Talion, the Kindly Lord

How it plays & wins

This deck is a blue-black control shell built on fast mana and free interaction. Force of Will, Force of Negation, Mental Misstep, and Flusterstorm protect its key spells, while Counterbalance, Cyclonic Rift, Toxic Deluge, and Massacre handle the opposing board. Rhystic Study, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, and Hullbreaker Horror add card advantage and pressure, and the many moxen, Sol Ring, and Mana Vault let it deploy those threats early.

The primary win condition is the combo the list flags: Thassa's Oracle paired with Tainted Pact. Tainted Pact repeatedly exiles cards from the top of the library until it is nearly or fully empty, and Thassa's Oracle then checks the library size on entry to win the game. The list also contains Brain Freeze and Mnemonic Betrayal, which can help shrink the library, but the deck's specific route to that state is not fully clear from the list alone.

Analysis written with AI assistance based on this decklist.