Karlov's Dominance by user1657706

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa Karlov

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Teysa Karlov is an Orzhov aristocrats combo deck that turns creature deaths into life loss and tokens. The primary plan is to double death triggers with Teysa or Drivnod, then loop a recursive creature through Phyrexian or Ashnod's Altar while Zulaport Cutthroat or another drain effect finishes the table. Secondary paths use Necromancy plus Leonin Relic-Warder or Karmic Guide/Reveillark loops, with token generation from Teysa, Orzhov Scion, Mondrak, and Elspeth providing both fuel and a combat fallback. Teysa, Orzhov Scion acts as a hidden commander and sacrifice outlet. The commander accelerates every line, but the deck can win without her through Drivnod and the altar loops.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commissar Severina Raine
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dauntless Dismantler
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Grim Nemesis
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vindictive Vampire
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat