This is a Pre-Gothic re-animator deck. I thought the idea would be fun, and it is! I'm just sad that I tried this so close to Gothic's release. I wanted more time to see if I could make it work in this meta. I only started actually playing Sorcery in August, so I just came in at a bad time to try this out.

The point of this deck is to get big minions from your hand into the cemetery turn 2 with Sisters of Avalon, then summon them turn 3 with Raise Dead or Boneyard. It turns out, this strategy also works really well for mid and late game, when you can snag Kythera Mechanism. Most people don't add bad minions to their deck. So casting Raise Dead usually gets you something valuable, even if you don't have Kythera Mechanism. Even if you get a cheap minion like a Vile Imp, Raise Dead lets you summon the minion ANYWHERE. That includes your opponents sites, which adds a lot of playability.

This deck is 99% about your opening hand.

If you don't get pieces you need (or card draw) in your opening hand, you will stall out and it will be up to fate to get you out of it. You need to think of your opening hand like a poker hand. You are trying to get as many of the pieces of the combo as possible, as soon as possible. I will break down the cards that make up each part of the combo and rank them in order of their effectiveness:

Discard Outlets

Good - [[Call to War]]

Better- [[Sisters of Avalon]] / [[Nimbus Jinn]] (depending on hand)

Best- [[Sisters of Avalon]] / [[Nimbus Jinn]] (depending on hand)

Nimbus Jinn is the real GOAT here. Keep this in your opening hand. Even if you already have something this card shares roles with. It's not the cheapest option, but it does fill 2 roles at once in this deck. You might go off later than normal with this card, but having it play the role of both a Raise Dead target and a discard outlet makes it really invaluable.

Reanimation Targets

Good - [[Root Spider]] / [[Monstrous Lion]]

Better - [[Rebecks]] / [[Sir Lamorak]] / [[Grandmaster Wizard]] / [[Death Dealer]] / [[Daperyll Vampire]]

Best- [[Nimbus Jinn]] / [[Morgana le Fay]] / [[Adtonitum]]

Mid cards are cards that are better late game that you don't want crowding your opening hand.

Reanimation Spells

Good - [[Browse]] (to get the other two spells)

Better - [[Raise Dead]]

Best - [[Boneyard]]

Browse to find your reanimation.

Spells You Can Keep

[[Blink]]

[[Infiltrate]]

[[Highland Princess]]

[[Philosopher's Stone]]

[[Kythera Mechanism]]

and maybe [[13 Treasures of Britain]]

These are spells you can keep guilt-free if you have a 1-2 piece hand and don't want to gamble.

HOW TO VALUE HANDS

You should be looking for Targets and Discard Outlets before you look for Reanimation.

Bad

No discard, reanimation, or targets. Forget about your sites, you can fix that later. Just mulligan every single spell.

Meh

1 Piece. Just mulligan the 2 spells that aren't reanimation pieces.

Okay

2 of the same type. 2 pieces of the same type can be okay and provide a little wiggle-room in terms of early game options. Feel free to mulligan the second piece if you get two reanimation targets.

Good

2 different types. 2 different pieces is pretty good setup for the mid / late game. Mulligan the 3rd spell as needed.

Great

You got discard, a target, and a reanimation spell in hand. Keep this. You'll be able to get the target in play by turn 3-4 guaranteed. Maybe even turn 2 if you're lucky.

Amazing

If you have Boneyard, a Sisters of Avalon, and a good reanimation target like Adtonitum or Nimbus Jinn, you can get that target out Turn 3 guaranteed. Maybe even turn 2.

SPECIFIC CARD INSIGHTS

[[Pact with the Devil]]

Do not keep this in your opening hand if you did not also draw a spellcaster or Call to War.

[[Morgana le Fay]]

Make sure you mulligan your sites accordingly. If you're taking a gamble with the sites, try to also mulligan for a discard outlet.