Tome Raider

Creature — Faerie

Flying

When Tome Raider enters the battlefield, draw a card.

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
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (6)

AjMcGamer on

3 years ago

Hey man I am currently testing a version of this kind of deck.

I would suggest maybe removing Tome Raider for Omen of the Sea or Deliberate if you have either.

Shark Typhoon can also fit very well in these decks if you have any.

If you have any Fae of Wishes they allow you to turn your sideboard into a more situational washboard, basically giving you a 75 card deck.

Good luck man, hope these suggestions help. I look forward to seeing the evolution.

Rorolith on

3 years ago

Going out of standard would allow more versatility on your part, but it would also alow your opponent to have more versatility as well, and as of currently, historic has a lot of removal, making your Ominous Seas's krakens much more vulnerable. I might be wrong on the more removal in historic thing, but I think that that's the case. You are currently playing historic though, since Cloudkin Seer is not standard legal. Suggestions for standard: I would recommend another copy of Teferi's Ageless Insight , cut one copy of Midnight Clock the payoff takes a while to get to. You can cut the Tome Raider s and the Jeskai Elder for some copies of Didn't Say Please or Saw It Coming .

As a mill deck, don't be too afraid to tank hits, your health is a resource.

OneWinged on Advertise your MODERN deck!

3 years ago

The Dimir Fairies seems pretty solid. I can't think of any noteworthy addition. Maybe Hypnotic Sprite, Tome Raider or Quickling could fit here.

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Modern OneWinged

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I want to make a control deck around Isochron Scepter, Silence and Teferi, Time Raveler.

Requillias on Alela, artful provocateur

4 years ago

Deck Upgrade:

Creature Upgrade

To remove: Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea, Crashing Drawbridge, Empyrean Eagle, Expedition Raptor, Expedition Raptor, Peace Strider, Sephara, Sky's Blade, Serra Angel, Threnody Singer, Tome Raider, Victory's Herald

To add: Solemn Simulacrum, Silas Renn, Seeker Adept, Myr Propagator, Trinket Mage, Trophy Mage, Tribute Mage, Daxos of Meletis, Clever Impersonator, Burnished Hart, Magister Sphinx, Divinity of Pride, Hanna, Ship's Navigator

Enchantment Upgrade

To Remove: Angelic Exaltation, Kiora Bests the Sea God, Mammoth Umbra, Omen of the Dead, On Serra's Wings, Waterknot

To Add: Mirrodin Besieged, Mirrormade, Phyrexian Reclamation, Greed, Aqueous Form, Leyline of Anticipation

Artefact Upgrade:

To Remove: Ancestral Blade, Bloodsoaked Altar, Jousting Lance, Mana Geode, Pendulum of Patterns, Scrabbling Claws, Untethered Express

To Add: Mirage Mirror, Sculpting Steel, Spellbinder, Isochron Scepter, Wayfarer's Bauble, Sol Ring, Traveler's Amulet, Prying Blade, Explorer's Scope, Dimir Signet, Orzhov Signet, Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves

Sorcery Upgrade

To Remove: Covetous Urge, Dance of the Manse, Epic Downfall

To Add: Time Wipe, Kaya's Wrath, Diabolic Tutor, Narset's Reversal, Supreme Verdict,

Instant Upgrade:

To Remove: Banish into Fable, Invoke the Divine, Karametra's Blessing, Riot Control, Shieldmate's Blessing, Skywhaler's Shot, Syncopate, Unlikely Aid

To Add: Twincast, Mystical Tutor, Dovin's Veto, Swords to Plowshares, Anguished Unmaking

shadow63 on Penny Pincher

4 years ago

Good improvements. But Cloudkin Seer is strictly better then Tome Raider . If you want to try another walker in here Vraska, Swarm's Eminence or Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor or Dovin, Hand of Control will help you bide your time. Keeper of Fables could get you more card draw. Silverback Shaman is ultra cheap less then 20 cents. Gargos, Vicious Watcher while you have no synergy and comes in at around 50 cents is and 8/7 for 6 mana.

Boza on Grixis Undeath Mechanics

4 years ago

While I still maintain that number of creature is more difficult to balance, as it difference between 2 and 3 creatures to exile is quite larger than 4 or 5 total power to exile; more importantly, number of creatures or total power of creatures create different deckbuilding constraints.

A mechanic based around piling a large number of creatures in the graveyard will naturally lead you towards having lots of small creatures that create value when they die or enter the battlefield (Eg. the Undergrowth mechanic of the lastest Ravnica) A Grixis mechanic leads to creatures like Tome Raider being awesome inclusions in deck that wants to recombine large numbers of creatures. This is worse in Limited, where you have a small pool of creatures and an average game can see you using the ability 2-3 times, which is not good for a marquee ability.

A mechanic based around the total power of creatures means you will naturally build your deck around creatures with large power and low casting cost, as you want to exile the fewest number of them to get the most value. Eg. a Recombine that cares about total power would include Ball Lightning and Lightning Skelemental as flagship creatures that are good with the mechanic. This mechanic is better in Limited as well, since you have a limited number of creatures there.

So, it depends on the requirements of the custom set.

Finally, flavorfully, power of creatures that you are "hacking up" to bring back another dead one is better, as you cannot make a large zombie out of a dwarf, a faerie and a spirit.