Lo and Li, Royal Advisors
Whenever an opponent discards a card or mills one or more cards, put a +1/+1 counter on each Advisor you control. {2}{U/B}: Target player mills four cards. (They put the top four cards of their library into their graveyard.)
How Lo and Li decks play in EDH
Lo and Li, Royal Advisors is a Dimir commander in blue and black costing 2BB, and its legendary creature - human advisor line shapes the whole deck around it. It cares about +1/+1 counters, so counter-doubling effects and creatures that grow on their own carry the deck. It fills graveyards, which can be a win condition on its own or fuel for recursion. The cards below are the ones Lo and Li, Royal Advisors decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $128Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (6)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (8)
Synergy & payoffs (4)
Lands (1)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Lo and Li, Royal Advisors decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Lo and Li, Royal Advisors deck?
Lo and Li, Royal Advisors has a Dimir colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue and black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Lo and Li, Royal Advisors?
The cards played most often in Lo and Li, Royal Advisors decks include The Master of Lake-town, Master's Councillors, Cruel Calculations. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Lo and Li, Royal Advisors deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $128 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Lo and Li, Royal Advisors deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.