Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

Vigilance, protection from creatures ((Remember the acronym debt.) This creature can't be damaged, enchanted, equipped, blocked or targeted by creatures.)

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, destroy that creature. Create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.

Tokens

• Spirit 1/1 WB

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (45)

BPWyndon on Witch Deck (Curses and Goads)

6 months ago

Geode Rager, Frontier Warmonger, Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts, and Crawlspace. Just some cards that first come to mind.

multimedia on Liesa, Liesa, they so flying...

7 months ago

Hey, good latest update, really nice additions of Archivist of Oghma and Bolas's Citadel. Don't forget Caves of Koilos, it's in the precon and an Orzhov dual land that enters the battlefield untapped.

You're right you want more draw and you could cut several lesser creatures for more draw. Use life to get draw by either drawing when you gain life or when you pay life. Well of Lost Dreams is another four drop that like Greed once you get onto the battlefield it can draw a ton of cards because of Liesa's lifelink. Sigarda's Splendor can draw an extra card at your upkeep if your life total changed and it's another source of repeatable life gain from casing white spells.

Dawn of Hope each time you gain life you can pay 2 mana to draw a card. Eye of Vecna draws a card when it enters the battlefield and then it can be repeatable at your upkeep for 2 mana + 2 life.

Fell Stinger can sac itself for it's exploit to have interaction with Liesa, Forgotten Archangel and other reanimation or recursion that you could add such as Sun Titan, Witch of the Moors, Apprentice Necromancer, Priest of Fell Rites. When your Commander has flying then Mask of Memory can be consistent repeatable draw as well as discard to fuel reanimation or recursion.

Court of Grace makes you the monarch for repeatable draw a card at your end step. If you're the monarch at your upkeep then you create a 4/4 Angel or if you're not the monarch a 1/1 Spirit. Palace Jailer makes you the monarch, it also exiles an opponent's creature and that creature never returns to the battlefield unless you lose the monarch which can only happen if an opponent does combat damage to you or plays a card that makes them the monarch.

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Some cards to consider cutting for more draw, reanimation, recursion.

• Killian, Ink Duelist: you have very few cards that have a single target to reduce the mana cost.
• Vampire Outcasts: the lifelink is nice, but that's all it does for a four drop creature, no other abilities, can do better for four mana.
• Dawnhart Geist: there's very few enchantments here and it only triggers for your enchantments, can gain more life from other cards.
• Vampire Scrivener: I know you like this card, but it's too slow and doesn't do anything for five mana. You have Necropolis Regent at one more mana than Scrivener who can put the counters on Liesa the same turn it enters the battlefield. Putting counters on Liesa will do more because she has lifelink.
• Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts: not a fan of this seven drop, could replace it with Sun Titan.

Well of Lost Dreams or Sigarda's Splendor could replace Vampire Outcasts. Dawn of Hope or Eye of Vecna could replace Killian, Ink Duelist. Mask of Memory is a good swap for Malefic Scythe. Mask can give you repeatable draw where as Scythe isn't doing much because it only triggers when equipped creature dies.

Fell Stinger is an easy swap for Dawnhart Geist. Vampire Scrivener could be cut for more reanimation Witch of the Moors, Apprentice Necromancer, Priest of Fell Rites. Sun Titan could replace Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts. Court of Grace or Palace Jailer could replace Heron of Hope. Heron's ability is fine to gain a little more life, but more draw would help more.

NTakamura on Card that Punishes attacking/dealing combat …

11 months ago

I have a Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts main goal is to get opponents to attack me. I believe I have a good amount of Tempting the attack and forcing the attack. Now for the payoff for doing that to me. So far I have Blessed Reversal Comeuppance Inkshield Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker Mirror Strike No Mercy Norn's Annex Revenge of Ravens Angel's Trumpet Season of the Witch Any suggestions are appreciated. Here is also the link to the list

Teysa, Ghostly Instigator

NTakamura on Impactful Lifegain to improve black …

11 months ago

I am trying to refine my lifegain package for my deck using Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts What are some of your favorite Lifegain card in black and white that gains you alot of life? If you would like to see what I already have here is my decklist.

Teysa, Ghostly Instigator

NTakamura on Impactful and Lifegain in Black …

11 months ago

I am trying to refine my lifegain package for my deck using Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts What are some of your favorite Lifegain card in black and white that gains you alot of life? If you would like to see what I already have here is my decklist.

Teysa, Ghostly Instigator

NTakamura on Commanders you have built in …

11 months ago

I would like to use this thread to share my deck called, Hit Me where I use Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts to lure attack at myself. Since there is no way to make the attack Directly at me i thought i would make it beneficial to attack me. It is a mix of Monarch, curses on myself, Maddening Imp,Magnetic Web and the Coveted Jewel to make attacking me more appealing or just force attacks. But catch is I would use cards like my commander, Entrapment Maneuver, Oath of Kaya, Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker to Punish the attacks. So it creates this little game of do I attack him.

So let's here how you built your commander in a unconventional way. And what are your thoughts on my deck?

NTakamura on Cards that put creature token …

1 year ago

DrukenReaps I picked Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts because that is where the idea came from. Want to stick with two color thou. In your opinion if I were to go with red white or red black, which has more options for this strategy. Plus I do need to have some Lifegain to balance out the attacks I will be taking.

NTakamura on Cards that put creature token …

1 year ago

I have a deck that uses Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts and my build encourages/forces attacks. I have that part put together. I was wondering if there are white and/or black cards like Forbidden Orchard and Shadrix Silverquill where they put creature tokens on opponent side of the field that can still attack me? If you need more context of how the deck works here is the list

Hit Me