Talrand, Creatureless Army

Commander / EDH Control Creatureless Mono-Blue

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Instant (25)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Boomerang
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Delay
• 1x Deprive
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Foil
• 1x Forbid
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Keep Watch
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Peek
• 1x Peer Through Depths
• 1x Pulse of the Grid
• 1x Telling Time

Sorcery (21)

• 1x Capture of Jingzhou
• 1x Eye of Nowhere
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Portent
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Savor the Moment
• 1x See Beyond
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Strategic Planning
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Temporal Trespass
• 1x Time Stretch
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Walk the Aeons
• 1x Wash Out

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Cast Through Time
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Overburden
• 1x Rhystic Study

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Knowledge Pool
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sphinx-Bone Wand
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Land (38)

• 1x Coral Atoll
• 35x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Temple of the False God

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Sideboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Fortune's Favor
• 1x Grip of the Roil

Creature (3)

• 1x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Nagging Thoughts
• 1x Part the Waterveil

Artifact (2)

• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Vedalken Shackles

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Eye of the Storm
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Trail of Evidence

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Maybeboard

Instant (7)

• 1x Ertai's Meddling
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Opt
• 1x Overwhelming Denial
• 1x Turnabout
• 1x Unsummon

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Invoke Prejudice
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Spellweaver Volute

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Hidden Strings
• 1x Last Thoughts
• 1x Mystic Speculation
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Void Snare

Artifact (4)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Scroll of the Masters

Land (4)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Vesuva

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This is a mono-blue, creatureless, control deck. The primary win condition is combat damage via drakes using extra turns. It will also counterspell anything that tries to stop Talrand from making drakes.

Mechanics - Purpose:

1. Talrand - Makes the drakes that beat face (Primary win Condition)

2. Counter spells - Stop you from stopping me (+ Talrand = make a drake)

3. Extra Turns - Extra turns mean extra combat phases (+ Talrand = make a drake)

4. Draw - Digs for combos and extra turns (+ Talrand = make a drake)

5. Filter Cantrips - Ponder like effects dig for combos/turns, replace themselves (and make a drake) So for 1 mana you get a 2/2 drake, draw a card, and dig for a win.

This deck is very competitive in 1 v 1 but is very challenging to pilot in a multiplayer setting.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 3 Mythic Rares 21 - 6 Rares 16 - 4 Uncommons 24 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.29
Tokens	Clue, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Octopus 8/8 U
Folders	Active EDH Decks, Decks I'd like to try, Talrand, Commander