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Talion, the Kindly Lord

Legendary Creature — Faerie Noble · {2}{U}{B} · Black/Blue commander

Flying As Talion enters, choose a number between 1 and 10. Whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value, power, or toughness equal to the chosen number, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.

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What Talion, the Kindly Lord actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value, power, or toughness equal to the chosen number, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.
• Keyword · flyingflying

What a Talion, the Kindly Lord deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 16× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 5× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 12× Refill your hand
• 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Talion, the Kindly Lord

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

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