Talrand's salt mine

Commander / EDH* Control Mono-Blue Tokens

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Countermagic (18)

• 1x Abjure
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Foil
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Interdict
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Overwhelming Intellect
• 1x Power Sink
• 1x Rethink
• 1x Spelljack
• 1x Thwart
• 1x Unsubstantiate
• 1x Whim of Volrath

Mana Fixing (7)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Eye of Ramos
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Surveyor's Scope
• 1x Thought Vessel

Exile Countermagic (4)

• 1x Deny Existence
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Syncopate

Removal (10)

• 1x Boomerang
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Turn to Frog

Lands (37)

• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 29x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Stompy (5)

• 1x Guile
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Windreader Sphinx

Polymorph Package (2)

• 1x Polymorph
• 1x Proteus Staff

Killswitch (1)

• 1x Day's Undoing

Commander (1)

Draw (8)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Opt
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Tidings

Nitro (5)

• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Rise from the Tides
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Stolen Identity

Tutor (2)

• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mystical Tutor

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Just be prepared to have people refuse to play against this highly controlling Talrand, Sky Summoner deck. Some builds include more creatures, but you won't need them since you'll be running a (nearly) full compliment of nasty countermagic that quickly goes from political to authoritarian.

This build is a more control-oriented build, but you can certainly turn Talrand, Sky Summoner into a drake factory with all the one and two-drop draws or scrys (or literally whatever, any instant/sorcery is a trigger) you have laying around. Sure, it would be nice to play with all Snow-Covered Islands and Scrying Sheets and Extraplanar Lens, but if you have a budget and want to have the flexibility to go from the kitchen table to your local LGS with people you've never played with then look no further than Talrand

This is originally based on the framework from one of Tomer Abramovici's budget EDH series (https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/budget-commander-talrand-sky-summoner) which you should check out, as a lot of synergies and explanations for choices are listed there.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 28 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.11
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Construct */* C, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B