Abzan Reanimator by ZRC

Format: Commander

Commander: Teneb, the Harvester

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Abzan Reanimator strategy commanded by Teneb, the Harvester. The game plan focuses on rapid early mana acceleration followed by filling the graveyard with premier high-mana threats like Ashen Rider, Massacre Wurm, Sun Titan, and Colossal Grave-Reaver. Using cheap reanimation spells such as Persist, Rise of the Witch-king, and Karmic Guide, the deck cheats these behemoths onto the battlefield as early as Turn 4. Critical onset is reached on Turn 5, generating compounding board presence, recurring removal, and lethal pressure that closes the game by Turn 7. Backed by one of the most versatile removal suites in Commander—including Assassin's Trophy, Anguished Unmaking, and Toxic Deluge—the deck easily controls opposing boards while outvaluing opponents through recursive engines. While Teneb, the Harvester provides guaranteed reanimation from the command zone, the deck runs independently of its commander thanks to strong functional redundancy.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashen Rider
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Colossal Grave-Reaver
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Sigil
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauntless Escort
  • 1 Diresight
  • 1 Disciple of Bolas
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fiend Hunter
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Grapple with the Past
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Innocent Blood
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Mire Triton
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nyx Weaver
  • 1 Old Rutstein
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patient Naturalist
  • 1 Persist
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Putrid Imp
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Saffi Eriksdotter
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Satyr Wayfinder
  • 1 Skull Prophet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 1 Summon: Titan
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Teneb, the Harvester
  • 1 Thought Gorger
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vile Entomber
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 World Queller