Chulane, Teller of Tales

Legendary Creature — Human Druid

Vigilance

Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

{3}, {T}: Return target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Combos

• Chulane, Teller of Tales + Umbral Mantle + Zacama, Primal Calamity
• Chulane, Teller of Tales + Intruder Alarm + Shrieking Drake

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Basalt Monolith …

3 weeks ago

I have a copy of Basalt Monolith in my Chulane, Teller of Tales EDH deck, specifically to combo with Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy, but it is unlikely that I shall draw both cards in the same game, so I am wondering if I should keep that card in that deck, or perhaps replace it with either another mana rock or a mana dork, instead, as that deck focuses strongly on creatures.

What does everyone else say, about this subject? Should I keep Basalt Monolith in my Chulane, Teller of Tales EDH deck, or replace it with another card? I certainly am interested to hear your thoughts, on this matter.

DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Aura Shards …

1 month ago

I have a copy of Aura ShardsGC in several of my decks, because it is a very powerful card, but I understand that it is a very obnoxious and oppressive card, so I am contemplating if I should keep it in those decks.

My Chulane, Teller of Tales EDH deck focuses on repeatedly using EtB abilities, my Teneb, the Harvester EDH deck focuses on reanimating creatures, and my Sigarda, Host of Herons and Ghired, Conclave Exile EDH decks both typically generate plenty of tokens, so I believe that I can keep Aura ShardsGC in those decks, but my Jenara, Ashura of war EDH deck and Marath, Will of the Wild *f-etch* EDH deck do not typically have creatures entering the battlefield frequently, so I believe that I could replace that card in those decks, perhaps with a creature that has synergy with +1/+1 counters, since both of those decks have a strong focus on +1/+1 counters, and either Hopeful Initiate or Steelbane Hydra seem to be excellent choices for those decks, although there could be other very nice cards, as well.

What does everyone else say, about this? Should I replace Aura ShardsGC in my decks, and, if so, with what card should I replace it? I certainly am eager to hear your advice, on this matter!

legendofa on Lorwyn Eclipsed Speculation and Wishlist

6 months ago

I'd like to see a {G}{W}{U} legendary Merfolk that does something Merfolk-y. Chulane, Teller of Tales does a pretty job of uniting Lorwyn and Ixalan merfolk in EDH, but I'd like a more dedicated option, even if I don't end up using it.

DemonDragonJ on Commander/EDH Game Changers

8 months ago

Crow_Umbra, I do not view your answer as abrasive, at all, and I actually have not ever played against either Kinnan or Winota (although I do have a copy of Kinnan in my Chulane, Teller of Tales EDH deck), so I actually do not have first-hand experience with their power, but your explanations do help me to understand why they are on this list.

Crow_Umbra on In your opinion: what was …

8 months ago

I feel like I've seen a variation of this topic around socials at some recent point. In that adjacent discussion, I vaguely remember people pointing at the Standard environment of War of the Spark and Throne of Eldraine as being a big tipping point for a concentration of cards that saw pretty heavy play into commander. I think the Throne of Eldraine Brawl decks, and some of its commander choices like Chulane, Teller of Tales, Korvold, Fae-Cursed King and Alela, Artful Provocateur being regarded as a significant tipping point.

Purely anecdotal, but with my primary playgroup a lot of my friends made the jump into commander during that Standard environment. The Brawl commanders were all pretty frequent and familiar faces at that point of our meta, with Alela being the only current "survivor".

I know it's not a Standard set, but Modern Horizons dropped around the same time frame, and players tend to jokingly refer to it as "Commander Horizons".

DemonDragonJ on How Good is Atalan Jackal?

1 year ago

Bookrook, yes, I agree that wallisface made some very well-reasoned arguments, so I shall not be using Atalan Jackal in my Ghired, Conclave Exile deck.

wallisface, how can you say that my Ghired deck should not "run creature cards in general?" I can think of only a few other generals who have a stronger emphasis on creatures than him, with another example being Chulane, Teller of Tales, who is also the general of an EDH deck that I have made. Also, I agree that Ephemerate is an amazing spell, but I chose Momentary Blink over it, because I can choose when that spell recurs, and am not forced to reuse it on my next turn or lose it.

wallisface on How Good is Atalan Jackal?

1 year ago

Kazierts my point with Wood Elves is that I can’t imagine ever blinking it in a deck filled with better blink targets. Its not that blinking it is an inherently bad thing to do, I personally just don’t see it ever happening when any other target you choose likely gets you more value (imo using a blink effect just for a land on turn 4 onwards feels really suboptimal).

I would agree Chulane, Teller of Tales makes Wood Elves look good. That card was never bought up and it wasn’t the commander being discussed. Using that commander would change the discussion entirely, so I don’t see this being a fair point.

Agree that I see no inherent synergy with Ghired, Conclave Exile. Presumably copy tokens are being made? - and if so, again i’d wager there’s better creatures to make tokens of

Kazierts on How Good is Atalan Jackal?

1 year ago

wallisface, once again I have to disagree with you. DemonDragonJ gave a good example of context where Wood Elves is actually pretty good. Gidgetimer actually was more on point when it comes to Commander ramp.

Chulane, Teller of Tales is a perfect example of a deck where Wood Elves is better than Cultivate. It's a deck that you basically want not just many creatures, but a critical mass of creatures. So, having ramp creatures actually provides more synergy than instant/sorcery ramp. You have to remember Wood Elves doesn't search only basic forest, it can also searh triomes, surveil lands and shock lands while having the sneaky benefit of not putting them tapped. Which means, if you cast with Chulane, Teller of Tales out, you can put a land from hand on the cast trigger, get a shock land paying the 2 life and have two mana available to make another play. However, as a sidenote, I think self-bounce is better than blink/flicker in Chulane, Teller of Tales as you can retrigger his ability.

I'm not exatlcy sure about it being good in Ghired, Conclave Exile since it seems to want creature tokens specifically, but maybe it works.