The Reanimator 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 disruption to enable the player to quickly put powerful creatures into play by reanimating them.
Reanimate Decklist
ARTIFACTS
1 Black Lotus1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
CREATURES
4 Akroma, Angel of Wrath2 Phantom Nishoba
1 Reya Dawnbringer
1 Spirit of the Night
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Verdant Force
INSTANTS
1 Ancestral Recall4 Circular Logic
1 Entomb
4 Force of Will
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
SORCERIES
2 Careful Study1 Demonic Tutor
3 Duress
4 Exhume
4 Reanimate
1 Time Walk
LANDS
1 Badlands4 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
1 Mox Ruby
3 Null Rod
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Zombie Infestation
Reanimator Appearances in Tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Position | Player |
| July 2022 | XII MTGOF League | Top 4 | Alexander Caviris |
| February 2023 | XIV MTGOF League | Chema Valero |