Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar
Flying Whenever Tamiyo attacks, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") When you draw your third card in a turn, exile Tamiyo, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control. // +2: Until your next turn, whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, it gets -1/-0 until end of turn. −3: Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. If it's a green card, add one mana of any color. −7: Draw cards equal to half the number of cards in your library, rounded up. You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size."
How Tamiyo decks play in EDH
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar is a Simic commander in blue and green, and its legendary creature - moonfolk wizard // legendary planeswalker - tamiyo line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $76.38Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (15)
Removal (1)
Counterspells (2)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
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What colours can I use in a Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar deck?
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar has a Simic colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar?
The cards played most often in Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar decks include Way of the Paradox, Jace, Reality Sculptor, The Theorist, Jace Beleren. 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 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $76.38 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 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar 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.