Olivia, Crimson Bride

Gameplan

Cheat big creatures into play for free every combat by attacking with Olivia, building an army of reanimated threats that swing immediately. Fill your graveyard early with discard, dig, and self-mill, then attack on turn six to start reanimating bombs that close the game fast.

Key Cards

• Faceless Butcher — Reanimated attacking, it exiles a blocker or threat, and is itself sacrificed-friendly when Olivia leaves.
• Archon of Cruelty — A backbreaking reanimation target whose drain-and-discard trigger fires every time you swing it back.
• Sneak Attack — Another way to cheat huge creatures into play, doubling down on Olivia's free-fatty plan.
• Anje Falkenrath — A legendary Vampire that loots aggressively to fill the yard and provides redundancy so reanimated creatures stay.
• Buried Alive — Tutors three creatures straight to the graveyard to set up Olivia's attack triggers.
• Combat Celebrant — Reanimated and attacking, it grants an extra combat to trigger Olivia again for another reanimation.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana and ramp (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Rakdos Signet) to land Olivia ahead of curve, plus protection like Lightning Greaves to shield her at the attack step. Tighten the graveyard package with Entomb, Reanimate, and Animate Dead for redundancy, and lean into multiple legendary Vampires (Anje, Edgar enemies aside) so reanimated bombs stick around even if Olivia is removed.