Magic Standard Superior Reanimate: Sultai List Wins a Champions Cup Final Slot
A Sultai Standard list built on Superior Spider-Man and Bearer of the Last Gift earned a Champions Cup Final slot through a Premium Qualifier, according to a Japanese column that shares the full 75 cards.
A Sultai Superior Reanimate list, built around Superior Spider-Man, has earned a Champions Cup Final slot in Standard, and a Japanese column walks through all 75 cards. If you want a reanimator deck that turns a four-mana creature into a copy of a seven-drop, this is the blueprint.
The Champions Cup Final is described as the gateway event leading to the Pro Tour, and this list qualified through a Premium Qualifier. The pilot's name, the record and the exact qualifier are not announced yet.
One note on timing: the column says Superior Spider-Man has been in Standard for about 1 year, so this is a mature card finding a new home rather than a brand-new brew.
Superior Spider-Man and Bearer of the Last Gift: How the Combo Works
Superior Spider-Man costs 4 mana and enters as a copy of a creature card in a graveyard. It stays 4/4, so the deck wants the abilities of whatever it copies, especially triggers that fire when the creature is cast and when it enters.
The main copy target is Bearer of the Last Gift, a 7-mana creature. When cast, it sends the creatures on the battlefield to the graveyard and returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield.
Arden the Usurper is the alternative target. It copies graveyard creatures as Demons and can hand Demons menace, lifelink and haste, and Bearer of the Last Gift is a Demon as well.
Terror of the Peaks, Mill and Veteran Cold-Caster in the Main Deck
Terror of the Peaks is the finisher. Whenever another creature enters, it deals damage equal to a creature's power to any target, so several reanimated creatures at once can end the game.
Filling the graveyard relies on cards from Reality Fracture. One of them mills 4 cards, returns 1 permanent card from the graveyard and gains 1 life. It is paired with Swift Rescue (English name not confirmed) to secure the early mana base.
Rummagers such as Careless Reader support the plan. The new Veteran Cold-Caster (English name not confirmed) draws 2 and discards 2 on entering, then taps and freezes 1 opposing creature per nonland card discarded, which improves the matchup against aggro decks.
Superior Reanimate Decklist: Mana Base, Creatures and Spells
Lands (23):
- 3 Cavern of Souls
- 3 Founding Town
- 3 Watery Grave
- 3 Overgrown Tomb
- 4 Breeding Pool
- 3 Wastewood Verge
- 2 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Forest
Some English land names are inferred from the Japanese titles.
Creatures (30):
- 4 Careless Reader
- 4 Exceptional Storyteller
- 4 Veteran Cold-Caster
- 4 Superior Spider-Man
- 2 Bailmark overlord
- 2 Terror of the Peaks
- 2 Sorrow
- 2 Deceit
- 4 Bearer of the Last Gift
- 2 Arden the Usurper
The English names of Veteran Cold-Caster, Bailmark overlord, Sorrow and Arden the Usurper are not confirmed.
Spells (7):
- 2 Swift Rescue
- 4 Worth Saving
- 1 Awakening of the Honored Dead
The English names of all three spells are not confirmed.
Sideboard Options and the Graveyard Hate Weakness
The 15-card sideboard is:
- 3 Duress
- 2 Disavow
- 2 Curse of Retribution
- 1 Stormkeld vanguard
- 1 Sorrow
- 3 Strategic Betrayal
- 2 Witherbloom Charm
- 1 Awakening of the Honored Dead
The English names of Disavow, Curse of Retribution, Stormkeld vanguard, Strategic Betrayal and Awakening of the Honored Dead are not confirmed.
The column names graveyard hate as the archetype's clear weakness.
TCGKing's take: a deck whose whole plan lives in the graveyard has to protect that plan, and a sideboard of this size gives the pilot room to adapt. Watch how the 75 shifts if opponents start packing graveyard hate.
What is still unknown
- The date and location of the Champions Cup Final are not announced yet.
- Which Premium Qualifier produced the list, and the pilot's record, are not announced yet.
- Official English names for several cards are not confirmed.
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