[Discussion] Building Mono-Black Reanimator

Have you guys considered Arcanis, the Omnipotent as a solution against Control? I remember playing it on old extended and he was almost autowin. +3 cards a turn is too good to be passed, IMHO.

I'm planning to build a list like this, so far I have it proxied:

18 Swamp
4 Dark Ritual

4 Putrid Imp
4 Cabal Therapy
3 Sickeninig Dreams
3 Buried Alive

4 Reanimate
4 Exhume
4 Animate Dead
2 Dance of the Dead

2 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
2 Arcanis the Omnipotent
1 Thunder Dragon
1 Braids Cabal minion
1 Phanthom Nishoba
1 Symic Sky Swallower
1 Sundering Titan
1 Symbiotic Wurm

I know the list isn't perfect, but it has decent game against Goblins (80/20, 20 games) and Landstill (70/30, 22 games), haven't tested against other decks yet.

hey guys, diggin this up. here's my list, could i get some opinions? btw this is a casual deck, which should be obvious in my list, currently i'm in the "ironing out" stage i'd like to say, where it's more, what cards get 4copy's, which get 3, and which get cut altogether.

The guts:

4 entomb
3 Buried alive (most builds run four, i run 3 because it's the only 3 cc spell)
4 Dark Rit
4 Exhume
4 Reanimate
3 Animate dead(thinkin of going to 4 and cutting a reanimate)
4 Cabal Therapy
3 Duress(4 is too many, only synergizes with therapy)
3 Demonic tutor (interested to hear people's opinion on this card)

4 Putrid Imp(should make every list, swiss army knife of R.A.)

The Glory:

Akroma, Angel of Wrath
Arcanis the Omnipotent(not so omnipotent, maybe impotent)
Angel of Despair
Avatar of Woe(whoooaaa)
Empyrial Archangel (omg, favorite overall first creature on the field)
Hellkite Overlord
Inkwell Leviathan (replaced simic sky swallower, F.U.BLUE)
Reya Dawnbringer (not great)

The Mana:

14 swamps
1 lotus petal
1 chrome mox

btw how do you guys suggest dealing with a prince of thralls in the mirror match?

1 of My team mates plays mono black Reanimator. I can't remember His is exact list but its something very close to this:

LAND
17 Swamp

SPELLS
4 Animate Dead
4 Exhume
4 Reanimate
4 Dark Ritual
4 Buried Alive
4 Sickening Dreams
4 Duress

DUDES
4 Putrid Imp
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Reya Dawnbringer
1 Empyrial Archangel
1 Platinum Angel
1 Bogarden Hellkite
1 Hellkite Overlord
1 Magister Sphinx
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Phantom Nishoba
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Tidespout Tyrant

i like magister sphinx! i considered platinum angel but meh, never tried that dirty scheme. woodfall primus looks pretty sweet as well, flashback cabal therapy, then destroy something else on their field. but,, what does your friend do for card draw?

some of the creatures that didn't make main deck but were fun along the way were:

Bladewing the Risen(on a team with hellkite overlord, you're opponent is on a 2 turn clock)

Simic sky swallower(good card, but not as good at inkweller, still on sb for control)

knollspine dragon(very fast way to refill your hand after the first creature hits the field, kinda miss him actually. 7/5 flier helps as well)

arcanis is on the choppin block, maybe knollspine will come back or i'll go pick up the blue bringer of the dawn.

sphinx of steel wind(not a good fit for my deck, almost never needed him or when i did he couldn't deliver)

any other thoughts on my list? is reanimator so far forgotten?:mad: lol

Entomb and Demonic Tutor are banned in Legacy.

yes, but the thread has much about illegal reanimator builds so i posted in here.

Tidespout tyrant rocks! ill post my updated list soon,tutors definately were a mistake in this deck.

just add Boseju and go savage... they are all sorceries!

I'm not quite sure if Putrid Imp is worth it in the case that Entomb is unbanned. Putrid Imp and the discard method is played strictly because it serves as an insufficient substitute for the Entomb toolbox engine. If you want a discard engine for monoblack, I'd recommend the Zombie Infestation/Krovikan Horror/Squee engine instead, which synergies greatly with the reanimator. However, U/B Reanimator outclasses monoblack by far, even with Entomb legalized, because the deck really wants Careful Study and Mystical Tutor, since black has no quick draw nor efficient tutors. Plunge into Darkness would be an acceptable tutor if it wasn't for the deck's reliance on Reanimate, which would cause too much life loss. With the Infestation engine, you don't need the reanimator method alone and you have an alternate win condition by making 2/2 zombies on each player's turn. With no feasible tutor, monoblack would probably benefit more from an alternate win condition/discard enabler.

Legacy Monoblack Reanimator

Lands (22)
18 Swamp
4 Dark Ritual

Spell(26)
4 Entomb
4 Exhume
4 Reanimate
2 Animate Dead
4 Duress
4 Zombie Infestation
3 Buried Alive
1 Contamination

Creatures (12)
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Phantom Nishoba
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Ascendant Evincar
1 Visara the Dreadful
1 Verdant Force
1 Empyrial Archangel
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
2 Krovikan Horror

A U/B version would probably look like this, and run alot smoother

Land (22)
4 Polluted Delta
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Underground Sea
5 Swamp
1 Island
4 Lotus Petal

Spells (30)
4 Entomb
4 Careful Study
4 Exhume
4 Reanimate
2 Animate Dead
4 Duress
4 Mystical Tutor
4 Brainstorm

Creatures (8)
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Sundering Titan
1 Visara the Dreadful
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Phantom Nishoba
1 Empyrial Archangel
1 Sundering Titan
1 Bogardan Hellkite

Entomb is still banned.

Buried Alive into 3 Demigod of Revenge seems really sexy.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyQuinn

Buried Alive into 3 Demigod of Revenge seems really sexy.

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Demigod triggers when you cast the spell, not when it enters the battlefield.