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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.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{2}{G}{W}{U}
Color identity
GUW
Rarity
mythic
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
Price
$6.02
EDHREC rank
#2492
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Chulane, Teller of Tales card art
Chulane, Teller of Tales draws a card and bounces a land to hand every time you cast a creature — staple that on a five-mana body and you have one of the most powerful value engines in the format. Pair it with Intruder Alarm and any mana creature and the loop becomes infinite; even without the combo, Helga, Skittish Seer decks run it because every creature cast double-dips on both commanders' triggers.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Helga, Skittish Seer

Helga, Skittish Seer

58.3% of decks · synergy 0.48

Helga, Skittish Seer triggers on casting creatures, and Chulane, Teller of Tales triggers on casting creatures — the two stack naturally into a card-draw and mana-acceleration engine that requires no additional setup beyond playing your normal game.

02

Peter Parker

56.8% of decks · synergy 0.47

Peter Parker wants a steady stream of creatures entering the battlefield, and Chulane, Teller of Tales refuels the hand and accelerates the mana to keep that stream flowing every turn.

03
Kellan, the Kid

Kellan, the Kid

45.2% of decks · synergy 0.35

Kellan, the Kid cares about Adventure spells and creatures, and Chulane, Teller of Tales converts each creature cast into a free draw and a land drop, letting Kellan decks maintain velocity without dedicating extra slots to draw engines.

04
Gorion, Wise Mentor

Gorion, Wise Mentor

38.8% of decks · synergy 0.29

Gorion, Wise Mentor copies spells cast on creatures, and Chulane, Teller of Tales turns each of those casts into a draw trigger — every creature Gorion pumps is also a cantrip.

05
Morska, Undersea Sleuth

Morska, Undersea Sleuth

37.8% of decks · synergy 0.28

Morska, Undersea Sleuth builds around clue tokens and card advantage, and Chulane, Teller of Tales layers an additional draw and a land bounce onto each creature cast, compounding Morska's already-high card throughput.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the format Chulane, Teller of Tales was designed for and where it is genuinely oppressive — the combination of card draw, land acceleration, and a built-in bounce outlet on a legendary creature is worth a dedicated deck slot in almost any Bant shell. In Legacy and Vintage, five mana is too slow for a value engine that doesn't immediately win the game; blue has better cantrips and green has better ramp at every cheaper price point. Modern and Pioneer are similarly inhospitable — creature-based value engines at five mana compete against formats where games end on turn four. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where Chulane, Teller of Tales sees real play, since its combination of card draw and land ramp scales well in a lower-power, creature-heavy environment.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

9,346 decks
Chulane, Teller of TalesIntruder Alarm

Chulane, Teller of TalesIntruder Alarm

Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite landfall triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinite untap of all creatures; Put all lands from your hand and library onto the battlefield

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

No single card replicates what Chulane, Teller of Tales does — the draw-plus-land-bounce trigger on every creature cast is unique — but Risen Reef covers the land-drop acceleration angle for creature-heavy decks at a fraction of the cost, and Beast Whisperer handles the raw card draw for green-based builds without the blue requirement. The trade-off is that neither card bounces lands, which cuts off the infinite-loop lines Chulane enables entirely.

Price Context

Current price

$6.02 mid tier

At $6.02, Chulane, Teller of Tales sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a real purchase, cheap enough that it belongs in any Bant deck that can support it. Given its combo ceiling and raw value floor, $6 is a fair price that reflects consistent demand rather than a spike.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.