Gettin' Randy

Commander / EDH Counterspell Island Mono-Blue Multiplayer Spellslinger

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Instant (28)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Blustersquall
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Opt
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Peek
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Shadow Rift
• 1x Snap
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Unsummon
• 1x Unwind
• 1x Vapor Snag
• 1x Wizard's Retort

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Braingeyser
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Flood of Recollection
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mind Spring
• 1x Mystic Speculation
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Pull from the Deep
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Wash Out

Creature (9)

• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Guile
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Rhystic Study

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel

Land (33)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 28x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Reliquary Tower

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Maybeboard

Instant (6)

• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Interdict
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Neutralize
• 1x Spell Swindle

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Coastal Breach
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Drawn from Dreams
• 1x Index

Artifact (2)

• 1x Runechanter's Pike
• 1x Sphinx-Bone Wand

Creature (4)

• 1x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Enclave Cryptologist

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Updated Talrand deck subbing a lot of low tier answers for win-cons/toolbox e.g. a few tutors, a pair of extra turn spells and more cantrips/top deck manipulation.

One of my favorite play lines is to get Proteus Staff out and start turning Talrand drakes into one of the giant blue Timmy creatures in my deck. The creatures in the 99 are a few big bombs because I count on getting them in to play through Proteus Staff, and, can avoid drawing them for the most part with the glut of card selection in the deck. If I don't naturally draw the staff early I can find it from Fabricate or getting Fabricate via Mystical Tutor.

The first build of this was more counterspell heavy but I found it drew a lot of hate and also lacked card draw leaving me with only a few cards in hand after a bunch of 1 for 1s and the ire of the whole table. Whereas I would previously end up stuck with multiple counterspells, which themselves worked against in me in terms of card advantage, this build allows me to draw into whatever I need at the moment while still having some efficient answers for stopping opponent win-cons later in the game.

Add: - Windfall

• Finale of Revelation

• Twincast

• More Lands?

• Arcanis the Omnipotent

Maybe:

• Atemsis, All-Seeing

• Propaganda / Crawlspace

• Consecrated Sphinx

• Venser's Journal

• Echo of Eons / Blue Sun's Zenith: if decking myself is an actual possibility include one or both of these cards to prevent that. Alternatively include a deck-myself win-con like Oracle or Jace.

• Delay

• Gadwick, the Wizened

• Meishin, the Mind Cage

• Artful Dodge

• Leyline of Anticipation

• Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

• Enter the Infinite

• Empyrial Plate

• Silundi Vision  

• Disdainful Stroke

• Cryptic Command

• Synthetic Destiny

• Stifle

• Back to Basics

• Maze of Ith

• Tolaria West

Chopping Block:

• Quicken: becoming less useful with fewer sorcery cards in the deck

• Sleight of Hand: sorcery speed and also doesn’t technically draw any cards.

• Opt / Peek

• Pull from the Deep or Flood of Recollection

• Guile is a sweet card but I think Atemsis is a bit stronger

Removed:

• Aetherize for Aetherspouts. ‘spouts is one more mana but puts the attacking creatures back into the library vs back into their hand which seems worth it to me.

• High Tide for Gauntlet of Power. Double my mana once vs continuously, seems like a no brainer.

• Gitaxian Probe and Visions of Beyond for Mind Spring and Rhystic Study. GP - being a sorcery, and VOB - being very conditional to get the draw three, were the worst of the cantrips in the deck...replaced with two cards that have much higher ceiling in terms of card draw and a much higher floor in all but the rarest of circumstances.

• Kill Switch and Stolen Identity for Chasm Skulker and Psychosis Crawler. With Kill Switch I feel like my mana is better spent on a solid win con like Psychosis Crawler instead of trying to handicap my opponents. Stolen Identity is great if the stars align (I have the mana to cast it, a flyer to cypher it on to that isn’t immediately blown up and good targets for it) but is either a dead card or mana inefficient if I only get one use out of it whereas Chasm Skulker will almost always get good value.

• Spell Pierce & Muddle the Mixture: these were the two worst out of the 13 counterspells in the deck. Replaced with Sea Gate Restoration   and Finale of Revelation which both draw me tons of cards and get me on track to win vs just holding my opponents back. I don’t think I really need 13 counters, especially with all the card draw in the deck I’m sure to almost always have one in hand. Restoration also doubled as a land which can come in handy in a pinch with a land-light deck, which this is.

• Removed Dig Through Time and Sleight of Hand as neither of them technically draw cards which is a big theme of the deck. Replaced with Treasure Cruise which does draw cards and AEtherize which is a great defensive spell.

• Quicken for Clever Impersonator. What taken out for Mirrormade and Clever Impersonator?

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Construct X/X C, Drake 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Squid 1/1 U
Based on	Gettin' Randy c0nstantine EDH