Teysa Karlov: Aristocats

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Sacrifice Tokens WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (34)

• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Doomed Traveler
• 1x Dutiful Attendant
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Garrison Cat
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Orzhov Enforcer
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Pitiless Pontiff
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Seraph of the Scales
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Thalisse, Reverent Medium
• 1x Tithe Taker
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (36)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 12x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Victimize

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Blight Mound
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Fanatical Devotion
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Instant (6)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Village Rites

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Teysa Karlov aristocrats that abuses token creation and death triggers, with draining cards like Zulaport Cutthroat, Bastion of Remembrance, and Cruel Celebrant as the wincons. Combos like Divine Visitation & Requiem Angel (Infinite 4/4 tokens with Sac Outlet & drain) or Reassembling Skeleton, Ashnods Altar, Pitiless Plunderer (Infinite mana & drain) will never be required to win. You can easily drain your opponents for upwards of 20-40 life in one turn without them on as early as turn 4/5 if allowed to set up. Please give any feedback about card addition/removal that might improve this deck!

Commander

Teysa is a Death-Harmonicon for and is a catalyst for all of the deck's shenanigans. She makes all drain cards drain each opponent for 2 per creature death, she doubles the amount of tokens made on death, and she allows cards like Dictate of Erebos and Butcher of Malakir to become ultra effective board wipes. You can win the game without ever casting her, but it makes the deck so much more fun to have her out. Also, she gives creature tokens (which you'll make a lot of) vigilance and lifelink, which can really help if you ever remember that. But her first ability far outshines that one, so it's easy to forget and a treat when you do remember.

Win Conditions

Drain like Zulaport Cutthroat, Vindictive Vampire, Blood Artist, and Bastion of Remembrance are the primary way you'll win with this deck. Draining opponents for life can end games in a single turn with a decently developed board. However, some other ways that can allow you to win are preventing any creatures from existing with Butcher of Malakir and Dictate of Erebos, swinging wide with the many token creators this deck has (don't forget vigilance and lifelink), or finding one of the complex infinites in this deck that often involve 3-6 cards synergizing.

Combos

These combos are complex and not the primary focus of this deck, just cards I put in that happen to usually go infinite together. While none need Teysa, all combos are better with her. They include:

- Drain, Ashnods Altar, Pitiless Plunderer, Reassembling Skeleton (Infinite damage/Mana).

- Ayara, First of Locthwain, Ashnods Altar, Pitiless Plunderer, Reassembling Skeleton (Infinite damage).

- Requiem Angel, Divine Visitation (Infinite tokens with Sacs)

- Elenda & Teysa are an honourable mention, as with a sac outlet and a few creatures they will win a game. Teysa doubles the +1/+1 counters on Elenda and the tokens made on death. This can drain 32 life just by sacrificing 3 creatures and Elenda w/ vampire tokens. These two end games easily.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.12
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Goat 0/1 W, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Pest 1/1 BG, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance, Zombie 2/2 B