Karlov Supremacy by camiloskii

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa Karlov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 59

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Orzhov Aristocrats combo-midrange build commanded by Teysa Karlov. It leverages cheap recursive creatures and token generators alongside free sacrifice outlets to fuel an overwhelming card advantage and mana engine. Teysa Karlov doubles every death trigger, transforming incremental life drains into lethal burst damage and single card draws into massive hand refills. The deck reliably achieves engine assembly on Turn 4 and threatens a lethal combo finish by Turn 5 using Warren Soultrader and Gravecrawler alongside any blood artist effect to drain the entire table in a single turn. Backed by versatile Orzhov spot removal, efficient board wipes, and a dense package of low-cost reanimation spells, the deck rebuilds rapidly after disruption. While vulnerable to instant-speed graveyard hate and lacking stack countermagic, its extreme redundancy and commander-independent combo lines make it exceptionally resilient and lethal in typical Commander pods.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dewdrop Cure
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Greedy Freebooter
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Hunted Witness
  • 1 Infestation Sage
  • 1 Lake-town Lookout
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Rabid Attack
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shambling Ghast
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smile at Death
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Timeline Culler
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat