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Volo, Itinerant Scholar
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
When Volo enters, create Volo's Journal, a legendary colorless Book artifact token with hexproof and "Whenever you cast a creature spell, note one of its creature types that hasn't been noted for Volo's Journal." {2}, {T}: Draw a card for each creature type noted for target permanent you control named Volo's Journal. Choose a Background
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“Draw cards by casting creatures with different types”
Midrange
Beginner
Combat damage, Card advantage
Tokens, Tribal
Strategy
Volo, Itinerant Scholar is a creature-type collector that rewards you for playing diverse creatures. Your game plan is straightforward: cast creatures with different creature types, and Volo's Journal tracks them passively. Once you've noted a few types, you can tap the journal to draw cards equal to the number of types you've collected—turning your natural creature-casting into a card-draw engine. This deck works best when you're already playing a varied creature base, so you're not building around obscure types just to fill the journal.
You'll want creatures that are naturally diverse in their typing—Elves, Wizards, Faeries, Merfolk, Spirits, etc.—while also doing useful things when they enter or attack. The draw engine turns each creature into pseudo-card advantage, making this a midrange deck that grinds out value. You can also pair Volo with a background that gives evasion or extra abilities to maximize your impact in combat while you're filling the journal.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive multi-type creatures like Murktide or Subtlety; instead lean on bulk blue creatures from recent sets and mono-blue lords like Master of Waves or Tide Shaper, which are pennies on the dollar.
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