May We Never Part | Teysa Karlov EDH | PRIMER

Commander / EDH Afterlife Aristocrats Counters Lifegain Primer Reanimator Sacrifice Tokens WB (Orzhov)

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Land (34)

• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 8x Plains
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Shineshadow Snarl
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Sac Outlets (11)

• 1x Aron, Benalia's Ruin
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x High Market
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Woe Strider

Recursion (9)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Kaya the Inexorable
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Viconia, Drow Apostate

Support (4)

• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Kaya, Geist Hunter
• 1x Sigarda's Summons
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Protection (3)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Afterlife Tokens (15)

• 1x Alharu, Solemn Ritualist
• 1x Basri's Lieutenant
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
• 1x Field of Souls
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Kaya the Inexorable
• 1x Ministrant of Obligation
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Orzhov Enforcer
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Seraph of the Scales
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Tithe Taker

+1/+1 Counters (11)

• 1x Alharu, Solemn Ritualist
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Aron, Benalia's Ruin
• 1x Basri's Lieutenant
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
• 1x Kaya, Geist Hunter
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Serra Redeemer

Ramp (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy

Token Generation (5)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Kaya, Geist Hunter
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Control (3)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1x Tithe Taker

Alternate Commander (1)

• 1x Felisa, Fang of Silverquill

Commander (1)

Removal (12)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Damn
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Kaya the Inexorable
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion

Card Draw (10)

• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Welcoming Vampire

Lifedrain (6)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Lifegain (4)

• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Boardwipes (2)

• 1x Damn
• 1x Living Death

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Ah, the old phrase: "'til death do we part". People like to believe that they move on after death, I'm afraid that isn't possible around here. You see, a debt is still owed to the Orzhov Syndicate, and Teysa Karlov intends to collect. It's best to be prepared for your Debtors' Knell, because I'm afraid that the Tithe Taker intends collect. Be prepared to spend a lot of time in the Field of Souls, because I'm afraid that the Grave Pact you made with Teysa, Orzhov Scion will last for centuries. In the Orzhov Syndicate the end of life does not mean the end of your debt!

General Game Plan

In this deck we plan to take full advantage of Teysa Karlov. First off we have her ability that makes death triggers happen again, commonly called "deathmonicon" after the beloved Panharmonicon. This is an ability that we plan to take full advantage of, and our deck reflects that. Pretty much everything in the deck interacts with this ability. Teysa's second ability is interesting, and one that can lead to some fun strategies: Creature tokens you control have Vigilance and Lifelink. Tokens, now we have a direction to take our death triggers. Now we have the goal to make as many tokens upon death as possible. This is done through cards from Ravnica Allegiance that have afterlife like Tithe Taker and cards that will simulate it like Field of Souls and Open the Graves. Additionally, we also have some cards that can give us a huge payoff upon death like Elenda, the Dusk Rose and Hangarback Walker.

So, let's sum up our game plan: 1. Put stuff on the board that does stuff upon creatures dying. 2. Make stuff die. 3. ??? 4. Profit.

Token Generation

In the deck we want to create lots of tokens so we can take advantage of Teysa's second ability. We aim to do this in two ways: Token creation on death, and cards that just create them for the fun of it.

Notable cards here include:

• Elenda, the Dusk Rose. An amazing card with Teysa. Elenda can get out of hand very quickly, so your opponents better act fast when she hits the board. Otherwise there's gonna be a whole lot of vampire tokens for them to stare down.

• Hangarback Walker. Similar to Elenda, but harder to scale. The amount of flying tokens you can get from this is amazing though.

• Requiem Angel, Field of Souls, Ogre Slumlord, Open the Graves. These cards give our whole team a form of Afterlife, which is pretty good.

• Felisa, Fang of Silverquill, Basri's Lieutenant, Alharu, Solemn Ritualist. These act as another form of Afterlife for the team, but also give us a payoff for the +1 Counter subtheme!

Here we have some other notable cards for token creation.

• Anointed Procession. Because what do you do when you create tokens? Create more of them of course!

• Divine Visitation. Because this could just get crazy (Last I checked a 4/4 Angel was bigger than a 1/1 Spirit).

+1 Counters

Here is how we make our creatures bigger, and get some value. Some notable cards include:

Archangel of Thune, Cathars' Crusade, Drana, Liberator of Malakir, and Necropolis Regent. These all help us pump up the whole team in a big way.

Fain, the Broker, and Kaya, Geist Hunter. These help us choose where to put the counters, and get some value along the way.

Sac Outlets

These are the ways that we can get rid our creatures to take advantage of them dying. Notable cards here include:

• Woe Strider/Viscera Seer: Beeing able to filter through the top of our deck for the stuff we need is always pretty good. Also helps that these are free instant speed outlets!

• Braids, Arisen Nightmare: Just gives us a lot of value while putting our opponents in a bit of a bind.

Other Ways Death Pays

We don't just create tokens, not when there's other ways that death can be taken advantage of!

Dictate of Erebos/Grave Pact: One of our creatures dies, opponents lose two. That's just straight value right there.

Cruel Celebrant, Zulaport Cutthroat, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, and Syr Konrad, the Grim: Because sometimes your opponents just won't die.

Liliana, Dreadhorde General, Grim Haruspex, Morbid Opportunist, and Erebos, Bleak-Hearted: Because a way to draw cards when we want is always helpful.

Recursion

This deck doesn't bring a whole lot back from the grave, but it has some good ways to do it.

Luminous Broodmoth, Athreos, God of Passage, and Liesa, Forgotten Archangel: An awesome way to bring stuff back, I sure hope that your opponents didn't want to boardwipe!

Debtors' Knell, Oversold Cemetery/Viconia, Drow Apostate, and Sun Titan: Good ways to bring stuff back repeatedly

I hope you like the deck! Comments, suggestions, and upvotes are encouraged.

I hope you like the deck! Comments, suggestions, and upvotes are encouraged.

If you want a more budget friendly/casual version of a Teysa Karlov deck then feel free to check out My Personal Teysa Karlov EDH. This is also the current state of the deck as I slowly get the cards for thus list!

As of January 31, 2019 this deck is the #1 Teysa Karlov deck on TappedOut! Also, special thanks to scotchtapedsleeves for doing the coding for the deckpage!

Credit to The Deckcoders' Alliance for the code on this page

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 year
Exclude colors	URG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Emblem Kaya the Inexorable, Goat 0/1 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Inkling 2/1 WB, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Morph 2/2 C, Rat 1/1 B, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
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