Rise & Shine: Turn 1 Iona

Legacy Reanimator WUB (Esper)

Forkbeard

Creature (12)

• 1x Griselbrand
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Painter's Servant
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 4x Putrid Imp
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Sorcery (12)

• 4x Buried Alive
• 4x Exhume
• 4x Reanimate

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Animate Dead

Land (20)

• 20x Swamp

Instant (8)

• 4x Dark Ritual
• 4x Entomb

Artifact (4)

• 4x Lotus Petal

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A kinder, gentler reanimate deck than you're used to. Nothing to see here, nothing to worry about guys.

The general goal of this deck is to get a ridiculous first turn threat into play. My go-to douchebag creature of choice is Iona, Shield of Emeria and there's a number of ways for this to happen:

Exhibit A: Swamp + Dark Ritual + Entomb (fetch Iona & pitch her into the graveyard) + Animate Dead / Exhume / Reanimate . Iona says hi.
Exhibit B: Swamp + Lotus Petal . Tap Swamp to cast Entomb , sac Lotus Petal to cast Reanimate . Iona says hi.
Exhibit C: Swamp + Lotus Petal . Tap Swamp to cast Putrid Imp , Imp allows you to discard Iona from hand to graveyard, sac Lotus Petal to cast Reanimate . Iona says hi.

Anyway, you get the idea. If for some reason my first turn Iona plan falls through, I've got some other juicy creatures in here for backup that I can reliably slap down on turn 2 (first turn Swamp + Dark Ritual + Buried Alive , second turn Swamp + Animate Dead / Exhume / Reanimate ...That sort of thing).

Effective reanimate shenanigans. Your friends will love it. Rise & shine!

Top Ranked	Achieved #22 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	10 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 5 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.83
Folders	Legacy, reanimator, fun/evil, so deck robado, New folder, Legacy, Westside Killas, Cool Decks, Legacy, Legacy