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Talrand, Sky Summoner

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Masters
Price
$2.81
EDHREC rank
#731
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Talrand, Sky Summoner card art
Talrand, Sky Summoner turns every instant and sorcery into a free 2/2 flying Drake, which means a deck built around counterspells and cantrips generates a board without spending additional resources. Compared to spell-payoffs like Anhelo, the Painter or Alandra, Sky Dreamer, Talrand asks nothing extra — cast your spells, collect your tokens.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Alandra, Sky Dreamer

Alandra, Sky Dreamer

85.4% of decks · synergy 0.72

Alandra, Sky Dreamer draws cards whenever you cast your second spell each turn, and Talrand, Sky Summoner converts every one of those spells into a Drake — the two commanders stack so cleanly that Talrand shows up in over 85% of Alandra lists.

02
Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

69.1% of decks · synergy 0.65

Zethi, Arcane Blademaster imprints instants and recasts them repeatedly, and Talrand, Sky Summoner turns each of those recasts into a free 2/2 flier, generating a token army from spells that were already earning their keep.

03
Anhelo, the Painter

Anhelo, the Painter

67.7% of decks · synergy 0.65

Anhelo, the Painter copies the first instant or sorcery you cast each turn using a Casualty trigger, and Talrand, Sky Summoner rewards both the original and the copy with a Drake — doubling the token output without any extra investment.

04
Octavia, Living Thesis

Octavia, Living Thesis

70.6% of decks · synergy 0.57

Octavia, Living Thesis pumps creatures to 8/8 whenever you cast your eighth or later spell, and Talrand, Sky Summoner ensures those late spells also produce a board of Drakes ready to receive the buff.

05
Magnus the Red

Magnus the Red

71.5% of decks · synergy 0.56

Magnus the Red anthems non-Human tokens whenever you cast an instant or sorcery, and Talrand, Sky Summoner is the premier engine for producing those tokens at instant speed, making the two a natural pairing in spell-heavy red-blue lists.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Talrand, Sky Summoner lives — as a 4-mana legendary, it slots in as either the general of a dedicated spellslinger deck or a value piece in the 99 of any blue spell-heavy list. In Legacy and Vintage, four mana is a steep ask in formats that end games on turns one through three, and a 2/2 Drake per spell simply doesn't keep pace with what those environments demand. Modern is theoretically legal but practically unplayable for the same reason — the format's threat density and speed make a 2/4 with a slow token engine irrelevant. Oathbreaker offers the same appeal as Commander at a compressed game length, and Talrand, Sky Summoner pairs well with a cantrip or counter as the signature spell.

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Price Context

Current price

$2.81 cheap tier

At $2.81, Talrand, Sky Summoner sits in the cheap tier — accessible enough that there's no reason to proxy it and no budget hurdle for any list that wants it. The price has stayed low for years given multiple reprints, and that's not changing; it's a card you buy once and move between decks freely.

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