Selling Your Soul

Commander / EDH Competitive Lifegain Tokens WB (Orzhov)

TheGodofNight

Creature (29)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Cartel Aristocrat
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Marsh Flitter
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pious Evangel  ^Flip
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Rotlung Reanimator
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sengir Autocrat
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Xathrid Necromancer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Return to the Ranks
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Land (36)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 5x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Springjack Pasture
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Instant (6)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Orzhov Keyrune
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Sol Ring

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Carnival of Souls
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Darkest Hour
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x Zombie Infestation

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

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The first EDH deck that I assembled completely on my own, that wasn't a pre-constructed, that was completely of my own design was a B/W Teysa, Orzhov Scion deck. It was a token heavy strategy, that allowed me to produce large quantities of mana, and then dump it into token production. However, that deck was super slow, very unreliable, but a fun deck (at least for me).

After growing my knowledge of the game and cards, I have revisited rebuilding the deck to see if I can improve upon my original build. I decided to scrap the primary massive token generation strategy, and focus on smaller creature/token cycles. Having built a few infinite combos into other EDH decks (I made a Breya Deck with several artifact infinite combos), I wanted to build a deck that wasn't totally reliant on that strategy, but a little more fair. There is a powerful combo in the deck Darkest Hour & Teysa, Orzhov Scion , and any sac outlet, which will win the game by going infinite. While I have Darkest Hour listed here, I do have it in the side, and instead I am running Meekstone . When I play more serious games of EDH, usually my LGS's EDH tournaments, I will put in Darkest Hour to up my win percentage, but when playing with friends, I drop that combo to make the deck more fair.

Normally I go over each card choice, but in an EDH deck, that would make for a long read. So the general overview of the deck is I am relying heavily on conventional extort style strategies. I am bleeding my opponent's for life, while gaining life, slowly with sac outlets, and small tokens. I set up an unassuming board state with small unremarkable creatures, flying under the radar, and then I start a sac chain, killing tokens, forcing my opponents to lose life while I gain that life. So without ever having to attack, like a conventional Orzhov Extort deck, I slow drain my opponents of life, taking it for myself.

There are a ton of Teysa, Orzhov Scion EDH decks out there, certainly some better, more well designed decks, but this is a blend of both a fair and fun build, that can be switched to be a powerhouse with the swapping of a card or two. Overall, the deck is fun, and if you enjoy low curve, high synergy, life loss/gain strategies, then this might be the deck for you. Make sure to read as much as you can, as there are some great resources available when building with this commander. Thanks for reading and checking this deck out.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.70
Tokens	Demon 5/5 B, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Goat 0/1 W, Goblin Rogue 1/1 B, 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, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Black and White, Check later