Teval V2 by FrothyMoth03

Format: Commander

Commander: Teval, the Balanced Scale

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai lands and graveyard engine helmed by Teval, the Balanced Scale. The game plan revolves around self-milling cards through engines like Mesmeric Orb, Hedge Shredder, and Teval's attack trigger. Whenever lands or other cards leave the graveyard, Teval and complementary payoffs such as Insidious Roots, Amzu, Swarm's Hunger, and Field of the Dead generate a wide board of creature tokens. The deck accelerates ahead on mana by replaying milled lands with Life from the Loam, Six, and Lumra, Bellow of the Woods. It converts this overwhelming mana and board advantage into a decisive win on Turn 6 by reanimating Craterhoof Behemoth, resolving an overloaded Cyclonic Rift, or casting a lethal Finale of Devastation. Strong interaction, deep recursion, and flexible protection ensure high resilience against table disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Altar of Bhaal // Bone Offering
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brawn
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Colossal Grave-Reaver
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Dream Twist
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fang, Fearless l'Cie
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Genesis
  • 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Hedge Shredder
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kheru Goldkeeper
  • 1 Kishla Skimmer
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 1 Molt Tender
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raul, Trouble Shooter
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 Teval, the Balanced Scale
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titans' Nest
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Winternight Stories
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome