Tal by ErikD343

Format: Commander

Commander: Talrand, Sky Summoner

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue spellslinger control build led by Talrand, Sky Summoner. The strategy focuses on casting Talrand to convert every instant and sorcery into an evasive 2/2 flying Drake token. Early turns use efficient cantrips like Ponder and Preordain to hit land drops and deploy mana rocks. Once Talrand enters the battlefield, the deck transitions into a draw-go control posture, holding up counterspells like Dismiss, Dream Fracture, and Exclude alongside removal like Pongify and Rapid Hybridization. Each spell cast simultaneously disrupts opponents and builds an aerial army. Card advantage engines such as Bident of Thassa and Trail of Evidence turn token attacks and spell casts into fresh cards. The endgame closes through evasive combat damage across multiple turns, clearing blockers with Sleep or creating an instant army with Rise from the Tides.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstruse Interference
  • 1 Adverse Conditions
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bone to Ash
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Comparative Analysis
  • 1 Concentrate
  • 1 Confound
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Contact Other Plane
  • 1 Curator's Ward
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Deceive the Messenger
  • 1 Diplomatic Immunity
  • 1 Dismiss
  • 1 Divert Disaster
  • 1 Dream Fracture
  • 1 Enchanted River's Grasp
  • 1 Exclude
  • 1 Faebloom Trick
  • 1 Flip the Switch
  • 1 Frozen in Ice
  • 1 Gargoyle Castle
  • 1 Geist Snatch
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Inaction Injunction
  • 28 Island
  • 1 Jace, Architect of Thought
  • 1 Learn from the Past
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Lost in the Spirit World
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Military Intelligence
  • 1 Monastery Siege
  • 1 Muse's Encouragement
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Portent
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Quicken
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Retrieve the Esper
  • 1 Rise from the Tides
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Skyclave Relic
  • 1 Skyline Cascade
  • 1 Sleep
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Sound the Trumpets
  • 1 Spawning Bed
  • 1 Staff of the Mind Magus
  • 1 Summoner's Bane
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talrand's Invocation
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Trail of Evidence
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Unending Whisper
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Weave Fate
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 You Find the Villains' Lair