Teysa, Death Doubler

Commander / EDH WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (30)

• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Carrier Thrall
• 1x Cartel Aristocrat
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Doomed Dissenter
• 1x Doomed Traveler
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Ministrant of Obligation
• 1x Orzhov Enforcer
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Tithe Taker
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Xathrid Necromancer
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (14)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Fanatical Devotion
• 1x Field of Souls
• 1x Martyr's Cause
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Kaya's Wrath

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 9x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 15x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Instant (5)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rally the Ancestors
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

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Creature (13)

• 1x Cavalier of Night
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hunted Witness
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Sultai Emissary
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Gate to the Afterlife
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Grave Pact

Land (6)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (3)

• 1x Despark
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb

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This deck involves getting value from sacrificing our creatures. Teysa Karlov doubles our death triggers, which allows us to get a bunch more value.

The game plan is essentially:
- Play stuff that cares when creatures die.
- Make the creatures die.
- Value.

Fodder/Token Generation

The deck wants to have things to sacrifice. Teysa Karlov also gives tokens Vigilance & Lifelink, which means our tokens we create are also stronger. In order to feed our value engines, we play cards that create bodies when they die, or other cards that create tokens when things die.

Notable cards include:
- Ministrant of Obligation, Doomed Traveler, Tithe Taker - Creatures that give us bodies when they die are great, as we get double when they die!
- Requiem Angel, Field of Souls, Xathrid Necromancer - Lots of death triggers equal lots of tokens.
- Anointed Procession - Doubling our token creation? Yes please!

Sac Outlets

To be able to make our stuff die, we don't want to rely on other people killing our creatures. We have a multitude of sacrifice outlets to ensure that we can make our own stuff die and get those sweet, sweet triggers.

Notable cards include:
- Ashnod's Altar - Free sacrifice outlet that creates mana. What's not to love?
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician - Free sacrifice outlet that puts a -1/-1 counter on a creature(killing more creatures) and that draws cards? VALUE!
- Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim, Teysa, Orzhov Scion - Sacrifice outlets that remove problematic creatures? Brilliant!

Value

Finally, the good stuff! When stuff dies, we don't want it to die for no reason! We have lots of different ways of generating value when stuff dies.

Notable cards include:
- Dictate of Erebos - When one of our creatures die, our opponents have to sacrifice two!
- Grim Haruspex, Midnight Reaper, Liliana, Dreadhorde General - Drawing cards from our creatures dieing? Yes please.
- Bastion of Remembrance, Cruel Celebrant, Zulaport Cutthroat - Why wait around for opponents to die when we can drain their life?

Recursion

We want our creatures to die, but sometimes they die before they needed to. How about we bring them back?

Notable cards include:
- Athreos, God of Passage - Want to kill our creatures? That's fine, pay a heavy price, or we'll have them back.
- Dusk / Dawn - Returns a bunch of value creatures to the battlefield.
- Rally the Ancestors - Returns a bunch of creatures back to the battlefield for a single turn.

Removal/Board Wipes

Unfortunately for us, opponents are also trying to go about their game plan. Sometimes they need kicking down a notch, or if it's worse, a board wipe will be needed. Don't worry about wiping the board though, our death triggers will make sure we get value from it.

Notable cards include:
- Path to Exile, Swords to Plowshares - Staple white removal.
- Anguished Unmaking, Utter End - Excellent W/B removal.
- Kaya's Wrath - Destroy all creatures and gain life for our creatures? Not bad.
- Dusk / Dawn - Destroys a decent amount of creatures and avoids hitting Teysa Karlov and other important creatures we use.

Other Staple Cards

As well as running cards that work well with our commander, we run W/B staples that are great in the deck too.

Notable cards include:
- Karmic Guide + Reveillark - Staple combo that can infinitely recur each other, plus another creature. Works even more effectively with Teysa in play. Have any Blood Artist effect on the board and you win.
- Smothering Tithe - Opponents want to draw cards? That's fine, they can pay for it!

Top Ranked	Achieved #37 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #22 position in Commander / EDH 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH WB (Orzhov) 3 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Karmic Guide + Reveillark
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.11
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	teysa