The greatest sage by trillrobby

Format: Commander

Creator: trillrobby

Commander: Tellah, Great Sage

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Izzet spellslinger deck harnesses Tellah, Great Sage as a card-advantage engine and burst finisher. The primary game plan revolves around accelerating mana via low-cost artifacts on Turns 1 through 3, resolving Tellah on Turn 4 or 5, and leveraging noncreature spells with four or more mana spent to create a defensive board of 1/1 Hero tokens while drawing extra cards. On Turn 6, the deck converts accumulated resources into lethal pressure through explosive rituals like Mana Geyser and Turnabout, culminating in an infinite mana and storm loop with Reiterate or an overwhelming burn spell like Crackle with Power or Comet Storm. Even if Tellah is removed, the deck maintains resilience through independent recursion lines powered by Underworld Breach and Past in Flames. Stack interaction and uncounterability enablers like Hexing Squelcher shield the combo turn against opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Inner Fire
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Loki, Lord of Misrule
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nanogene Conversion
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Prompto Argentum
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stonespeaker Crystal
  • 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 The Golden Throne
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Turnabout
  • 1 Uncover the Moon-Letters
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Wizard's Staff