Breath of Life

Impact of 4 Mana Reanimation

I don't think most people are pushing for the return of Reanimate, but what was wrong with 4 mana reanimation? I don't remember Breath of Life or Zombify upsetting the apple cart too much in Standard. Even something like Late to Dinner seems fine for Standard.

We had a period where reanimation was mana value of four. It caused problems and limited our design of bigger creatures.

Breath of Life Creatures Late to Dinner Limited Mana Mana Value Reanimate Standard Zombify

White's Four-Mana Magic

But being the best at big spells include being able to ramp or to cheat them into play, things that white normally isn't good at all, but I get your point. One thing I've noticed is that with 4 mana White starts doing some pretty strong stuff (Smothering Tithe, Angelic Exaltation, Jazal Goldmane, Ressurrection/False Defeat/Breath of Life, Hero of Bladehold, Settle the Wreckage and so on). What's the explanation for that 4-mana-boundary? Is that something particular to White or not?

White isn’t best at big spells.

Angelic Exaltation Breath of Life False Defeat Hero of Bladehold Jazal Goldmane Mana Settle the Wreckage Smothering Tithe Spells White

White's Reanimation Scope

I have a question for the color pie, does White still get cards with re-birth or resurrection cards or abilities like: Breath of Life , Reya, Dawnbringer or has that been mostly regulated to Black's side of the pie?

White can reanimate cheaper creatures usually 2 CMC or less.

Black Breath of Life Color Pie Colors Creatures Mana Value Reanimate White

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