Talrand pairs well with any of the other 4 colors:
Red - Most red decks rely on at least some burn spells, and Standard currently has plenty of great spells to pair with Talrand (Pillar of Flame, Searing Spear, Flames of the Firebrand, Wild Guess...). Not to mention that the pre-con that features him is a {R}{U} deck.
White - There's no color, except for Green, that compares to White for token production and improving. Intangible Virtue is obviously a great boon, and there are also a lot of spells that can give you more flying guys (Midnight Haunting and Lingering Souls are going to give you two 1/1s and a 2/2, all with flying... for 1 mana each!) or protect you (Safe Passage, Cloudshift for creatures)
Black - Kill spells give you removal AND Drakes with him on the field, and there's rarely a time when you wouldn't benefit from a tutor or Sign in Blood.
Green - Pump spells can make him harder to kill in addition to giving you more flyers, plus there's mana ramp opportunities... (see all)
Posted By:
Diachronos
(7/21/2012 9:05:48 AM)
NOOOOO not into the Delver deck!
@ CrispusAllen26: On Isochron Scepter it says "... cast the copy without paying its mana cost." If it says cast, then yes, this triggers and gets you a Drake.
Posted By:
j_mindfingerpainter
(7/30/2012 3:03:01 PM)
Burning Vengeance' new best friend.
Posted By:
Hunted0Lesser
(7/30/2012 5:21:32 PM)
Am I crazy for creating a EDH deck with this guy?
Posted By:
Mr.happyface
(8/3/2012 5:41:45 PM)
I believe he's found the heart of Davy Jones...
Anyway, this guy is a powerhouse. He pulls major weight in my Azami, Lady of Scrolls EDH. Works wonders with phyrexian mana spells as well.
Posted By:
Knick_Knack
(8/11/2012 5:15:30 PM)
Every opponents I've played that uses this guy always plays him turn four. That just feels wrong to me... specially since I'm running Kessig Blue with 6 mb'd wipers.. Maybe I'm naive and missing something, but this guy seems to influence many greedy plays..
Posted By:
Anomica
(8/26/2012 3:42:55 PM)
legacy casual, with gelectrode sounds like a blast with this guy. just r/b control... my question is the difference between playing and casting spells... if i replicate shattering spree 4 times, do i get 5 babies? same with isochron scepter.. i know the scepter puts the imprinted spell on the stack, but does it count as casting it??
p.s. look out for him in standard with the new goblin that makes instants and sorceries cost 1 less!
Posted By:
Drewid
(8/28/2012 11:21:34 AM)
Delver is unoriginal. Run it alongside Glectrode in Izzet!
Posted By:
Lord_of_Gelectrodes
(8/28/2012 11:09:34 PM)
@Drewid
Talrand's a beast! He does get the drake off of Isochron Scepter as you are activating an ability which casts the spell. Replicate, however, only puts copies on the stack which does not constitute as casting a spell, thus no drakes.
Posted By:
Poperp98
(8/30/2012 11:47:39 AM)
Jeez is this card for real? In BLUE?
Posted By:
Morgaledh
(9/4/2012 9:30:11 AM)