Teysa by Rico93

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa Karlov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Orzhov Aristocrats build that leverages sacrifice outlets, recurring creatures, and death triggers to drain the table. Helmed by Teysa Karlov, the deck doubles death triggers to amplify resource generation, token production, and life drain. The primary route to victory is assembling an infinite sacrifice loop—most cleanly executed with Gravecrawler, Warren Soultrader, and an aristocrat payoff like Blood Artist or Cruel Celebrant. The list features robust mana acceleration through rituals and altars, backed by powerful card draw engines like Skullclamp and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician. While the deck operates with high redundancy and resilience against board wipes through cheap reanimation, it lacks stack-based countermagic, making it reliant on proactive speed and instant-speed removal to outrace opposing combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Athreos, God of Passage
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Prophecy
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Hallowed Spiritkeeper
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Indebted Spirit
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Ministrant of Obligation
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Nim Deathmantle
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Enforcer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sifter of Skulls
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat