Enlightened Gush Tendrils

[kmlinn33]

I have been playing Gush Tendrils for about 6-7 months now, started off on the Talrand/Drain setup...eventually moved towards a Ritual based list due to the explosiveness and free Necro wins...After noticing myself casting Mystical for DT to get Fastbond a LOT, I figured I'd try out Enlightened Tutor. Have been thoroughly impressed so far, as not only does it get Fastbond but also Necro & Lotus. This list has been testing very well for me, but I'm sure it can be improved. Any input would be great!

2 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Tundra
1 Island
3 Polluted Delta
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Library of Alexandria

5 Mox
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal

2 Enlightened Tutor
1 Fastbond
1 Necropotence

4 FoW
2 Mental Misstep

3 Dark Ritual
4 Gush
2 Preordain
2 Jace TMS
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Flusterstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Ponder
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Regrowth
1 Thoughtseize
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tendrils

SB:
1 Toxic Deluge
4 Energy Flux
1 Tinker
1 Blightsteel
2 Duress
1 Thoughtseize
1 Flusterstorm
1 Forest
2 Nature's Claim
1 Hurkyl's Recall

[John Cox]

I used to play with a enlightened tutor package in a tendrils deck. My main targets were oath (1 of), lotus, bargain, and necro. Its not terrible, just a little slow.
Glad to see someone else if making it work.

[Hrishi]

Yeah, I attempted using Enlightened Tutor in a TPS-style deck as well. It wasn't necessarily bad, but do recognize the heavy card disadvantage you're getting when you E Tutor for Necro, then play Dark Ritual -> Necro. I felt it made the deck have too much emphasis in resolving a single bomb (in my case, Necro) since you spend plenty of cards to do so.

That being said, try out Orim's Chant/Abeyance in your board too! Those cards are amazing when you're trying to go off and win. When I played with E Tutor and splashed white, I loved bringing in a couple Abeyances/Chants against control decks.

[serracollector]

I personally would drop the two jace for a tinker and memory jar. You can also e tutor for jar. One seal of cleansing or primordium in side might not be a bad call either for rod stony revoker or rip.

[ELD]

I've run Future Sight in a deck like this to great effect.

[mmcgeach]

is enlightened tutor that much better than imperial seal?