I think Faithless Looting is a quite powerful component of the deck. I think mono-B Reanimator is the future of this deck. That said, again, it has never felt like that's what the deck wants to be doing.

The problem is the same with BU, as it uses Careful Study instead of Faithless Looting, but enables access to cantrips and counterspells. It can't be a T1 play in addition to a Reanimate spell unless you cast it off of a Petal, and more often than not, you want to be doing something other than drawing and discarding T1. I've been playing BR/BU Reanimator for a bit, and Faithless Looting just.feels bad. Overtime it seems this may be a win-more card, and less valuable the later it hits the battlefield. It's also a strong choice against decks like Show And Tell, or Storm as they usually require multiple pieces in their hand to win the game. Getting this bad boy out on turn 1 almost always spell game over. Sire Of Insanity - This was a popular option for awhile. It also provides hate to things like storm, requiring that she first be removed from the field of play before they can win. Iona, Shield of Emeria - Completely crushing card against mono colored decks. Inkwell Leviathan - Shrouded beat stick that can race most other decks with it's 7/11 trampling body.Д®lesh Norn, Grand Cenobite - Provides a win condition, as well as a board wipe. Can often out aggro tempo decks and even Death and Taxes.ДЄrchetype of Endurance - Answer to targeted removal and bounce. The tokens provide reuse of cabal therapys to strip oppenents hand, and provides the fastest clock among the other targets. Grave Titan - A non legendary beefstick capable of singlehandedly winning games. Tidespout Tyrant, Ashen Rider - Game 1 flexible answers to problem cards including Ensnaring Bridge, Jace, The Mind Sculptor, and Merit Lage The tax on cantrips and everything else, often provides enough time to reanimate a second creature, or swing in for 20. If a 7/7 Flying lifelinker isn't enough to win, sure drawing 7 cards, and bringing back another will do the trick.Д¬hancellor Of the Annex - This guy can win the game, but appearing in the opening hand oftentimes ensures a successful first reanimation. With the additional mana from Lake of the Dead, Grave Titan, and even Griesldaddy can be hard casted. Others have tried running a couple extra lands including Lake of the dead, in addition to a couple extra grave titan's. This approach has merit, as oftentimes opponents mulligan very aggressively towards hate, keeping otherwise weak hands. The rat and dinosaur provide an aggro plan, along with assisting in the overall discard to reanimation game plan. There has been success with cards like Pack Rat, Bitterblossom, and more recently Rotting Regisaur. Other considerations are towards a different game plan. The abundant number of answers makes game 2 and 3 a bit harder guessing, and combating all the various forms of hate. Both white and Green offer flexible answers to most of these cards. Some of the common hate includes Surgical Extraction, Containment Priest, Scavenging Ooze, Grafdigger's Cage, Leyline of the Void, karakas and Chalice of the void. There are two additional colors that really fill in the weaknesses of black/red and address much of the hate other decks bring in. This is necessary to both assemble the combo, but also play through counter-magic and hate. Loaded with 12 reanimation spells, 12 'discard spells' and 4 entomb, it's very likely any given hand will have multiple copies of the combo. This is one of the few combo decks not running blue, which means there's not much hand sculpting or digging for pieces. Dark Ritual and Lotus Petal help accelerate the gameplan, frequently leading to turn one reanimations. Discard spells like Collective Brutality, Thoughtseize, Unmask, and Cabal Therapy clear the opponent out of answers and can also be pointed at yourself to bin your reanimation targets. Other targets include Tidespout Tyrant, Ashen Rider, Elesh Norn, and Iona, Shield of Emeria. Chancellor of the Annex is another card that is frequently utilized, as it stutter's the opponent's early game or disruption while providing a capable target that continues to vex the opponent. Griselbrand is the primary reanimation target, though Sire of Insanity is another spicy choice that can eliminate the opponent's entire hand after dumping your own to set up reanimation. It utilizes Entomb, Faithless Looting, and Collective Brutality to stock its graveyard with reanimation targets, and Reanimate, Animate Dead, and Exhume to bring those cards back.

Black-Red Reanimator is an explosive Legacy combo deck.

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