Legacy Reanimator
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Reanimator has held steady around 5.0% of the Legacy metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Held near 5.0% · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koma, World-Eater | 13% | 35% | +22.2% |
| Putrid Imp | New | 10% | +9.7% |
| Marsh Flats | 31% | 48% | +17.3% |
| Stitcher's Supplier | 4% | 13% | +8.5% |
| Goryo's Vengeance | 7% | 13% | +6.2% |
| Verdant Catacombs | 56% | 68% | +12.2% |
| Borborygmos Enraged | 4% | 10% | +5.2% |
| Bayou | 24% | 29% | +4.6% |
| Underground Mortuary | 24% | 29% | +4.6% |
| Island | 16% | 19% | +3.8% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thoughtseize | 7% | 32% | +25.6% |
| Force of Despair | New | 16% | +16.1% |
| Flusterstorm | 2% | 10% | +7.5% |
| Faerie Macabre | 16% | 26% | +10.3% |
| Consign to Memory | 13% | 19% | +6% |
| The Creation of Avacyn | 7% | 10% | +3% |
| Fatal Push | 18% | 23% | +4.8% |
| Force of Negation | 11% | 16% | +5% |
Typical Legacy Reanimator maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 280 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 | 13% |
| 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 | 8% |
| Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student | 3.8 | 7% |
| Exhume | 3.7 | 6% |
Typical Legacy Reanimator sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 280 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 280 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 | 18% |
| 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 | 3% |
| Bone Shards | 1.0 | 2% |
| Sire of Insanity | 1.0 | 2% |
Reanimator Legacy FAQ
Is Reanimator good in Legacy right now?
Still a real Legacy choice at 5.0% of decklists, though it's fallen sharply (−31%) over the last two weeks, with 5 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 2nd (7-2) at Legacy Challenge 32 on Jul 26, 2026.
What are the key cards in Legacy Reanimator?
Nearly every list runs Animate Dead, Reanimate, and Atraxa, Grand Unifier (99%+ of Legacy Reanimator decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 116 Rakdos vs 34 Dimir lists.
What's a typical Legacy Reanimator sideboard?
The most common Legacy Reanimator sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Show and Tell (91% of lists), Stronghold Gambit (63% of lists), Dauthi Voidwalker (28% of lists), and Leyline of the Void (27% of lists). Thoughtseize is the fastest riser, up from 7% to 32% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Legacy Reanimator?
Yes — builds vary a lot across recent lists. Recent lists split into Rakdos, Dimir, and Mono-Black camps.
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Legacy Reanimator decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 567 Legacy Reanimator decklists all-time (31 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Reanimator result Jul 26, 2026.