Tinker, Tailer, Soldier

by surewhynot on 21 August 2012

Main Deck (99 cards)

Sideboard (1 card)

Creatures (1)

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Deck Description

"Sometimes I feel like, somebody's watching me..."

It's a long story, but I couldn't get that song out of my head, so I made an EDH with Edric at the helm =]

How to Play

Play evasive little dudes and quickly refill your hand. Then play more little evasive dudes...rinse and repeat until you can play the big dudes. At this point you should be able to draw immense amounts of cards, and at this point the game's in the bag =]

Deck Tags

  • EDH
  • Draw
  • Unblockable

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

0560059

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Tinker, Tailer, Soldier

I haven't even looked at this deck yet, but I love it already. I had trouble putting down Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. And then I watched the movie, and it's shockingly good. Gary Oldman makes an absolutely stellar Smiley, and do not even get me started about Tom Hardy as Ricki, or Colin Firth as Bill. It is a phenomenal read, and an equally phenomenal film, I can't recommend it enough to people.

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Posted 26 August 2012 at 03:15

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If it counts for anything, our shop owner had Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy on in the background (Big ass tv in the back of the tables' room) and that's where I got the idea for the deck's name.

And like I've been telling others, I've been trying to find and design EDH decks with general in colors I have yet to use, so this is one to check off =]

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Posted 26 August 2012 at 07:37

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u know, for the first time i can remember, i thoroughly disagree with how you have gone about making this deck. i mean no offense, it is just that i would make low cmc tempo deck with lots of cmc 2 and 1 creatures with evasion, and you've made something incredibly different, in fact, wildly different. one thing i do like very much, however, is omniscience. never played it once, but still one of my favorite cards ever, just for the OMGWTF factor. my friend played it once, using this really wierd, thrown together GU ramp deck. he hardcasted it, and then said "AND NOW I PLAY:" he waited, creating a very dramatic pause before playing the only card in his hand, which was the only memnite in his deck. i laughed so hard i almost died.
i've been taking a break from the vault recently because i've been busy trying to create a deck which may well become the first legacy tournament deck i will actually get the cards for. i'm super excited about it but have very little idea of what i'm doing, considering the deck will be my take on a deck type i am notably inexperienced in, dredge. do you happen to know who on the vault would be willing to help me out? despite having no idea what i'm doing, i feel it has the potential to be tear 1.
thanks, and maybe i'll try my hand on an edric EDH aswell.

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Posted 27 August 2012 at 02:16

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See, that's the amazing thing about EDH. There's no one way to build a deck for your general. I've seen two people use the same general, and their game looked like polar opposites playing against each other. I'd love to see your take on this guy =]

As for help with dredge, I can give you some aid, as I've faced dredge a lot of times over the years...but WnB and EthanLewis would probably be your best bets, as they've actually designed and played it more than once =]

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Posted 27 August 2012 at 03:30

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I'd probably try and do this deck similar to Brian from the looks, but it's like Sure said, everybody builds EDH their own way it seems.

And link me to it, or start asking questions if you want any help on Dredge from me :) Dredge is one of my favourite decks I use, but I warn you, while playing game one with it is simple, game two is something each player has to learn by playing.

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Posted 27 August 2012 at 21:52

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Yeah, I probably will tinker (HA!) with this deck over time and shift it over to a design more akin to spamming unblockable stuff. That said, I've always loved the Graft ability, so I wanted my Simic colored EDH to abuse that...BUT I also didn't want to make a Kraj EDH. BUUUUUUT, now I look back and think that I already did a ton of grafting tricks with my Animar EDH...soooo, you might see this damn thing change drastically some time soon -_-

Omniscience with this deck is...kind of unfair. With all the card drawing (and yes, I realize I'd probably do much more drawing with evasive shenanigans) I very frequently draw it, and once it's played, I can dump my entire hand, swing, reload it, rinse and repeat.

Oh, and throw me a color/combination of colors to do for my next general =]

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Posted 28 August 2012 at 00:21

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you're colors will be GBU and your general will be Damia, sage of stone.
and here is the decklist of my dredge spin off , for you sure and WnB. thanks!
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=379546

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Posted 28 August 2012 at 05:32

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But I already did GBU ={

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Posted 28 August 2012 at 07:30

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then why not be a true 'merican, and run a Ruhan of the Fomori EDH. RUW agro funzies.

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Posted 28 August 2012 at 08:03

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Hrm...Merica colored EDH. Alrighty, might just do that =]

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Posted 28 August 2012 at 08:05

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then why not be a true 'merican, and run a Ruhan of the Fomori EDH. RUW agro funzies.

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Posted 28 August 2012 at 08:19

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He's honestly the one I'd choose. My buddy Arty already uses a broken-as-shit Zedruu deck and I've never been a fan of Numot (plus land destruction in EDH will get you killed very quickly). Plus, Ruhan has dat epic Raymond Swanland artwork =]

Also, I've decided how I want to re-structure this thing, but will do it later, as right now, I must sleep =]

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Posted 28 August 2012 at 08:37

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I also <3 the use for omniscience. It can be used to play your whole deck if you had the right kinda cards :)

Anywho I made a possible turn 1 win combo, that I think no1 has thought of yet, well not on this site from what I've seen. Tell me whatcha think about, and guess what ;) it uses omniscience as well.

Deck link: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=379494

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Posted 28 August 2012 at 19:08

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Love the deck. I've wanted to build an U/G EDH deck myself but haven't really had any ideas. Been stalking this site for quite sometime but never really commented. Some of you deck builds have helped me in my own decks, and if you wouldn't mind taking a look at my orzhov Vish Kal EDH, I sure would appreciate it. It's missing something, and I'm out of ideas.

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=291320

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Posted 30 August 2012 at 07:19

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Bond Beetle seems pointless. Sturmgeist I think could be interesting here though. Cool deck :) For some reason I find EDH decks much harder to build than 60 card ones.

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Posted 31 August 2012 at 03:30

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Alright, deck's been re-vamped, works way better now than it did before =]

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Posted 31 August 2012 at 04:45

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Hey, looks cool! But i think what every Edric deck needs is some good old fashion mass-evasion. That means Levitation. It's seriously an underplayed card in EDH, and really, who ever sees an army of flying things coming (People who play Storm Herd :D)? Also, I think Champion of Lambholt would be good in here, because seriously, if you're putting out a decent amount of creatures, which you should be doing with this deck, it just becomes "Creatures you control are unblockable".

That's my 2c worth anyway. I've moved on from my Bosh EDH, for Nath, check it out when you have time :) http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=381568

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Posted 04 September 2012 at 11:03

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Holy balls, how did I miss Champion of Lambholt? @______________@

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Posted 04 September 2012 at 21:04

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I have a budd, that put all his time (& money) into this EDH deck. Well he chose this general (: and its absolutely crazy what he can do with it.
I was wondering if you can take a look at my newest EDH Build. I am trying to make cuts and put in suggestions from others, and my lands base is crap lol. thanks in advance.

Deck link: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=386315

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Posted 20 September 2012 at 15:09

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Bump for front page, your welcome.

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Posted 19 October 2012 at 13:43

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Seems like an under used general that can be highly effective, should see him more.

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Posted 19 October 2012 at 18:10

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>Liked.
Very nice. HELP with mine?

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=397954

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Posted 22 October 2012 at 21:47

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nice deck check out my jund control

http://www.mtgvault.com/DrawSimulator.aspx?DeckID=399291

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Posted 26 October 2012 at 21:01

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