Talrand [EDH]

Commander / EDH* Mono-Blue Tokens

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Creature (11)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Echo Mage
• 1x Erayo, Soratami Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Grand Architect
• 1x Guile
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Lunar Mystic
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Trinket Mage

Land (31)

• 1x Halimar Depths
• 29x Island
• 1x Reliquary Tower

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Arcane Melee
• 1x Favorable Winds

Artifact (8)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Runechanter's Pike
• 1x Sphinx-Bone Wand
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Instant (29)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cerulean Wisps
• 1x Confound
• 1x Counterlash
• 1x Crippling Chill
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Intervene
• 1x Leap
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Mind Games
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Outwit
• 1x Peek
• 1x Psychic Barrier
• 1x Quicken
• 1x Reach Through Mists
• 1x Redirect
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Think Twice
• 1x Thought Scour
• 1x Turn Aside
• 1x Twincast
• 1x Twitch
• 1x Unsummon
• 1x Visions of Beyond

Sorcery (18)

• 1x Aquitect's Will
• 1x Artful Dodge
• 1x Counsel of the Soratami
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Divination
• 1x Enter the Infinite
• 1x Foresee
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Index
• 1x Mind Spring
• 1x Mystic Speculation
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Switcheroo
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Time Reversal

Commander (1)

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Creature (7)

• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Deepchannel Mentor
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Cast Through Time
• 1x Gravitational Shift
• 1x Omniscience

Artifact (1)

• 1x Coat of Arms

Instant (17)

• 1x Annul
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Clairvoyance
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Deprive
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Fleeting Distraction
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Interdict
• 1x Mental Note
• 1x Obsessive Search
• 1x Perilous Research
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Shadow Rift
• 1x Twisted Image

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Omen
• 1x Portent
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Sorcerous Sight
• 1x Time Stretch
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Walk the Aeons

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I'm not a fan of stopping people from playing the Magic that they want to play (kind of the whole point of EDH is to do all the bat-shit crazy stuff that isn't practical in any other format) but hot damn this is fun to pilot.

T1-3: Sit tight, play land, play creature if feasible, pass turn. Ideally walk into Sol Ring, Expedition Map or Trinket Mage. Counter the awful stuff. Play politically.

T4: Talrand time.

T5+: Play all the things. Cheap draw = cheap drakes until you find a concrete win-con. Anthem effects don't hurt along the way, but aren't pivotal.

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WinCons:

~ Runechanter's Pike on Talrand + Artful Dodge = Typical OHKO.

~ Stormtide Leviathan = Unless countered or removed very quickly, this speaks for itself. The drakes you end up attacking with aren't affected by this card either, so there's almost zero drawbacks to playing it. I do come up against a fair bit of flying in my meta, but I also come up against Eldrazi; this is a cock block of epic proportions against them all bar Emrakul, and he's banned.

~ Enter the Infinite + Labratory Maniac = Playing very carefully, and with this much draw present, Lab. Man is my favourite wincon. Enter the Infinite is absolutely bat shit crazy, and deserved to be in here on pure principle. Sure, it's 12 mana, but if you miracled Temporal Mastery prior to this? Oh snap son.

~ Diviner's Wand = This is absolutely insane in conjunction with a lot of cards in this deck, but Enter the Infinite makes it another OHKO. Fancy an extra +50/+50 until eot? Why the hell not.

~ Sphinx Bone Wand = Often left alone for a while due to the passive nature it plays at first. With cheap card draw and counters though, this deck can make SBW hit for an absolute bomb. Prone to removal, but fun while it lasts.

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It's budget, it's competitive to an extent and is a lot of fun to play. Just make sure you leave a big counter for board wipes or mono colour hate (Iona ruins your day in a very unfun way.)

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Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 35 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.88
Tokens	Drake 2/2 U
Folders	Ideas, Interesting EDH, Decks I like, Edh