Diabolic Tutor

Sorcery

Search your library for a card and put that card into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Discussion (51)

stellarnear on Atraxas MixUp V2

20 hours ago

Diabolic Tutor > Enlightened Tutor

Prometheusthewiz on You sac, I sac, we all sac for Grimgrin

4 days ago

New update suggestions:

Brainstorm for Phyrexian Altar

Rhystic Study for Mystic Remora

Temple Bell for Rot Hulk

Counterspell for Drown in the Loch

Hinder for Force of Despair

Spell Crumple for Soul Manipulation

Go for the Throat for Tragic Slip

Howling Mine for Shadowspear

Graveborn Muse for Lightning Greaves

Nightmare Shepherd for Evacuation

Diabolic Tutor for Final Parting

Shadow of Doubt for Arcane Signet

Prometheusthewiz on You sac, I sac, we all sac for Grimgrin

4 days ago

Proposed updates:

Erebos, God of the Dead for Dread Wanderer

Sepulchral Primordial for Murderous Rider

Wonder for Prized Amalgam

Thassa, God of the Sea for Vindictive Lich

Consuming Aberration for Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Rune-Scarred Demon for Sidisi, Undead Vizier

Notion Thief for Rot Hulk

Counterspell for Drown in the Loch

Spell Crumple for Soul Manipulation

Hinder for Force of Despair

Go for the Throat for Tragic Slip

Howling Mine for Shadowspear

Shadow of Doubt for Arcane Signet or Chromatic Lantern

Sever the Bloodline for Decree of Pain

Diabolic Tutor for Final Parting

I also was interested in Swiftfoot Boots and Call to the Grave but unsure as to what I would replace...

zAzen7977 on TINYBONES: TINY PUNISHER (Mono-Black Stax)

1 week ago

Thank you casual_competitive and stinkybot!

I recommend the following changes to make this build more budget-friendly:

Chains of Mephistopheles -> Mind Rake or Imp's Mischief

Mana Crypt -> Lotus Petal or Arcane Signet

Imperial Seal -> Insidious Dreams

Vampiric Tutor -> Diabolic Tutor

Liliana of the Veil -> Syphon Mind

Thoughtseize -> Mire's Toll

Also, you can take out the 5 fetchlands for 5 Swamps.

TypicalTimmy on Why are some commander staples ...

1 week ago

To re-rail this thread, staples are generally considered for three reasons: CMC, impact and speed.

Cards such as Demonic Tutor are solid because they are extremely low cost with basically no downside. Cards such as Diabolic Tutor are not sought after because, while they function the same, they cost a lot more to cast in-game and thus are not able to be played as quickly. Vampiric Tutor costs the most because the CMC is half-that of Demonic Tutor, is an instant and does the same effect. In a game with 40 life, paying 2 is nothing. That's also why shocklands and fetch lands are so popular; The cost of the life you spend is nothing compared to the value you get. Being 1/2 the CMC though is not enough. As Vampiric Tutor is also an instant, it can find you cards at any point in the game, not just during your main phases when the stack is empty.

There are outliers, such as Cyclonic Rift and Damnation, but paying a lot of mana for a reset button is worth it as it brings everyone back down to relatively the same level, more or less.

Cards that push you to win the game (tutors, combo pieces, wincons) are the best because winning the game against three opponents is far more powerful than making a single opponent lose the game.

griffstick on Good cheap staples to pick ...

3 weeks ago

This are the staple cards you need to get.

