Chulane, Teller of Tales

commander · Chulane, Teller of Tales

SetThrone of Eldraine Brawl decks (2019): (ELD)
Released2019
Cards60
Sheets7 (9 / sheet)
ELD· 2019

Wild Bounty (B19).

A Bant creature-ramp deck from the Throne of Eldraine Brawl format, led by Chulane, Teller of Tales — draw a card and put a land into play from your hand every time you cast a creature spell for a snowballing tempo advantage.

60
cards
3.5
avg cmc
22
creatures
25
lands
13
spells
7
sheets
WUG
color identity
Creatures22
Instants2
Sorceries2
Artifacts4
Enchantments1
Lands25
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The Commander

Chulane, Teller of Tales
Chulane, Teller of Tales · Art by Dmitry Burmak

Wild Bounty is the Bant Brawl precon from Throne of Eldraine, and Chulane is the most powerful commander in the product. Every time you cast a creature spell, Chulane draws a card and lets you put a land from your hand onto the battlefield. That's two resources per creature cast — a card and a land drop — turning every creature spell into an acceleration engine. In a forty-card Brawl format, Chulane builds board states so quickly that opponents rarely have time to establish meaningful defenses.

Chulane, Teller of Tales also has a tap ability to return a creature you control to its owner's hand to draw a card. Use it to replay creatures with powerful ETB effects, draw extra cards, or protect key creatures from removal. The deck is built around exploiting his dual card-draw-and-ramp trigger with a creature-heavy shell.

Key Cards

Risen Reef
Art by Jason A. Engle

Risen Reef

Whenever an Elemental enters the battlefield under your control, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land, put it into play. Otherwise, put it into your hand. Risen Reef chains beautifully with Chulane — cast a creature, Chulane triggers, Risen Reef triggers if it's an Elemental or another Elemental enters. The deck runs several Elemental creature types to maximize Reef's triggers, and each land revealed and played feeds back into Chulane's acceleration.

Biomancer's Familiar
Art by Izzy

Biomancer's Familiar

Reduces the activated ability costs of creatures you control by two generic mana. In Chulane's deck, his own tap ability — return a creature, draw a card — gets cheaper with Biomancer's Familiar. Combined with creatures that tap for effects, Familiar converts the whole creature utility package into a more mana-efficient engine. It also reduces crew costs on any vehicles and evolve ability costs, making it broadly useful across the creature-heavy shell.

End-Raze Forerunners
Art by Simon Dominic

End-Raze Forerunners

An eight-mana 7/7 with vigilance and trample that gives all other creatures +2/+2 and vigilance and trample when it enters. In a deck that builds wide creature boards through Chulane's acceleration, End-Raze Forerunners converts the swarm into a lethal alpha strike. Every creature attacking with trample and a power boost turns a wide board into enough damage to kill an opponent from full life. Chulane's land acceleration means this reliably casts on turn five or six.

Faerie Formation
Art by Victor Adame Minguez

Faerie Formation

Pay three mana: draw a card and create a 1/1 flying Faerie token. In a deck that's already drawing extra cards from Chulane, Faerie Formation becomes a mana sink that converts excess mana into token creatures and additional cards. Each Faerie token also triggers Chulane if you can bounce and recast them. The flying tokens provide an aerial offense in a mostly ground-based creature deck.

How to Play

This is a Brawl deck, so the game state moves faster than Commander — prioritize getting Chulane onto the battlefield by turn three or four. Once he's in play, every creature spell draws a card and plays a land from your hand. The goal is to play creatures every turn, drawing more creatures to cast. End-Raze Forerunners is the primary win condition — build a wide board through Chulane's acceleration, then cast Forerunners to buff the team for a lethal swing. Chulane's bounce ability protects key creatures from removal while refueling your hand. The deck wins through the combination of overwhelming card advantage and a well-timed alpha strike.

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