The TSA by user9975822

Format: Commander

Commander: Talrand, Sky Summoner

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Mono-Blue Spellslinger Control strategy commanded by Talrand, Sky Summoner. The primary game plan revolves around deploying low-cost mana rocks and cost reducers to cast Talrand on Turn 3 or 4 while keeping mana available for instant-speed interaction. Every counterspell, removal spell, and cantrip cast subsequently generates 2/2 flying Drake tokens, converting defensive play into an expanding airborne army. Continuous card flow from engines like Archmage Emeritus, Rhystic Study, and Reconnaissance Mission ensures the deck never runs out of answers or threats. Once a critical mass of flyers is assembled around Turn 6, the deck protects its board with cheap countermagic and mass phasing via March of Swirling Mist. It ultimately closes the game across Turns 8 to 9 by resetting opposing blockers with an overloaded Cyclonic Rift and swinging for lethal combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Favorable Winds
  • 1 Flood of Recollection
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Impulse
  • 1 Into the Roil
  • 28 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Meeting of Minds
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 See Double
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tale's End
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Winged Words
  • 1 Wizard's Staff