Mono Blue Reanimator

Casual IQuarent

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Hypothetical Changes —Feb. 18, 2015

I love MImic Vat, but it wouldn't work with this deck. The Leviathans will be interacting with the board in three ways:

1. Coming into play from hand
2. Coming into play from grave
3. Going into exile when I can't pay the upkeep cost anymore

Thus, I never have the chance to imprint anything.

Also, having Stormtide Leviathan in play during my opponents turn is actually an important part of the potential strategy against less forgiving decks... While its on the field, they can't attack me. Against more typical casual decks, I can just take my time getting there. Against decks that kill on turn 1-5 I'm dead anyway. In that case I just play a different deck.

It's possible if I use flicker effects (like Deadeye Navigator) to remove the Cumulative Upkeep cost... However, the deck doesn't really have room for tricks like that because the goal is to actually use Dreams of the Dead. If I don't use Dreams of the Dead before having 8 lands, it isn't really justifiable to run it when I can just hard-cast the leviathans. Making Dreams of the Dead actually be a card that does things is the only way to create "Mono-Blue Reanimator". After the leviathan is in play, I have the lands I need to pay the cost for at least 2-3 turns, so it works... barely.

Taigam's Scheming would definitely fit the theme. By coincidence, most of the dig/draw spells were instants... I used to have an Isochron Scepter deck and I had a playset laying around, so decided this deck could put them to use. As such, I made sure ALL of the dig/draw spells were instants. To make it budget the deck could definitely run cards like Strategic Planning and Taigam's Scheming in place of the scepters.

Funny thing: While browsing The Gatherer, I was reminded that Search the City was a card that existed. The thought crossed my mind that this deck runs a 3-4 of everything in the decklist and that casting with flashback fulfills the criteria of "playing" a card for the enchantment, making using it easier. I honestly might try including it just to see how it goes. Not only would it screw with some heads even more(Search the City is TERRIBLE), but it would contribute to the deck having the absolute worst curve ever. This is especially funny with the fact that the deck actually works pretty well!