Overview:

This Teysa Karlov deck focuses on generating value from creature deaths and token synergies, leveraging death triggers to drain opponents and create overwhelming board states. It combines aristocrat strategies with combo potential, using sacrifice outlets, token generators, and recursion engines to control the game and win through incremental life loss or infinite loops.

Primer:

Core Strategy: The deck aims to establish a recursive engine of creature deaths and token generation, amplified by Teysa's death trigger doubling. Key phases:

1. Early Setup: Play token generators (Bitterblossom, Ophiomancer) and sacrifice outlets (Viscera Seer, Carrion Feeder). Ramp via Sol Ring, Phyrexian Altar, and Cabal Coffers.
2. Midgame Value: Use Skullclamp and Necropotence for card draw. Deploy payoff cards like Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Mondrak, Glory Dominus to convert deaths into damage.
3. Combo Finish: Assemble infinite loops with Reveillark/Karmic Guide + sac outlet or Putrid Goblin + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician. Divine Visitation or Elspeth, Storm Slayer turbo-charge tokens for combat wins.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with early token generation, sac outlets, or tutors.
• Ensure 3+ lands, preferably including Cabal Coffers/Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth.
• Prioritize Skullclamp or Demonic Tutor for consistency.

Key Tips:

• Protect Key Engines: Use Grand Abolisher or Teferi's Protection during combo turns.
• Leverage Redundancy: Multiple death triggers (Drivnod, Carnage Dominus) and token doublers (Mondrak) ensure resilience.
• Recursion Lines: Ratadrabik of Urborg and Karmic Guide recover critical pieces from the graveyard.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Graveyard Reliance: Fold to Rest in Peace/Leyline of the Void.
• Fragile Combos: Key pieces (Phyrexian Altar, Reveillark) are removal magnets.

Moderate

• Slow Stax Recovery: Struggles against early Rule of Law effects.
• Limited Free Interaction: Relies on conditional removal (Path to Exile) over counterspells.

Minor

• Token Overextension: Vulnerable to board wipes, mitigated by Grand Crescendo.

Most Important Cards:

• Phyrexian Altar
• Reveillark
• Karmic Guide
• Pitiless Plunderer
• Blood Artist
• Zulaport Cutthroat
• Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• Skullclamp
• Necropotence
• Demonic Tutor

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 7/10

• Can assemble infinite damage or token armies by turns 5–7 with optimal draws.

Resilience: 6/10

• Recursion and token redundancy mitigate disruption, but graveyard hate is crippling.

Consistency: 7/10

• 10+ tutors (e.g., Demonic Tutor, Urza's Saga) and strong draw engines (Skullclamp, Necropotence).

Interaction: 5/10

• Limited to spot removal (Anguished Unmaking) and situational protection (Inkshield). No free counterspells.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a high-power casual level with consistent combo potential and strong recursion, but lacks the interaction density and speed of cEDH. Its reliance on graveyard synergies and vulnerability to hate keep it below tiered competitive viability.

Power level: 6.0 - 7.0