Daily Digest: A Different Way To Use The Graveyard

Whip of Erebos gets all the credit for the Reanimator decks that are currently terrorizing Standard, but it’s not the only way to do things. Sure, you can
Whip back a Hornet Queen or a bunch of Siege Rhinos, but is that better than giving something +20/+20?

Enter Strength from the Fallen.

A few brave souls tried to make this work last season but couldn’t get it quite right. It didn’t help that Pack Rat and Supreme Verdict were powerful cards
that were difficult to beat. Maybe now is the time?

Earlier
this week, I showcased Tim Ealey’s PTQ winning graveyard deck featuring Soul of Theros, but perhaps Strength from the Fallen is a better option. With
mostly creatures in the deck, it seems like a fine way to smash through things like Siege Rhino.

There might only be fourteen enchantments in the deck, but Commune with the Gods can find them. The only thing left to worry about is things like zombie
tokens and Satyr Wayfinders chump-blocking, but that’s what Herald of Torment is for!

Four-Color Reanimator

Isomorphic

1st Place at Magic Online Daily Event on 12-19-2014

Standard

Creatures (28)

• 4 Elvish Mystic
• 4 Sylvan Caryatid
• 4 Herald of Torment
• 4 Courser of Kruphix
• 4 Satyr Wayfinder
• 4 Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
• 4 Siege Rhino

Lands (22)

• 1 Forest
• 3 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Plains
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 3 Yavimaya Coast
• 2 Caves of Koilos
• 3 Mana Confluence
• 4 Sandsteppe Citadel
• 4 Opulent Palace

Spells (10)

• 4 Commune with the Gods
• 2 Whip of Erebos
• 4 Strength from the Fallen

Sideboard

• 2 Thoughtseize
• 1 Whip of Erebos
• 3 Doomwake Giant
• 1 Pharika, God of Affliction
• 2 Reclamation Sage
• 2 Murderous Cut
• 2 Treasure Cruise
• 2 Dead Drop