Tellah'm About It by GrandAbolisher

Format: Commander

Commander: Tellah, Great Sage

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

Tellah, Great Sage commands an explosive Izzet Big-Mana Spellslinger deck engineered to turn noncreature spell casts into a lethal burn finish. The strategy accelerates through early mana rocks and cost reducers, assembling Tellah on Turn 4 or 5 to generate 1/1 Hero creature tokens and draw cards off 4+ mana spells. On Turn 6, the deck initiates a massive storm turn fueled by high-output rituals like Mana Geyser, Battle Hymn, and Jeska's Will, alongside card-advantage engines such as Archmage Emeritus and Storm-Kiln Artist. This burst of mana and card velocity culminates in a table-lethal Crackle with Power (X=8 deals 40 damage to each opponent) or a multikicked Comet Storm, eliminating all three opponents in a single turn. The deck features reliable stack protection and redundant card-flow engines, though its lack of direct tutors leaves it reliant on raw draw volume.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
  • 1 Double Vision
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Ether
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Expansion // Explosion
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Finale of Promise
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Inner Fire
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Echoes
  • 1 Mana Flare
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Metallurgic Summonings
  • 1 Mind Spring
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Prompto Argentum
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Relm's Sketching
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Romantic Rendezvous
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shantotto, Tactician Magician
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spell Swindle
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tellah, Great Sage
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Young Pyromancer