce, +2 thoughtseize, +1 echoing thruth, +1 inkwell...

I tested for a bit dimir charm for the same exact reasons, but I found it a little luckster.

The first part isn't something you can depend to for binning creatures in the grave unlessyou set up...

If you need to blow for 0 ratchet and explosives are equivalent.
For 1 most ad the time it's the same, you have to wait a turn to blow, although if you have 3 lands you can do it immediately.

For...

Thoughtseize, izzet charm (if you're in red) or disfigure (if you're not), engineered explosive, daze, fow, S&T, bounce, blood moon (depriving them of green sources)...

Hi rarefiedar, you are quite right about the Archon vs elesh analisys, I may only add that Elesh actually kills many problematic creatures that don't use the red zone (like confidant, deathrite...

I second Stryfo's analisys: you'll often find yourself siding out a mix of ponder (if you play them), daze (if you are on the draw), study and reanimate (I almost never side out exhume because if you...

However if they counter EE you still have some action in hand and you could try to go off if you draw another EE or S&T.
If you bounce, instead, they'll counter your attemp to go off and replay...

Playing bounce to deal with permanent hate means that you can take one shot at reanimating because on their turn they'll replay what you have bounced: if they counter your attemp it's likely that you...

Against which decks did you test? Moreover, did you test with or without sideing?

You are right, this deck is a monster in general and even more in game one. It becomes more difficult to play in...

Thanks feline, and to everyone who is promoting the deck.

Keep recycling in 2014 too!

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Intuition is just too slow for this deck.
Also I think that with all the manipulation he's running (brainstorm, ponder, study) 16 lands are too many, and I'll never drop a petal in this deck because...

I suggest a ponder, a seize and a fetch

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Stormtide however doesn't stop emrakul, which is the main reason for archon in this deck (obviously in the side).

I don't think there is such a silver bullet because esperblade can attack creatures by too many angles: stp, jace, liliana, race them with batterskull...

The best thing is to go for griselbrand,...

If your concern is batterskull alone I think empyreal archangel may be of help, but still I think that leviathan is better.

I would have not keep that hand because I hate hands that rely on brainstorm to do something.
If you had ponder instead maybe I would have kept, and if you had a creature in hand I surely had: my...