Creatures

• Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
• Birds of Paradise
• Sakura-Tribe Elder
• Eternal Witness
• Llanowar Elves
• Elvish Mystic
• Deathrite Shaman
• Avacyn's Pilgrim
• Faeburrow Elder
• Reclamation Sage
• Kenrith, the Returned King
• Dockside Extortionist
• Elves of Deep Shadow
• Solemn Simulacrum
• Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
• Sun Titan
• Noble Hierarch
• Seedborn Muse
• Notion Thief
• Jegantha, the Wellspring
• Thassa's Oracle
• Baleful Strix
• Blood Artist
• Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• Avenger of Zendikar
• Wood Elves
• Coiling Oracle
• Acidic Slime

Instants

• Swords to Plowshares
• Counterspell
• Cyclonic Rift
• Beast Within
• Dovin's Veto
• Brainstorm
• Chaos Warp
• Assassin's Trophy
• Mystical Tutor
• Path to Exile
• Swan Song
• Eladamri's Call
• Anguished Unmaking
• Heroic Intervention
• Enlightened Tutor
• Boros Charm
• Negate
• Fierce Guardianship
• Vampiric Tutor
• Abrupt Decay
• Mortify
• Growth Spiral
• Generous Gift
• Putrefy
• Utter End
• Krosan Grip
• Arcane Denial
• Lim-Dul's Vault
• Terminate
• Despark
• Teferi's Protection
• Dark Ritual
• Nature's Claim
• Veil of Summer
• Crackling Doom
• Rakdos Charm
• Fact or Fiction
• Return to Dust
• Harrow

Sorceries

• Cultivate
• Demonic Tutor
• Farseek
• Kodama's Reach
• Rampant Growth
• Ponder
• Windfall
• Blasphemous Act
• Supreme Verdict
• Ruinous Ultimatum
• Eerie Ultimatum
• Merciless Eviction
• Faithless Looting
• Vandalblast
• Preordain
• Nature's Lore
• Harmonize
• Wrath of God
• Skyshroud Claim
• Decimate
• Explosive Vegetation
• Diabolic Tutor

Artifacts

• Sol Ring
• Arcane Signet
• Izzet Signet
• Boros Signet
• Azorius Signet
• Orzhov Signet
• Dimir Signet
• Rakdos Signet
• Talisman of Creativity
• Lightning Greaves
• Swiftfoot Boots
• Simic Signet
• Talisman of Conviction
• Talisman of Dominance
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Golgari Signet
• Gruul Signet
• Fellwar Stone
• Skullclamp
• Mana Crypt
• Selesnya Signet
• Mind Stone
• Talisman of Progress
• Talisman of Indulgence
• Fist of Suns
• Chromatic Lantern
• Commander's Sphere

Enchantments

• Smothering Tithe
• Rhystic Study
• Rhythm of the Wild
• Mystic Remora
• Sylvan Library
• Mirari's Wake
• Zendikar Resurgent
• Temur Ascendancy
• Ghostly Prison
• Phyrexian Arena

Planswalkers

• Narset, Parter of Veils

I hope this helps because it took forever to type out.

BrandonO97 on Wrexial, the Risen Deep Revamp

3 weeks ago

Sorry for doing multiple comments, but Diabolic Tutor would be good to pull any card based on your situation. Pull from the Deep could give you more play with your spells.

MarkovBrewer69 on Brass’s Booty

1 month ago

As far as mechanized production goes it will work that way, so you can copy treasures or even other artifacts in your deck. I understand if you want to focus more on the flavor though.

So at a glance I would say that Diabolic Tutor, Brainstorm, and Preordain are the most out of place. The tutor is very expensive and there isn't anything I am seeing that is really worth paying 4 extra mana to have in your hand. For the most part the cantrips just replace themselves and while they may moderately fix your draw, they don't give card advantage like some of the other cards in your deck. I tend to only put them in decks that synergize in some way with them. For the last one I would say pick your least favorite card, none stick out as particularly bad in the deck.

For the lands, I think you could afford to cut some basics and that may help fix mana. Some non-basics you could run that won't cost too much on their own are Temple of Deceit, Temple of Malice, Temple of Epiphany, Shivan Reef, Underground River, Grixis Panorama, Path of Ancestry, Thriving Bluff, Thriving Isle, Thriving Moor. I don't know if those thriving lands are available quite yet though. Of course the less basics you run the more consistent your colors will be, in your case I would shoot for around 10-12 total.