Tesher the Thresher [Primer]

Commander / EDH* Artifact Combo Infinite Combo Mono-White Primer Storm

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Creature (27)

• 1x Arcbound Ravager
• 1x Bygone Bishop
• 1x Eager Construct
• 1x Glint Hawk
• 1x Gold Myr
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Kami of False Hope
• 1x Mangara of Corondor
• 1x Martyred Rusalka
• 1x Memnite
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Militia Bugler
• 1x Millikin
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Ranger of Eos
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Sacred Guide
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Skyscanner
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Thraben Inspector
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Workshop Assistant

Instant (4)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Artifact (24)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grinding Station
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip
• 1x Urza's Bauble
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Board the Weatherlight
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x High Market
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 22x Plains
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza

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Creature (14)

• 1x Bounty Agent
• 1x Charming Prince
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Kor Skyfisher
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Remorseful Cleric
• 1x Salvager of Ruin
• 1x Scrapyard Recombiner
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Suncleanser
• 1x Vesperlark

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Artifact (3)

• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Tooth of Chiss-Goria

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

Instant (2)

• 1x Ephemerate
• 1x Generous Gift

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Enduring Renewal

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Have you ever wanted to be a bird? Have you ever wanted to be a bird that's part of a perpetual motion machine? No? Good, because you aren't that bird. Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle is. He's also the head of this mediocre combo deck. It's not that fast, it's not that resilient, and it's not that consistent. But by god, I came up with the combos myself when he was released, and that's enough for me to be invested in it. But enough background. Time to get to the actual deck.

Why Teshar?

Teshar is a very unique commander. He's the first mono-white reanimator commander, the first reasonably decent mono-white combo commander, one of the only mono-white artifact commanders, and the first commander of any color to reanimate on a trigger like this. This makes for an original playstyle, which is hard to replicate. It revolves mostly around using Teshar and creatures with ETB abilities to generate value until you can eventually combo off and win.

The Combo

It goes like this. You need Teshar, a 0 cost artifact in your hand, a sac outlet, and a recurring card in your graveyard. For combos with all but one of those recurring cards (I'll get to that one later), it goes like this: you cast the 0 cost artifact, triggering Teshar, and targeting the recurring card. Then, you sacrifice the free artifact and then the recurring card. That card's death trigger will target the 0 cost, leaving you with the same board state you began with, barring one sacrifice and one storm count. You also need a payoff for this combo to do anything useful, but that'll be discussed later.

Freebies

• Memnite and Ornithopter : These two are listed together because they're functionally the same. They can be tutored by Ranger of Eos and Recruiter of the Guard , and they can be sacrificed to the creature only sac outlets. Otherwise not particularly interesting. Never cast them before Teshar.
• Walking Ballista : Functions as both a combo piece (albeit one that doesn't work with Glint Hawk ) and an infinite mana payoff (or a payoff for Arcbound Ravager . It can also be tutored by the same things as the previous two cards, and has the same guidelines for casting. Unless you really need to deal one or two damage.
• Everflowing Chalice :Usually play this on turn 2 as a mana rock. You'll need a sac outlet to combo off with this anyways, so it doesn't help much to save it for later.
• Paradise Mantle : This is probably the worst free artifact in the deck. If you have a creature, you can turn it into a mana dork. That's about it. Play it if you can equip it to a creature before turn 3, otherwise save it for Teshar.
• Lotus Petal : And this is the best free artifact in the deck! You can cast Teshar on turn 3. Because it sacs itself, you can combo off with a creature only sac outlet! Including Martyred Rusalka ! And with any other sac outlet, you can get infinite mana!
• Urza's Bauble and Mishra's Bauble : These are basically the same card. The differences are the least important part of the cards. the only thing you need to know is that they sac themselves, and you draw a card (later). This means that you can combo off with a creature only sac outlet. Please note, however, that the card draw is not optional. If you use mill as a payoff for your combo, you'll deck out and die if you loop the combo more times than your deck can allow.

Recurring Cards

• Myr Retriever , Junk Diver , and Workshop Assistant : Again, these are all the same. You can tutor them all up with Recruiter of the Guard , although if you do, get retriever first. It costs less and the stats and flying the other cards have don't matter.
• Scrap Trawler : I barely know why I put this by itself. I only run 7 other artifacts that don't cost less. It's the same as the others most of the time. Triggering on other artifacts can occasionally be relevant, but only barely.
• Glint Hawk : Now here's the unique combo piece. I'll just speed through the combo. It has the same prerequisites as the regular one, except you need a sac outlet for creatures, and a second free artifact. You cast one freebie, skipping the trigger. Then cast the other, returning glint hawk. Bounce the first one and sac the hawk. Recast it, returning the hawk, and repeat ad nauseum.

Sacrifice Outlets

• Arcbound Ravager : This is one of the deck's better sac outlets. You can reanimate it with Teshar, you can tutor it with Recruiter of the Guard , and it's even a combo payoff! (Sort of. You need an artifact creature that's not part of the combo)
• Spawning Pit : It's a sac outlet for creatures. It can turn infinite mana into infinite creatures. And if you combo with Glint Hawk and have Krark-Clan Ironworks , you can still make infinite mana! It's not great. A little utilitarian. But it's good.
• Altar of Dementia and Grinding Station : They're sac outlets. They self mill until you combo off and mill everyone else out. Yep.
• Ashnod's Altar , Phyrexian Altar , and Krark-Clan Ironworks : They make mana. They're good for a lot of things. They can enable some interesting value plays with Teshar.
• Martyred Rusalka : This card isn't great. It's mostly here to put creatures into your graveyard and get tutored by Ranger of Eos .

Payoffs

• Altar of the Brood : This is mostly here because it's 1 mana. Just remember its triggers if you play it in the early game.
• Aetherflux Reservoir : This is pretty expensive for a payoff, yes. 4 mana is a lot for this deck. But the important thing is that you can play it after starting your combo.

Tutors

• Recruiter of the Guard : This is probably the best card in the deck. It gets most of our combo pieces. You can reanimate it with Teshar. I mostly get Arcbound Ravager if I don't have a sac outlet, Myr Retriever if I have a sac outlet and a free artifact, and Ranger of Eos if I only have a sac outlet. Speaking of which...
• Ranger of Eos : The second best card in the deck. I mostly get Memnite , Ornithopter , Walking Ballista , and Glint Hawk , but all the other sub 1 drops are all worthwhile from time to time.
• Weathered Wayfarer : This is another of the cards i'm thinking about cutting. I mean it's fine, just not very exciting. The usual targets are Secluded Steppe , Zhalfirin Void , and Inventors' Fair .
• Steelshaper's Gift : This is mostly just a second copy of Skullclamp , the third best card in this deck. It can also get Paradise Mantle if you need a free artifact to combo off.
• Inventors' Fair : The restriction isn't terribly relevant here. You'll usually have metalcraft by the time you have the mana to tutor some thing with this. You'll mostly be getting a missing combo piece with it.

Coniderations

• Phyrexian Walker , Shield Sphere : More free creatures. Ones you can't tutor with Recruiter of the Guard . They're okay, and aren't bad inclusions, but they don't add much.
• Tooth of Chiss-Goria : It's free most of the time, and is a pay off if you combo with it. It has flash too, I guess.
• Enduring Renewal : Another recurring card, although one that can combo without Teshar. Not bad at all.
• Stoneforge Mystic : A second copy of Steelshaper's Gift . You can Teshar it back, but we only run two equipment cards, so it's not that great.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.94
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Clue, Construct 0/0 C, Treasure