Legacy Reanimator
Reanimator is a Legacy combo strategy that usually features Animate Dead, Reanimate, and Atraxa, Grand Unifier.
Meta
5.5%
Colors
Shift
−23%
Variability
High
267 decks in Collective Brutality
| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7 | View | Matiuzzzo | Legacy Challenge 32 2026-03-07 | 12th | — | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Mar 7 | View | Matiuzzzo | Legacy Challenge 32 | 12th | 4-2 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Mar 4 | View | SuperCow12653 | Legacy Challenge 32 | 3rd | 6-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Mar 1 | View | SuperCow12653 | Legacy Challenge 32 2026-03-01 | 6th | 5-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Mar 1 | View | Roodslay | Legacy Challenge 32 2026-03-01 | 20th | — | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Mar 1 | View | Roodslay | Legacy Challenge 32 | 20th | 3-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Feb 28 | View | Roodslay | Legacy Challenge 32 | 28th | 2-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Feb 28 | View | Roodslay | Legacy Challenge 32 2026-02-28 | 28th | — | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Feb 28 | View | Matiuzzzo | Legacy Challenge 32 | 30th | 2-4 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Feb 28 | View | Matiuzzzo | Legacy Challenge 32 2026-02-28 | 30th | — | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Feb 26 | View | Capitano_CL | Legacy Challenge 32 | 19th | 2-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Feb 22 | View | Matiuzzzo | Legacy Challenge 32 | 30th | 1-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 22 | View | Matiuzzzo | Legacy Challenge 32 2026-02-22 | 30th | — | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 21 | View | Capitano_CL | Legacy Challenge 32 2026-02-21 | 4th | 6-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Feb 21 | View | Magic_Dads71522 | Legacy Challenge 32 2026-02-21 | 7th | — | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Feb 21 | View | Magic_Dads71522 | Legacy Challenge 32 | 7th | 4-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Feb 21 | View | Matiuzzzo | Legacy Challenge 32 | 20th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 21 | View | Matiuzzzo | Legacy Challenge 32 2026-02-21 | 20th | — | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 20 | View | bjarnearne | Legacy League 2026-02-20 | — | 5-0 | Off-beat · band 8 of 10 · 8 | |
| Feb 18 | View | Roodslay | Legacy League | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Feb 15 | View | 532at | Legacy Challenge 32 2026-02-15 | 22nd | 3-3 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Feb 14 | View | Magic_Dads71522 | Legacy Challenge 32 2026-02-14 | 16th | 3-3 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Feb 14 | View | Magic_Dads71522 | Legacy Challenge 32 | 16th | 3-3 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Feb 14 | View | Magic_Dads71522 | Legacy Challenge 32 2026-02-14 | 16th | — | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Feb 8 | View | Matiuzzzo | Legacy Challenge 32 | 7th | 5-2 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 |
Reanimator has climbed from ~4.8% to 5.5% of the Legacy metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~4.8% to 5.5% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Reanimator cards
Cards gaining share within Reanimator vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Flats | 28% | 47% | +19.3% |
| Koma, World-Eater | 19% | 31% | +12% |
| Putrid Imp | New | 8% | +8.3% |
| Force of Negation | 2% | 8% | +6% |
| Verdant Catacombs | 53% | 67% | +13.2% |
