Various Shades of Grey: Teysa Control

Commander / EDH* Combo Infinite Combo Reanimator Stax Tokens WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (25)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Knight-Captain of Eos
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Land (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Kjeldoran Outpost
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 9x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Strip Mine
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Instant (7)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Artifact (10)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine

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Land (10)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath

Creature (6)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Angel of Despair
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Necropotence

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"Do not linger there, child. There the gwyllions dance. If they find you, you will join in their revels for eternity."

For the longest time, she lingered in my binder. I tried to find ways to put her to use, but she always got cut from any casual deck that I tried to build. Then, I was introduced to Commander.

And Teysa was born.

She came in the in-between hours. Her original attendants lacked finesse, and the ideas of grandeur that I knew she could attain were mired down in mediocrity.

But grow she did, and as I grew her servants, drawing from across the AEther the champions of faraway places, the unique, and the ornate. My love for her only grew in the face of her stony determination. She would not even accept death as victory, for she knew that obliteration meant total submission.

She grew, and she burned the world around her.

And in it's place, she built her church, a testament to the grandiose and lengthy nature of her journey. And one by one, her enemies laid their arms at her feet. And her allies laid down their lives.

All pay tithes to the Scion of Orzhova.

This is my Teysa, Orzhov Scion EDH deck. This deck is my first EDH deck (though by far not my only one), and I am still as much in love with her as I was 4 years ago. The deck continues to grow, and evolve, as I find better cards to suit her. Her current play style is suited to Token Combo/Control, but it is very easy to move things around to open up other routes.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.42
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Monk 1/1 W, Myr 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B