Reanimator - Burning Wish

[kicks_422]

Akroma, Angel of Fury was first spoiled as a 4/4, though I already liked her protection from StP and bounce. Now that she's been confirmed as 6/6, I'd like to share this deck which I've been working on.

BURNING WISH REANIMATOR

3 Mountain
7 Swamp
4 Badlands
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Dark Ritual

4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
3 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
3 Akroma, Angel of Fury

4 Burning Wish
3 Cabal Therapy
3 Sickening Dreams
3 Reanimate
3 Buried Alive
4 Duress
4 Zombie Infestation
4 Exhume

Sideboard
1 Cabal Therapy
1 Sickening Dreams
1 Reanimate
1 Buried Alive
3 Crosis, the Purger
4 Shattering Spree
4 Pyroclasm

I basically added red to my mono-black build for Burning Wish, which is a tutor that mono-black versions don't have access to. I really like the tandem of Akromas, Wrath against aggro and Fury against control. The Squee/ZI engine serves as a back-up win condition in case I don't get any Angels out, though it's pretty potent and can win games on its own.

Crosis in the SB against combo, taking out Fury. Shattering Spree is a useful tool against Needle and Crypt, and Pyroclasm comes in for help against Goblins.

It's still a rough draft, so suggestions and comments are most welcome.

[vigilante]

Does the new Akroma's lack of haste concern you in a Reanimator deck? Also, against control, you can effectively ignore her "can't be countered" clause as they'll be perfectly capable of countering your reanimation spell.

[Ta Jugs]

You should play Thunder Dragon over the new Akroma and play Petradon over Crosis in your sideboard.

[Eldariel]

Protection from StP is pretty nice, but the lack of Haste and Vigilance is a big :(

[Cait_Sith]

All the red Akroma has is jugz, so seriously, choose something better. Stalking Vengeance can be a fun way to abuse Living Death... if you used it.

Edit: 18 Lands of which only 14 are mana producers. How does that work out?

[erdjinn]

Your back-up win condition (Squee + Infestation) still uses the graveyard.
How do you win if a Leyline of the Void hits the table?

[Slag]

If you need a non-graveyard kill that doesn't take up a lot of space, you can run a tomb of urami or two. I think that since you're running red, you should consider lightning axe, which basically acts as both your stp and your discard outlet.

[nightshade81]

Here's a list for reference

//NAME: Orlove's List
4 Zombie Infestation
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
4 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
4 Exhume
3 Reanimate
4 Careful study
4 Burning Wish
3 Intuition
4 Duress
4 Cabal Therapy
1 Last Rites
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Polluted Delta
2 Swamp
1 Island
1 Mountain
2 Underground Sea
1 Badlands
4 Wasteland
2 Mox Diamond
// Sideboard:
SB: 3 Last Rites
SB: 1 Reanimate
SB: 1 Buried Alive
SB: 1 Sickening Dreams
SB: 1 Pyroclasm
SB: 1 Echoing Ruin
SB: 3 Petradon
SB: 3 Disrupt
SB: 1 Plated Slagwurm

This deck did well about a year or so ago. The main advantage is the ability to abuse Intuition over Buried Alive at the cost of a worse mana base. Intuition for triple therapy w/ a Squee in hand against control has to be one of my favorite moves in all of magic.