Runestaff. Get one with Hail of Stone, Scorching Ray, Orb of Acid. Spells like that.
Bloodlines are good with Heighten Spell and Reserve feats.
Does Heighten Spell allow spontaneous casters use max level reserve feats as long as they maintain an open spell slot?
Given the book restrictions, I'd say to simply keep that UMD maxed and fall back on wands/staffs/runestaffs.
Make sure you pick up the Shadow Evoc/Conj line of spells as soon as you can (though, this comes later)
If you can get your book selection opened up, there's quite a bit more you can do.
I'm leaning towards the Shadow Evoc/Conj line. Wealth isn't a problem but we may be limited on what we can actually get in game, not sure how he's gonna handle item acquisition.
As for Prestiege Bard, I'm pretty sure he lumps SRD into Core. I'll have to take a look at that for sure. Does Prestiege Bard open up the Bard's spell list though? NM, found it, states they gain the unique spells from the lists.
Much appreciated,
Blood~