His Dark Materials: The imbecile Paper Tower

Commander / EDH* Casual Jank Theme/Gimmick Vorthos

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Places (41)

• 1x Abandoned Outpost
• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x An-Havva Township
• 1x Ancient Ziggurat
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Aysen Abbey
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bazaar of Baghdad
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Boreal Shelf
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Castle Sengir
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Forest
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x High Market
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 2x Island
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 2x Snow-Covered Plains
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Tolarian Academy
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Characters (26)

• 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
• 1x Admiral Beckett Brass
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Blurred Mongoose
• 1x Cabal Patriarch
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Desolation Angel
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Ghosts of the Innocent
• 1x Glen Elendra Liege
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
• 1x Lord Windgrace
• 1x Marchesa, the Black Rose
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Ravenous Harpy
• 1x Scythe Leopard
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• 1x Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Winter Orb
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Memorabilia (9)

• 1x Academy Elite
• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Darklit Gargoyle
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Dusk Legion Dreadnought
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Ovalchase Dragster
• 1x Stronghold Zeppelin

Commander (1)

KeyParts (20)

• 1x Bad River
• 1x Blessed Spirits
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Clone Legion
• 1x Concerted Effort
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Entreat the Angels
• 1x Epic Experiment
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Horizon Spellbomb
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Planar Gate
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Spectral Sliver
• 1x Stealer of Secrets
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x The Abyss

HisDarkMaterials (3)

• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Explorer's Scope
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip

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I love the "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Phillip Pullman, in case you haven't read them, I'd sincerely recommend them to you. Especially before you look deeper into this Deck built, to understand all the flavour behind it. Let me know if you've any suggestions! Thank you. <3

Warning:This list contains huge spoilers of the storyline

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His Dark Materials:

• The golden Compass: Thaumatic Compass  
• The subtle Knive (because it binds Will to it)): Elbrus, the Binding Blade  
• The Amber Spyglass: Explorer's Scope

Characters:

• Lyra: Archaeomancer
• Lyra, third book searching for her demon in the woods: Eternal Witness
• Pantalaimon: Blurred Mongoose
• Pantalaimon: Temur Sabertooth
• Will Parry: Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  
• Mary Malone: Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• Lord Asriel (Ignore that he's a cat, but he "explores" new lands and has cat(s) accompany him: Lord Windgrace
• Lord Asriel's Dæmon: Scythe Leopard
• Ms. Coulter (Plus her monkey Flavour win): Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
• Ms. Coulter (the image fits perfectly, but Kari Zev has more Flavour): Marchesa, the Black Rose
• Lord Boreal: Cabal Patriarch
• The Authority (The first Angel to have emerged from Dust): Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
• Metatron (The main Antagonist): Desolation Angel
• Balthamos (The Rebel Angel): Adarkar Valkyrie
• Serafina Pekkala (Witch Queen of the Lake Enara clan) : Beguiler of Wills
• Serafina Pekkala's Dæmon: Swan Song
• Ruta Skadi (Witch Queen of the Lake Lubana clan): Oracle of Mul Daya
• Lee Scoresby: Kinsbaile Balloonist
• Iorek Byrnison (Winning the battle of Svalbard): Winter Orb
• John Perry/Stanislaus Grumman: Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• Ma Costa (Gyptians): Admiral Beckett Brass
• John Faa: Worldly Tutor
• The Gallivespian Chevalier Tialys: Glen Elendra Liege
• The Gallivespian Lady Salmakia: Sower of Temptation
• The Wayfarer to the Land of the Dead: Deadeye Navigator
• Roger and the other ghosts: Ghosts of the Innocent
• The Harpy guiding the spirits through the Land of the Dead: Ravenous Harpy

Memorabilia:

• Representing all the Dæmons: Horde of Notions
• Scholars of Oxford College: Academy Elite
• Dust: All Is Dust
• Ioreks Armor: Darksteel Plate
• The Skyships of the Magisterium: Stronghold Zeppelin
• Cliffghasts: Darklit Gargoyle
• Mulefa (Not super happy about this, but they're kinda like vehicles right?): Ovalchase Dragster
• Tualapi, Swan like Creatures and Enemy of the Mulefa: Swan Song
• The Gyptian Ship on the way to Bolvangar: Dusk Legion Dreadnought
• The Bow of the Witches: Bow of Nylea
• Metatrons cage for God: Ghostly Prison
• Lord Asriel's Factory for his Gyrocopters: Mishra's Factory

