(Deck) Junk Retainers Reanimator Depths (???)

[Pans-Advocate]

So this is an experiment that might be totally fatally flawed, BUT …

1 Karakas
1 Swamp
1 Savannah
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Dark Depths
2 Scrubland
2 Bayou
3 Cavern of Souls
3 Wasteland
2 Marsh Flats
4 Verdant Catacombs

1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Griselbrand
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
3 Loyal Retainers
3 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Deathrite Shaman

4 Liliana of the Veil

1 Life from the Loam
2 Exhume
2 Crop Rotation
3 Abrupt Decay
3 Thoughtseize
4 Entomb
4 Living Wish

SB
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Vampire Hexmage
1 Loyal Retainers
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Karakas
1 Maze of Ith
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Dark Depths
1 Bojuka Bog
3 Krosan Grip
3 Zealous Persecution

There are a lot of things wrong with this first draft. I just jammed everything I could think of into it, so it is probably terrible. But it looks like lots of fun to play, and it seems like it has some lines that the current decks to beat have serious issues with (uncounterable Elesh Norn or Iona reanimation, inevitable Marit Lage, etc.)

Any thoughts?

[Fatal]

for sure need mox diamond

[Gammelanz]

This looks janky enough that I'd like to play it. I agree with the previous commenter that Mox Diamond seems like a good idea. I would probably go up on the number of Loams at the same time, since it both combos with Mox and I think you need more ways to get creatures into the GY.

A RIP will be annoying for you, leaving you basically only with Marit Lage, but I guess that's still better than most reanimators. Have you tried it out in a game yet?

[apple713]

you have no means other than liliana to discard creatures... you need more spells to discard creatures. Fauna shaman comes to mind... but its slow. entomb may not be enough.

[jamis]

you have no means other than liliana to discard creatures... you need more spells to discard creatures. Fauna shaman comes to mind... but its slow. entomb may not be enough.
Fauna Shaman was the first card I thought of when I was looking over the list. Maybe its too slow to include a bunch in the maindeck, but at least having one as a Living Wish target seems useful. Volrath's Stronghold also seems hot.

[Nitrospira]

Fauna Shaman was the first card I thought of when I was looking over the list. Maybe its too slow to include a bunch in the maindeck, but at least having one as a Living Wish target seems useful. Volrath's Stronghold also seems hot.

You could try something saucy and go with Lion's Eye Diamond + Unburial Rites, a la reanimator storm. LED also combos decently with Living Wish, and Rites is another [clunky] reanimate spell if Retainers doesn't work

[Rad_Fishy]

Any way to take advantage of Unearth?