teysa tuneeeeeeees by Peep0505

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa Karlov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Orzhov Aristocrats engine helmed by Teysa Karlov, designed to generate massive resource advantages by doubling all death triggers. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost mana rocks, sacrifice outlets such as Viscera Seer and Ashnod's Altar, and recursive fodder like Reassembling Skeleton and Doomed Traveler. Mid-game card draw engines including Skullclamp, Grim Haruspex, and Midnight Reaper refill the hand rapidly, while drain pieces like Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, and Zulaport Cutthroat steadily pressure opponent life totals. The deck closes games decisively through compact infinite combos, most notably Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward paired with Animate Dead, which generates infinite tokens and death triggers to drain or mill the entire table on Turn 5. Backed by versatile spot removal, board wipes, and deep graveyard recursion, the deck maintains resilience and can pivot across multiple backup win lines without relying strictly on its commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Angelic Renewal
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Athreos, God of Passage
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blasting Station
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Doomed Traveler
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Hunted Witness
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Rowan's Grim Search
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 19 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
  • 1 Tithe Taker
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat