Deatharmonicon: Teysa Karlov Aristocrats

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Combo Infinite Combo Tokens WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (25)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Hero of Bladehold
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Leonin Warleader
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Oathsworn Vampire
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Regna, the Redeemer
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Instant (7)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 8x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Artifact (11)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

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Creature (3)

• 1x Cartel Aristocrat
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Vindictive Vampire

Artifact (2)

• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Nim Deathmantle

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Fanatical Devotion
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Spirit Bonds

Instant (1)

• 1x Unmake

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Increasing Devotion
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Hey everyone!

This is my take on a Teysa Karlov Aristocrats deck.

She is all the rage right now, but my version of the deck is a bit different.

While most Teysa decks seem to use creatures that have effects when they die (like Kokusho, Doomed dissenter, Solemn Simulacrum, etc.), this deck will focus on triggering our permanents by killing tokens. Cards that have one-off effects are disregarded to avoid this deck running out of gas, and instead we'll be focusing on effects that can be repeated to generate value; even moreso with our commander since she'll make those value engines even better. This will also make it so this deck doesn't shut down when our commander isn't on the board.

For example, cards like Skullclamp and Dark Prophecy are prioritized over cards like Solemn Simulacrum, since they can be used repeatedly to create draw engines. The same is true for Damage, with cards like Falkenrath Noble or Blood Artist (instead of cards like Kokusho) and the same applies to Removal (with Grave Pact, Dictate of Erebos, Teysa, Orzhov Scion) or Ramp/Mana (Revel in Riches, Pitiless Plunderer).

Teysa's Lifelink ability will also allow us to make good use of Dawn of Hope, for even more draw, as well as a way to ensure Regna will be generating tokens consistently (Krav and Regna are also a very strong engine on their own, creating tokens, giving draw, lifegain, and acting as a sac outlet).

While Orzhov usually lacks mana and ramp, we'll be using Land Tax to ensure we don't miss land drops, and Treasures to have access to more mana than our opponents (notably with Smothering Tithe). We can also kill creatures to buff Black Market, or create mana with Pitiless Plunderer, which both benefit from our Commander. They, with the addition of Smothering Tithe also benefit from Anointed Procession, as it doesn't only affect creature tokens. We can then use that mana on Hangarback Walker, Martial Coup or Secure the Wastes for even more tokens.

As far as combos go:

Reassembling Skeleton and Bloodsoaked Champion both go infinite with Anointed Procession (or our commander) with Pitiless Plunderer and a free sac outlet, allowing us to win with Blood Artist and friends. Those cards can also be reanimated by themselves, so we can sacrifice them as many times as we want to fuel many of our engines (Black market, Teysa, Orzhov Scion, Skullclamp, name it) when we're out of tokens (for example after a board wipe).

Requiem angel goes infinite with Reassembling Skeleton or Bloodsoaked Champion with Phyrexian Altar. This also generates infinite tokens with our Commander or procession.

Nether traitor, Reassembling Skeleton and Bloodsoaked go infinite with Phyrexian Altar and Teysa, Orzhov Scion (again: infinite tokens with our Commander or procession).

Divine Visitation goes infinite with Requiem Angel and a free sac outlet and as such is another win-con with Blood Artist and friends. With a token doubler, this also generates infinite tokens.

Of course, Karmic Guide, Reveillark and a free sac outlet go infinite, which is another win con with Blood Artist and friends, and can also generate infinite tokens with Requiem Angel, or infinite mana with Pitiless Plunderer.

Spawning Pit + Pitiless Plunderer + Anointed Procession + 2 creatures/tokens = infinite mana.

Spawning Pit + Pitiless Plunderer + Nether Traitor + any other creature/token = infinite loop (and infinite mana with our Commander or Procession).

Variant of this deck, but with Orzhov Scion as the commander: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/tithe-mistress-teysa-aristocrats/

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Cat 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B