Not Once, But Twice by Zen0305

Format: Commander

Commander: Teysa Karlov

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

An Orzhov aristocrats list built around Teysa Karlov. The primary kill is a compact sacrifice loop: Gravecrawler plus a Zombie and Phyrexian Altar/Warren Soultrader, with a drain effect such as Blood Artist or Bastion of Remembrance. Teysa's doubling turns each death into multiple triggers, while her vigilance/lifelink tokens support a secondary beatdown plan via Anointed Procession, Mondrak, and Court of Grace. Tutors and card draw make the loop consistent; Living Death, Yawgmoth's Will, and The Soul Stone provide recovery. Tymna the Weaver is a strong supporting draw engine rather than a true hidden commander, and Bolas's Citadel functions as an alternate card-advantage/win engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Increasing Devotion
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Kaya's Guile
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat