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Talrand, Sky Summoner

Talrand, Sky Summoner

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard · {2}{U}{U} · Blue commander

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
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What Talrand, Sky Summoner actually does

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What a Talrand, Sky Summoner deck wants

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

Best cards for Talrand, Sky Summoner

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.

A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
  3. Brainstorm1 mana
  4. Mystical Tutor1 mana
  5. Opt1 mana
  6. Ponder1 mana
  7. Pongify1 mana
  8. Preordain1 mana

Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
  3. Brainstorm1 mana
  4. Mystical Tutor1 mana
  5. Opt1 mana
  6. Ponder1 mana
  7. Pongify1 mana
  8. Preordain1 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  2. Patchwork Banner3 mana
  3. Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
  4. Eldritch Immunity1 mana
  5. Shore Up1 mana
  6. Heraldic Banner3 mana
  7. Cyberman Patrol2 mana
  8. It That Heralds the End2 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Chasm Skulker3 mana
  2. Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
  3. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  4. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  5. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  6. Invasion of Segovia // Caetus, Sea Tyrant of Segovia3 mana
  7. Field of the Dead0 mana
  8. Spawnbed Protector7 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Pongify1 mana
  3. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  4. Resculpt2 mana
  5. Suspend1 mana
  6. Snap2 mana
  7. Into the Flood Maw1 mana
  8. Planar Incision2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror2 mana
  2. Displacement Wave2 mana
  3. Filter Out3 mana
  4. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  5. Coercive Portal4 mana
  6. Whelming Wave4 mana
  7. Consuming Tide4 mana
  8. Llawan, Cephalid Empress4 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Reshape2 mana
  2. Mask of the Mimic1 mana
  3. Long-Term Plans3 mana
  4. Whir of Invention3 mana
  5. Merchant Scroll2 mana
  6. Mystical Tutor1 mana
  7. Muddle the Mixture2 mana
  8. Personal Tutor1 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Curiosity1 mana
  4. Wizard Class1 mana
  5. Rhystic Study3 mana
  6. Faerie Mastermind2 mana
  7. Archmage Emeritus4 mana
  8. The One Ring4 mana

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