Queen of the Orzhov [[Teysa Karlov Combo Build]]

Commander / EDH BlueBat93

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Update #1 —Jan. 8, 2019

The life package is out! Goodbye Soul Warden, Soul's Attendant, Suture Priest and Aetherflux Reservoir. I feel like if this deck will win, it'll rarely be thanks to The Nuke. I might change idea in the future but for now please welcome our new all-star Athreos, God of Passage, our new mana dudes Cathodion and Smothering Tithe, as well as Vindicate. They will join the team and - hopefully - make our Our Highness and even more terrifying ruler!

Myr Moonvessel as well as the new Orzhov boardwipe are also on the list for potential future additions.

The description will be updated in time. For now just ignore the lifegain part.

Sillynx says... #1

I'm also currently brewing Teysa Karlov. The deck looks fine. How about some more cool die triggers, such as Kokusho, the Evening Star, Yosei, the Morning Star) or Wurmcoil Engine. (The latter even synergizes well with Teysa as it makes tokens).

Also maybe some more card draw engines like Grim Haruspex and Harvester of Souls?

I'll share my list once I'm done.

January 4, 2019 9:17 a.m.

BlueBat93 says... #2

Sillynx Many thanks for your comment! Yeah, the new Teysa is amazing. I wanted an Orzhov commander for ages and I love the aristocrats playstyle, so it was obvious that I'll be going to build her. I put in the best stuff I could think of in that moment. I feel this list might be a little unfocused since it runs several strategies: Tokens, Lifegain, Aristocrats, Treasures, Combo. I'll see how well it works in play testing, maybe I'll take out the Aetherflux Reservoir package at some point or reduce the token focus. We will see.

Thank you for your suggestions. At the moment I am considering Kokusho, the Evening Star, Yosei, the Morning Star and Wurmcoil Engine. Grim Haruspex and Harvester of Souls were on a earlier version of this list but since the care about nontokens I took them out again when the the deck developed a tokens focus. If I change up the strategy I'll put them in again.

Keep me posted on your list! I'll definitely take a look on it! :)

January 4, 2019 9:44 a.m.

Grageon says... #3

Hey how do you think about the newly spoilered Smothering Tithe? - Might be great as Ramp and also with Revel in Riches

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay . If the player doesn’t, you create a colorless Treasure artifact token with “, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.”

January 4, 2019 6:28 p.m.

spearitual says... #4

Sweet deck! I'm in the middle of brewing up my own. Side note, are you sure Smothering Abomination will trigger twice with Teysa? I'm not sure if a sacrifice trigger counts as a "dies" trigger.

January 4, 2019 7:35 p.m.

JackTheDemon says... #5

WTF THIS LOOKS SICK

January 5, 2019 6:24 a.m.

BlueBat93 says... #6

Thanks for your comments!

Grageon: Thanks for the suggestion! I will definitely keep that in mind. Maybe I will switch out Commander's Sphere for it. Thanks for the suggestion!

spearitual: You're right. i was convinced the trigger said "Whenever a creature dies". Thanks for pointing it out. I'll correct the description.

JackTheDemon: Yeah, it looks pretty strong. I still have to work on ramp and the ratio between Sac Outlets and token producers. In playtesting I often end up with no mana, no sac outlet or no token producer. I guess I should add more tutors as well. I'll definitely refine this lidt further. Thanks for your comment!

January 5, 2019 11:33 a.m.

Nrdman says... #7

Just so you know skirsdag high priest doesn’t get doubled with teysa as it is not a triggered ability

January 7, 2019 12:53 p.m.

BlueBat93 says... #8

Nrdman Yeah, I know. Thanks for pointing it out, I will specifiy in the description.

January 7, 2019 1:52 p.m.

law579 says... #9

January 7, 2019 8:31 p.m.

Xynarth says... #10

Any room for Cathodion or Myr Moonvessel ? Nice ways to generate lots of mana. And definitely seconding Athreos ... that looks brutal ...

January 7, 2019 9:25 p.m.