Typical Teysa by Shoel

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa Karlov

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

An Orzhov aristocrats engine that turns every death into tokens, mana, cards, and life drain. Teysa Karlov doubles death triggers, makes Skullclamp a one-equip draw-four, and gives all creature tokens lifelink and vigilance. The primary win is an infinite sacrifice loop: a sac outlet, a self-recursing body such as Reassembling Skeleton, a mana engine (Pitiless Plunderer, Ashnod's Altar, or Warren Soultrader), and a Blood Artist-class drain; with Teysa in play, twenty repetitions drain all opponents. Teysa, Orzhov Scion acts as a backup engine and token generator rather than a true hidden commander. A secondary token-swarm plan uses Ocelot Pride, Mondrak, and Kambal, Profiteering Mayor to build a wide life-gaining board.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Al Bhed Salvagers
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Carrier Thrall
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cartel Aristocrat
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Foggy Swamp Visions
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jirina, Dauntless General
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orzhov Enforcer
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Pest Control
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Realm of Koh
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Selfless Savior
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Timeline Culler
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat