Art by Svetlin Velinov

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Talrand, Sky Summoner

Control the board using low-cost counterspells, bounce spells, and cantrips while building a massive army of 2/2 Drake tokens with Talrand to win the game.

100 cards$42.49 totalSep 18, 202621 views

Prompt: blue control deck

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1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
1 Sol Ring
1 Arcane Signet
1 Sky Diamond
1 Mind Stone
1 Everflowing Chalice
1 Thought Vessel
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Hedron Archive
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Opt
1 Consider
1 Frantic Search
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Winged Words
1 Impulse
1 Distant Melody
1 Deep Analysis
1 Flow of Knowledge
1 Counterspell
1 Negate
1 Arcane Denial
1 Resculpt
1 Reality Shift
1 Rapid Hybridization
1 Pongify
1 Aetherize
1 Wash Away
1 Curse of the Swine
1 Murmuring Mystic
1 Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
1 Archmage Emeritus
1 Deekah, Fractal Theorist
1 Haughty Djinn
1 Metallurgic Summonings
1 Favorable Winds
1 Gravitational Shift
1 Rise from the Tides
1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
1 Rewind
1 Unwind
1 Saw It Coming
1 Miscalculation
1 Essence Scatter
1 Dissipate
1 Perilous Voyage
1 Blink of an Eye
1 Into the Roil
1 You Find the Villains' Lair
1 Dispel
1 Spell Pierce
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 High Tide
1 Keep Safe
1 Reins of Power
1 Spectral Deluge
1 Mass Diminish
1 Learn from the Past
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Commander

1 cards

Talrand, Sky Summoner

{2}{U}{U}

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard

Chosen commander for the requested strategy.

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Ramp

10 cards

Sol Ring

{1}

Artifact

essential fast mana acceleration

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Arcane Signet

{2}

Artifact

efficient early mana fixing

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Sky Diamond

{2}

Artifact

budget blue mana rock

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Mind Stone

{2}

Artifact

mana rock that can be sacrificed to draw a card

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Everflowing Chalice

{0}

Artifact

scalable mana rock for any phase of the game

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Thought Vessel

{2}

Artifact

provides mana and removes maximum hand size limit

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Wayfarer's Bauble

{1}

Artifact

fetches a basic island onto the battlefield

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Prismatic Lens

{2}

Artifact

cheap 2-mana rock

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Worn Powerstone

{3}

Artifact

budget ramp producing two colorless mana

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Hedron Archive

{4}

Artifact

ramp that converts into card draw late game

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Card Draw

12 cards

Brainstorm

{U}

Instant

cheap cantrip that triggers Talrand and fixes hand quality

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Ponder

{U}

Sorcery

top-deck manipulation and instant token trigger

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Preordain

{U}

Sorcery

filters top cards and draws

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Opt

{U}

Instant

instant-speed cantrip

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Consider

{U}

Instant

surveils and draws at instant speed

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Frantic Search

{2}{U}

Instant

loots two cards while untapping lands to stay open

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Fact or Fiction

{3}{U}

Instant

digs five cards deep at instant speed

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Winged Words

{2}{U}

Sorcery

cheap card draw boosted by flying Drakes

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Impulse

{1}{U}

Instant

digs four cards deep at instant speed for an answer

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Distant Melody

{3}{U}

Sorcery

draws cards equal to the number of Drakes control

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Deep Analysis

{3}{U}

Sorcery

flashback card draw spell

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Flow of Knowledge

{4}{U}

Instant

massive mid-to-late game hand refill based on islands

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Removal

10 cards

Counterspell

{U}{U}

Instant

premier hard counterspell

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Negate

{1}{U}

Instant

efficient answer to noncreature threats

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Arcane Denial

{1}{U}

Instant

unconditional counterspell that replaces itself

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Resculpt

{1}{U}

Instant

exiles target artifact or creature

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Reality Shift

{1}{U}

Instant

cheap creature exile spell

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Rapid Hybridization

{U}

Instant

1-mana instant creature removal

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Pongify

{U}

Instant

1-mana instant creature removal

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Aetherize

{3}{U}

Instant

mass bounce defensive blow-out against attackers

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Wash Away

{U}

Instant

1-mana counter for commanders cast from the command zone

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Curse of the Swine

{X}{U}{U}

Sorcery

mass exile for problematic opponent creatures

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Threats/Wincons

22 cards

Murmuring Mystic

{3}{U}

Creature — Human Wizard

creates additional Illusion tokens on instant/sorcery cast

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Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration

{3}{U}{U}

Creature — Insect Horror // Creature — Eldrazi Insect

creates tokens and transforms into a massive flying anthem

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Archmage Emeritus

{2}{U}{U}

Creature — Human Wizard

draws a card on every instant and sorcery cast

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Deekah, Fractal Theorist

{4}{U}

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

creates scaling token threats on instant/sorcery cast

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Haughty Djinn

{1}{U}{U}

Creature — Djinn

reduces instant/sorcery costs while growing into a huge attacker

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Metallurgic Summonings

{3}{U}{U}

Enchantment

generates construct tokens scaling with spell mana value

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Favorable Winds

{1}{U}

Enchantment

anthem buffing all flying Drake tokens

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Gravitational Shift

{3}{U}{U}

Enchantment

buffs flying Drakes while weakening ground attackers

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Rise from the Tides

{5}{U}

Sorcery

late-game mass Zombie token generator

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Wavebreak Hippocamp

{2}{U}

Enchantment Creature — Horse Fish

draws cards when playing spells on opponents' turns

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Rewind

{2}{U}{U}

Instant

counterspell that untaps lands to generate a free Drake

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Unwind

{2}{U}

Instant

counters noncreature spell and untaps lands

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Saw It Coming

{1}{U}{U}

Instant

foretell counterspell for unexpected interaction

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Miscalculation

{1}{U}

Instant

early counterspell with cycling option

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Essence Scatter

{1}{U}

Instant

cheap counterspell targeting creature spells

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Dissipate

{1}{U}{U}

Instant

hard counterspell that exiles the countered target

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Perilous Voyage

{1}{U}

Instant

bounce spell that scries and triggers Talrand

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Blink of an Eye

{1}{U}

Instant

versatile bounce spell with kicker card draw

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Into the Roil

{1}{U}

Instant

flexible bounce spell that can draw a card

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You Find the Villains' Lair

{1}{U}{U}

Instant

flexible counterspell or looting spell

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Dispel

{U}

Instant

1-mana counter to win counter wars

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Spell Pierce

{U}

Instant

cheap early game soft counter for noncreatures

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Utility

7 cards

Swiftfoot Boots

{2}

Artifact — Equipment

gives Talrand hexproof and haste protection

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High Tide

{U}

Instant

doubles island mana for explosive turns

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Keep Safe

{1}{U}

Instant

protects Talrand while drawing a card

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Reins of Power

{2}{U}{U}

Instant

surprise finisher or fog by swapping creatures temporarily

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Spectral Deluge

{4}{U}{U}

Sorcery

foretellable asymmetrical creature bounce

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Mass Diminish

{1}{U}

Sorcery

shrinks opponent creatures into easy targets or blockers

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Learn from the Past

{3}{U}

Instant

shuffles graveyard back into library to prevent self-milling

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Lands

38 cards

Island 38x

Basic Land — Island

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.

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