Reanimate
Mana cost {B}.
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Reanimate is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Tempest printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€16.26) · TCGplayer ($16.95) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €14.21 and €17.55 in that time.
How often Reanimate is played
Reanimate is maindecked in 10 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (8%), averaging 3.5 copies; kept in 1 sideboard (1%); used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 75 decks that can cast black cards, 11 of them play it (15%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Reanimate
- Reanimator: One mana to put a creature card from any graveyard, the opponent's included, onto the battlefield under your control, and you lose life equal to its mana value: eight for Akroma, seven for Phantom Nishoba. At eight life or less, Reanimate on Akroma kills you; against aggro, Nishoba wins that life back when it deals damage.
Tournament decks with Reanimate
- Angry Ghoul: 6th Place at Viudas Fest II (4× mainboard)
- Reanimator: 2nd Place at Octobeerians Tournament '26 (4× mainboard)
- Great Combo: 1st Place at Beijing Holiday #4 (2× mainboard)
- Reanimator: 5th Place at Technoliga Valenciana (4× mainboard)
- Clerics: 7th Place at Czech Premodern Nationals 2026 (1× mainboard)
- Reanimator: 1st Place at 2026 Nantuko League (4× mainboard)
- Basic Mono Black: 4th Place at Andre's League 10 Tappa (1× sideboard)
- Angry Hermit: 5th Place at $1K @ SCG CON Dallas (4× mainboard)
- Mono Black Reanimator: 3rd Place at Open Coquimbo Agosto 2026 (4× mainboard)
- Reanimator: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (4× mainboard)
- 5 Colors: 3rd Place at Final Liga Madrileña (4× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Reanimate
- Great Combo (2×)
