Reanimator Deck Where You Are Never Stuck With Big Creatures in Your Hand!

All Big Creature Cards Have Alternative Casting Cost!

Introduction

This is a mono-black reanimator and midrange deck where all reanimatable big creatures cards have an alternative, cheaper casting cost, so that you are never stuck with them in your hand. The main reanimation target is Phyrexian Fleshgorger. Since there are only 4 of them, the deck has only 2 copies of Zombify. The idea of the deck is also to circumvent all possible graveyard hate by being able to cast every creature from hand.

The deck has no targets for Temporary Lockdown and Cut Down.

Source

This is my own brew.

Format

• The deck is for the Standard format with Tarkir: Dragonstorm being the last legal set.
• The deck is probably Tier 1.5 caliber.
• The deck can be played in both Bo1 and Bo3.

Deck Design

Reanimation

• Count: 2

The best reanimation spell in the format.

Discard Outlets

• Count: 4

Reanimation Targets

• Count: 4

Milling and Graveyard Recursion

• Count: 4

Spot Removal

• Count: 10

Bitter Triumph is a great removal spell that also works as a discard outlet.

Board Wipe

• Count: 4

Hand Hate

• Count: 3

Duress is useful against counterspells and such.

Life Gain

• Count: 7

Direct Damage

• Count: 3

Sheoldred can deal final points of damage in some scenarios.

Mana Base

Overview

• 26 lands in total

Land Types

• 20 basic lands
• 4 colorless man-lands
• 2 colorless special lands

Card Types

• 26 lands
• 15 creatures (of which 4 enchantment creatures)
• 10 instants
• 7 sorceries
• 2 planeswalkers

Sideboard

1-Mana Spells

Duress

Against control and combo decks.

Ghost Vacuum

Cheap graveyard hate.

Soul-Guide Lantern

Graveyard hate that can also by "cycled".

2-Mana Spells

Anoint with Affliction

Against Abhorrent Oculus, Heartfire Hero, Mosswood Dreadknight, and Screaming Nemesis.

Cruelclaw's Heist

Additional hand hate against control decks.

The Filigree Sylex

Against token decks and Cori-Steel Cutter.

3-Mana Spells

Blot Out

Exiling removal against, for example, Enduring Curiosity.

Unholy Annex

Against control decks and can be sided in some slower matchup.

Sideboarding

Against Control Decks

Removed Cards

• -4 Cut Down
• -4 Go for the Throat
• -1 Gix's Command

Added Cards

• +1 Duress
• +4 Cruelclaw's Heist
• +4 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber

Against Izzet Prowess

Removed Cards

• -1 Duress

Added Cards

• +1 The Filigree Sylex

Against Jeskai Oculus

Removed Cards

• -1 Cut Down
• -2 Duress
• -1 Gix's Command

Added Cards

• +1 Ghost Vacuum
• +2 Soul-Guide Lantern
• +1 Anoint with Affliction

Against Mono Red Aggro

Removed Cards

• -1 Duress

Added Cards

• +1 Anoint with Affliction

Against Abuelo's Awakening + Omniscience Combo

Removed Cards

• -4 Cut Down
• -4 Go for the Throat
• -2 Liliana of the Veil
• -2 Gix's Command

Added Cards

• +1 Duress
• +1 Ghost Vacuum
• +2 Soul-Guide Lantern
• +4 Cruelclaw's Heist
• +4 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber

Against Dimir Midrange

Removed Cards

• -1 Duress

Added Cards

• +1 Blot Out