A fun, cheap reanimator list I threw together. You can easily get out any of the big threats in this deck on turn 4, and continue bringing new ones out pretty quickly. For value, throw in some flashbacked
Lingering Souls
for chump blockers, or decent beaters if
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
is out.
Raven's Crime
and
Esper Charm
mostly in to discard your threats if you happen to draw into one, with some other good options on
Esper Charm
as well.
Piloting the deck is mostly straightforward, but in an ideal game, you're able to
Contingency Plan
/
Taigam's Scheming
turn 2, and set yourself up with whatever you need from there. Which is usually another
Contingency Plan
/
Taigam's Scheming
. Most turns you aren't reanimating, you're planning or scheming (do you get it now? the name of the deck? lol). With 8 copies in the deck, and each digging 5 deep, you're usually hitting another every time. If not,
Forbidden Alchemy
is in mostly as a backup. Turn 4 should consist of either flashing back
Unburial Rites
, or hardcasting
Zombify
from your hand, targeting any threat you have in your graveyard.
The deck would probably be a little more consistent if you stuck with three top end threats and had three-ofs or four-ofs instead of having five and they're all two-ofs, but I like the variation of each game, and potential toolbox this way provides. Feel free to do whatever.
The sideboard could probably use a bit of work. The biggest problem is, like any graveyard based deck, things like
Leyline of the Void
,
Rest in Peace
, and
Relic of Progenitus
just completely turn the deck off.
Esper Charm
with two more in the side,
Negate
, and
Unmoored Ego
can help with this.
The list is already super cheap, but if you wanted to knock it down even further, you could just find new reanimation targets at the top end, such as
Magister Sphinx
,
Zetalpa, Primal Dawn
,
Noxious Gearhulk
etc.
A few upgrades if you wanted to up the price could be
Griselbrand
,
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
, and probably
Engineered Explosives
and
Leyline of Sanctity
for the sideboard
