Lord of the Court by irisible

Format: Commander

Commander: Talion, the Kindly Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This Dimir deck executes a flash-tempo and kindred control strategy centered on Faeries. The primary game plan revolves around deploying Talion, the Kindly Lord on Turn 3 or 4, setting the chosen number to 2 to generate continuous card advantage and incremental life drain across opponents' turns. The deck uses instant-speed interaction, flash creatures, and token generators such as Bitterblossom and Alela, Cunning Conqueror to establish board presence while holding up mana for disruption. Evasive chip damage from flying creatures softens opposing life totals until mid-game payoffs like Shadow Puppeteers, Glen Elendra Liege, or Notorious Throng convert the Faerie swarm into decisive combat damage. Defensive tools like Scion of Oona and Glen Elendra Archmage protect the board, while asymmetric sweepers like Kindred Dominance reset opposing boards without harming Faeries. The deck wins by grinding out card advantage and closing through evasive aerial combat around Turns 7 to 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Echoes
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blightwing Bandit
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Donal, Herald of Wings
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Faerie Bladecrafter
  • 1 Faerie Conclave
  • 1 Faerie Fencing
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faerie Slumber Party
  • 1 Faerie Tauntings
  • 1 Faerie Vandal
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flitterwing Nuisance
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Glen Elendra Liege
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Halo Forager
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Illusionist's Gambit
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Keep Watch
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Likeness Looter
  • 1 Malleable Impostor
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Nymris, Oona's Trickster
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Puppeteer Clique
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rowdy Research
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Secluded Glen
  • 1 Shadow Puppeteers
  • 1 Sleep-Cursed Faerie
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Temptation
  • 1 Spell Stutter
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Stolen by the Fae
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talion's Messenger
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tegwyll's Scouring
  • 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Theoretical Duplication
  • 1 Voracious Tome-Skimmer
  • 1 Watery Grave