02/09/2012

Spellbook Engine

Here we are again, another splashable engine. Well, more than splashable, since it's kinda big, is a support engine for spellcaster deck.
Let's start saying I hate most of the prophecy monsters, except some, around those I built a deck (I'll post it sometime), so what I'm gonna write is mainly a spell support.
Actually, what are the spellbook? They're a group of spells that support indirectly another archetype, prophecy.
Those have a really stable engine, since they play lots and lots of searchers, let's see some.

Add 1 "Spellbook" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Spellbook of Secrets". You can only activate 1 "Spellbook of Secrets" per turn.
Activate this, search any spell card. Good, it's your sixth copy of every card. It's even going to strangely search the next card.

When this card is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up: Add 1 "Spellbook" Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.
Even if secret is meant to search mainly the spell card, reading it better it says "card" and not "spell", meaning you can search even this. Basically, secret can become an easy +1 that can search itself, too. Just secret into this (called batel because of the original name, I'll call it like this for the rest of the post) (-1+1=0), summon this and search secret/another card (0+1=+1).
These two are the cards that make the engine work, since they can search everything without minusing you. And remember you can summon this card face-down, if needed, and then when attacked can search you a card. Works wonderfully even with the other cards, and usually can do even gachi gachi, if you play something with lots of ATK modifiers, and can be a target for power that he himself can search. Along with secret, this can be you ninth copy of each card.

Target 1 face-up Spellcaster-Type monster you control; until the End Phase, it gains 1000 ATK. Also, until the End Phase, each time it destroys an opponent's monster by battle: You can add 1 "Spellbook" Spell Card from your Deck to your hand. You can only activate 1 "Spellbook of Power" per turn.
Actually, 1000 ATK booster, giant one, and searcher, too. Notice how it's kinda generic. If you don't want to play the full engine, you can even play 3 of this in a spellcaster deck, since one can search the other. However in the full engine it's easily searchable and retrievable.

Target 1 face-up Spellcaster-Type monster on the field and activate 1 of these effects; ● It is unaffected by other Spell effects this turn. ● It is unaffected by Trap effects this turn.
Even more specific, how good. This is a themed lance-like card. Since it hasn't any other connection to the archetype except the name and the art, you can play this in how many copies you like as generci protection. It's kinda funny how you can use this card against spellbook deck to avoid the 1000 ATK boost from power. As always, it's better in the full engine since it's searchable.

Banish 1 Spellcaster-Type monster from your Graveyard and reveal 1 other "Spellbook" Spell Card in your hand to target 1 Spellcaster-Type monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target in face-up Attack Position and equip it with this card. The equipped monster's Level is increased by the Level of the monster that was banished for this card's activation. You can only activate 1 "Spellbook of Life" per turn.
Personal reborner, raising the number of reborn you can play to a maximum of 4(+3 batel+3 secret=10). Really good, kinda generic, but still needs the full engine to work.

Spellbook Institute - La Maison
Once per turn, during your Standby Phase, if you have 1 or more Spellcaster-Type monsters in your Graveyard or on your side of the field: You can return 1 "Spellbook" Spell Card from your Graveyard to the bottom of your Deck, except "Spellbook Institute - La Maison"; draw 1 card. When this card is destroyed by your opponent's card effect and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 Spellcaster-Type monster from your hand or Deck whose Level is less than or equal to the number of "Spellbook" Spell Cards in your Graveyard.
Not really needed, since it's from abyr you are not obliged to use it, and you can't in TCG, yet, but still, recycles, draws, SS batel (even if pointless, but it can summon other spellcasters, so it's really good), and makes your opponent think a lot before activating some field spell or killing this with MST or Heavy Storm. Good card, since it's searchable, but not indispensable.

So, actually, what's the full engine?
3 Batel
3 Secrets
2-3 Power
1-3 Wisdom
1-3 Life (probably 2-3, but depends from the build)
0-2 Maison (I'd say 0-1, but still, depends from the deck, could even be 3)

0-3 Apprentice (not really needed, but speeds-up even more)
0-2 Monk (well, more than a card of the engine, is a card that already should be there if we're playing this engine, I'll explain exactly why later)
0-2 Magical Exemplar (SS, gets counter really easily and can be summoned easily via monk, other than being spellcaster and work good with apprentice)

The last three are the less-needed ones, but really good.
Basically, the main purpose of this engine is just 2 things: Speed-up the deck with generic supports that increase ATK, reborn monsters, protects and let you draw AND adding spells for cards that require spell counters or discard fodder for Monk.
Yeah, really, discard fodder isn't a bad idea, it's actually the one I'd use more if I was to build something, I would build it mainly to abuse of monk. Remember the deck I named before? The next week I'll post it, you'll see what I meant.
Spell Counters, actually, not a bad idea, abuse of exemplar and magical citadel of endymion and we can have fun. Monk into pathfinder into citadel, then just do the usual secret, batel, add power, ATK, rinse and repeat.
Since you can protect your monsters keeping field presence with both life and wisdom, a village build isn't bad, and don't forget that monk is a spellcaster, meaning that if we do as up here to search village in place of citadel, we'd have a setted-up village, with just one card and a random spell. Good enough, uh?
I'm talking mainly of for fun, but some can reach higher levels.

As always, if you have some other ideas, post them down here in the comments.
See ya tomorrow, with the card of the week.

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