TEVAL 2? by Orlun

Format: Commander

Commander: Teval, the Balanced Scale

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 59

Deck overview

This Sultai deck is an explosive Lands, Self-Mill, and Reanimation engine commanded by Teval, the Balanced Scale. The game plan accelerates in the opening turns with efficient one- and two-mana ramp, deploying Teval on Turn 3. By attacking on Turn 4, Teval initiates a self-sustaining cycle: milling cards, recurring lands directly to the battlefield, and generating 2/2 Zombie Druid tokens whenever cards leave the graveyard. The deck rapidly converts this board presence and land velocity into decisive win conditions by Turn 5. Key finishers include reanimating Craterhoof Behemoth with Dread Return, casting a massive Finale of Devastation, or looping Gravecrawler with Phyrexian Altar. Dense recursion via Six, Shifting Woodland, and Lumra, Bellow of the Woods grants exceptional resilience against board wipes, while Sylvan Safekeeper, Fierce Guardianship, and channel lands safeguard critical windows. With powerful card flow and multiple redundant engines, the deck presents high inevitability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beifong's Bounty Hunters
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Blossoming Tortoise
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Colossal Grave-Reaver
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Exploration Broodship
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Festering Gulch
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Hedge Shredder
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Insidious Fungus
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kheru Goldkeeper
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Lotuslight Dancers
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Molt Tender
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Steward of the Harvest
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 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 Three Visits
  • 1 Timeless Witness
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zagoth Triome