Necronomicon | Teysa Karlov | Primer

Commander / EDH Masterful

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Jan. 23, 2019

I'm adding Ranger of Eos, Recruiter of the Guard, and Hangarback Walker thanks to ThaneGarrus's suggestion. These cards have incredible synergy with the small creatures we're running and provide a lot of bodies to be sacrificed.

The cards I'm taking out are Martial Coup since it's the worst board wipe of the bunch, and we have a lot of creature removal, Teysa, Orzhov Scion because of her restrictiveness, and Deathrender as it's too narrow without its combo.

Mentor of the Meek is being replaced by Enlightened Tutor. We have a lot of good enchantments like Land Tax or Grave Pact that we may want immediately as well as Skullclamp. Mentor is good, we just have better draw options.

match_lighter says... #1

Thanks for the primer, very useful. I’m not sure if this works but maybe Matter Reshaper if it does work then you get two cards from the top. If it doesn’t work please let me know. Thanks for everything!

January 21, 2019 11:03 p.m.

Masterful says... #2

match_lighter Reshaper definitely works with Teysa. You'll get some mix of drawing cards or playing low cost permanents. These permanents could also be lands which is good ramp. I'd say this is probably the best card draw you'll get from a self death trigger, much better than Filigree Familiar or the like. Added to the maybeboard and thanks for the suggestion.

January 22, 2019 11:57 a.m.

ThaneGarrus says... #3

Thanks Masterful for the earlier explanations, I have come to agree with them.

What do you think of adding Ranger of Eos since you now have 2 creature sac outlets and Hangarback Walker, and also mainboarding Recruiter of the Guard

January 22, 2019 12:59 p.m.

Masterful says... #4

ThaneGarrus Those are actually really good ideas. That package seems incredibly useful since ranger or recruiter can provide up to 3+ creatures for sacrifice fodder each, or they could fetch outlets. Hangarback was also something I've been considering for some time, and I think ranger would really push it into mainboard territory.

The problem is what to cut. I'm considering Deathrender since it might be a bit too narrow, Carrion Feeder since ranger would act as a second Viscera Seer anyways, Martial Coup or Living Death because we already have many ways to deal with creatures, and Teysa, Orzhov Scion as her abilities are quite restricted. I love the idea that I can recruiter for ranger, ranger for seer and doomed traveler, sac doomed traveler to get two tokens with Teysa, then sac all of them to get a billion death triggers. Also the fact that recruiter can tutor for card draw, ramp, sac outlets, and tokens makes him very hard to pass up.

January 22, 2019 5:11 p.m.

ThaneGarrus says... #5

I agree on Deathrender , Martial Coup and Living Death , but I like having a backup fetch in Carrion Feeder if viscera seer gets exiled or we don’t have a way to recur it. Teysa, Orzhov Scion is pretty restrictive to use outside of the combo with Darkest Hour

I was toying with the idea of Stoneforge Mystic , Sword of Light and Shadow (recursion/protection), Nim Deathmantle (combo potential) and Open the Armory since skullclamp is such a powerhouse Possibly cutting Mentor of the Meek

January 22, 2019 8:12 p.m.