teysa take #1 by nisleit

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa Karlov

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Teysa Karlov leads a grindy Orzhov aristocrats deck that converts every creature death into extra triggers. The primary plan is to establish a sacrifice loop with Carrion Feeder and Reassembling Skeleton, then drain the table through Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, Elas il-Kor, and Bastion of Remembrance while Skullclamp and Grim Haruspex turn those deaths into cards. Teysa is the engine; her doubling is what makes the deck fast. Silverquill, the Disputant acts as the hidden commander, copying spells through casualty and turning Debt to the Deathless into a burst finisher. Secondary paths include Syr Konrad's mill damage and token beatdown from spirit and lifelink tokens. No infinite combo is present; wins come from accumulated drains plus a copied X-spell.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodsoaked Champion
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Crawling Chorus
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Curious Farm Animals
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Privilege
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Emptiness
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faller's Faithful
  • 1 Fell Stinger
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Grim Servant
  • 1 Hunted Witness
  • 1 Imperious Oligarch
  • 1 Infestation Sage
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lampad of Death's Vigil
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Martyr's Cause
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Nightmare Shepherd
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Sifter of Skulls
  • 1 Silverquill, the Disputant
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Tithe Taker
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Vindictive Lich
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Westfold Rider
  • 1 Witch's Cottage