Mono Blue by DoozyHorse

Format: Commander

Commander: Talrand, Sky Summoner

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue spellslinger tempo and control strategy commanded by Talrand, Sky Summoner. The primary objective is to deploy Talrand or a redundant token generator on Turn 4, then control the tempo of the game using low-mana counterspells, removal, and cantrips. Every instant and sorcery cast triggers Talrand to generate 2/2 flying Drake tokens, converting defensive and interactive plays into an aggressive, evasive board state. Card advantage engines such as Archmage Emeritus, Wavebreak Hippocamp, and Rhystic Study keep the hand full of interaction and gas. Once a critical mass of flyers is established by Turn 6, the deck closes the game over two combat steps with the aid of anthems and pump effects like Favorable Winds, Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration, and Octavia, Living Thesis. The deck excels at protecting its lead with dense, efficient countermagic and phasing protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Capsize
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Favorable Winds
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flow of Knowledge
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Impulse
  • 27 Island
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Meeting of Minds
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Metallurgic Summonings
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Mizzium Skin
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Reflection
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Octavia, Living Thesis
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Perplexing Test
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reality Spasm
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Remote Isle
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 See Double
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
  • 1 Winds of Rebuke