The Bones To Build Your Tribal Deck

Casual Casual Combo Primer Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (59)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Amoeboid Changeling
• 1x Avian Changeling
• 1x Basalt Ravager
• 1x Bloodline Pretender
• 1x Bloodline Shaman
• 1x Brass Herald
• 1x Cairn Wanderer
• 1x Caller of the Hunt
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Changeling Berserker
• 1x Changeling Hero
• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Changeling Titan
• 1x Elvish Soultiller
• 1x Fire-Belly Changeling
• 1x Game-Trail Changeling
• 1x Ghostly Changeling
• 1x Gladewalker Ritualist
• 1x Grave Sifter
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Guardian Gladewalker
• 1x Imagecrafter
• 1x Impostor of the Sixth Pride
• 1x Irregular Cohort
• 1x Karona, False God
• 1x Kolvori, God of Kinship  ^Flip
• 1x Littjara Glade-Warden
• 1x Littjara Kinseekers
• 1x Masked Vandal
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Mistform Ultimus
• 1x Mistform Warchief
• 1x Mistwalker
• 1x Moonglove Changeling
• 1x Moritte of the Frost
• 1x Morophon, the Boundless
• 1x Mothdust Changeling
• 1x Orvar, the All-Form
• 1x Proteus Machine
• 1x Realmwalker
• 1x Resplendent Marshal
• 1x Riptide Shapeshifter
• 1x Shapesharer
• 1x Skeletal Changeling
• 1x Skemfar Shadowsage
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Tribal Forcemage
• 1x Turtleshell Changeling
• 1x Universal Automaton
• 1x Unsettled Mariner
• 1x Valiant Changeling
• 1x Venomous Changeling
• 1x Volo, Guide to Monsters
• 1x War-Spike Changeling
• 1x Webweaver Changeling
• 1x Woodland Changeling

Enchantment (29)

• 1x Alpha Status
• 1x Arachnoform
• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Call to the Kindred
• 1x Conspiracy
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Crown of Ascension
• 1x Crown of Awe
• 1x Crown of Fury
• 1x Crown of Suspicion
• 1x Crown of Vigor
• 1x Curse of Conformity
• 1x Descendants' Path
• 1x Etchings of the Chosen
• 1x Faces of the Past
• 1x Folk Hero
• 1x Haunted One
• 1x Kindred Boon
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Molten Echoes
• 1x Radiant Destiny
• 1x Rally the Ranks
• 1x Reflections of Littjara
• 1x Reins of the Vinesteed
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Shared Triumph
• 1x Steely Resolve
• 1x Weight of Conscience

Artifact (21)

• 1x Amorphous Axe
• 1x Ashes of the Fallen
• 1x Belbe's Portal
• 1x Birthing Boughs
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Cryptic Gateway
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Heirloom Blade
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Icon of Ancestry
• 1x Konda's Banner
• 1x Maskwood Nexus
• 1x Mirror of the Forebears
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Pillar of Origins
• 1x Pyre of Heroes
• 1x Riptide Replicator
• 1x Stoneforge Masterwork
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Volrath's Laboratory

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Aphetto Dredging
• 1x Crippling Fear
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Harsh Mercy
• 1x Haunting Voyage
• 1x Kindred Charge
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Pact of the Serpent
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Return from Extinction
• 1x Rivals' Duel
• 1x Roar of the Crowd
• 1x Selective Snare
• 1x Witch's Vengeance

Land (55)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Faceless Haven
• 5x Forest
• 5x Island
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Mutavault
• 5x Plains
• 1x Secluded Courtyard
• 5x Snow-Covered Forest
• 5x Snow-Covered Island
• 5x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 5x Snow-Covered Plains
• 5x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Unclaimed Territory

Instant (12)

• 1x Blades of Velis Vel
• 1x Coordinated Barrage
• 1x Crib Swap
• 1x Defensive Maneuvers
• 1x Kindred Summons
• 1x Luminescent Rain
• 1x Pack's Disdain
• 1x Raise the Draugr
• 1x Shields of Velis Vel
• 1x Tribal Unity
• 1x Volatile Claws
• 1x Wings of Velis Vel

Sideboard (41)

