Trigger Warning with Teysa Karlov

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Combo Multiplayer Reanimator Value Engine WB (Orzhov)

Life_autonomous

Land (36)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 9x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 15x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Combo (8)

• 1x Darkest Hour
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion

Draw (7)

• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Tutor (3)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Recursion (10)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Lifeline
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Victimize

Drain (9)

• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Blistergrub
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Removal (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Ramp (6)

• 1x Orzhov Locket
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Commander (1)

Sac (9)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Control (7)

• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Tainted Remedy

Fodder (5)

• 1x Blistergrub
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Seraph of the Scales

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Other (2)

• 1x Warteye Witch
• 1x Wrath of God

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W/B has always been my favorite color combo, and Teysa my favorite character of lore. I have been working hard on this deck to optimize it and do it justice. After lots of tweaking, this is what I have come up with! So let's take a look.

The strategy:

Sacrifice Kokusho, the Evening Star With Phyrexian Altar or any free sac outlet with Lifeline and Teysa Karlov on board to drain the table for 10 life per turn. Utilize quick recursive pieces to get more life loss in per turn.

The classic Teysa, Orzhov Scion combo with Darkest Hour , and Blasting Station . Add Altar of Dementia for infinite milling shenanigans.

Revel in Riches accompanied by Smothering Tithe and Pitiless Plunderer can serve as a secondary wincon.

Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond + 1 life lost = drain everyone out.

Drain people out by using a sac outlet with cards like Blood Artist , Vindictive Vampire , Zulaport Cutthroat , and Cruel Celebrant . Reassembling Skeleton is very good sac fodder because it has its own built-in recursion. Tokens produced from things like Elenda, the Dusk Rose , Seraph of the Scales , and Hangarback Walker are great for sac fodder as well.

Controlling the board is important to allow you to set yourself up for victory. Grave Pact or Dictate of Erebos help keep boards clear. Ideally, you will be sacrificing a lot of creatures, so these allow you to keep a clear (or at least semi-clear) board. Sheoldred, Whispering One is great for getting rid of threats and allowing you to get a creature out of the yard on each of your upkeeps. Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite does evil praetor things.

Orzhov has some of the best targeted removal in the game. Anguished Unmaking , Utter End , Mortify and Swords to Plowshares get rid of pesky obstacles.

Tainted Remedy can shut down life gain decks until dealt with.

Finally, we are packed with graveyard recursion. Your creatures dying is the main way this deck is set up to win, so you've got to snatch them back from the jaws of death to serve for you once again.

Let me know what you think! Suggestions are always welcome, as is (constructive) criticism. This deck is a passion project of mine, so I am always looking for ways to improve.

Top Ranked	Achieved #15 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #11 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Combo 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.50
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W
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