Yes another Librarian EDH deck. This is more to archive the deck than anything. It is a semi-casual build that has some things you may not agree with as being 'good' but this is definitely not optimum. Before anything else I want to show you this and this. They are great sources of Azami knowledge and provide more detailed and better lists.
So this deck, as you have probably already read, is made to abuse Azami's draw power to gain gobs of advantage over the opponent. My build is a combo build but I have seen some with beater packages, usually tutorable via Treasure Mage. I do aggro in Ib, I don't want to do it here.
Azami, Lady of the Scrolls + Mind Over Matter = Filter through your deck until you find Fallowsage. Play Fallowsage and net one card per filter. Filter through your deck and play Elixir of Immortality. Use the cards in your hand to get a metric crapton of mana with MOM. Recycle your deck and do this as many times as you want. You get access to your whole deck and infinite mana. You should be able to do fun things.
Spell Crumple/Vendillion Clique/Spin Into Myth+Tunnel Vision=One of my favorite combos in here. You essentially mill your opponent to 1 card, giving them one last turn to try to do something before you just draw-go to kill them.
So there you have it, a less than optimal list but it does well in my meta and it's fun to play so who cares. Any criticism, comments, revelations, etc. are encouraged. Good luck with your builds.
Why no Brainstorm? Also Parallel Thoughts is cool, I would have never thought to use that in EDH. Now, I don't know why, but I have a strong feeling that the Herd could be put to great use here.
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It's kinda like both were printed with "Bear" as the first ability, and one was errata'd to "Support Weight" the other was errata'd to "Large Furry Animal". Both are correct, depending on the context
Brainstorm is fairly underwhelming in Azami because if you don't like the top 3 you still have to draw into them. That's why I use Ponder (and, less spectacularly, the fetch lands).
Brainstorm is a useless card in Azami, actually. Your general is your main source of draw, so a one shot effect to effectively draw only one is quite trivial. Ponder is good because you can reset your deck if the need arises.
"Some of the other guys dared me to go out, but I knew it weren't no ordinary giant giga-blasting blaze of unending flames that would scorch the whole world."
—Norin the Wary
Updated OP. Added some stuff to the combo explainations that I realized I could do this week. Also changed some things in the list. Any input would be appreciated(besides telling me to get Force of Will and Mana Drain.)
Okay my friends that compile my playgroup have decided that they don't want to play this deck anymore as long as Teferi/Knowledge Pool is stil around. So I decided to cut a few cards and am brainstorming what to put in. I'm cutting Knowledge Pool, Palinchron as I've found it really hard to find and the MOM win I found lurking in my deck is easier and better, High Tide because it seems quite meh without Palinchron combo, and Ertai, Wizard Adept because I never actually use his ability. He either dies or I need mana for other things. I'm trying to locate a Cryptic Command and a Long-Term Plans but the other two cards are a mystery at the moment. Any suggestions?
Also, if looking at lists is getting tiring, here's a video of the list http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdZUNcjvkAo&feature=related .
So this deck, as you have probably already read, is made to abuse Azami's draw power to gain gobs of advantage over the opponent. My build is a combo build but I have seen some with beater packages, usually tutorable via Treasure Mage. I do aggro in Ib, I don't want to do it here.
Now on to the list!
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Vedalken Aethermage
1 Willbender
1 Sea Scryer
1 Etherium Sculptor
1 Stonybrook Banneret
1 Drift of Phantasms
1 Temporal Adept
1 Treasure Mage
1 Vendillion Clique
1 Patron Wizard
1 Sigil Tracer
1 Aether Adept
1 Sage of Fables
1 Ertai, Wizard Adept
1 Jace's Archivist
1 Trinket Mage
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Glen Elandra Archmage
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Solemn similacrum
1 Surgespanner
1 Riptide Director
1 Fallowsage
1 Teferi, Mage of Zelfir
1 Magus of the Future
1 Duplicant
1 Palinchron
1 High Tide
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainfreeze
1 Counterspell
1 Dissipate
1 capsize
1 Forbid
1 Spell Crumple
1 Rewind
1 Spin into Myth
1 Ponder
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Fabricate
1 Tunnel Vision
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Meekstone
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Expedition Map
1 Sol Ring
1 Helm of Awakening
1 Sapphire Medallion
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Cloudstone Curio
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Caged Sun
1 Knowledge Pool
1 Equilibrium
1 Archmage Ascension
1 Opposition
1 Future Sight
1 Mind Over Matter
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolaria West
1 Temple of the False God
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Terrain Generator
1 Riptide Laboratory
1 Seat of the Synod
28 Island
Some Stats:
Artifacts:
12 (12.12%)
Creatures:
27 (27.27%)
Enchantments:
9 (9.09%)
Land:
35 (35.35%)
Planeswalker:
1 (1.01%)
Spell:
15 (15.15%)
Mana Curve
1 Mana:
9 (14.29%)
2 Mana:
8 (12.70%)
3 Mana:
23 (36.51%)
4 Mana:
12 (19.05%)
5 Mana:
7 (11.11%)
6 Mana:
3 (4.76%)
7+ Mana:
1 (1.59%)
TGCPlayer Avg. Price: $221.46
Change Log
-Sage of Epityr +Snapcaster Mage
-Shapesharer +Treasure Mage
-Echo Mage +Solemn Simulacrum
-Lullmage Mentor +Surgespanner
-Prodigal Sorcerer +Teferi, Mage of Zelphir
-Inspired Sprite +Duplicant
-Fact or Fiction +Meekstone
-Clone +Expedition Map
-Merrow Levitator +Relic of Progenitus
-Foil +Sapphire Medallion
-Ixidor's Will +Coalition Relic
-Rite of Replication +Knowledge Pool
-mana Vault +Brainfreeze
-Eye of Ramos +Merchant Scroll
-Curiosity +Capsize
-Ophidian Eye +Dissipate
-Archmage Ascension +Fact or Fiction
-Dissipation Field +Something
1/27
-Vedalken Mastermind +Willbender
-Coalition Relic +Sea Scryer
-Logic Knot +Temporal Adept
-Blue Sun's Zenith +Blue Sun's Zenith(Russian)
So there you have it, a less than optimal list but it does well in my meta and it's fun to play so who cares. Any criticism, comments, revelations, etc. are encouraged. Good luck with your builds.
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