Places:

• Oxford: Tolaria West
• Jordan College Tolarian Academy
• Jordan's Library (Lyra Studying): Rhystic Study
• London: Inspiring Vantage
• Ms. Coulter's London with all it's shops: Bazaar of Baghdad
• The Way to East Anglia: Ash Barrens
• The way to Bolvangar Snow-Covered Plains
• Bolvangar: Kabira Crossroads
• Svalbard: Glacial Chasm
• Lord Asriel's Castle in Svalbards Exile: Castle Sengir
• The Angelic Tower of Cittàgazze: Command Tower
• Will's Oxford: High Market
• Will's Oxford: Inventors' Fair
• The museaum in Will's World where Lyra meets Lord Boreal: Concealed Courtyard
• Lord Boreal's home in Will's London: Azorius Chancery
• The cave where Ms. Coulter hides Lyra: Bloodfell Caves
• The town close to Ms. Coulters cave in the Himalayas: An-Havva Township
• The Himalayas: Mountain
• The part of the Himalayas where Iorek and Will land: Boreal Shelf
• Mary's Journey to the world of the Mulefa: Exotic Orchard
• Mary's Journey to the world of the Mulefa (extra Flavour points, because Lyra represents Eve who ate the forbidden fruit, remember?): Forbidden Orchard
• The big trees of the Mulefa: Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• Mary's Home in the world of the Mulefa: Alchemist's Refuge
• The world of the Mulefa: Forest
• The world of the Mulefa: Carpet of Flowers
• The coast of the ocean leading into the Land of the Dead: Darkslick Shores
• The coast of the ocean leading into the Land of the Dead: Underground Sea
• The Ocean leading into the Land of the Dead: Darkwater Catacombs
• The Ocean leading into the Land of the Dead: Lake of the Dead
• The Land of the Dead: Swamp
• The Cave, leading out of the Land of the Dead: Cavern of Souls
• Lord Asriel's rebell garnisson in the REpublic of Heaven: Ancient Ziggurat
• The Center of the Magisterium in Switzerland, where Ms. Coulter flees after being at Lord Asriel's: Aysen Abbey
• Republic of Heaven, where the final battle takes place Abandoned Outpost
• The Authority's Citadel in the clouds: Serra's Sanctum

Key parts of the books:

• Lyra sneaks into the chamber of Lord Asriel and see's what he's showing to the Scholars: Recurring Insight
• Ms. Coulter stealing kids: Stealer of Secrets
• Lyra discovers how to read the Alethiometer: Future Sight
• Bolvangars Experiment: Epic Experiment
• Bolvangars guillotine for the experiment (The Arc on the Art looked always like a Guillotine to me): Rakdos Carnarium
• Lord Asriels Experiment, opening a new world: Planar Bridge
• The Specters, which can only be seen by adults: Spectral Sliver
• Balthamos Partner dies: Doom Blade
• The cuts between the worlds: Planar Gate
• The lake, where Will's Father dies: Bad River
• Will showing Iorek that his knife cuts through worlds, from the Himalayas it a Rainforest: Misty Rainforest
• The bomb, trying to destroy Lyra: Horizon Spellbomb
• The Exit from the world of the dead, where everyone is turning to dust: Dissolve
• Spirits before they dissolve into Dust: Blessed Spirits
• Metatron's Castle in the sky, seen by Lord Asriel for the first time: Temple of the False God
• The final battle: Entreat the Angels
• The ghosts deciding to fight alongside Lord Asriel's Army: Clone Legion
• The final battle: Concerted Effort
• Metatron getting pushed into the Abyss: The Abyss
• The waterfall in the forest were Lyra and Will find their Dæmons again: Cascading Cataracts

Top Ranked	Achieved #17 position overall 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.82
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Bird 2/2 U, Cat Warrior 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Ragavan, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	AAWant to try, Great Stuff