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This card hasn't been seeing too much play, though it has potential since the effect of thinning out the deck and providing targets for "Spellbook of the Master", as well as providing fuel for various other cards in the deck, increases speed by more than you would think. It has a similar effect to "Temperance", however the restriction is replaced with the fact that you can only Special Summon a DARK and it activates during the End Phase. A great card to combo this card with is "Reaper of Prophecy".



A widely used, great card for any variant of a Prophecy/Spellbook deck. Not only can you search out any Spellbook with this, it can also be searched with "Spellbook of Secrets". "Spellbook of Fate" combos well with this; flipping it face-down when attacked and setting off the effect to search another.



The heart of the deck. High Priestess is, without a doubt, the main monster of the deck. The summoning condition of this card is simple and she has 2500ATK with a great effect to top it all off. The effect will be used to banish from the grave almost all of the time, but if matched with decks that use cards such as "Macro Cosmos" the effect of being able to banish from the hand will come in great use and potentially save you the game.



This card has a great effect, however it does not see any play because it requires 2 level 5 Spellcasters and most Prophecy variants run only level 2, 3 and 7's. What's good about this card is that the opponent cannot activate "Starlight Road" in response. There isn't too much of a bad side since the deck should be packed with Spellbooks anyway so the chances of revealing more than 1 Spellbook is high.



Good and bad. It really depends on what your opponent has. Having to banish another Spellcaster-type monster makes this card not really worth it. By all means, taking control of a key monster is brilliant but the cost of it puts this card down. It's also a bit useless when you draw it.



In most situations, you would overlay two High Priestess' for this monster. And backrow hasn't affected the Prophecy deck too much with the use of "Spellbook of Wisdom" and destruction cards so the need to use mass backrow destruction cards isn't needed.



A useful card for swarming and setting up potential Xyz/Synchro plays. However, due to the low monster count in most Prophecy variants, this card hasn't been seeing much play either. Maybe more use will come out of it in the future.



A reasonably good card. It has a base ATK of 1800 and helps recycle fallen Spellcaster-type monsters. What's even better is that there is no restriction to what Spellcaster-type monster you can add back so this ranges from "Effect Veiler" to "High Priestess of Prophecy". This effect can even target Xyz/Synchro/Fusion cards, in which case they will return to the Extra deck.



Helps the recycling of Spellbooks and increases the level and ATK of a Spellcaster-type monster permanently. Good for providing extra ATK power to your monsters or to set up Xyz/Synchro plays. By including this card in the deck, the amount of card that are able to be put into the Extra deck increases, allowing more versatility.



This card has potential to become a beater. By protecting this card, it can run over your opponent and overwhelm them with brute force, though its main purpose is to summon odd-numbered Xyz monsters.



One of the newer Prophecy cards to be released. It's effect can be used to either recycle Spellbooks or fuel the grave. Though it has a reasonable effect, the requirement to activate it can be rather difficult. It must be Special Summoned by the effect of a Spellcaster-Type monster. "Temperance of Prophecy" can easily bring this guy out, but why would you when you have the option of going for "High Priestess of Prophecy"? Great for comboing with "Fool of Prophecy" or "Reaper of Prophecy" but besides from that, this card doesn't seem to have too much use. It being a level 8 monster makes it difficult to overlay with other monsters.



A widely used card and will most likely see even more play when " Spellbook Judgement Day" is released, reason being you Special Summon this card with Judgement Day and activate Justice's effect. You can instantly search for "High Priestess" and any Spellbook Spell Card which can set you up to win in the next turn. Another good use for this card is when you are up against a mirror match as Justice doesn't specify which player activates a Spellbook. All that matters is a Spellbook card is activated while this card is face-up and the effect will activate during the End-Phase.



This used to see play, back when only half of the Spellbook/Prophecy archetypes were released. When "The Grand Spellbook Tower" is destroyed, this card will always be a target for the field. But, now, getting a large number of Spellbooks into the grave has become easier so the need to run this card has lessened.



An easy effect to understand. Keep track of the Spellbooks in the grave and then summon this card when there are 5 or more with different names. As mentioned before, this combos well with "Fortune of Prophecy".



This card, like Stoic, used to see a lot of play. It's been, mostly, replaced with "Justice of Prophecy". Although this card can instantly bring out a level 5 or higher LIGHT or DARK Spellcaster, it has a restriction. You cannot Special Summon any more level 5 or higher monsters the turn you activate it. Meaning the possibility of comboing with "Reaper of Prophecy" is out of the window. Still a good card nonetheless but it isn't needed when obtaining "High Priestess of Prophecy" has become so much easier without it.



Combos great with "Reaper of Prophecy" to get out rank 6 monsters. As for the effect of the card itself, it depletes the Graveyard of Spellbooks extremely quickly but "Fortune of Prophecy" helps to correct that. It's not recommended to run more than one copy of this card, if you run it at all, since having to draw it makes it a rather dead card.



One of the best Spell Cards of the archetype. It provides draw power and when destroyed, allows you to Special Summon a monster. As good as this card is, though, players run only 1 or 2 copies of it. Why? Because the amount of card that can add and recycle this card back to your hand is ridiculous. It's probably the only Field Spell that can go from the Deck, to your hand, to the field, to the grave, to the RFG zone and back to your hand again.



