Another Way to Die - A Teysa Karlov EDH

Commander / EDH WB (Orzhov)

Takimaru

Creature (31)

• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Tymna the Weaver
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Instant (5)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 6x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Windswept Heath

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Reanimate

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gate to the Afterlife
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Field of Souls
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

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My Teysa Karlov EDH deck. Relatively combo-centric. You will be relying on Teysa Karlov's first ability a vast majority of the time she is out; her second ability is a mere afterthought.

If you're winning in combat with this deck, you're probably doing it wrong. I mean, you COULD beat someone up with an early Serra Ascendant or Elenda, the Dusk Rose, but that is not plan A.

This deck seeks to establish a loop as fast as possible via a few ingredients:

1.) A recurring creature like Reassembling Skeleton, Nether Traitor, or Bloodsoaked Champion

2.) A sac outlet and/or way to provide colored mana, such as Phyrexian Altar or Pitiless Plunderer

AND, either 3.) Something that generates tokens on death triggers like Field of Souls or Teysa, Orzhov Scion.
Alternatively, Anointed Procession and Pitiless Plunderer also work fine if they have disabled your commander somehow.

4.) Something that can win you the game with the loop, such as Zulaport Cutthroat or Altar of Dementia. Or, something that will let you dig for it via drawing cards, like Grim Haruspex. You can dig for this wincon via Gate to the Afterlife (gaining unlimited life in the process) or other card draw on death triggers. Altar of Dementia can win you some games against the right deck; it is a wincon and a sac outlet in one.

Kokusho, the Evening Star and Massacre Wurm here can also kill people outright, depending.

Can also use Yosei, the Morning Star and Volrath's Stronghold to soft lock someone (or up to 2 players at a time) by keeping them from having an untap step. Get extra mileage out of your nontoken creatures with Cauldron of Souls, which can also allow you to soft lock up to 4 players at a time.

Finally, if all else fails, you also have access to Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion combo, which are also fine in the deck.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.17
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Morph 2/2 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W
Folders	Currently Disassembled