Suspicious Bookcase

Artifact Creature — Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

{3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

RiotRunner789 on Damn it Patrice!

7 months ago

Recommended cards that aren't black but feel like they should/could be:

The One RingGC: This is black card draw.

Skrelv, Defector Mite: Mostly the phyrexian mana and artwork. Highly useful for the one shot kill.

Suspicious Bookcase: Some of the artwork on this card comes straight from Halloween.

Defiler of Faith: Life as a resource.

Shadowspear: Lore-wise it's a corrupted weapon from the underworld.

Basilisk Collar: Both keywords are common in black.

Blackblade Reforged: Literally a demon's sword.

Nettlecyst: Black token and phyrexian.

Tarrian's Soulcleaver: Graveyard synergy.

Bloodforged Battle-Axe: Mostly artwork/name/flavor.

Grafted Exoskeleton: Black themed downside. Infect in black's wheelhouse.

Bloodthirsty Blade: Blood as a cost.

Blade of the Bloodchief: Death as a benefit.

Quietus Spike: Multiple black creatures have this effect.

Hope that helps.

theNeroTurtle on Wall-o-the-Bigs!

7 months ago

I have always wanted to build a Wall deck. If I do, my Commander is going 100% going to be Pramikon, Sky Rampart… No question about it.

No Fog Bank?

Wall of Water - kill attacking creatures?

Wall of Brambles – I love Regenerate, personally.

Living Wall – Because of Regenerate and because it is so old.

Shield Sphere – Free is always fun.

Suspicious Bookcase – I love this guy because you can activate it when your opponents are attacking each other.

Crashing Drawbridge – Haste is always pretty good.

FormOverFunction on Why is Mark Rosewater so …

9 months ago

Yeah, I feel the same way about a lot of the equipment. I know that many cards are made specifically for the prerelease/standard etc… so they’re not really for me. Even something like Murderer's Axe is interesting, though, because of its mechanics. Currency Converter, Fifty Feet of Rope, Suspicious Bookcase, and Treasure Chest are all flavorful and interesting (albeit maybe not auto-adds for most decks) and I feel like a new set could have a few land-equipments that matched up to this sort of weird “here’s a couple of options” line of thinking. Because of how I think about MtG I would be better off starting with a setting first. Maybe I’ll get a couple of ideas down on paper for an existing set. It’s fun to consider!!

beets on Ice Cream Knuckle Sandwich (With Sprinkles)

1 year ago

Do you like Suspicious Bookcase or Glaring Spotlight? They aren't listed on your maybeboard, so I wasn't sure if you had already considered them. Love the deck!!

Swebb87 on Attack phase - interaction & …

3 years ago

Sorry for the long question: in a game recently played, there were 3 of us left. Will describe what happened in turn order etc

Player 1 declared attacks on player 2 for lethal combat damage (player 2 had no blockers) and declared attack on player 3 (the creature attacking was Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer equipped with Staff of Titania and made unlockable with a Suspicious Bookcase.

Player 2 declared no response to the attack, player 3 then cast an Abrade targeting the Staff of Titania which would have saved their life, in response to the Abrade, player 2 cast Counterspell ensuring that the damage was enough to be lethal, thus player 1 won the game.

The question is: is what player 2 did legal? Had they technically died after declaring no blocks or do they stay in the game as a legal participant until the combat phase has finished?

metalflame on Halvar, Divine Voltron

3 years ago

IMO must includes for draw, control, and a bit of ramp Grappling Hook, Angel of Condemnation, Endless Atlas, Darksteel Mutation, Empowered Autogenerator, Steel Hellkite.

Here are a list of unblockable artifacts that smooth out any voltron play Hot Soup, Prowler's Helm, Whispersilk Cloak, Suspicious Bookcase, Rogue's Passage, Trailblazer's Boots, Manifold Key, Key to the City.

K4m4r0 on Nobody has the intention of building a Wall

3 years ago

Eloniel Hey Eloniel, thank you for keeping the posts up! I haven't had much time for Magic in the last months, so it became a little quiet here. From your suggestions I like Weathered Sentinels the most. It's pretty cool, that Errant, Street Artist hash flash, but I need to compare it with the cards in the deck, same goes for Suspicious Bookcase. Too bad we could never copy a single spell :D

amarthaler I haven't tested it, but for 6 mana it doesnt seem that good honestly. I'd rather play (something like) Triumph of the Hordes.

IamJesse I have more time for Magic in the coming weeks/months, I promise I will make updates (if necessary)!

Hecatonchires on Duel Commander deck help

3 years ago

Darigaaz Reincarnated is an excellent commander:

If he hits you three times? You die.

Potentially castable on turn 1 with a good draw and the right mana rocks.

Jund Dragon, so tons of support from Red / Green creatures - Urabrask the Hidden for haste, Atarka, World Render for double strike, et cetera.

Rogue's Passage, Manifold Key, Suspicious Bookcase, and he's unblockable... So...