| Island | 14% | 22% | +8.3% |
| Stitcher's Supplier | 5% | 11% | +6.5% |
| Otherworldly Gaze | 7% | 11% | +4.1% |
| Goryo's Vengeance | 7% | 11% | +4.1% |
| Scalding Tarn | 9% | 19% | +10.1% |
| Borborygmos Enraged | 5% | 8% | +3.7% |
| Flooded Strand | 9% | 19% | +10.1% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thoughtseize | 7% | 28% | +20.8% |
| Force of Despair | New | 14% | +13.9% |
| Echoing Truth | 12% | 19% | +7.8% |
| Consign to Memory | 9% | 22% | +12.9% |
| Flusterstorm | 2% | 8% | +6% |
| Fatal Push | 16% | 25% | +8.7% |
| Leyline of the Void | 12% | 17% | +5% |
| Faerie Macabre | 16% | 22% | +5.9% |
| Barrowgoyf | 2% | 8% | +6% |
| Force of Negation | 12% | 17% | +5% |
| Show and Tell | 74% | 78% | +3.4% |
Typical Legacy Reanimator maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 281 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Animate Dead | 3.8 | 100% |
| Reanimate | 4.0 | 100% |
| Atraxa, Grand Unifier | 3.4 | 100% |
| Swamp | 2.4 | 100% |
| Polluted Delta | 3.2 | 96% |
| Lotus Petal | 3.8 | 94% |
| Undercity Sewers | 1.3 | 93% |
| Thoughtseize | 3.8 | 91% |
| Archon of Cruelty | 2.1 | 90% |
| Underground Sea | 1.6 | 89% |
| Bloodstained Mire | 2.2 | 88% |
| Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers | 1.7 | 88% |
| Griselbrand | 3.5 | 85% |
| Dark Ritual | 3.9 | 84% |
| Unmask | 4.0 | 81% |
| Badlands | 1.9 | 73% |
| Cabal Therapy | 2.4 | 73% |
| Raucous Theater | 1.0 | 73% |
| Shallow Grave | 4.0 | 70% |
| Faithless Looting | 4.0 | 66% |
| Collective Brutality | 2.4 | 54% |
| Verdant Catacombs | 2.3 | 44% |
| Marsh Flats | 1.9 | 31% |
| Koma, World-Eater | 1.4 | 25% |
| Brainstorm | 4.0 | 18% |
| Careful Study | 3.8 | 18% |
| Force of Will | 4.0 | 18% |
| Island | 1.2 | 18% |
| Flow State | 3.0 | 17% |
| Flooded Strand | 1.4 | 14% |
| Ponder | 3.3 | 14% |
| Ashen Rider | 1.0 | 12% |
| Daze | 2.8 | 11% |
| Bayou | 1.4 | 10% |
| Underground Mortuary | 1.1 | 10% |
| Scalding Tarn | 1.3 | 10% |
| Bone Shards | 1.3 | 9% |
| Misty Rainforest | 1.8 | 7% |
| Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student | 3.8 | 7% |
| Exhume | 3.7 | 6% |
Typical Legacy Reanimator sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 281 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 281 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Show and Tell | 3.9 | 91% |
| Stronghold Gambit | 3.8 | 63% |
| Dauthi Voidwalker | 3.1 | 28% |
| Leyline of the Void | 3.9 | 27% |
| Collective Brutality | 1.6 | 24% |
| Ancient Tomb | 2.4 | 19% |
| Fatal Push | 2.3 | 19% |
| Thoughtseize | 1.8 | 18% |
| Consign to Memory | 2.0 | 17% |
| Sneak Attack | 2.2 | 17% |
| Meltdown | 1.0 | 17% |
| Surgical Extraction | 2.1 | 16% |
| Force of Negation | 2.0 | 15% |
| Koma, World-Eater | 1.9 | 14% |
| Duress | 2.5 | 13% |
| Echoing Truth | 1.6 | 12% |
| Chain of Smog | 4.0 | 9% |
| Witherbloom Apprentice | 4.0 | 9% |
| Cabal Therapy | 1.1 | 8% |
| The Creation of Avacyn | 3.0 | 8% |
| Abrade | 1.3 | 8% |
| Faerie Macabre | 2.6 | 8% |
| Null Rod | 1.9 | 7% |
| Engineered Explosives | 1.1 | 7% |
| Barrowgoyf | 2.4 | 6% |
| Mindbreak Trap | 2.7 | 6% |
| Snuff Out | 1.8 | 6% |
| Hexing Squelcher | 2.3 | 6% |
| Massacre | 1.4 | 5% |
| Ashen Rider | 1.0 | 5% |
| Harvester of Misery | 1.0 | 5% |
| Spoils of the Vault | 2.9 | 4% |
| Underground Sea | 1.0 | 4% |
| Disruptor Flute | 1.1 | 3% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 1.0 | 3% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 2.0 | 3% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 1.0 | 3% |
| Hydroblast | 1.1 | 2% |
| Bone Shards | 1.0 | 2% |
| Sire of Insanity | 1.0 | 2% |