Chulane, Teller of Tales

Chulane, Teller of Tales Commander Deck

This deck is a Merfolk tribal build that uses Chulane, Teller of Tales to generate explosive card advantage and land acceleration every time a creature is cast, fueling a relentless stream of lords and synergy pieces that pump the team and grant islandwalk. The strategy leans heavily on counterspell and tempo disruption to protect its board while Merfolk lords stack up, enabling wide attacks that become nearly unblockable through islandwalk effects, with Harbinger of the Seas on the battlefield turning all lands into islands for opponents. Aether Vial allows creatures to enter at instant speed without triggering opposing countermagic while still benefiting from tribal synergies, and the deck closes games by overwhelming opponents with a buffed, evasive Merfolk army backed by a suite of interaction that keeps threats off the board.

Decklist

• Daze
• 3× Forest
• Plains
• Yavimaya Coast
• True-Name Nemesis
• Force of Will
• Benthic Biomancer
• Breeding Pool
• Back to Basics
• Phantasmal Image
• Mana Leak
• Unsettled Mariner
• Waterlogged Grove
• Temple Garden
• Mental Misstep
• Savannah
• Tropical Island
• Tundra
• Mox Emerald
• Mox Sapphire
• Mox Pearl
• Wooded Foothills
• Windswept Heath
• Collected Company
• Silvergill Adept
• Botanical Sanctum
• Tidal Warrior
• Kumena's Speaker
• Merfolk Trickster
• Cosi's Trickster
• Thieving Skydiver
• Glasspool Mimic
• Hullbreacher
• Realmwalker
• Decisive Denial
• Scalding Tarn
• Misty Rainforest
• Verdant Catacombs
• Rishadan Dockhand
• 4× Island
• Subtlety
• Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• Lose Focus
• Tide Shaper
• Metallic Mimic
• Boseiju, Who Endures
• Otawara, Soaring City
• March of Swirling Mist
• Mutavault
• Aether Vial
• Vodalian Hexcatcher
• Emperor Mihail II
• Merrow Reejerey
• Harbinger of the Tides
• Merfolk Sovereign
• Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• Deeproot Wayfinder
• Lord of Atlantis
• Cavern of Souls
• Horizon Canopy
• Jadelight Spelunker
• Hakbal of the Surging Soul
• Tishana's Tidebinder
• Sentinel of the Nameless City
• Singer of Swift Rivers
• Deeproot Elite
• Master of the Pearl Trident
• Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
• Merfolk Mistbinder
• Deeproot Pilgrimage
• Flooded Strand
• Polluted Delta
• Prismatic Ending
• Harbinger of the Seas
• Sink into Stupor
• Mockingbird
• Wasteland
• Teferi, Time Raveler
• Floodpits Drowner
• Hinterland Harbor
• Brineborn Cutthroat
• Remand
• Mindspring Merfolk
• Spell Pierce
• Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom
• Hallowed Fountain
• Deepway Navigator
• Disruptor of Currents
• Harmonized Crescendo
• Sygg's Command
• Adept Watershaper
• Wanderbrine Trapper
• Deepchannel Duelist
• Silvergill Mentor
• Swords to Plowshares