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Commander / EDH* Reanimator Shapeshifter WUB (Esper)

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Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 2x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vesuva

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Creature (28)

• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Brago, King Eternal *f-etch*
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Gyruda, Doom of Depths
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Hullbreacher
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
• 1x Mirror Image
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Ravos, Soultender
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Heartless Summoning
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Feast of Succession
• 1x Quasiduplicate
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Saheeli's Artistry
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Tempt with Reflections
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unburial Rites

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Despark
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Hey! I've had this idea floating around in my head since I saw the new Sakashima spoiled, trying to come up with something good to pair him with and good Legendaries to clone up. I settled on pairing him with Ravos, Soultender, for a few reasons: I like Esper, none of the other Partners really called out to me, and Ravos actually pairs really well with the idea of the deck: with Sakashima, you can clone up a few Ravoses (Ravii?) which will not only buff your team (shirtless men stick together, after all), but your army of Ravii can pick up any clones that hit the graveyard, bringing them back for more sweet cloning action.

To pair with this, I have the standard rock ensemble, some tutors, as well as some reanimation to get the big Legends out in the first place. So far I've had a ton of fun with this deck; key standouts are Heartless Summoning, since our creatures are big enough not to care but the cost reduction can let you dump a stupid number of clones on the board, as well as Brago, King Eternal. You don't usually copy Brago, since he's not that great in multiples, but if he gets a hit in he can let you reset all of your clones if there's something better to clone on the board, as well as just abusing enter-the-battlefield triggers. Another key player is Gyruda, Doom of Depths; since a lot of clones have an even mana cost, he's fantastic for chaining out clones (who all copy him to repeat the effect), as well as filling up your graveyard for Ravos to recur. Another awesome card that does some real work is Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate; we don't care about her Party effect, but a few copies of her give your board some great protection, while having a sac cost to make them easily recurrable with Ravos and usable even if you tap out.

This deck is in the early stages, but I'm really loving it so far. It can be a bit slow to get going, but it fits a grind game very very well, with enough consistency and recursion (as well as simply having multiple copies of whatever the best creature on the board is) to keep pace without going hard into long combos, and ending the game through value and beatsticks. Plus, it's really fun to kick a Rite of Replication on a Sakashima'd Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 55 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.62
Tokens	Champion of Wits 4/4 B, Copy Clone, Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Monarch Emblem, Treasure, Vizier of Many Faces 0/0 W