Teval, the Combo Factory by holsch92

Format: Commander

Commander: Teval, the Balanced Scale

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Sultai Lands and Graveyard Midrange deck helmed by Teval, the Balanced Scale. The game plan revolves around accelerating mana on Turns 1 and 2, deploying Teval on Turn 3, and attacking on Turn 4 to mill cards, ramp lands, and spawn 2/2 Zombie Druid tokens. The midgame converts this resource advantage into overwhelming value using self-mill engines, landfall triggers, and mass graveyard recursion like Lumra, Bellow of the Woods, Six, and The Gitrog Monster. The deck protects its board through efficient interaction, Sylvan Safekeeper, and free counterspells, while restricting opponents through recurring Strip Mine activations and creature suppression from Toxrill, the Corrosive. Victory is achieved around Turn 7 via an unmanageable swarm of Zombie tokens, massive combat attacks from scaling threats, and indirect drain damage from Syr Konrad, the Grim, Mirkwood Bats, and The Scarab God.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Colossal Grave-Reaver
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Hedge Shredder
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kheru Goldkeeper
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Port of Karfell
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
  • 1 Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Teval, the Balanced Scale
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titans' Nest
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Zuran Orb