Tellah, Great Sage

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · three generic manaone blue manaone red mana

the front side of Tellah, Great Sage
the back of a classic MtG card

Tellah, Great Sage is part of 8 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with The Tenth Doctor and Mana Echoes.

Tellah, Great Sagethree generic manaone blue manaone red mana
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token. If four or more mana was spent to cast that spell, draw two cards. If eight or more mana was spent to cast that spell, sacrifice Tellah and it deals that much damage to each opponent.

Mana value
5
Power/Toughness
3/3
Color identity
one blue manaone red mana

Frequently combined with

The cards that most often join Tellah, Great Sage across all of its 8 combos.

Roles in combos

Tellah, Great Sage can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.

What Tellah, Great Sage provides to the combos it is part of.

  • Permanent with "When you cast a spell, create a token"

Combos with Tellah, Great Sage

8 combos legal in Commander.

Color Identity: U, R

Cards in combo:
Intruder Alarm
Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
Tellah, Great Sage
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature tokens
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Near-infinite storm count
Near-infinite untap of all creatures

Color Identity: U, R

Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Inspiring Refrain
Tellah, Great Sage
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite colorless mana
Near-infinite creature tokens
Near-infinite magecraft triggers

Color Identity: U, R

Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Arc Blade
Tellah, Great Sage
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite damage
Infinite magecraft triggers

Color Identity: U, R

Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Reality Strobe
Tellah, Great Sage
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite magecraft triggers
Mass Land Denial
Return any number of permanents to their owner's hand

Color Identity: G, U, R

Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Venture Forth
Tellah, Great Sage
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite magecraft triggers
Near-infinite landfall triggers
Put all lands from your library onto the battlefield

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Festering March
Tellah, Great Sage
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite magecraft triggers
Reduce the toughness of creatures opponents control to 0

Color Identity: G, U, R

Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Cyclical Evolution
Tellah, Great Sage
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Charnel Serenade
Tellah, Great Sage
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite surveil
Put all creature cards from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield with finality counters on them
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