[Spoiler] Chulane, Teller of Tales

[DementedKirby]

Chulane, Teller of Tales

The moment I saw this legendary creature spoiled yesterday I immediately started brewing with it. It's so many great abilities all stitched together on a single three-colored commander. So, I decided to take a crack at this commander abusing it's triggered ability more than anything. I'll be using cheap creatures like mana dorks and cantrips while also doubling on the triggers with other cards that care about you casting creature spells. The deck has an incredible synergy with multiple ways to win. Additionally, it's very easy to go infinite with the deck. Thankfully, if you're against infinite combos, these can be stopped at any time or you can simply choose not to go infinite (since the cards are so good on their own and combined with other cards in the deck). I love whipping up spicy brews and hopefully Chulane isn't an exception.

By Type

DecklistCMCManaPricesChartsDraw 7

Commander: 1

1 Chulane, Teller of Tales

Artifacts: 10

1 Aetherflux Reservoir

1 Alhammarret's Archive

1 Bontu's Monument

1 Chromatic Lantern

1 Cloudstone Curio

1 Hazoret's Monument

1 Oketra's Monument

1 Rhonas's Monument

1 Sol Ring

1 Thousand-Year Elixir

Creatures: 34

1 Avacyn's Pilgrim

1 Avenger of Zendikar

1 Beast Whisperer

1 Birds of Paradise

1 Coiling Oracle

1 Craterhoof Behemoth

1 Dryad Arbor

1 Elvish Mystic

1 Elvish Visionary

1 Emeria Angel

1 Endless One

1 Fblthp, the Lost

1 Frilled Mystic

1 Fyndhorn Elves

1 Glen Elendra Archmage

1 God-Eternal Oketra

1 Ice-Fang Coatl

1 Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix

1 Laboratory Maniac

1 Llanowar Elves

1 Lotus Cobra

1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror

1 Momir Vig, Simic Visionary

1 Mystic Snake

1 Noble Hierarch

1 Primordial Sage

1 Psychosis Crawler

1 Rampaging Baloths

1 Shrieking Drake

1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid

1 Tireless Tracker

1 Ugin's Conjurant

1 Wall of Blossoms

1 Wall of Omens

Enchantments: 11

1 Abundance

1 Aluren

1 Aura Shards

1 Authority of the Consuls

1 Cathars' Crusade

1 City of Solitude

1 Equilibrium

1 Guardian Project

1 Intruder Alarm

1 Path of Discovery

1 Wild Pair

Planeswalkers: 1

1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

Instants: 6

1 Blue Sun's Zenith

1 Cyclonic Rift

1 Evacuation

1 Shared Summons

1 Sphinx's Revelation

1 Stroke of Genius

Sorceries: 1

1 Tooth and Nail

Lands: 36

1 Arid Mesa

1 Azorius Chancery

1 Breeding Pool

1 City of Brass

1 Command Tower

1 Coral Atoll

1 Flooded Strand

1 Ghost Town

1 Hallowed Fountain

1 Jungle Basin

1 Karoo

1 Mana Confluence

1 Marsh Flats

1 Misty Rainforest

1 Polluted Delta

1 Prismatic Vista

1 Savannah

1 Scalding Tarn

1 Selesnya Sanctuary

1 Simic Growth Chamber

1 Temple Garden

1 Treva's Ruins

1 Tropical Island

1 Tundra

1 Verdant Catacombs

1 Windswept Heath

1 Wooded Foothills

2 Plains

3 Island

4 Forest

Approximate Total Cost:

The goal of the deck is to "storm" out by casting lots of cheap creatures, drawing into the deck, dropping lands into play untapped, and continue on. Wincons include the classic Craterhoof Behemoth stompy route, commander damage via Rhonas's Monument, decking yourself with Laboratory Maniac in play, using the "storm count" with Aetherflux Reservoir, pinging from each card drawn with Psychosis Crawler, amassing a huge army with Cathars's Crusade, etc.

This is definitely a rough draft of what I want to do with Chulane, Teller of Tales - especially since Commander 2019 and Throne of Eldrane will more than likely include great cards supporting this legendary creature. In the mean time, you can watch my deck tech video on Chulane here in the mean time.

Any comments and/or suggestions are greatly appreciated! I really like this commander and I've been looking to build an interesting GWU commander deck for quite some time. I was almost settled on just making an Estrid, the Masked enchantments deck but I feel like this deck is a better option for me, instead. It has so much potential for synergy and complex plays without being either too linear or too labyrinthine. It reminds of Sidisi, Brood Tyrant if Sidisi were the Sith version of Chulane (or Chulane the Jedi version of Sidisi).