Reanimate

The Reanimate archetype in the Vintage Old Frame format is a strategy that seeks to put powerful creatures into play as quickly as possible, reanimating them from the graveyard to take advantage of their abilities and power.

This archetype is built around the use of spells like Reanimate, Animate Dead or Exhume, which allow a player to return a creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield.

The Reanimate archetype usually runs a combination of fast mana sources, graveyard manipulation spells, like Careful Study, and disrruption to enable the player to quickly put powerful creatures into play by reanimating them.

Reanimate Decklist

ARTIFACTS

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

CREATURES

4 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
2 Phantom Nishoba
1 Reya Dawnbringer
1 Spirit of the Night
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Verdant Force

INSTANTS

1 Ancestral Recall
4 Circular Logic
1 Entomb
4 Force of Will
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

SORCERIES

2 Careful Study
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Duress
4 Exhume
4 Reanimate
1 Time Walk

LANDS

1 Badlands
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Polluted Delta
2 Swamp
4 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island

SIDEBOARD

2 Energy Flux
1 Mox Ruby
3 Null Rod
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Zombie Infestation
Black Lotus

Reanimate in MTG Old Frame Tournaments

The Reanimate archetype has yet to be properly exploited in the MTG Old Frame Vintage tournaments. We are looking forward to seeing that happen. Here are the results accounted for so far:

MTG Old Frame League (up to the XIII League)

  • 0 Tournament Wins.
  • 0 Second Place finishes.
  • 1 Top 4 Finishes.
  • 0 Registered Players accounted for.

Live Tournaments

  • 0 Tournament Wins.
  • 0 Second Place finishes.
  • 0 Top 4 Finishes.
  • 0 Registered Players.