In my infinite wisdom I actually left my reanimator deck box at the hotel so I couldn't use it at GP Kyoto. I was luckily able to play with Jund.

The list I have is basically unchanged since going 4 Petal 4 Daze

Main Deck (60)
Creatures (7)
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Empyrial Archangel
1 Tidespout Tyrant
3 Griselbrand
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
Spells (37)
4 Lotus Petal
2 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
4 Careful Study
4 Entomb
4 Reanimate
4 Daze
4 Exhume
2 Show and Tell
1 Misdirection
4 Force of Will
Lands (16)
1 Bayou
1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Tropical Island
2 Bloodstained Mire
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Polluted Delta
4 Underground Sea
Sideboard (15)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Flusterstorm
1 Pithing Needle
2 Echoing Truth
3 Thoughtseize
3 Abrupt Decay
2 Show and Tell
1 Grave Titan
1 Sire of Insanity

In defense of the petal. Petal powers out a lot of T1 combos or a Turn 2 Show and Tell into victory. Late game it does suffer a bit, though it did allow me to hardcast an Empyrial Archangel. My normal list actually has 2 Dread of Night sideboard due to death and taxes being such a miserable matchup. I'm still very iffy on using DTT as most of my matches end very fast within 4 turns. My long protracted matches where DTT might actually be useful I'm on the receiving end of a RiP which prevents me from delving and casting Dig. I guess it's all about playing style for other pilots. I like the Show and Tell plan as it ignores grave hate so when I see a RiP I don't sweat as much.


There was one Japanese Reanimator list that puzzles me from a year ago. The sideboard turned the deck into Painter and the guy placed Top 16 with it.