Teysa, Mother of Thrulls

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Control Multiplayer Tokens WB (Orzhov)

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Land (36)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Meteor Crater
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 3x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Springjack Pasture
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Windswept Heath

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Creature (27)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Cartel Aristocrat
• 1x Endless Cockroaches
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Fallen Angel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Hanweir Militia Captain  ^Flip
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Pious Evangel  ^Flip
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Sengir Autocrat
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Instant (3)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Underworld Connections

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Creature (6)

• 1x Brood of Cockroaches
• 1x Dread Wanderer
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Tenacious Dead

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mana Crypt

Land (4)

• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Necropotence

Instant (2)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dusk / Dawn

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Teysa was my first "good" EDH deck, crafted about five years ago. I built it without the aid of decklists or EDHrec, and I'm proud of the work she did. Over the years though, I've not updated her properly, and she's fallen behind. I decided to build from the ground up again.

My Teysa aims to control the board, primarily by:

1) creating cheap black tokens or recurrable creatures,

2) sacrificing them for direct and incidental value (preferably the value of the sac outlet + the value of "when a creature dies" effects + Teysa's creation of spirits), and

3) turning the white spirit tokens into exiled enemy creatures, or yet more value through similar processes

There's a decent helping of life drain (Zulaport Cutthroat and friends) to offset minor losses and grind out a slow win, or use Exsanguinate / Debt to the Deathless as a finisher. In a pinch, combat wins are possible with a ton of spirit tokens or an alpha strike involving Fallen Angel or Yahenni, Undying Partisan.

In rebuilding, my goals are primarily to lower the curve, accelerate the mana base, and get the engines set up early and reliably. I am not particularly interested in infinite combos (Karmic Guide/Reveillark and Darkest Hour/Blasting Station are gonna sit this one out) for my 75% playgroup, though I may keep one on hand for LGS play.

The Acquireboard is cards I want as funds allow, and are probably auto-includes. Bonus points if you can suggest what goes out for each acquisition you support.

Still to do: optimizing the land base (a few more fetches, some utility lands that are pricey), making sure I like my mana rock setup.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	URG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 57 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.80
Tokens	Demon 5/5 B, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Goat 0/1 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Morph 2/2 C, Rat 1/1 B, Serf 0/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, Spirit 1/1 W, Thrull 1/1 B, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Vampire 2/2 B