Jin and Iona's Freak-Show

by rsweeney56 on 21 June 2012

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Deck Description

This is my legacy reanimator deck that I'm hoping to use at legacy tourneys at my local card shop. I know the land base is really messed up but duals are just out of my price range. Fetches are a possability but not Polluted Deltas. Shocklands are a better alternative but I'm not sure if that will hurt me in the longrun? FoW is also out of my budget, so I was thinking Foil as a replacement. It also works as a discard outlet, but the card disadvantage is concerning. Thoughtseize is another goodie that I could aquire overtime. I also need some help on my sideboard. I do own 1 Show and Tell, but coming up with 3 more of those will be tricky. Any help you could offer will be greatly appreciated!

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  • Graveyard

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Not Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Jin and Iona's Freak-Show

a couple of thoughts:
i'd much rather go for Watery Grave than Thoughtseize, not only offers that a more stable mana base but also allows you things such as supporting a turn 1 entomb with daze. Thoughtseize's advantage over Duress seems minimal by comparison in my view as you usually shouldnt need to cast it on yourself anyway
Tainted Isles are nice, but you could replace it with Darkslick Shores as the disadvantage doesnt concern you as you wont need more than 3 mana anyway while it has the clear advantage of not requiring a swamp
I used to run Angel of Despair in my reanimator deck as well but replaced it with Tidespout Tyrant as he's more than just the one time wonder Angel of Despair is and he can even bounce (his own) Animate Dead (which i'd recommend running at least 2 anyway as 8 reanimation spells seems not enough) if a better target entered a graveyard in the meantime

regarding your sideboard:
most importantly you need something to counter the usual graveyard hate, the most common card to do that is Pithing Needle i guess, you might want to get a playset - however, it doesnt deal with Rest in Peace and Leyline of Void - which is why most reanimator decks either run Echoing Truth or Chain of Vapor in their sideboards
probably the most common creature in reanimator sideboards is Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite as you want him to aid Blazing Archon vs Aggro Decks as he simply annihilates Goblins, Merfolk etc. another creature you'd think about is Empyrial Archangel as he can save your day not only vs Burn decks and also allows you to go more easy on your own lifecount e.g. by considering a Griselbrand or just to reanimate twice in a row etc.

finally a link to the current state of my own legacy reanimator deck, which might help you as i havent bought FoW or duals yet either:
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=402456

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Posted 09 November 2012 at 19:26

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