Reya Dawnbringer

Gameplan

Reya is a mono-white reanimator engine: cheat or ramp her out, survive a turn, then recur a creature from your graveyard every upkeep for free. You stockpile high-impact creatures in the yard, then grind the board with repeatable resurrection while value bombs and stax effects keep opponents from racing you.

Key Cards

• Karmic Guide — Doubles as an extra reanimation effect and forms an infinite loop with a sac outlet and Reveillark or Saffi.
• Reveillark — Reanimates small creatures on death and is the centerpiece of the classic Karmic Guide infinite loop.
• Sun Titan — A premier white value reanimation target that recurs your cheap permanents every turn.
• Emeria, the Sky Ruin — A second engine that returns creatures from your yard on upkeep, stacking with Reya for double recursion.
• Reveillark — Combo enabler that turns Reya into a value machine and a kill engine.
• Animate Dead — Cheap reanimation to deploy bombs early before Reya comes down.
• Solemn Simulacrum — Recurring ramp and card draw that mono-white badly wants to recycle every upkeep.
• Buried Alive — Stocks your graveyard with the best reanimation targets to feed Reya immediately.

Upgrade Path

Add cheat-into-play and ramp to fix her cost: Reanimate, Reveillark/Karmic Guide loops, Anointed Procession-style multipliers, and mana rocks like Smothering Tithe and Sol Ring. Lean into a combo finish (Blood Artist + sac outlet + the Karmic Guide loop) and run protection such as Teferi's Protection, Flawless Maneuver, and Swiftfoot Boots to keep Reya alive. Tutors like Enlightened Tutor and Buried Alive plus Emeria, the Sky Ruin give consistency and a redundant recursion engine.