Reanimate

Public decks that run Reanimate

• Death Toll - Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander, led by Winter, Cynical Opportunist
• Hosts of Mordor - Tales of Middle-earth Commander, led by Sauron, Lord of the Rings
• Revenant Recon - Murders at Karlov Manor Commander, led by Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
• Revival Trance - Final Fantasy Commander, led by Terra, Herald of Hope

Commanders that run Reanimate most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Sauron, the Dark Lord: 27,749 decks
• Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin: 20,350 decks
• Teval, the Balanced Scale: 19,450 decks
• Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel: 18,506 decks
• Hashaton, Scarab's Fist: 17,746 decks
• Terra, Herald of Hope: 17,281 decks
• Kaalia of the Vast: 14,732 decks
• K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: 13,837 decks

Often played with Reanimate

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Banon, the Returners' Leader
• Mog, Moogle Warrior
• Celes, Rune Knight
• Edgar, Master Machinist
• General Leo Cristophe
• Cyan, Vengeful Samurai
• Coin of Fate
• Tireless Tribe
• Phoenix Down
• Terra, Herald of Hope

Rulings

• 2025-09-19: The amount of life you lose is determined by the mana value of the card in your graveyard, not the creature once it's on the battlefield.
• 2025-09-19: If any abilities trigger on the creature entering the battlefield, those abilities resolve after you lose life. If losing life results in you losing the game, those abilities won't resolve.
• 2025-09-19: In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, the creature you control from Reanimate is exiled.
• 2025-09-19: You lose life after the creature is already on the battlefield. Any abilities it has that interact with loss of life, such as that of Platinum Emperion, apply to that loss of life.
• 2025-09-19: If a card in a graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.