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Soovril, Patient Antiquarian
Legendary Creature — Orc Cleric
Vigilance {T}: Put two time counters on target nonland card in exile that was put there from your graveyard this turn. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend.
2 / 3
“Stack suspend timers for a delayed-gratification spell cascade finisher.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Graveyard, Reanimator, Tokens
Strategy
Soovril, Patient Antiquarian is a graveyard-to-exile enabler that turns your discarded and milled cards into suspended threats. The core gameplan is filling your graveyard early with valuable spells, then using Soovril's tap ability to suspend them multiple times, accelerating their countdown and creating a cascade of threats that resolve simultaneously. You're essentially getting free value by cheating spells into play while staying in the game with a vigilant body.
The deck wins by creating a stacked suspend queue—when multiple cards suspend and resolve on the same turn, you generate explosive turns with reanimated creatures, spell effects, and card advantage. You'll pair Soovril with self-mill effects, looting outlets, and cards that benefit from the graveyard to turbocharge the engine. This is a value-focused midrange strategy that plays grindy early, then pivots into a cascade finish where your patience pays off.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive suspend payoffs—focus on free self-mill like Faithless Looting, Cathartic Reunion, and Merfolk Looter instead of pricey GY recursion.
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