Now I'm not endorsing books here, but the reason I chose deca and dbol was because bill lewelyn in his 2005 Anabolics suggested to be a good beginner's cycle without having to worry too much about sides. I don't know if I have gotten sides or not because I was also taking proviron 50mg and nolva 20mg both daily.
It wasn't until I was well into my first cycle did I realize that it would've been better just using test along with the proviron and nolva to control sides. I'll admit it, I didn't researched enough otherwise I would've used test. But I figure when a guru tells you something, then you should listen. I learned it the hard way.