Gather your stray cards and put them into your usual Magic storage locations
It's a simple choose-your-land trick, but it can be a lifesaver
From Stranglehold to Flickerwisp to Avarice Totem to Brand to Baral's Expertise, there are a lot o' ways to prevent your foe from Talisman'ing
You can preorder the new cards right now from a variety of locations
Set Number 2 Language English Legal Formats Commander, Legacy, Pauper, Vintage Not Legal Formats Alchemy, Brawl, Competitive Brawl, Historic, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Timeless Rulings (10/1/2009) A plane card is treated as if its text box included "When you roll , put this card on the bottom of its owner's planar deck face down, then move the top card of your planar deck off that planar deck and turn it face up." This is called the "planeswalking ability." (10/1/2009) A face-up plane card that's turned face down becomes a new object with no relation to its previous existence
Try to keep it around for as many turns as possible and reanimate some truly dastardly pirates