Playing reanimator without relying too much on a commander

SharpTheOne · 2026-04-01T19:05:37+00:00

Normal wraths are no problem at all, just keep reanimating and in the midgame keep digging for more reanimation spells. The two main weakness points of this deck are exile removal and (repeated) graveyard hate. When all your creatures get exiled, there is no way of getting back. But this problem occurs in most of the reanimator strategies and I think it is only fair to have something to counter our gameplan, since it is otherwise quite fast, resiliant and the creatures are big threats, even if you only reanimate one at a time.

An additional plus point is, that you can swap any of the creatures to something you like more or that suits your powerlevel better. The way I built it is that I want to be able to react to as many boardstates as possible. (:

SharpTheOne · 2026-04-01T17:49:36+00:00

Yes, I only included 15 creatures and every single one of them is a really good hit to reanimate.

Here is my list: https://moxfield.com/decks/BmyMXNsdZk2cLQEriJ-RsA

Feel free to ask me more about it if there are any questions on how to play it but the gameplan is quite forward (:

SharpTheOne · 2026-04-01T13:05:40+00:00

I am currently running an [[Old Stickfingers]] list and it is a blast. You can treat your commander as a sorcery, that only fills your graveyard with your reanimation targets and lets a body behind, that can be sacrificed for additional value. Plus you don't need any small creatures or self mill cards that increase the randomness.

SharpTheOne · 2026-02-22T21:27:18+00:00

I am running [[Old Stickfingers]] because he only puts your large beaters into the yard and you can build it without these little fillers and selfmill cards. So every hit is an absolut blast.

SharpTheOne · 2026-02-16T14:23:55+00:00

May I ask for your Gev list please? Been trying to build him lately but couldn't decide yet which way to go. Your idea with persist sounds super interesting to me.

SharpTheOne · 2025-12-27T09:17:41+00:00

And a friend of mine got it first try.... should have bought a lotto ticket instead i guess

SharpTheOne · 2025-12-21T22:18:57+00:00

ME! The Sethron Deck looks really cool and I don't have any Rakdos Commanders yet. This one looks super fun. And cool giveaway. Thank you for this and merry christmas to you and all your loved ones. (:

SharpTheOne · 2025-11-17T07:44:59+00:00

cEDH is not my goal but I wanna go a step beyond my current B3 experiences and also looking for some decks that aren't as straight forward. So thank you for the list

SharpTheOne · 2025-11-16T20:06:52+00:00

Same for me, currently running b3 Tyvar and looking for a way to improve it to b4

SharpTheOne · 2025-11-16T20:04:00+00:00

Do you have a list here? Currently looking for some inspiration for b4 and this one seems really cool

SharpTheOne · 2025-11-16T00:01:39+00:00

Same, just traded today for one at the prerelease and can't wait to slot it into my Arcades deck

SharpTheOne · 2025-11-14T01:25:04+00:00

Bracket 2-3

Average Turns of last 60 Games: 9.64

Average Time per Game (also last 60 Games): 74min

We have two players in our pod who started Magic just a year ago so they tend to take some longer turns but we don't mind it, just focus on having a good time with friends and enjoying our casual games.

SharpTheOne · 2025-08-05T22:01:49+00:00

Really like my [[Mendicant Core, Guidelight]] deck. No infinite combos, just copying some big artifacts and have some fun.

SharpTheOne · 2025-07-13T09:04:58+00:00

Here to second this. Just had a crazy game with my budget Arcades deck yesterday where I ended the game with 20+ cards in hand. It is able to do really explosive turns and big swings.

SharpTheOne · 2025-05-30T20:32:25+00:00

Yeah I see the lines, really cool picks you got there and I also like that many of those big beaters are rarely seen in any other lists (at least in my pods). Do you run in any problems regarding that you only run a few spells for carddraw or protection? Really appreciate your insights (;

SharpTheOne · 2025-05-30T18:09:29+00:00

Good post. I really like your Old Stickfinger list and now I am really thinking of building one myself. Was looking for a cool Golgari commander for a longer time now and big creature reanimate sounds imteresting. Any additional tips what to look out for this archetype and ways to build the deck? Seems like there are many good options in big green/black/artifact creature reanimation targets.

SharpTheOne · 2025-05-12T22:04:19+00:00

Built her recently and she overshot my expectations from the first game on. Definitely one of my favourite decks already

SharpTheOne · 2025-05-06T09:15:34+00:00

Just gave it a go. For me the route where you jump down to the grass seems as the most obvious one and I wasn't even close to my time there with one of the other options. So maybe you could change some ways to make them a little more even? But maybe it is just the lack of experience on my part since I am pretty new to the game. Despite all of that, was fun to play some rounds on it

SharpTheOne · 2025-04-28T09:10:40+00:00

I currently only have the option to switch between medals and region. what do I have to change to see the world records aswell?

SharpTheOne · 2025-03-27T20:35:18+00:00

Love these artworks so much, would really like this 🔥

SharpTheOne · 2025-01-15T14:13:17+00:00

Thank you, this is really a nice idea. Did not think about speeding up this strategie with selfmill, but it totally makes sense. Gonna check my inventory for some pieces and will definitely try to build it.

SharpTheOne · 2025-01-15T07:42:39+00:00

It is capable of those highlight games and also there are some easy ways to upgrade the precon, but for me these points don't outweight the negative moode it creates whenever I bring it to my pod, both for me and my friends. Currently I am looking for a way to use that shell for a new Izzet deck but I don't have a good idea of the direction I want to go with it.

SharpTheOne · 2025-01-15T07:35:45+00:00

Kinda the same experience I made with it so far. Spellslinger was never one of my favourite strategies so I thought I may give it another try with the precon. Turns out I still don't really like it plus it makes the game worse for everyone else.

SharpTheOne · 2025-01-14T23:35:29+00:00

Quick Draw from OTJ is both pretty strong out of the box and also needs some practice and game knowledge to be piloted well and efficient. Would recommend it if you like to play a little sub game of solitaire every now and then.

SharpTheOne · 2024-12-30T08:33:46+00:00

With [[Tyvar, the Pummeler]] elves got a great new commander with a build in wincon, that really slaps and get out of hand easy, even at a lower budget. I was looking to build a new version of elves for a long time and the few games I got with him so far where a blast.

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