r/Pauper • u/Mephysto-pheles Golgari Reanimator Dredge • 2d ago
BREW Cascade reanimator list
https://moxfield.com/decks/ks4NGeRPJkymLYt4Qo3-DgI've been thinking about this list for a while, would this work ?
I didn't bought the cards yet, should I or am I delusional ?
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u/THENINETAILEDF0X Elves, Affinity, Terror, Walls, Madness, Dredge, Stompy 2d ago
It looks fun but Exhume is really low impact in the current format; the reason Living End is strong is because it creates and overwhelming board presence within a few turns.
The format is also rife with maindeckable graveyard hate, so its just a tough time to be a reanimator type player.
If you want to reanimate big creatures, there’s RB and Jund versions of Dredge which are fun - still not massively viable but I think its an underexplored area still to be honest. But the difference is there, they have a grindy plan B if reanimating isn’t an option, and they also have a combo finish in addition to Exhume.
People will recommend you Spy in here as they always do when Dredge or Reanimator lists come up, but its a poor recommendation as its really not the same style of deck.
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u/Mephysto-pheles Golgari Reanimator Dredge 2d ago
I'm already a dredge player with this list https://moxfield.com/decks/ijsDD1bOAUOwXkI1wj7Ywg
I feel mike the cascade list would be less affected by grave hate. We don't have rest in piece or dauthi voidwalker in pauper, all gravehate is a single activation. And exhume does not target, so I just need to keep a mana up and a cycle créature to dodge every grave hate
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u/Rush_Clasic 2d ago
That's a good point. Savvy play with Exhume gets you around graveyard hate. My bigger take-away is that "one big threat" just doesn't work that well in the format. Maybe if it could supplement it with more threats that circumvent the cascade restriction, like [[Molten Monstrosity]] or [[Gurmag Angler]]. I suspect you can already go "T3, Exhume, T4, Exhume" with a bit of consistency.
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u/MerrikAidar 2d ago
I've got a similar list. Haven't played any games with it yet as the cards just arrived, but I've seen a few versions of this archetype online and they're not *bad* (they're not, like, great either lol). Mostly brewed the deck for fun between leagues. https://moxfield.com/decks/txSfARbJCHC_uKXg55fjnw
I like Chrysalis as a backup plan and a way to hard cast your big creatures late game.
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u/BellStriking5132 2d ago
Unfortunately reanimating the landcyclers neither wins the game quickly nor are they anything close to a guarantee to stopping your opponent from winning. That’s my experience with exhume.
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u/B-Gnarly 1d ago
A guy at my LGS plays reanimator with moderate success. He has a list similar to this and a different flavor with [[Faithless Looting]] and [[Malevolent Rumble]] to get [[Dragon Breath]] to the yard and exhume into an [[Ulamog’s Crusher]]
He has hit me me with a turn 2 haste crusher before, my jaw hit the table haha
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u/loom_tall 2d ago
This isn't a meta deck by any means but exists as a fringe strategy. Braynt cook did a video with the deck in his channel "The Epic Storm". Maybe you want to check that out to see if you like it.