Animate Dead (Commander)
Animate Dead appears in 4.4% of Commander decks in the last 30 days (270 decks), averaging 1.0 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Thrasios, Triton Hero + Tymna the Weaver.
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Share of decks
4.4%
▲ 0.7
vs previous 30 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
270
270 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
29%
53 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | – |
| 2026-08-13 | – |
| 2026-08-20 | 4.3% |
| 2026-08-27 | 4.7% |
| 2026-09-03 | 4.9% |
| 2026-09-10 | 2.8% |
| 2026-09-17 | 2.9% |
| 2026-09-24 | 4.0% |
| 2026-10-01 | 4.7% |
| 2026-10-08 | 3.0% |
| 2026-10-15 | 4.8% |
| 2026-10-22 | 4.8% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Sol Ring | 99% | 1.0 |
| Dark Ritual | 94% | 2.3 |
| Demonic Tutor | 94% | 2.0 |
| Vampiric Tutor | 93% | 1.9 |
| Lotus Petal | 91% | 1.0 |
| Reanimate | 90% | 8.1 |
| Chrome Mox | 89% | 1.0 |
| Ancient Tomb | 88% | 1.0 |
| Gemstone Caverns | 85% | 0.9 |
| Entomb | 85% | 9.1 |
| Mana Vault | 85% | 1.0 |
| Mox Diamond | 81% | 0.9 |
| Imperial Seal | 79% | 2.1 |
| Culling the Weak | 76% | 2.7 |
| Command Tower | 75% | 0.9 |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 73% | 2.2 |
| Arcane Signet | 73% | 1.2 |
| Bloodstained Mire | 71% | 1.4 |
| Marsh Flats | 70% | 1.4 |
| Verdant Catacombs | 70% | 1.1 |
- Together
- decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
- Lift
- how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose
Archetypes by metagame share
| Archetype | Meta | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| Thrasios, Triton Hero + Tymna the Weaver | 3.5% | 1% |
| Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. | 2.0% | 1% |
| Tayam, Luminous Enigma | 1.9% | 3% |
| Dargo, the Shipwrecker + Tymna the Weaver | 1.7% | 4% |
| Kefka, Court Mage | 1.0% | 18% |
| K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth | 0.8% | 96% |
| Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce | 0.7% | 7% |
| Scion of the Ur-Dragon | 0.7% | 7% |