Teysa Karlov Aristocrat Combo

Commander / EDH Infinite Combo Reanimator Tokens Value Engine WB (Orzhov)

Kripkenstein

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Malakir Mire  ^Flip
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 4x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Strip Mine
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Darkest Hour
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Creature (26)

• 1x Doomed Traveler
• 1x Hunted Witness
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Carrier Thrall
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Orzhov Enforcer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Tithe Taker
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x Jerren, Corrupted Bishop  ^Flip
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Body Launderer
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Instant (7)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Inkshield

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Phyrexian Altar

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Persist
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Beseech the Mirror
• 1x Austere Command

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana, Defiant Necromancer  ^Flip
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

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Sideboard

Creature (21)

• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Tenacious Dead
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1x Imperious Oligarch
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Painter's Servant
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Vesperlark
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Cavalier of Dawn
• 1x Cavalier of Night
• 1x Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star
• 1x Ashen Rider

Instant (10)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Sheoldred's Edict
• 1x Reaping the Graves
• 1x Utter End

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Light of Day
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Revel in Riches

Land (3)

• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Plains
• 1x Swamp

Artifact (9)

• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Vat of Rebirth
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Gate to the Afterlife
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Gift

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Damn
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Vanquish the Horde
• 1x Dusk / Dawn

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Amalia Benavides Aguirre
• 1x Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1x Oathsworn Vampire
• 1x Denethor, Ruling Steward
• 1x Feral Ghoul
• 1x Ophiomancer

Instant (5)

• 1x Surge of Salvation
• 1x Brought Back
• 1x Everybody Lives!
• 2x Stroke of Midnight

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Back for Seconds
• 1x Beseech the Mirror
• 1x Rankle's Prank
• 1x Expel the Interlopers
• 1x Lich-Knights' Conquest

Artifact (2)

• 1x Relic Vial
• 1x The Pandorica

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Dawn of a New Age
• 1x Four Knocks
• 2x Court of Ardenvale
• 1x Virtue of Persistence

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Powerlevel

While this is not a cEDH Deck, the powerlevel of this deck is quite high. You can very reasonably expect to combo off from turn 4 if your board is left unchecked. If you want to increase the powerlevel (or lower it), you want to switch out cards for tutors and other cEDH staples (or the opposite). You can reliably tutor for your winning combos illustrated below allthough none of these are strictly speaking cEdh combos. You can find most of these cards in the maybeboard. The current decklist is built for a strong but still casual deck.

Strategy

The basic strategy of this deck obviously revolves around death triggers. For this you need a sacrifice engine, fodder for the engine and your value pieces. Usually you want to try to put your engine and your value pieces on the field at the same time, to minimize the chance of interaction. For most people, a Phyrexian Altar or really any free sacrifice outlet, will be a huge red flag and they will try to remove it immediatly. If you dont think you can combo off immediatly or generate alot of value, you should usually wait with putting all your pieces down. So your early turns will mostly revolve around ramp and putting down your fodder. A good hand usually consists of about 3 lands as well as some kind of mana generator. Your commander is the most important value piece, so put her down last.

Winning Combos

Usually to win you need a free sacrifice outlet (for example the altars etc) and a way to either return creatures from your graveyard (like Phyrexian Reclamation, Reanimate etc) or enough token generation or creatures (like Hallowed Spiritkeeper, anything with afterlife etc) to repeat your sacrifices alot of times. If you then have something that generates mana of sacrifices (like Phyrexian Altar,Ashnod's Altar, Pitiless Plunderer etc) and/or draws cards (like Grim Haruspex, Dark Prophecy, Liliana, Dreadhorde General etc) it's an almost guaranteed win if you have some cheap sacrifice fodder. You then want to search for one of your pingers; The Meathook Massacre, Zulaport Cutthroat, Bastion of Remembrance, Relic Vial or Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim to win the game. Teysa Karlov will hugely increase the value of any of these pieces. To protect your combo, use Teferi's Protection or Grand Abolisher. You can also easily go infinite with Darkest Hour + Teysa, Orzhov Scion .

Overall, your best combo pieces are; For Fodder: Nether Traitor, Junji, the Midnight Sky and Reassembling Skeleton because of their innate graveyard return; For sacrifice Engines: Phyrexian Altar, Ashnod's Altar because they generate mana and are free; For card Draw: Liliana, Dreadhorde General and Dark Prophecy because they draw of nontoken creatures and Skullclamp because it draws a ridiculous amount of cards. The pingers are all pretty much the same for you, other game winning creatures are however Tergrid, God of Fright   if you can force discards and/or sacrifices for example with Vindictive Lich or Dictate of Erebos

Weaknesses

Graveyard hate obviously, especially if it prevents creatures entering the graveyard in the first place. Also you have alot of combo pieces that dont do much on their own, which can be hard if you draw badly or if your boardpieces get removed repeatedly.

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The following is a list of cards that can also be considered for this Deck;

Burn

1x Blood Artist 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim 1x Vindictive Vampire

Card Draw

1x Liliana's Standard Bearer 1x Plumb the Forbidden 1x Sister Repentia 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools 1x Tymna the Weaver 1x Village Rites

Graveyard Returns / Protection

1x Animate Dead 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled 1x Convergence of Dominion 1x Elixir of Immortality 1x Feldon's Cane 1x Forever Young 1x Ghost Ark 1x Kaya's Ghostform 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel 1x Lurrus of the Dream-Den 1x Nim Deathmantle 1x Orbs of Warding 1x Perpetual Timepiece 1x Pull from Eternity 1x Rebuff the Wicked 1x Resurrection Orb 1x Reveillark

Lands

1x Fabled Passage 1x Orzhov Basilica 1x Wasteland

Mana

1x Carnival of Souls 1x Illuminor Szeras 1x Sifter of Skulls 1x The Golden Throne

Removal

1x Blot Out the Sky 1x Butcher of Malakir 1x Damnation 1x Despark 1x Dire Tactics 1x Doom Blade 1x Go for the Throat 1x Path to Exile 1x Reliquary Monk

Sacrifice Engines

1x Ayara, First of Locthwain 1x Fanatical Devotion 1x Krav, the Unredeemed

Special Synergies

1x Contamination 1x Dramatic Finale 1x Ethereal Absolution 1x Ravos, Soultender

Token Generation / Sacrifices

1x Anointed Procession 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder 1x Gutterbones 1x Hidden Stockpile 1x Regna, the Redeemer 1x Thalisse, Reverent Medium

Date added	2 years
Last updated	9 months
Key combos	Darkest Hour + Teysa, Orzhov Scion
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 12 Mythic Rares 43 - 23 Rares 18 - 16 Uncommons 8 - 4 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.67
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Golem 3/3 C, Human 1/1 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Inkling 2/1 WB, Morph 2/2 C, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Teysa Karlov, Built Decks
Based on	Teysa Karlov OG Kripkenstein EDH