Cards that exile Libraries in Blue and Black
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Posted on April 4, 2022, 7:53 a.m. by Immortalys
For my Circu, Dimir Lobotomist deck I am looking for cards that selectively pick apart my opponents decks. Think of cards Extract, Sadistic Sacrament and Denying Wind. The idea is to make a "mill" deck, but without having to actually mill all the cards, just my opponents wincons, and to have the "milled" cards go to exile to stop those nasty graveyard decks. They can't win with a deck full of lands, ramp and card draw after all, so why put effort into milling/exiling those cards? If there are very few cards like that, I will also accept cards like Life's Finale that don't exile but do search, Umbris, Fear Manifest that don't search but do exile, and/or cards that double up the existing effects like Lithoform Engine.
As a bonus, cards that trigger when an opponent shuffles their library like Psychic Surgery are also very welcome.
Unmoored Ego, Raven Guild Master, Mindreaver, Oona, Queen of the Fae, Supreme Inquisitor, there are so many!
For the shuffle, Cosi's Trickster is the only other card I can think of.
You could also run Leyline of the Void to turn your mill effects into exile effects.
April 4, 2022 10:05 a.m.
FormOverFunction says... #5
Oof a I was excited to be able to list Psychic Surgery for you, but you already have it lol. Check out my torture deck to see if there’s anything fun in there you might want. Circu is in there, along with things like Thought Prison which could maybe move things along for you.
April 4, 2022 3:22 p.m.
griffstick says... #6
You should call the deck "search and destroy"
Since you search thier deck and destroy it from the inside
April 4, 2022 5:46 p.m. Edited.
TheoryCrafter says... #8
Any creature with Ingest including, but not limited to, Dominator Drone, Fathom Feeder, and Salvage Drone exile the top cards of graveyards each time they deal combat damage.
Other cards that exile after doing damage include, but aren't limited to, Lord of the Void, Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion and Skullsnatcher. Rogue Class also permits this on creatures.
Each Ashiok Planeswalker except for Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears exiles cards. All of them have some sort of graveyard or exile interaction
Planar Void allows for the cards to be directly exiled from the graveyard. If you add this one, be sure you include Syr Konrad, the Grim.
Another shuffling shenanigans card you may wish to consider is Archive Trap.
If your opponent is somehow able to get cards into the graveyard before they can be exiled, other options include Bojuka Bog and Surgical Extraction.
I hope this helps. Happy Hunting!
griffstick says... #2
Jester's Cap, Extract and Praetor's Grasp are 3 that come mind.
April 4, 2022 8:01 a.m. Edited.