Talrand counter by avgjoe217

Format: Commander

Commander: Talrand, Sky Summoner

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Talrand, Sky Summoner is the engine: every instant or sorcery converts into a flying Drake token. The deck is a mono-blue control-tempo list that protects Talrand, buries opponents in card advantage, and finishes with a swarm of evasive Drakes. Secondary paths include Namor the Sub-Mariner, Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch, and Shark Typhoon as extra token engines, a Hullbreaker Horror bounce package, and the three Jin-Gitaxias cards as late-game refuel and free-cast payoffs. There is no true hidden commander; the list is built around Talrand's spell-casting trigger. The commander's role is both the primary engine and the fastest clock, while the countermagic shell buys enough turns to convert spell velocity into lethal fliers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Denied
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Condescend
  • 1 Council of Reeds
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Desertion
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Ertai's Scorn
  • 1 Exclude
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forbid
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Harbinger of the Seas
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 30 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Memory Lapse
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Namor the Sub-Mariner
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Saw It Coming
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spell Snare
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 The Magic Mirror
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
  • 1 Wiccan, Rising Magician