Aminatou - Reanimate by dawsn

Format: Commander

Commander: Aminatou, the Fateshifter

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Esper midrange reanimator deck helmed by Aminatou, the Fateshifter. The plan is to fill the graveyard, cheat expensive ETB monsters into play with cheap reanimation, then abuse Aminatou's -1 to blink those permanents and restack their enters triggers for a board the table struggles to answer. Primary payloads are Archon of Cruelty, Ashen Rider, Massacre Wurm, Valgavoth, Terror Eater, Portal to Phyrexia, and Summon: Bahamut, supported by a dense reanimation suite (Reanimate, Animate Dead, Necromancy, Victimize, Karmic Guide, and others). Virtue of Knowledge and Twilight Diviner multiply the value of each successful reanimation. The deck wins through repeated drain, exile, and combat pressure rather than infinite combos, backed by a strong counterspell and removal package to protect the setup.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Anticausal Vestige
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashen Rider
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dakkon, Shadow Slayer
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fallaji Archaeologist
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Galactus, Devourer of Worlds
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Gyruda, Doom of Depths
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kairi, the Swirling Sky
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Likeness Looter
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Persist
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Psychic Frog
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sister Hospitaller
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Ultima
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch's Cottage