teysa karlov duda (copy) upsgradse by lubrario

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa Karlov

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This Orzhov Aristocrats deck is led by Teysa Karlov, acting as a trigger doubler that supercharges death-based value and drain engines. The game plan focuses on establishing early sacrifice outlets like Carrion Feeder, Warren Soultrader, or Ashnod's Altar, combining them with recursive creatures and token producers such as Gravecrawler, Ophiomancer, and Black Market Connections. As creatures die, payoffs like Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Bastion of Remembrance drain opponents while padding life totals. The deck shifts into a decisive win through infinite sacrifice loops, notably recycling Gravecrawler with a Zombie sac outlet and Phyrexian Altar or Warren Soultrader to deal lethal drain to all opponents in a single turn. It backs this up with card engines like Yawgmoth, Thran Physician and Skullclamp, high-efficiency removal like Deadly Rollick and Toxic Deluge, and extensive graveyard recursion to quickly rebuild after board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acolyte of Aclazotz
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
  • 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Curse of Disturbance
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elder Arthur Maxson
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fatal Fissure
  • 1 Feast of the Victorious Dead
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gríma Wormtongue
  • 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
  • 1 Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Magus of the Bridge
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Minthara, Merciless Soul
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Murder Investigation
  • 1 Muster the Departed
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Necrosynthesis
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Tolls of War
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat