Lands Plans by megagigantus

Format: Commander

Commander: Teval, the Balanced Scale

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized Sultai lands and graveyard midrange strategy commanded by Teval, the Balanced Scale. The deck accelerates its mana velocity through efficient 1-2 CMC ramp spells and creature dorks, establishing Teval on Turn 3. Teval converts combat steps into continuous resource acceleration by milling cards, recurring lands directly to the battlefield, and generating a persistent army of 2/2 Zombie Druid tokens whenever cards leave the graveyard. The broader engine leverages powerful graveyard and landfall payoffs including The Gitrog Monster, Six, Lumra, Bellow of the Woods, and Field of the Dead to overwhelm opponents in mana advantage and board presence. Win conditions center on massive token swarms rendered unblockable via Filth and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, mass reanimation through Living Death, or draining opponents out with Ayara, First of Locthwain and The Meathook Massacre. With flexible interaction and layered recursion, the deck grinds out opponents with relentless value.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Awaken the Honored Dead
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Colossal Grave-Reaver
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Fang, Fearless l'Cie
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Filth
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Hedge Shredder
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Immoral Bargain
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kheru Goldkeeper
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Lush Oasis
  • 1 Malevolent Rumble
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Squandered Resources
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Teval, the Balanced Scale
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Winternight Stories
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician