Meta archetypes
Dimir Reanimator
Dimir Reanimator: Blue · Black · Midrange · the graveyard as a resource, bringing creatures back
0.4% of winning MTGO lists · 3 lists from 3 events · 0 Top 8s · 0 wins · 1 League 5-0s
Data as of 2026-10-16 · Every list MTGO published since 2026-10-02 (748 lists from 34 events)
How to play it
- A quality card every turn, trading removal for their key pieces
- Keep hands with both early plays and removal
- Be the defender against aggro, the attacker against control
- Two-for-one cards win long games
Core cards
average copies per list, lands excluded
| 4 | Seasoned Cryomancer |
| 4 | Dark Matter Manipulator |
| 4 | Abhorrent Oculus |
| 3.3 | Overlord of the Balemurk |
| 3.3 | Bitter Triumph |
| 2.7 | Winternight Stories |
| 2.7 | Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer |
| 2.7 | Moonshadow |
| 2.7 | Likeness Looter |
| 1.3 | Qarsi Revenant |
| 1.3 | Lake-town Lookout |
| 1.3 | Helping Hand |
| 1.3 | Emptiness |
| 1.3 | Darklight Phoenix |
| 1 | Umbral Collar Zealot |
Typical list
the list closest to this archetype's average
Main
5 Swamp
4 Abhorrent Oculus
4 Bitter Triumph
4 Dark Matter Manipulator
4 Gloomlake Verge
4 Hidden Lair
4 Likeness Looter
4 Moonshadow
4 Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
4 Seasoned Cryomancer
4 Watery Grave
4 Winternight Stories
3 Overlord of the Balemurk
3 Starting Town
2 Qarsi Revenant
1 Fabled Passage
1 Island
1 Restless Reef
Sideboard3 Duress
3 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
3 Strategic Betrayal
2 Quantum Riddler
2 Requiting Hex
1 Day of Black Sun
1 Soul-Guide Lantern