Reanimate

Sorcery

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost/mana value.

Combos

• Despise + Reanimate

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

Spirits on Kaalia, Mirror Breaker EDH

4 days ago

matvone,

Agreed the Entomb + Animate Dead ({1}{B}{B}) is less mana intensive than the Buried Alive + Reanimate ({2}{B}{B}). It's much higher risk for sure, I thought about just using the Leonin Relic-Warder instead, but the extra mana slowed it down.

Gisela, Blade of Goldnight is a good pull out, along with Avacyn, Angel of Hope were both out from 2020-2024 but I decided to add a combat damage line back in, there both unnecessary angels in here.

Bogardan Hellkite lived in this deck forever, until the Orcish Bowmasters was printed, but it is a great alternative if the focus is the Worldgorger Dragon lines.

Red Dragon does the damage, but it doesn't have Flash so it's not really effective like Orcish Bowmasters or Bogardan Hellkite. Recruiter of the Guard and Imperial Recruiter are also great for finding the Orcish Bowmasters with the combo.

Love Kaalia combo, very cool matvone.

rjqp on Profane Prince interaction with Reanimate

3 weeks ago

Hi all. I only ever play casually with friends and family so I'm not very knowledgeable about the rules:

1. Does Ormendahl, Profane Prince  ^Flip go back to being Westvale Abbey  ^Flip when it leaves the battlefield?

2. If no, if I Reanimate it, does it enter as its land side or creature side?

A quick explanation about the whys and the hows would be greatly appreciated! I am keen to learn. Thank you!

Andramalech on Uncouterable Reanimator

4 weeks ago

Sliverguy420 didn't mention any removal despite saying you needed some- I recommend you include Unholy Heat, or potentially something like Krosan Grip so that you can stop the chaining decks like Storm from piling over you. Things like Force of Vigor help you for casting-for-free, and helping prioritize other slots of the deck. I don't know what budget you have at your disposal, but in terms of reanimating, I recommend you use a Sultai ({U}{B}{G}) shell to get the most out of your reanimating potential. Reanimate,Entomb,Animate Dead,Victimize are all considerable options for the prospect of bringing stuff back from the grave.

Don't forget that Graveyards are super easy to target, and having slots for your sideboard to counteract Graveyard removal are super important. Endurance would be a perfect inclusion for that role. Other cards that may help are Feldon's Cane, and Gaea's Blessing.

Best of luck with your deckbuilding, and don't forget that Life from the Loam also exists to help you snatch lands for casting on curve, while also filling your graveyard in order to have more reanimation targets.

Andramalech on Balaam__

4 weeks ago

Balaam__ the spell/creature hasn't hit the field yet- Reanimate takes no properties of the Sphinx simply by targeting it.. so yeah, you can counter Reanimate.

Andramalech on Balaam__

4 weeks ago

No that's correct! You could counterspell the Reanimate. I always appreciate someone double-checking.

Balaam__ on Balaam__

4 weeks ago

@Andramalech quick rules question. Very noobish, but it’s like when you can’t remember how to spell a simple word you’ve spelled ten thousand times because for whatever reason it just looks funny in the moment.

Certain cards like Sphinx of the Final Word have rules text specifying that they cannot be countered. This only applies if they are “cast” correct? Such as, if I were to Reanimate it, someone could simply Counterspell my Reanimate and the sphinx would never enter play right?

I ask because I stated as much on someone’s posted deck and began to get that eerie feeling like I may be mistaken. I don’t believe I am though, and I’m looking for some reassurance ha.

Balaam__ on Uncouterable Reanimator

4 weeks ago

This is just an observation, but are you aware that the ‘this spell can’t be countered’ portion of text on many of your creatures is irrelevant if they’re being reanimated? An opponent need only counter the actual reanimation spell (Exhume or Reanimate) and your creature, say, Sphinx of the Final Word for instance, will not enter play despite that rules text on that card.

If you hardcast any of those creatures than that rules text will apply, although that’s highly improbable due to their very expensive casting costs.

Andramalech on Heart of Darkness Challenge - Pt. II - Yarok

1 month ago

Balaam__ I mistakenly ommitted some important information last night- I was definitely bordering on falling asleep as I saved this initial first draft and it was nowhere near ready for inpsection, mostly just a collective sounding board / mood board to help me track where I wanted to go.

I admit, it was ugly when I got to it this morning. And in terms of your response about how Blood Moon could screw me up pretty good, I agree- it's a super niche type of thing that could happen, and up against creature-light and creatureless decks this deck would struggle pretty hard. In terms of removal, spot removal, I have next to none. In fact.. when I comb back over what I did AFTER I made my edits, I still think it was removal light for my tastes, especially. And by removal? I mean there's like..

..none. However! We lean super heavy into the "yeah? Well, I'm just gonna Reanimate that." Plus, when we're absolutely stacking coupons for maximum value on ETB triggers, losing a few pieces along the way didn't bother me as bad. This is admittedly a bit more of a casual list, that could reduce a few loose slots for spot-removal, but overall I'm happy with it's construction and ability to follow the formula.