kindlytalion by tuktukswag

Format: Commander

Commander: Talion, the Kindly Lord

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 63

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Dimir control and attrition engine commanded by Talion, the Kindly Lord. The primary strategy focuses on deploying Talion early—typically on Turn 3 via 2-mana acceleration—and choosing common mana values like 2 to draw multiple cards and drain opponents across every turn cycle. The deck leverages nonlegendary clone spells like Spark Double, Sakashima of a Thousand Faces, and Irenicus's Vile Duplication to stack Talion triggers across multiple numbers, rapidly multiplying card advantage and passive life loss. Backed by a dense suite of cheap countermagic and efficient spot removal, the deck controls opposing threats while digging deeply through its library. It closes games around Turn 6 by assembling compact win conditions, primarily the infinite mill and life-drain loop of Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank, or storming through the library with Bolas's Citadel, Sensei's Divining Top, and Aetherflux Reservoir.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1 Aetherize
• 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
• 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Basalt Monolith
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Bloodchief Ascension
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consecrated Sphinx
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Detective of the Month
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Displacer Kitten
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
• 1 Ethereal Investigator
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Faerie Mastermind
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Hullbreaker Horror
• 1 Into the Flood Maw
• 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
• 4 Island
• 1 Ledger Shredder
• 1 Lofty Denial
• 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Midnight Clock
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mindcrank
• 1 Minn, Wily Illusionist
• 1 Mistrise Village
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Negate
• 1 Ominous Seas
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Plaza of Heroes
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Pongify
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Psychosis Crawler
• 1 Quantum Misalignment
• 1 Rapid Hybridization
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1 Sakashima the Impostor
• 1 Sapphire Medallion
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 Shipwreck Marsh
• 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
• 1 Snap
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spark Double
• 1 Strip Mine
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talon Gates of Madara
• 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Undercity Sewers
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windfall