McSquizzy's Turf by srgardiner

Format: Commander

Commander: Teval, the Balanced Scale

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This Sultai Commander deck is led by Teval, the Balanced Scale, blending self-mill, land recursion, and aristocrats token generation into a lethal reanimation engine. The deck utilizes early mill pieces like Hedron Crab, Mesmeric Orb, and Teval's attack trigger to fill the graveyard with utility creatures and lands. Once established, it generates recurring card advantage and Zombie Druid tokens whenever cards leave the graveyard. The primary win condition bypasses traditional combat: tutoring or milling Lord of Extinction and Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, reanimating both, and sacrificing the massive Elemental to Jarad to drain all three opponents for 40 or more life in a single turn. Backup lines lean on The Scarab God, Syr Konrad, the Grim, and Rise of the Dark Realms to overwhelm the table, supported by asymmetric board control through Grave Pact.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Ancestral Communion
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Command Bridge
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Diviner of Mist
  • 1 Drag to the Roots
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Dread Summons
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Entreat the Dead
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Feldon's Cane
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Kheru Goldkeeper
  • 1 Kishla Skimmer
  • 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
  • 1 Lord of Extinction
  • 1 Lost Monarch of Ifnir
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mythos of Brokkos
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 Teval, the Balanced Scale
  • 1 The Ancient One
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Time Reversal
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Wake the Dead
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Wrenn and Realmbreaker