Teval, the Balanced Scale ... by Andrew389

Format: Commander

Commander: Teval, the Balanced Scale

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck harnesses Teval, the Balanced Scale to merge self-mill, landfall ramp, and wide token generation in a resilient Sultai shell. The early game focuses on deploying two-mana ramp to cast Teval on Turn 3 and initiate combat triggers on Turn 4. Each attack mills cards, recovers land cards tapped, and generates Zombie Druid tokens whenever cards leave the graveyard. Mid-game turns compound this advantage by stocking the graveyard with powerful creatures and lands using engines like Hedge Shredder, Glarb, Calamity's Augur, and Ripples of Undeath. Reanimation spells like Victimize, Reanimate, and Incarnation Technique cheat impactful threats such as Lumra, Bellow of the Woods, Avacyn, Angel of Horror, and Ancient Brass Dragon onto the board ahead of curve. The deck closes games around Turn 6 or 7 by deploying Craterhoof Behemoth or giving an army of tokens flying through Wonder to overrun the table in one to two combat cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Auroral Procession
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Barrowgoyf
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Colossal Grave-Reaver
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Exploration Broodship
  • 1 Farseek
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Glarb, Calamity's Augur
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Hedge Shredder
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hickory Woodlot
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Incarnation Technique
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana the Repentant
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 1 Moonshadow
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Pattern of Rebirth
  • 1 Peat Bog
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Poxwalkers
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Return of the Mole Man
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 Teval, the Balanced Scale
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tormod, the Desecrator
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zagoth Triome