Paint It Black

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Combo Lifegain Sacrifice Spirits Tokens WB (Orzhov)

Futuremonk

Land (38)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 10x Plains
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Kabira Takedown  ^Flip
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip
• 1x Hagra Mauling  ^Flip
• 1x Ondu Inversion  ^Flip

Sac (12)

• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Spirit Bonds
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Fanatical Devotion
• 1x Martyr's Cause
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Maw of the Obzedat

Protection (9)

• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip
• 1x Spirit Bonds
• 1x Tithe Taker
• 1x Fanatical Devotion
• 1x Martyr's Cause
• 1x Kaya the Inexorable
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel

Graveyard Hate (6)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Beckon Apparition
• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Not Forgotten
• 1x Kaya's Guile
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel

Recursion (5)

• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Not Forgotten
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Kaya the Inexorable
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel

Utility (1)

• 1x Teysa Karlov

Lifegain (19)

• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kaya's Guile
• 1x Relic Vial
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel

Draw (13)

• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Relic Vial
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Greed
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Species Specialist

Ramp (11)

• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy

Wincon (6)

• 1x Darkest Hour
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Anthem (2)

• 1x Goldnight Commander
• 1x Maw of the Obzedat

Tutor (2)

• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Idyllic Tutor

Commander (1)

Tokens (17)

• 1x Beckon Apparition
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Clarion Spirit
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Hanweir Militia Captain  ^Flip
• 1x Imperious Oligarch
• 1x Not Forgotten
• 1x Orzhov Enforcer
• 1x Tithe Taker
• 1x Call the Coppercoats
• 1x Kaya's Guile
• 1x Ministrant of Obligation
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Seraph of the Scales
• 1x Kaya the Inexorable

Burn (11)

• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Relic Vial
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Removal (9)

• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Kabira Takedown  ^Flip
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Kaya's Guile
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Hagra Mauling  ^Flip
• 1x Kaya the Inexorable

Board Wipe (5)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Ondu Inversion  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Other (29)

• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Witch's Cottage
• 1x Vile Rebirth
• 1x Blot Out the Sky
• 1x Circle of Protection: Black
• 1x Skirk Ridge Exhumer
• 1x Devout Witness
• 1x Icatian Crier
• 1x Nadier's Nightblade
• 1x Angelic Accord
• 1x Cosmos Elixir
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Minions' Murmurs
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Proper Burial
• 1x Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams
• 1x Cavalier of Dawn
• 1x Deathbringer Liege
• 1x Elspeth Tirel
• 1x March of Souls
• 1x Szat's Will
• 1x Farewell
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Sengir, the Dark Baron
• 1x Butcher of Malakir

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Teysa, Orzhov Scion is a powerhouse. She can sacrifice three creatures to exile target creature, so you always have an answer to basically any threat in the command zone. And whenever a black creature you control dies, she creates a 1/1 white spirit. So she also makes creatures to sacrifice.

The rest of the deck focuses on token making and value from sacrificing them. I've especially focused on black and white tokens so that you can sacrifice them to Teysa's first ability while still generating replacement tokens with her second ability.

With Darkest Hour, you can even make the tokens she generates black. You'll need another sac outlet to go infinite, but the deck has several.

Since many of the payoffs involve draining life, there is a lifegain subtheme. I already own Exquisite Blood and need a deck for it, so that's why it is on the list. The deck would work fine without it if you want to try a more budget-friendly version, but if I have it, why not play it?

Suggestions welcome!

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.90
Tokens	Emblem Kaya the Inexorable, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, The Monarch, Vampire 1/1 W