MTG: The Oldest Reanimator I Can Remember
I could not find this deck on the Internet, doesn’t matter how hard I try.
The most “recent” reviews of “Reanimator” mention 2008 decks. I also found a November 2002 mentioning of “Benzo” here. But these examples do not contain the deck I used to play.
The deck I describe here was played prior to that!
Why do we need to even look at it 20 years later, you ask?
Because of the similarity in mechanics and ideas with the modern “Reanimator”!
I think that the re-birth of “Reanimator” as we can see it today should be dedicated to the Odyssey block appearance in 2001–2002. As you can see we have core cards that modern “Reanimator” would not exist today. Yes, I’m talking about “Entomb” and “Cabal Therapy”.
Okay, so here is my deck, as I recall it from memory.
***
The Earliest Mono-black Reanimator (~2002, Extended)
(60 cards)
- Sorceries : 4 Reanimate, 4 Exhume, 4 Duress, 4 Cabal Therapy, 3 Last Rites, 1 Yawgmoth’s Will.
- Enchantments(3): 1 Contamination, 2 Animate Dead.
