Teysa Karlov, Death Aristocrat

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Casual WB (Orzhov)

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Death-Trigger (20)

• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Flesh Carver
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Draw (12)

• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Recursion (5)

• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sun Titan

Tutor (2)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent

Token (17)

• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Flesh Carver
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Regna, the Redeemer
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Spirit Bonds
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion

Lands (38)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 13x Plains
• 14x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Removel (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Utter End

Commander (1)

Sacrifice (15)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Flesh Carver
• 1x High Market
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Ramp (9)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Board-Wipe (3)

• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Merciless Eviction

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Token (14)

• 1x Doomed Traveler
• 1x First Response
• 1x Hidden Stockpile
• 1x Ministrant of Obligation
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Promise of Bunrei
• 1x Rotlung Reanimator
• 1x Sengir Autocrat
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Thraben Doomsayer
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Weaponcraft Enthusiast

Ramp (5)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Boreas Charger
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog

Board-Wipe (1)

• 1x Austere Command

Death-Tirgger (1)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief

Sacrifice (1)

• 1x Hidden Stockpile

Tutor (1)

• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Death-Trigger (13)

• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Boreas Charger
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Deathgreeter
• 1x Ministrant of Obligation
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Promise of Bunrei
• 1x Rotlung Reanimator
• 1x Su-Chi
• 1x Twilight Drover

Draw (5)

• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Sacoutlet (4)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Cartel Aristocrat
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Other (9)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Descend upon the Sinful
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Recursion (5)

• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Thrilling Encore
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Victimize

Utility (4)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Suture Priest

Removel (2)

• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Vindicate

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Hallo and welcome to my {W} Teysa Karlov {B} EDH deck.

This deck is based around the first ability of Teysa to take advantage of effects which are triggerd whenever a creature dies. There are three main packages in this deck.

1. Tokens: You want to be able to produce tokens consistently because you need them to as sacrifice fooder. And tokens synergize with the second ability of Teysa which can be handy.
2. Sacrifice: You need sacoutlets to take advantage from the death triggered abilities of your permanents at any time you want.
3. Death triggers: To get the most out of Teysa you want to have permanents which want creatures to die.

Karmic Guide + Reveillark

The "Reveillark Combo" is Reveillark infinitely reanimating Karmic Guide which then with Guide infinitely reanimates Reveillark giving you infinite ETB or die abilities of one or more 2 or less power creatures. It can be done here by adding a sac outlet to continually sac both Guide and Lark. Since Lark's leaves the battlefield trigger is considered a die trigger then with Teysa also in play you can reanimate four creatures with power 2 or less each time Reveillark leaves the battlefield. This is not needed for the combo, but can be a ETB/die value engine.

Sacoutlets in this deck which work with this combo:

• Ashnod's Altar: creates infinite colorless mana.
• Phyrexian Altar: creates infinite colored mana.
• Viscera Seer: let you scry whatever you want on top of your library.
• Carrion Feeder: it gets any amount of +1/+1 counters on it.

Other good sacoutlets for this combo which are not in this deck: Altar of Dementia, Blasting Station.

Cards which help you to win this game with this combo:

• Blood Artist, Falkenrath Noble, Zulaport Cutthroat: With infinite death triggers you will kill all your opponents.
• Deathgreeter: you get infinite life.
• Grim Haruspex, Harvester of Souls, Midnight Reaper: You can draw your whole deck. and with Phyrexian Altar out you are able to play your whole deck. Midnight Reaper is the worst card out of these 3 to do that because you need a way to get enough life to draw that many cards with him.
• Requiem Angel: will give you a infinite amount of spirit tokens.

Nim Deathmantle

Nim Deathmantle is a very good card in this deck because it allows you to get back every creature you want if you sacrificed it. The best sacoutlet with Nim Deathmantle is Ashnod's Altar because it pays for {2} of the {4} mana by sacrificing the creature with it.

Cards which work well with Nim Deathmantle:

• Kokusho, the Evening Star: This is my favorite card in combination with Nim Deathmantle. If you have Ashnods Altar and Teysa Karlov out you propably only need {8} to kill every opponent and gain a lot of life.
• Sun Titan, Karmic Guide: You can sac one of those creatures and bring it back with Nim Deathmantle to reanimate another creature in your graveyard.
• Hallowed Spiritkeeper: You can produce a lot of Tokens with Hallowed Spriritkeeper if you sac it then bringt it back with Nim Deathmantle and sac it again and so on and so on.
• Archon of Justice: You can exile a lot of permanents with this card combination.

What is the main challange of this deck? To get the deck going you must have a lot of pieces on the board. First you need something to produce token. Then you need a sacoutlet and something that triggers whenever a creature dies. Because you need at least three pieces the deck is easy to interrupt.

The mana base is still work in progress.

Suggestions and Upvotes are appreciated!

If you like this deck check out my other decks:

• Windgrace, Lord of Lands

• Endless Hunger

Top Ranked	Achieved #12 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH WB (Orzhov) 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Horror */* B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Morph 2/2 C, Rat 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Thrull 1/1 B, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
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