Another card that doesn't see much play. Though it provides a, potentially, massive ATK boost to your monsters, it's best to either run a maximum number of copies or none at all. Most go for none as the room can be used for better cards (even though Spellbooks/Prophecy can run a 60-card deck and still function perfectly well).



Has a similar effect to "Spellbook of Secrets" but because "Spellbook of Secrets" has a better effect, people use that instead. There really isn't much else to be said about this card...



Can easily be a +1, though the requirement to activate it makes this card useless early game. The restriction on it stops you from using staple Spell Cards as well. You get enough + from "Spellbook Judgement Day" anyway so this card is not needed in most Prophecy Variants.



Broken. Overpowered. Unfair. Three words that can describe this card perfectly. There is no downside to this card. Activate it and then add cards during the End-Phase. The ability to recycle and re-use this card every single turn can bring + upon +. The only thing you need to watch out for is having to discard cards during the End-Phase but even that can be useful as it fuels the Graveyard for "High Priestess", "Tower" and "Spellbook of Fate".

This is a great card to have in any Prophecy deck. It gives you the extra "oomph" needed to take down a monster and, on top of that, lets you search for a "Spellbook" Spell-Card. Could be argued as being better than "Spellbook of Secrets" due to having an extra 1000ATK boost but a monster needs to be destroyed in order to get the searching effect. It's a bit more situational than "Spellbook of Secrets" but a that doesn't stop it from being one of the better Spellbook cards.



A must in any deck that runs "Spellbook" cards. This card doesn't restrict you from simply adding Spell Cards, meaning you can, as previously mentioned, add "Spellbook Magician of Prophecy" and "Hidden Spellbook", if you have it in the deck. A simple card with a simple effect that gets you out of a lot of situations.



This card completes the Spellbook cycle. Allowing you to recover and re-use any banished Spellbook, banished by the effects of "High Priestess", "Prophecy Destroyer" and "Spellbook of Fate". It's best to avoid banishing "Spellbook of Eternity" itself as it will be hard to get it back once it's gone.



One of the older Spellbook cards. It's effect allows you to rearrange the top 3 cards of your deck which can be useful, but the amount of search power in the Spellbook archetype alone makes it so that having to rely on drawing the right cards unneeded.



The last Normal-Spell Spellbook. This card, basically, allows you to select and copy the effect of the above six Spellbooks. Excellent card to have and combos well with "Spellbook of Power", enabling a 2000ATK boost and double searches if it destroys a monster. Keep in mind the conditions needed to activate it though.



The only Spellbook Spell Card that can be used more than once per turn (excluding "Spellbook of Organisation"). It provides for great protection and as it is a Quick-Play, it can be set and activated on your opponents turn or used to chain onto the opponent's cards.



The monster recovery card for the archetypes. When your opponent finally manages to destroy your key card, you can simply use this to bring it back with the small cost of banishing a Spellcaster-type monster from your Graveyard and revealing a Spellbook. Another great thing about this is that even if this is destroyed, the monster it's equipped to will be left alone, meaning that once the monster is revived, it's staying. The only thing that leaves is the increased level.



People should run more copies of this card. It puts pressure on the opponent through the threat of having one of their cards banished. The third effect of this card is what wins you games. Stardust is powerless against this and the rising threat of Fire Kings is not so much of a threat anymore once this card is put into play. The second effect, as mentioned previously, can be used in a combo with "Spellbook Magician of Prophecy" or be used to counter opponent monsters when they need to Xyz/Synchro or activate the effect of a card. Finally the first effect, which is less used, can be used to return your own cards that are about to be destroyed or used to slow down the opponent when they try to defend themselves with backrow.



And, lastly, the only Spellbook Trap Card. It's effect is as it states. Recycles 2 Spell Cards from the Graveyard into the Deck. Only problem with this card is that it has to be activated during your turn. The Spellbooks have enough recycling power without this card anyway so it's best to stay clear of this trap. There are also better cards like "The Transmigration Prophecy".

Now for the Spell Cards. Obviously, you will want three copies of "Secrets", because it's the card that gets everything you need to you. Then you will need either one or two copies of "Power". It searches for Spellbooks as well and gives you an ATK boost but, at the end of the day, you know you will be destroying every single monster the enemy throw at you with card effects. Or banishing them. Either way is fine.

"Eternity" is run at either one or two. Having two speeds up the recycling process but having only one copy works fine too. "Master" is run at two or three, simply because it gives you the option of re-using the effect of any Normal-Spell Spellbook in the Graveyard. Double of everything, when put simply.

"Tower" is a great card and can be run in any number of copies. You can make your own decision about how many to run. It all depends on how well your version of the deck recycles through the cards.

You will also need "Wisdom", "Life" and "Fate". Different deck vary the amount these three cards are run at. If you are unsure, best to go with two of each.

The rest of the Spellbooks, like a lot of the Prophecy cards, are left out. Then again, that's like a lot of archetypes nowadays.

And, of course, you'll need your staple Spell Cards; "Monster Reborn", "Dark Hole" and "Heavy Storm".