Teysa Karlov - EDH

Commander / EDH*

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Cards (10)

• 1x Blood Divination
• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Filigree Familiar
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Viscera Seer

Hate (10)

• 1x Angelic Purge
• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Ashes of the Abhorrent
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Utility (10)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Dead Man's Chest
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Ethereal Absolution
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Ravos, Soultender
• 1x Revival / Revenge
• 1x Unbreakable Formation
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Fodder (10)

• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Matter Reshaper
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Seraph of the Scales
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Mana (10)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Boreas Charger
• 1x Cathodion
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Other (36)

• 15x Plains
• 15x Swamp
• 6x Wastes

Commander (1)

Sac (10)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Flesh Carver
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Wins (3)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Thrilling Encore

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Teysa Karlov

Dubbed the 'Deathharmonicon,' the new medium Teysa calls for a build that encompasses a multitude of death triggers and a fair number of token bodies. Its not really anything Orzhov didn't already do, but Teysa provides us with a new angle on it by doubling up the death triggers and giving us a sweet anthem for those token bodies. While focusing on the tokens seems a legitimate strategy, Teysa, Orzhov Scion really 'gets there' faster and more easily; instead, we're going to focus on the death triggers. There's a fair number of reasonably sized creatures with death triggers with natural evasion, and with Teysa out, we can throw token bodies into battle while minimizing the risk of a crack back; together, we'll be able to incorporate an aggressive approach that the table may not expect. And we can even get down with some incidental lifegain!

Strategy

By taking an aggressive approach to building Teysa, we have a multitude of options that we can easily shift between based on board state and card state. We can combo our way to victory in a couple of ways, including some OGs like Blood Artist , Ashnod's Altar , Nim Deathmantle , as well as newcomers like Divine Visitation and Seraph of the Scales . We can make tokens, both tall ( Crested Sunmare ) and wide ( Elenda, the Dusk Rose , Oketra's Monument ), which we use to fuel our engines and beat face. Many death-matters creatures can fill important utility spots, like Boreas Charger , Archon of Justice and Bloodtracker , so we'll also need a no/low-cost suite of sacrifice outlets to get value on demand; Krav, the Unredeemed , Bontu the Glorified , and Viscera Seer have a key role to fulfill. We also can use spells like Angelic Purge and Blood Divination will keep the value train a-runnin. Amidst the plethora of creatures that grant death triggers, the ones like Kokusho, the Evening Star , Requiem Angel , Yosei, the Morning Star , and Demon of Dark Schemes all not only pile on the synergy, but also provide an evasive beatstick!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.67
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, City's Blessing, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Horror */* B, Horse 5/5 W, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance
Folders	intersting deck, Teysa Decks, Ideas