Teysa, Scion of Sacrifice

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Infinite Combo Lifegain Tokens WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (28)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Painter's Servant
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Tymna the Weaver
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (8)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy

Land (33)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 4x Plains
• 1x Shineshadow Snarl
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Windswept Heath

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Darkest Hour
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Inkshield
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Silence
• 1x Utter End

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

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Instant (4)

• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Spectral Procession

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Dark Prophecy

Creature (4)

• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Painter's Servant
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim

Artifact (3)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Nim Deathmantle

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My personal pet deck as well as the deck I've worked the most on and put the most thought into. The deck is back and better than ever!

The Goal

The goal is to create as many tokens to sac for various benefits. Aka, Aristocrats. I want to activate both of Teysa's abilities as often as needed, while controlling the battlefield with forced sacrifice of opponent's creatures.

Important pieces

Being able to cash in my creature in for utility helps with hand advantage, ramp, and filtering my draw. Viscera Seer allows me to sac creatures for scrying. Ashnod's Altar and Phyrexian Altar allow me to ramp by simply sacrificing excess tokens or any creatures I want to die. Finally, Pawn of Ulamog ramps us from the deaths of our creatures.

Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant and Zulaport Cutthroat allow me to drain everyone to death as my creatures die... or as my opponents' creatures die, when it comes to Blood Artist.

Revival like Necromancy, Dance of the Dead, and Faith's Reward, lets me repeatedly sac my creatures over and over, or activate ETB token generation again and again. Because we won't always have a token army going to keep out shenanigans going.

Liliana, Dreadhorde General's minus and Ultimate and Grave Pact forces opponents to sac their creatures while feeding either Elenda, the Dusk Rose or Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet. Kalitas is extra nice because he makes tokens and removes threats from the game permanently. This forced sacrifice prevents opponents from killing me by going wide and from building much of a board presence. As more disruption, Grand Abolisher and Silencecan protect me on my turn, when I would usually combo out.

Infinite Combos

I have several potential combos to allow me to end the game at my leisure if the pieces end up right.

My commander + One of my two altars or other sac outlet+ Darkest Hour or Painter's Servant+ One of my life drainers or Corpse Knight allows me to endlessly sac my spirits and drain everyone out or create infinite mana.

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician+the two undying creatures allows us to draw as many cards as we have life. Or our entire deck with enough death triggers/Knight triggers.

Alternatively, you can sacrifice any of these infinite combos endlessly to Altar of Dementia to slowly but steadily mill everyone out.

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed+Walking Ballista+Sac outlet= Allowing us to infinitely ping folks to death. Or alternatively, we could feed any infinite mana into Ballista.

Top Ranked	Achieved #13 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #10 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Infinite Combo 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	10 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	24 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Human 1/1 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Inkling 2/1 WB, Morph 2/2 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Thrull 0/1 B, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B
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