BW by Shadow81

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa, Orzhov Scion

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Aristocrats and midrange token build commanded by Teysa, Orzhov Scion. It aims to generate steady creature fodder, sacrifice black creatures to trigger Teysa's token generation, and convert those deaths into life drain and board control. The deck relies on natural card flow and high permanent density rather than fast mana or dedicated tutors. On Turn 5, it establishes its core engine with Teysa and sacrifice outlets. By Turn 7, it deploys heavier threats like Grave Titan, Teysa Karlov, or Grave Pact to dominate creature combat and steadily drain life totals using Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim and Cliffhaven Vampire. Without infinite combos, it closes games through continuous combat damage and aristocrat drain over three table rotations, finishing around Turn 10. While rich in removal and graveyard recursion, the deck suffers from low mana acceleration and minimal spell shielding.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Shadows
  • 1 Altar's Reap
  • 1 Angel of Despair
  • 1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
  • 1 Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
  • 1 Beckon Apparition
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood-Cursed Knight
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cliffhaven Vampire
  • 1 Death Grasp
  • 1 Deathbringer Liege
  • 1 Deathpact Angel
  • 1 Debtors' Knell
  • 1 Divinity of Pride
  • 1 Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin
  • 1 Edge of the Divinity
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Ethereal Absolution
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Forsaken Sanctuary
  • 1 Gift of Orzhova
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gwyllion Hedge-Mage
  • 1 Hero of Precinct One
  • 1 Hidden Stockpile
  • 1 High Priest of Penance
  • 1 Imperious Oligarch
  • 1 Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
  • 1 Magister of Worth
  • 1 Marshal's Anthem
  • 1 Ministrant of Obligation
  • 1 Moriok Replica
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mourning Thrull
  • 1 Necrotic Sliver
  • 1 Nightsky Mimic
  • 1 Nim Deathmantle
  • 1 Nyx Lotus
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Pontiff of Blight
  • 1 Profit // Loss
  • 1 Revival // Revenge
  • 1 Reya Dawnbringer
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
  • 1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
  • 1 Souls of the Faultless
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
  • 1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
  • 1 Tithe Drinker
  • 1 Tome of the Guildpact
  • 1 Treasury Thrull
  • 1 Unburial Rites
  • 1 Unmake
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vizkopa Vampire
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Zealous Persecution