The Toll Collector by Half-Blood

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa Karlov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 67

Deck overview

This Teysa Karlov deck is an optimized Orzhov Aristocrats combo list that pairs redundant infinite sacrifice loops with heavy silence protection and disruptive hatebears. While Teysa Karlov doubles death triggers and enhances tokens, the core win conditions function independently through compact lines such as Warren Soultrader with Forsaken Miner, Leonin Relic-Warder with Animate Dead, Gravecrawler with Phyrexian Altar, or Exquisite Blood with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. The deck accelerates through early rituals, rocks, and stax pieces like Drannith Magistrate, Dauthi Voidwalker, and Blind Obedience before searching up missing pieces with Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Diabolic Intent, or Entomb. Massive card advantage engines including Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, and The One Ring ensure reliable card velocity. When ready to close, the deck casts a protective silence effect and drains the entire table in a single turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mai, Scornful Striker
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat