[Deck] Reanimator

[jaykruger]

Deck looking like this right now

Deck

Fattys   1x Inkwell Leviathon 1x Sphink of the steel wind 3x Jin-Gitaxias 1x Elesh Norn 1x Iona 1x Angel of dispair   Enablers 4x Exhume 4x Entomb 4x Reanimate 3x Animate dead     Protection and dig 3x Daze 4x Force of Will 4x brainstorm 4x Careful Study 1x ponder 3x Thought Seize   Land 4x U-Sea 4x Poluted delta 3x swamp 2x island 2x Misty Rainforest 3x Marsh Flats     SideBoard 3x Show and tell     3x Spell Peirce - this is still open 3x Echoing truth 3x pithing needle   1x Akroma                1x Blazing Archion

[Krimson Viper]

Are any of you playing Sundering Titan against RUG?

[rxavage]

Sphinx is usually what I want to reanimate second if not first and unfortunately we only have 4 entomb. I figure I'd rather have more consistency than variety and side accordingly.

[rxavage]

Does Sundering titan effect duals? I was under the assumption that only basic lands are effected.

[Krimson Viper]

Originally Posted by rxavage

Does Sundering titan effect duals? I was under the assumption that only basic lands are effected.

Yes it does. I'm curious about it because it will really destroy 3 color decks like RUG, which is, to me, our worst match up. I don't want to waste a slot if it isn't worth our time.

[mafteechr]

Originally Posted by rxavage

Does Sundering titan effect duals? I was under the assumption that only basic lands are effected.

Cards like Bayou count as both Swamp and Forest. Sundering Titan chooses basic land types, not basic land cards.

[Meditron]

Originally Posted by Krimson Viper

Are any of you playing Sundering Titan against RUG?

I was using sundering titan for awhile, but against RUG Sphinx is actually an instant win where titan is just sort of cute and against Bant/Punishing Mav decks that might run 3-4 colors he's too fragile to their removal. In the end he just wasn't worth it to me so I changed his slot.

[rxavage]

@jaykruger
I play 2 spell pierce main and i highly recommend it. I even had 2 in the sideboard but they were replaced by flusterstorms, which I'm seriously considering switching the flusters out for the pierces I had in originally. I find spell pierce often relevant in almost every match-up.

[jaykruger]

Originally Posted by rxavage

@jaykruger
I play 2 spell pierce main and i highly recommend it. I even had 2 in the sideboard but they were replaced by flusterstorms, which I'm seriously considering switching the flusters out for the pierces I had in originally. I find spell pierce often relevant in almost every match-up.

What did you take out for them? In place of thoughtseize I assume?

[fourtwenty]

I'm playing my reanimator deck for the first time in a legacy tournament this weekend and I'd appreciate any constructive criticism.

Deck
Creatures 1x Empyrial Archangel 1x Sphink of the steel wind 3x Jin-Gitaxias 1x Elesh Norn 1x Iona 1x Angel of dispair Spells 4x Exhume 4x Entomb 4x Reanimate 2x Animate dead 4x Daze 4x Force of Will 4x brainstorm 4x Careful Study 2x ponder 2x Thought Seize	Land 4x U-Sea 4x Poluted delta 2x swamp 2x island 2x Scalding Tarn 1x Verdant catacombs 1x marsh flats 1x bloodstained mire 1x darkslick shores	Sideboard (need to reduce by 2 cards) 3x Show and tell 2x thought seize 2x Spell Pierce 1x flusterstorm 1x wipe away 2x Echoing truth 3x pithing needle 1x Inkwell leviathan 1x Blazing Archion 1x terastodon

I'm tempted to remove the ponders and replace them with 2 more thoughtseize's in the main. I just don't like ponder that much. Thoughts?

[jaykruger]

I am also seriously considering replacing the ponder with personal tutor 8 times out of 10 it would get me what I wanted with ponder anyways, perhaps go down to 2 thoughtsize and 2 personal tutor? to Bad it top of library

[rxavage]

Originally Posted by jaykruger

What did you take out for them? In place of thoughtseize I assume?

Go -1 swamp,-1 ponder, -1 thoughtseize, and -1 animate dead; then +2 spell pierce and +2 personal tutor. I considered personal tutor but the fact that it didn't find entomb turned me off, but I have had those rare situations where I can't find a reanimation spell and gotten Jaced or some other ridiculous situation so let us know how it workout for you.


@420
add 2 spell pierce instead, I find them immensely indispensable.

[Granvolley]

The only way to play person tutor is to play [CARD]Sensei's divining top[CARD] with it or it becames too slow... The only problem is that ponder is blue and we can pitch it and ponder is great whit braistorm to put away bad cards from topdeck.. I think that in a meta with a lot of discard effect or hard control deck sensei-personal should be better. In this aggro-control meta or pure aggro ponder is better because it is faster. Another card that I'm testing and it is really great is misdirection[CARD]misdirection[CARD] because we can use misdi in counter war as a force or to redirect StP (on a geist, a kotr...) and other spell like surgical extraction....

[rxavage]

I would much rather have pierce than misdirection. I think between the brainstorms and careful studies SDT isn't necessary.

[jaykruger]

Originally Posted by rxavage

Go -1 swamp,-1 ponder, -1 thoughtseize, and -1 animate dead; then +2 spell pierce and +2 personal tutor. I considered personal tutor but the fact that it didn't find entomb turned me off, but I have had those rare situations where I can't find a reanimation spell and gotten Jaced or some other ridiculous situation so let us know how it workout for you.


@420
add 2 spell pierce instead, I find them immensely indispensable.

I always seem to go back and forth with 17/18 lands usually on account of losing a round or two to wasteland, so I am on a 3/2 basic split right now, could consider dropping one of the black only fetches. So i'll test with 2 Spell Pierce and one personal tutor.

Can we just have mystical back please....
kidding.... sorta