could have potentially become when it was still in its infancy and very little about it was set in stone
In Standard, it plays an important role as a threat in midrange decks
I activate Reptilianne Ramifications, discarding Reptilianne Poison for cost and use its effect to add one Reptilianne monster and one Reptilianne spell to my hand
Sorcery Color tag templates(None) Ancestral Vision Suspend 4 (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay and exile it with four time counters on it
Reliquary TowerReliquary Tower and Thought VesselThought Vessel are great cards and welcome reprints, but since this is a reanimator deck, I'd rather not lose out on the ability to toss a good creature into the bin when discarding to hand size
Early on for such a deck I might well take a Kitchen Finks over a Tarmogoyf, a slightly less powerful card that fulfils several roles