teysa karlov, aristocrats generic by user8856166

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa Karlov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This Orzhov Aristocrats deck leverages Teysa Karlov to double death triggers, accelerating token production, card draw, and life drain. The primary game plan focuses on assembling a sacrifice loop using recursive creatures like Gravecrawler alongside mana-generating sacrifice outlets like Phyrexian Altar or Warren Soultrader and drain payoffs such as Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, and Zulaport Cutthroat. Complementary stax pieces including Drannith Magistrate and Archon of Emeria slow opposing plans, while asymmetric attrition engines like Grave Pact and Dictate of Erebos keep opposing creature boards clear. High-density card draw engines such as Skullclamp and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician maintain velocity, and reanimation packages provide strong recovery after board wipes. The deck operates smoothly at a high power level, closing games through compact drain combos or crushing attrition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Athreos, God of Passage
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Butcher Ghoul
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Hallowed Spiritkeeper
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kingpin, Wilson Fisk
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat