Reanimate + Vilis, Broker of Blood

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Overview

Yes. When Reanimate resolves and you lose life equal to the reanimated card’s mana value, Vilis, Broker of Blood’s ability “Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards.” will trigger for that life-loss event and go on the stack after the spell finishes resolving [704.3].

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Step 1

You cast Reanimate targeting a creature card in a graveyard and it resolves; as part of its effect it puts that creature card onto the battlefield under your control, then you lose life equal to that card’s mana value (that sequence is the spell’s resolution text).

Step 2

The life loss that occurs as Reanimate resolves is a life-loss event. Because Vilis’s oracle text is “Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards.” that triggered ability watches for life-loss events and triggers when you lose life (the ability’s trigger is created by that event).

Step 3

Triggered abilities that result from events that happened during resolution are placed on the stack after state-based actions are checked following the resolution (they go on the stack once Reanimate has finished resolving) [704.3].

Step 4

When Vilis’s triggered ability resolves, it instructs you to draw a number of cards equal to the life you just lost, so you draw that many cards.

Resolution

If Vilis, Broker of Blood is on the battlefield under your control when Reanimate resolves, the life loss caused by Reanimate is a life-loss event that triggers Vilis’s “Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards.” ability; that triggered ability is put on the stack after Reanimate finishes resolving and will draw cards equal to the life you lost when it resolves [704.3]. If the card in the graveyard has in its mana cost, use X = 0 to compute the life loss [2025-09-19].