I played Junk reanimator this season and it is very strong when esper is not running 4 blood barons. It has very favorable creature matchups against all the other decks. I wasnt running rescue however and still dont like it as much.
There is a reanimator thread on here with more discussion to this stuff.
My mana base is
8 temple
12 shocks
3 mountain
2 swamp
I havent had any color issues
I top 8d this open trial today and yeah, dragon is a fine addition.
2x Stormbreath Dragon
3x Chained tonthe Rocks
4x Thoughseize
1x Wear/Tear
3x Dreadbore
2x Magma Jet
2x Rakdos's Return
3x Anger of the Gods
3x Hero's Downfall
3x Read the Bones
1x Chandra Pyromaster
2x Warleaders Helix
2x Assemble the Legion
1x Wear/tear
3x Mizzium Mortars
1x Anger of the Gods
4x Sin Collector
2x Slaughter Games
1x Assemble the Legion
2x Obzedat, Ghost Council
1x Sire of Insanity
The only things im contemplating are
-Moving 2 sin collecters to the main in place of the returns
-taking Obzedat out completely
Other than that the deck seems to be just fine.
I have yet to play it with the dragons...im going to test them out today though.
My reason being, i wanted to blank as much removal as i could.
Correct.
Im playing BRw...a very different list than what most have posted though
Lightning Bolt and electrolyze just seems bad.
It is relevant in almost every matchup. Exiling gods and big dudes seems really good right now.
I was referring to it killing the enchantresses
There is a reanimator thread on here with more discussion to this stuff.
Voice seems ok, but not the best.
Im also not sold on rescue...with as much spot removal running around these days it just seems too risky.
Also dont like blood baron here but it may be viable.
I also do like the slum reaper tech for blood baron and desecration demon out of the sb
4x Nightveil Specter
2x Liliana's Reaver
4x Reaper of the Wilds
4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3x Thoughtseize
3x Abrupt Decay
3x Hero's Downfall
2x Underworld Connections
3x Gift of Orzhova
2x Whip of Erebos
1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
1x Erebos, God of the Dead
4x Golgari Guildgate
4x Overgrown Tomb
13x Swamp
1x Gaze of Granite
1x Thoughtseize
2x Pharika's Cure
2x Devour Flesh
2x Duress
1x Vraska the Unseen
1x Underworld Connections
2x Golgari Charm
3x Mistcutter Hydra
Feels good to come back to this deck after messing around with a few other strategies.
Ive had some decent results with this build and will probably play it at the first standard PTQ in January unless the meta shifts again.
The smiterless one, imo, is less effective against esper.
Doesnt allow you to pressure them fast enough.