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Reya Dawnbringer
Legendary Creature — Angel
Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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“Recursive angel that brings creatures back every turn—infinite value from your graveyard.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Commander damage
Reanimator, Aristocrats, Tokens
Strategy
Reya Dawnbringer is a powerful reanimation engine that turns your graveyard into a second hand. Every upkeep, you're bringing back a creature for free—whether it's a mana dork you traded away, a big threat, or a utility creature with an enter-the-battlefield ability. The deck wants to fill your graveyard with impactful creatures, then recur them repeatedly while Reya sits back and flies in for damage. You're essentially playing a grindy midrange deck that generates value every turn cycle.
The core gameplan is straightforward: play creatures, sacrifice or use them, mill them into the graveyard, then replay them with Reya. White gives you access to creatures with excellent enter-the-battlefield effects (sun titan effects, board wipes, tutors), plus you can lean into sacrifice synergies with aristocrat-style payoffs. You win by assembling value engines that create unstoppable momentum—each creature becomes a repeatable resource, eventually overwhelming opponents through sheer card advantage and a flying commander.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive tutors like Enlightened Tutor; use cheaper draw and self-mill like Ranger's Regalia and Faithful Mending, and replace premium creatures with solid role-players like Thraben Inspector or Yosei, the Morning Star.
Signature Cards
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