Talion, the Kindly Lord

📖 How to build Talion, the Kindly Lord

Talion, the Kindly Lord is a four-mana blue-black Faerie Noble with flying. As it enters, you choose a number from 1 to 10. Whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value, power, or toughness equal to that number, the opponent loses 2 life and you draw a card. The game plan is to make your opponents' spells cost them life and feed you cards, so you win a long, grinding game through card advantage.

Build around it with cards that give you card draw and ways to keep your hand full, such as Brainstorm and Rhystic Study, plus Demonic Tutor to find your key pieces. Counterspell, Arcane Denial, Negate, and Cyclonic Rift give you ways to answer threats while you grind. Dark Ritual, Reanimate, An Offer You Can't Refuse, and Swan Song round out the deck with flexible plays.

Talion's weaknesses come from its reliance on opponents. The number is locked in when Talion enters, so it only matches one value, and opponents who avoid casting spells of that value will shut down the trigger. As a creature, Talion can also be removed, and sweepers like Toxic Deluge can clear the board around it. Plan for backup card advantage and a way to protect or recast your threats.

Deck guide written with AI assistance based on the card's rules text.