Teval, the Balanced Scale by user3556858

Format: Commander

Commander: Teval, the Balanced Scale

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This Sultai deck helmed by Teval, the Balanced Scale merges self-mill, lands-in-graveyard synergies, and reanimation strategies into a potent midrange engine. Early turns prioritize mana acceleration via 1-drop mana dorks, Sol Ring, and land recursion enablers like Life from the Loam. Once Teval, the Balanced Scale attacks on Turn 4, it simultaneously ramps lands from the graveyard and spawns 2/2 Zombie Druid tokens. The deck rapidly fills the graveyard using efficient mill pieces like Mesmeric Orb and targeted tutors like Buried Alive and Entomb. On Turn 5, the deck converts this wide token presence and stacked graveyard into a decisive win using Living Death or a reanimated Craterhoof Behemoth to overwhelm all opponents in a single combat step. Backed by cheap countermagic, Veil of Summer, and channel lands, the deck maintains high resilience against opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Careful Study
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stinkweed Imp
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tale's End
  • 1 Teval, the Balanced Scale
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician