
Animate Dead 

Oracle Text
Format Legality
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Animate Dead, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy | 22 | 4 | 267 | 2.1 |
| Duel Commander | 1 | 1 | 124 | 1 |
| Premodern | 3 | 1.7 | 22 | 1.8 |
Details
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 207
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Animate Dead
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (27)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (4)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (25)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
Artifacts (4)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (19)
Instants (25)
- 1 Bitter Triumph
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Shallow Grave
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Flash
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Corpse Dance
- 1 Saw in Half
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Sacrifice
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Tainted Indulgence
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Fetid Pools
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tainted Isle
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8






















