Chulane in cEDH? SPOILERS
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Posted on July 24, 2019, 10:56 a.m. by SynergyBuild
Chulane, Teller of Tales -
Legendary Creature - Human Druid
Vigilance
Whenever you cast a creature, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
, : Return target creature you control to its owner's hand.
2/4 (Power/Toughness)
Link to card: https://scryfall.com/card/eld/326/chulane-teller-of-tales
This is a commander that I have seen many people like, but little cEDH discussion.
I would like to propose that it is an efficient, and resilient commander, with built-in protection and fast wins.
The combo that I have decided to run in addition to Flash/Hulk for Nomads en-Kor , Cephalid Illusionist , and Laboratory Maniac with Deep Analysis in the deck is a Cloudstone Curio line.
The line involves 1 and "0" costing creatures (0 meaning Cloud of Faeries , as the Ornithopter -esque cards won't trigger the curio.) which can bounce each other, while drawing cards and putting lands into play, which can bounce each other to go infinite.
Cloud of Faeries and a land like Gaea's Cradle make infinite mana while without you gain infinite card draw to get those mana-generating cards. Winning from there is elementary with Lab Man.
Otherwise a large tutor suite ( Recruiter of the Guard , Trinket Mage , Trophy Mage , Mystical Tutor , Sylvan Tutor , Worldly Tutor , Enlightened Tutor , Eladamri's Call , Green Sun's Zenith , Summoner's Pact ...), tons of interaction/hate, lots of fast mana, and a ton of 0-drop creatures to trigger Chulane and the deck is complete:
Chulane Storm
Commander / EDH
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Any ideas/help? Planning on making a hatebears variant next with help from Collector Ouphe , a card I love but don't have a deck for right now.
Honestly, I think this is a card that could be viable for cEDH. The lack of access to black tutors likely limits it to tier 2 or 3 in terms of power level, but it is a nifty combo Engine piece out of the command zone.
Chulane + Intruder Alarm + Coiling Oracle (Or similar creatures) in addition to some mana dorks does a pretty solid Paradox Engine style impression, drawing out the deck and generating a potentially arbitrarily large amount of mana.
No reason to think an engine piece like this out of the command zone can't be relevant in cEDH, the only real issue is that what it does as an engine is already done more efficiently by other engines, notably Dramtic Scepter, and running this as commander limits the deck's color access which will hamper competitiveness to a degree.
July 24, 2019 12:43 p.m.
I personally believe a subpar variation of Food Chain could be made.
Misthollow Griffin / Eternal Scourge + Food Chain = Infinite mana
Once infinite is obtained it could be filtered to cast Chulane, Teller of Tales if Griffin was used for the loop then keep recasting Griffin/Scourge for infinite draw/mana and end with a Laboratory Maniac / Walking Ballista to close the game out.
It's also in the right colors to create a stax shell around this while also having access to Silence , Autumn's Veil , Veil of Summer , and every cost efficient counter to secure it.
SynergyBuild says... #2
Another combo I have been considering is the old Priest of Titania , Mirror Entity , and Wirewood Symbiote one. I am going to toss it in for testing.
July 24, 2019 11:15 a.m.