And when you bring the heat, you can tap some hybrid mana (which doesn't include red) and bring back a smaller creature that is going to come out for another frolic in the hay
The entire premise is pretty straightforward, even for a blue deck: Well play Talrand, Sky Summoner as soon as were confident we can protect it with Counterspells, then control the board with countermagic until weve amassed a cawing flock of Drake tokens to beat face with
He's a good boy and he wants to gain loyalty counters for no real pay off
It can also serve as a commander card, which is the main reason why it trades at around $15 right now
The card is stupidly expensive thanks to the Reserved List, and extremely vulnerable to land destruction, so it's not even that impressive if you do snag a copy
Gaining and losing levels, summoning powerful artifacts, and fighting death, all in the name of just one more pull