teval by Rennack

Format: Commander

Commander: Teval, the Balanced Scale

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

Teval, the Balanced Scale headlines a Sultai Lands and Graveyard midrange deck designed to translate rapid mana acceleration and self-mill into overwhelming battlefield dominance. The strategy leverages efficient ramp permanents and extra land-drop enablers to establish an expansive mana base ahead of curve. Once Teval or complementary engines like Six, Crucible of Worlds, and Conduit of Worlds are active, the deck continuously fills the graveyard, recurs lands to the battlefield, and triggers wide token generation through Field of the Dead, Titania, Protector of Argoth, and Teval itself. The primary path to victory involves an explosive land-fetch turn via Scapeshift or Aftermath Analyst on Turn 5, generating a massive army of Zombie and Elemental tokens. On Turn 6, the deck closes the game with Finale of Devastation, Concordant Crossroads, or unblockable combat via Filth and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth. Resilient recursion, Sylvan Safekeeper protection, and repeatable land denial through Wasteland and Glacial Chasm provide exceptional table control.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Auroral Procession
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Awaken the Honored Dead
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Blossoming Tortoise
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cursecloth Wrappings
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Filth
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Hedge Shredder
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kishla Skimmer
  • 1 Kishla Village
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Lotus Vale
  • 1 Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 Teval, the Balanced Scale
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Trade Routes
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Will of the Sultai
  • 1 Yavimaya Hollow
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome