Overview:

This Orzhov aristocrats deck helmed by Teysa Karlov focuses on generating value from creature deaths through token swarms, death trigger amplification, and recursive combos. The strategy revolves around sacrificing creatures to fuel engines like Blood Artist, The Meathook Massacre, and Grave Pact, while leveraging token doublers like Mondrak, Glory Dominus and Divine Visitation to create overwhelming board states. Teysa serves as a critical force multiplier, doubling death triggers for explosive value. The deck can win via incremental life drain, massive combat with angel tokens, or infinite loops involving Pitiless Plunderer + sac outlets.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-3): Deploy mana rocks (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet), token generators (Bitterblossom, Ophiomancer), and value engines (Morbid Opportunist, Elenda, the Dusk Rose).
2. Midgame Engine (Turns 4-6): Cast Teysa or Drivnod, Carnage Dominus to amplify death triggers. Sacrifice tokens to Viscera Seer or Carrion Feeder for card selection/board control. Use Skullclamp to convert 1/1s into card advantage.
3. Win Conditions (Turns 5-8):
   • Combat: Overwhelm with Divine Visitation angel tokens or Adeline, Resplendent Cathar swarms.
   • Life Drain: Chain sacrifices with Blood Artist/Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim while doubling triggers.
   • Infinite Combos: Pitiless Plunderer + Phyrexian Altar + token generator (e.g., Ophiomancer) creates infinite death triggers and mana.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands (including color fixing), at least one early token generator or sac outlet.
• Prioritize Sol Ring, Bitterblossom, or Dark Ritual for explosive starts.
• Avoid hands without early board presence or excessive high-CMC cards.

Key Tips:

• Use Teferi's Protection and Grand Crescendo to protect against board wipes during critical turns.
• Urza's Saga can tutor Skullclamp or Lightning Greaves for consistency.
• Beseech the Mirror can fetch combo pieces like Phyrexian Altar when bargained.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Graveyard hate (Rest in Peace, Leyline of the Void) disrupts recursion engines like Karmic Guide and Reveillark.
• Enchantment removal cripples key pieces: Divine Visitation, Grave Pact, Mondrak.

Moderate

• Board wipes reset token armies, though protection spells mitigate this.
• Anti-sacrifice effects (Tajuru Preserver, Sigarda, Host of Herons) block critical synergies.

Minor

• Limited stack interaction beyond Imp's Mischief and Silence.
• High life payment from Dark Prophecy/Black Market Connections can become risky.

Most Important Cards:

• Teysa Karlov (Trigger doubler, vigilance/lifelink enabler)
• Pitiless Plunderer (Combo engine, treasure generation)
• Phyrexian Altar (Sac outlet, infinite mana/drain enabler)
• Mondrak, Glory Dominus (Token doubler, indestructible)
• Divine Visitation (Token upgrade, combat wincon)
• Blood Artist (Primary life drain engine)
• Demonic Tutor (Flexible combo piece retrieval)
• The Meathook Massacre (Board control, drain, and lifegain)
• Grave Pact (Opponent board control)
• Beseech the Mirror (Tutor for critical 4CMC pieces)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 7/10

• Can threaten infinite combos or lethal drain as early as T5 with optimal draws (Dark Ritual into T2 Pitiless Plunderer + T3 sac outlet).

Resilience: 6/10

• Multiple recursion engines (Karmic Guide, Reveillark) and protection spells, but key enchantments remain vulnerable.

Consistency: 7/10

• Strong tutor density (7 tutors including Beseech the Mirror) and card draw from sac outlets, but relies on assembling 3+ card combos.

Interaction: 5/10

• Targeted removal (Anguished Unmaking, Deadly Rollick) and board wipes (Farewell), but minimal stack interaction beyond Silence.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a high-power casual level with T5-7 win potential through synergistic combos and efficient tutors, but lacks the speed and redundancy of cEDH lists. Its resilience against disruption and moderate interaction suite place it just below optimized competitive tiers.

Power level: 6.5 - 7.0