Teval (oct 2026) by ayjay

Format: Commander

Creator: ayjay

Commander: Teval, the Balanced Scale

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This Sultai deck is piloted by Teval, the Balanced Scale, focusing on compounding graveyard value, token generation, and reanimation overruns. The strategy uses low-cost mana dorks and land-ramp spells to deploy Teval ahead of curve on Turn 3. Beginning on Turn 4, Teval's attack triggers mill three cards and recur a land directly to the battlefield, simultaneously creating 2/2 Zombie Druid tokens as cards leave the graveyard. Supported by engines like Six, Life from the Loam, and Insidious Roots, the deck accumulates mana and board presence rapidly. Critical onset arrives on Turn 6 through mass reanimation spells like Living Death or a decisive overrun via Craterhoof Behemoth. While the deck features robust engine recovery and independent win lines, its reliance on the graveyard leaves it exposed to targeted exile effects and sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Armored Scrapgorger
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dosan the Falling Leaf
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Archdruid
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kheru Goldkeeper
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Liliana the Repentant
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Malevolent Rumble
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squirming Emergence
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Teval, the Balanced Scale
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titans' Nest
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth