Teval by cp12

Format: Commander

Commander: Teval, Arbiter of Virtue

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This Sultai deck harnesses Teval, Arbiter of Virtue to give every spell in hand delve, turning deep self-mill into explosive mana velocity. By loading the graveyard on early turns with cards like Glimpse the Unthinkable and Grisly Salvage, the deck casts high-mana-value spells such as Vilis, Broker of Blood, The Endstone, Lich's Mastery, and Darksteel Angel for negligible colored mana costs. While Teval causes you to lose life equal to each spell's mana value, the deck turns this self-inflicted damage into an advantage through Vilis, Broker of Blood card draw, lifelink combat recovery, and decisive life-equalization finishers like Repay in Kind and Profane Transfusion. Backed by powerful recursion engines like Six and Lier, Disciple of the Drowned, the deck transitions seamlessly from early graveyard setup to an explosive mid-game finish via a delved Exsanguinate or token swarm.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Auroral Procession
  • 1 Awaken the Honored Dead
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Colossal Grave-Reaver
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Death Begets Life
  • 1 Doppelgang
  • 1 Dread Summons
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drown in Dreams
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fangkeeper's Familiar
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Ferocity of the Hunt
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Game Over
  • 1 Genesis Wave
  • 1 Glarb, Calamity's Augur
  • 1 Glimpse the Unthinkable
  • 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kheru Goldkeeper
  • 1 Kishla Skimmer
  • 1 Kishla Village
  • 1 Lich's Mastery
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nyx Weaver
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Otherworldly Gaze
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Paradox Gardens
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Primal Witchstalker
  • 1 Profane Transfusion
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Repay in Kind
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Skull Prophet
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Teval, Arbiter of Virtue
  • 1 The Endstone
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Treasure Mage
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast