Tomik, Advokist of Land-Smack

Commander / EDH Creatureless Jank Mono-White Theme/Gimmick Voltron

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Artifact (28)

• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Bonesplitter
• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Garrison
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Dolmen Gate
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Ghostfire Blade
• 1x Golem-Skin Gauntlets
• 1x Heirloom Blade
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Infiltration Lens
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Masterwork of Ingenuity
• 1x Mishra's Groundbreaker
• 1x O-Naginata
• 1x Portcullis
• 1x Shuko
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunstone
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Vorrac Battlehorns

Creature (3)

• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Wall of Resurgence
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Land (36)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Cathedral of War
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidding Watchtower
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 1x Mouth of Ronom
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 15x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Windswept Heath

Instant (12)

• 1x Afterlife
• 1x Crib Swap
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Encircling Fissure
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Valorous Stance

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Consecrate Land
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Genju of the Fields
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Journey to Nowhere
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Seal of Cleansing
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Stasis Snare
• 1x Temporal Isolation
• 1x Terra Eternal

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Declaration in Stone
• 1x Ondu Rising
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Revoke Existence
• 1x Sheer Drop
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift

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Sideboard

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Enduring Renewal
• 1x Equinox
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Nevermore
• 1x Porphyry Nodes
• 1x Sacred Ground

Instant (2)

• 1x Celestial Flare
• 1x Gideon's Triumph

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Fragmentize

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How does Tomik, Distinguished Advokist play in EDH?

Tomik, Distinguished Advokist in Commander is best compred to EDH decks such as Isamaru, Hound of Konda and Sram, Senior Edificer in which we want to play our commander for cheap, equip all the equipments on him, and swing for lethal. Compared to Sram and Isamru we're trading card advantage and a cheaper CMC for two important elements. One is flying which is built in evasion that can help at getting damage across the board. The other aspect that makes Tomik an under-the-radar threat is that he gives our lands super-hexproof.

While Isamaru, Hound of Konda and Sram, Senior Edificer decks can be rather straightforward in creating a big beater and dealing lethal commander damage, Tomik, Distinguished Advokist has a Plan B which can give us another way to win. If Tomik is denied dealing combat damage or attacking with him is unfavorable the other plan is to give one of our lands indestructible and to make it a creature. In mono-white this task isn't very difficult to achieve and given Tomik gives our lands super-hexproof it will be incredibly difficult for our opponents to stop the tank n' spank. Thus in this deck you choose whether to swing with flying commander damage or with an un-removeable "man-land."

(P.S. Arcane Lighthouse , Detection Tower , Glaring Spotlight , and other similar effects cannot remove hexproof from our creature-lands, because Tomik, Distinguished Advokist does not explicitly say our lands have hexproof in the first place. Hence I dub it "Super-Hexproof!")

Noteworthy Card Inclusions!

Cards that animate our lands: Blinkmoth Nexus , Forbidding Watchtower , Inkmoth Nexus , Mishra's Factory , Mutavault , Wall of Resurgence , Mishra's Groundbreaker , Genju of the Fields , Sheer Drop , Ondu Rising , Encircling Fissure .

Cards that make our "Man-Lands" indestructible: Consecrate Land , Terra Eternal , Darksteel Garrison , Darksteel Plate , Dolmen Gate . (Special Note: Animating/Awakening Cascading Cataracts or Darksteel Citadel is another way to get an indestructible "Man-Land.")

Cards that search for key cards in our library: Weathered Wayfarer , Expedition Map , Enlightened Tutor , Steelshaper's Gift , Stoneforge Mystic , Open the Armory , Inventors' Fair , Land Tax . ( Open the Armory can tutor for Genju of the Fields or Consecrate Land .)

Cards that protect and recur our lands: Enduring Renewal , Equinox , Sacred Ground , Crucible of Worlds , Petrified Field .

Cards with special interactions in our deck:

Dispatch = Lots of equipment = exile target creature.

Portcullis = Our lands don't enter the battlefield as creatures, so Portcullis will only exile our opponent's creatures.

Enduring Renewal = Our deck only runs 3 creature cards, so we won't ever miss a draw. Instead this card guarantees we get our "man-lands" and Tomik back if they die.

Equinox = If we have a land that's a creature that doesn't have indestructible, and our opponent casts Wrath of God , Equinox can counter Wrath of God , because it would have removed one of our lands, same is true for all creature spot removal if it would remove a "man-land" without indestructible.

Porphyry Nodes = If we have an indestructible "man-land" the Porphyry Nodes won't be able to destroy our creature. If that "man-land" has a lot of power due to multiple equipments attached to it the Porphyry Nodes will remove one of our opponent's creatures every turn.

Sunstone = Run it with Crucible of Worlds and snow basic lands to have the option to Fog every turn.

Ghostfire Blade = Creature-Lands are colorless creatures!

Game Over!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 5 Rares 37 - 2 Uncommons 10 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.22
Tokens	Clue, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Shapeshifter 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure
Folders	cool decks, EDH decks I admire