• 1x An-Zerrin Ruins
• 1x Artificial Evolution
• 1x Changeling Sentinel
• 1x Circle of Solace
• 1x Cursebound Witch
• 1x Doom Cannon
• 1x Dr. Julius Jumblemorph
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Ego Erasure
• 1x Endemic Plague
• 1x Engineered Plague
• 1x Extinction
• 1x Faceless Agent
• 1x Greater Morphling
• 1x Mistform Dreamer
• 1x Mistform Mask
• 1x Mistform Mutant
• 1x Mistform Seaswift
• 1x Mistform Shrieker
• 1x Mistform Skyreaver
• 1x Mistform Sliver
• 1x Mistform Stalker
• 1x Mistform Wakecaster
• 1x Mistform Wall
• 1x Nameless Inversion
• 1x Outbreak
• 1x Paliano Vanguard
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Peer Pressure
• 1x Plague Engineer
• 1x Riders of Gavony
• 1x Riptide Chronologist
• 1x Runed Stalactite
• 1x Standardize
• 1x Trickery Charm
• 1x Tsabo's Decree
• 1x Unnatural Selection
• 1x Volo, Guide to Monsters
• 1x Volo, Itinerant Scholar
• 1x Walking Desecration
• 1x Xenograft

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NOTE: This is NOT an actual deck. It is a TEMPLATE off of which a deck can be built!

Got bored, decided to make a series of interesting tribal decks. This is the resource I used. If you want to see the interesting tribal decks, check out the bottom of the description (above all the post script).

Got bored a second time, added 'nuff lands to make this deck function okay-ishly in the playtester. When in doubt, name Human, Elf, or Wizard for your Cavern of Souls. I usually do Elf. The same goes for most of the other Type-Namers.

This is the template I use(d) to generate my tribal decks. I know that I'm probably missing a bunch of tribal cards, so I'm always updating this list. Feel free to suggest anything that I've left out (note that I use the sideboard to house cards that are unlikely to make it into tribal decks, but still fit the criteria of being relevant to a generic tribal deck).

That said, I issue a challenge to ALL of TappedOut to *try* find something that I have missed!!!

I would prefer card suggestions, but I guess I can allow synergies/combos...maybe.

Synergies/Combos:

a changeling creature + Call to the Kindred / Descendants' Path , etc.

Elvish Soultiller + Ashes of the Fallen

Patriarch's Bidding + Ashes of the Fallen, courtesy of Flareking99

Doom Cannon + Xenograft

Conspiracy + Doom Cannon

Alpha Status + Xenograft

Alpha Status + Conspiracy

Conspiracy + Descendants' Path

Mirror Entity + Distant Melody

Mirror Entity + Coordinated Barrage

Mirror Entity + Harsh Mercy

Mirror Entity + Luminescent Rain

Mirror Entity + Roar of the Crowd

Mirror Entity + Steely Resolve

Mirror Entity can turn all my/your creatures into a certain/any/every type.

Cryptic Gateway + 2 Changelings

Also check out:

Minion Tribal Because I Can

Lhurgoyf Tribal Because I Can

Mercenary Tribal Because I Can

Yeti Tribal Because I Can

Unicorn Tribal Because I Can

Mutant Tribal Because I Can

Advisor Tribal Because I Can

Nomad Tribal Because I Can

Ouphe Tribal Because I Can

P.S. - The sideboard consists of cards that I found too situational or largely redundant but still fit the theme of this collection.

P.P.S. - Check out Legendxp's lists for tribe-specific tech! First List and Second List

P.P.P.S. - Check out AngelOfDivinity's Bad Tribal; The Format. It is about a lesser known tribal format that is quite...bad? >P

P.P.P.P.S. - My thanks to Xadroy for Artificial Evolution!

P.P.P.P.P.S. - My thanks to hfvalenz for Trickery Charm and Konda's Banner! (Special note, Konda's Banner is a live draw if you playtest this monster thanks to Mistform Ultimus and Karona, False God!)

P.P.P.P.P.P.S. - My thanks to hfvalenz for Aphetto Dredging.

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. - My thanks to user:flxk6 for Duplicant.

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. - My thanks to Sorin_Markov_1947 for reminding me about Mistwalker and Orvar. Looks like I need to remind myself to look back at new sets when they are fully spoiled. :P

Top Ranked	Achieved #9 position overall 6 years ago Achieved #1 position in Casual 3 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 2 Mythic Rares 60 - 18 Rares 30 - 10 Uncommons 43 - 11 Commons
Cards	190
Avg. CMC	3.37
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C, Shapeshifter 1/1 C, Shapeshifter 2/2 C, Shapeshifter 2/2 U, Volo's Journal
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Based on	Minion Tribal Because I Can merrowMania CAS