New Untitled Deck by toxicscorpes

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa Karlov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 61

Deck overview

Teysa Karlov commands a dedicated Orzhov Aristocrats engine designed to convert creature death into overwhelming resource advantage, persistent board denial, and instant-speed life-drain combos. The deck constructs its engine around low-cost sacrifice outlets such as Warren Soultrader and Phyrexian Altar, resilient recursive fodder like Forsaken Miner and Bloodghast, and redundant blood-artist payoffs. Teysa Karlov doubles every death trigger, accelerating card draw, token generation, and drain effects. The primary win condition executes an unbounded combo via Warren Soultrader, Forsaken Miner, and Blood Artist, dealing 40 lethal damage to each opponent on Turn 5 in 0 response cycles. Symmetrical creature denial from Grave Pact and Dictate of Erebos suppresses opposing creature boards. While the deck lacks stack-based countermagic and is susceptible to instant removal and graveyard hate, deep redundancy and potent reanimation ensure rapid recovery and consistent performance.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Agent Venom
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Continue?
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Desperate Measures
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Doomed Traveler
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Indebted Spirit
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Nine-Lives Familiar
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Timeline Culler
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Wriggling Grub
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat