Teysa Karlov by user8183656

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa Karlov

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Orzhov aristocrats build helmed by Teysa Karlov, designed to exploit death triggers for incremental life drain and token generation. The primary game plan revolves around establishing a sacrifice outlet (e.g., Viscera Seer, Carrion Feeder), a steady stream of fodder creatures (Reassembling Skeleton, Doomed Traveler), and drain engines (Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat). Teysa doubles each death trigger, accelerating the life loss and card advantage from pieces like Midnight Reaper and Skullclamp. The deck wins through repeated, cumulative drain rather than a single explosive combo, grinding opponents down over several turns. Secondary value comes from Pitiless Plunderer generating Treasures on each death, and recursion via Victimize and Luminous Broodmoth to keep the engine running.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cartel Aristocrat
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Demon's Disciple
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Doomed Traveler
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Falkenrath Noble
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Life Insurance
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Magus of the Bridge
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Ministrant of Obligation
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Norn's Wellspring
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Persistent Specimen
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Pitiless Pontiff
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sifter of Skulls
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirit Link
  • 17 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tenacious Dead
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Unwanted Remake
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Vindictive Vampire
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Wurmcoil Larva
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat