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So I was reading the ITC rules, and an odd thought occured to me:
1.) ITC allows a unit to re-embark unto a night scythe if it's their dedicated transport.
2.) Deathmarks can take a night scythe as a dedicated transport
3.) A unit embarked on a night scythe is placed in reserves.
4.) Deathmarks can arrive via deep strike from reserves on the opponents turn.
5.) since the night scythe is part of the unit, it should also arrive at the same time, probably placed on the edge of the table.
6.) On your turn the night scythe flys to the deathmarks and they board.
7.) Death marks are placed back in reserves.
8.) On opponents turn, do another counter deep strike, or on your next turn deep strike again.
9.) profit???

Currently Deathmarks earn their points on their first shooting phase, giving them another chance could make them more worth while, but I'm not sure if the 130pt transport is too much of an investment.

Unfortunately that's not quite correct. A unit embarked in a dedicated transport while is "Off the table" it's not placed in reserves as you explained. They're in the transport not Reserves. You shoot down the Scythe and it crashes they pop back out, assuming some of them survive.

Spiritfox22 wrote:
Unfortunately that's not quite correct. A unit embarked in a dedicated transport while is "Off the table" it's not placed in reserves as you explained. They're in the transport not Reserves. You shoot down the Scythe and it crashes they pop back out, assuming some of them survive.

Kinda. Night Scyhtes have a special rule that if the Night Scythe is destoyred, the unit inside goes back into Reserves with no damage dealt

The reason it would not work as the OP suggestions is because the unit goes into "Ongoing Reserves" when the Scythe is destroyed, not "Deep Strike Reserves". In order to Deep Strike, you must be in Deep Strike Reserve by deploying there at the beginning of the game.