Need help putting together a gimmick deck
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Posted on Dec. 15, 2016, 8:41 a.m. by SilasFlynn
Im putting together a super dumb gimick deck that is solely to see what ends up happening, issue is i cant really use gatherer or any other kind of EDH help sites for card choices. I wanna put together a "Book Tribal" deck every card in the deck having some kind of book, scroll or tome on the art somehow, e.g Spellbook, Dark Tutelage, Pain Seer, Book Burning, Orcish Librarian.
The commander being Nicol Bolas or Lavinia of the Tenth and i just need some help finding well books.
December 15, 2016 8:59 a.m.
SilasFlynn says... #4
zelian12 thank you, honestly if i can get book tribal to look anywhere close to a good deck thats already a win xD
December 15, 2016 9:16 a.m.
Well, here's all the cards with "book", "tome" or "scroll" in the name; that'll give you a few options.
December 15, 2016 9:21 a.m.
RazortoothMtg says... #6
Don't forget Venser's Journal! And for the general, Nicol Bolas all the way. All the cards you listed would fit in there, you don't have nearly enough good white cards to justify going azorius
December 15, 2016 9:47 a.m.
SilasFlynn says... #7
RazortoothMtg Yeah it was more cos lavinia was the only other card i could find that was reading xD that and enlightened tutors new art has a book so i thought there might be something there. There isnt. Nicol Bolas will be the true master of the Greatest Library in the Multiverse!
December 15, 2016 9:56 a.m.
RazortoothMtg says... #8
Has Nicol read his My First Tome with his Goblin Bookie? If only...
December 15, 2016 10 a.m.
RazortoothMtg says... #11
If I were you, I would look through current Nicol Bolas decks and see if any have books in their art. Also, are there lands with books on them?
December 15, 2016 10:05 a.m.
SilasFlynn says... #13
The Greatest Library in the Multiverse just got super consistent. So many tutors fit the theme Cruel Tutor Grim Tutor Mystical Tutor from mirage Diabolic Tutor from ninth edition Personal Tutor
December 15, 2016 10:12 a.m.
SilasFlynn says... #14
RazortoothMtg thanks, didnt actually think of that. Edh rec gave me Mystic Retrieval and Geth's Grimoire and Think Twice from time spiral
December 15, 2016 10:18 a.m.
I kind of dig Mangara's Tome and Knowledge Vault but they are pretty niche in where they fit.
Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII is pretty terrible, but I've used it for thrull tribal before. Making citizens is pretty cool too.
December 15, 2016 12:23 p.m.
SilasFlynn says... #16
Yeah they arent the best cards but so far having spent far too long to be classed as a normal human being anymore xDThe main 'win condition' is alot of incidental mill and bolasing people (if ever possible) tutoring grimoire of the dead and benefiting that everyones creatures are gonna have been way better than yoursIf that doesnt work you have like 2/2 beats so cards like Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII is probably gonna end up fitting into this stupid strategy pretty well
December 15, 2016 12:28 p.m.
SilasFlynn says... #17
Thanks to everyone that helped out, i actually ended up having to make some cuts xD
zelian12 says... #2
Good luck making a cohesive deck. Here's some of the better books I could think of:
Merchant Scroll
Sylvan Library
Grimoire of the Dead
December 15, 2016 8:53 a.m.