Talrand, Ace Pilot

Commander / EDH* Mono-Blue

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Instant (28)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chemister's Insight
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Failed Inspection
• 1x Foil
• 1x Fumble
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Peer Through Depths
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Sinister Sabotage
• 1x Spell Syphon
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Think Twice
• 1x Void Shatter
• 1x Wizard's Retort

Creature (11)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Guile
• 1x Jalira, Master Polymorphist
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Peregrine Drake

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Last Thoughts
• 1x Mystic Speculation
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Portent
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rise from the Tides
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Favorable Winds
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Telepathy

Commander (1)

Artifact (9)

• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Runechanter's Pike
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass

Land (36)

• 1x Halimar Depths
• 31x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Memorial to Genius
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reliquary Tower

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Maybeboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Perilous Research

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The deck wants to cast Talrand, Sky Summoner turn 3 if possible, curry favor through politics by countering big threats to the board (and anything that directly threatens its board state), casting low cost draw spells, and using this to build a board of Talrand, Sky Summoner drakes, Docent of Perfection   wizards, Murmuring Mystic bird illusions, and Metallurgic Summonings constructs. Coat of Arms and Favorable Winds help pump those guys up. The deck can win either by this "counter big threats and use that to fuel aggro" strategy or just by keeping itself alive till it can cast Guile .

The deck gets around the problem of counterspell tribal losing steam through a few recursive methods. Metallurgic Summonings or Elixir of Immortality can sac itself for this, but our main combo is Archaeomancer + Deadeye Navigator or Deadeye Navigator + Mnemonic Wall to draw any spell we need back for a very reasonable price. We also run Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake for infinite mana generation because, hell, why not? Also Deadeye Navigator + Diluvian Primordial and Chaos Wand to cheat spells. Jalira, Master Polymorphist is good for getting value out of the drakes as well.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake Deadeye Navigator + Mnemonic Wall Archaeomancer + Deadeye Navigator Deadeye Navigator + Diluvian Primordial
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.02
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Boar 2/2 G, Construct */* C, Drake 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Zombie 2/2 B