Teval, the Balanced Scale by aaronsilber18

Format: Commander

Commander: Teval, the Balanced Scale

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Sultai graveyard reanimator strategy commanded by Teval, the Balanced Scale. The game plan focuses on rapidly stocking the graveyard using efficient mill creatures, enchantments, and targeted entomb effects like Buried Alive. Teval, the Balanced Scale accelerates mana development by returning milled lands to the battlefield on attack while generating 2/2 Zombie Druid tokens whenever cards leave the graveyard. The primary victory condition involves cheating massive threats into play, culminating in a one-shot table kill by sacrificing an enormous Lord of Extinction to Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord. Backup lines leverage mass reanimation via Living Death, token swarms from Avenger of Zendikar, and passive drain from Syr Konrad, the Grim. While the deck exhibits exceptional engine recovery and zero-delay backup routes, its complete lack of countermagic and defensive protection spells leaves its graveyard setup vulnerable to well-timed interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Bhaal // Bone Offering
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Back for Seconds
  • 1 Badlands Revival
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Captivating Cave
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Colossal Grave-Reaver
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Crawling Sensation
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Disciple of Bolas
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drownyard Temple
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fang, Fearless l'Cie
  • 1 Foreboding Landscape
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Glacierwood Siege
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 1 Invasion of Innistrad // Deluge of the Dead
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Kheru Goldkeeper
  • 1 Kraven's Last Hunt
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of Extinction
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 No One Left Behind
  • 1 Nyx Weaver
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Satyr Wayfinder
  • 1 Scavenger's Talent
  • 1 Scourge of Nel Toth
  • 1 Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
  • 1 Skull Prophet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Sultai Monument
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Tendril of the Mycotyrant
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 Teval, the Balanced Scale
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Timeless Witness
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Underrealm Lich
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Vanille, Cheerful l'Cie
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zombify