Teysa, Sec

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Combo Competitive Midrange WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (34)

• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Defiant Bloodlord
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Flesh Carver
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Ravos, Soultender
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Regna, the Redeemer
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Seraph of the Scales
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x High Market
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 7x Plains
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Instant (5)

• 1x Crush Contraband
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Unbreakable Formation
• 1x Utter End

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Call the Gatewatch
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Artifact (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

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I got the idea from this deck DJ's Teysa which Jumbo Commander played on Game Knights #23 hosted by Command Zone. I thought the deck had legs but it didn't get a chance to do much. I felt it needed to get up and do something. This is her doing what she was meant to do!

Design Thoughts

I played the original deck a few times and found areas I thought could be improved on. More specifically, there were several cards that I didn't think did enough to support or exploit Teysa's abilities. After making a number of changes and improvements, I played it a few more times and then started on trying to further focus on her abilities and those of the minions she controls. Almost every non-land card does double duty (Kokusho has a death trigger and also life alteration for example) and several of the lands also do double duty.

I'd appreciate an upvote. If you have any comments or suggestions to improve this deck, please leave me a comment.

Changes

Changes Mar, 20, 2019

Out: Pitiless Plunderer , Revel in Riches , Ruthless Knave , Treasure Map  

In: Cliffhaven Vampire , Defiant Bloodlord , Exquisite Blood , Sanguine Bond

Changes Mar 9, 2019

Out: Ancient Stone Idol , Barbed Sextant , Butcher of Malakir , Isolated Chapel , Overseer of the Damned , Shambling Vent , Sword of Body and Mind , Sword of Light and Shadow , and Thrilling Encore

In: Call the Gatewatch , Elspeth, Sun's Champion , Enlightened Tutor , Gift of Immortality , Grand Coliseum , Thran Dynamo , Unworthy Dead , Wasteland , and Swamp

Changes Mar 2, 2019

Out: Anguished Unmaking , Barren Moor , Burnished Hart , Corpse Augur , Fellwar Stone , Kor Cartographer , Midnight Reaper , Mimic Vat , Nim Deathmantle , Pawn of Ulamog , Read the Bones , Scavenger Grounds , Scrubland , Secluded Steppe , Sidisi, Undead Vizier , Tymna the Weaver , and Wayfarer's Bauble

In: Anointed Procession , Butcher of Malakir , Demonic Tutor , Diabolic Intent , Falkenrath Noble , Harvester of Souls , Lightning Greaves , Ogre Slumlord , Open the Graves , Orzhov Basilica , Phyrexian Rebirth , Reassembling Skeleton , Rupture Spire , Sword of Body and Mind , Toxic Deluge , Twilight Drover , and Vindictive Vampire

Death Triggers

These cards trigger when they die also triggering Teysa's first ability:

Blood Artist , Elenda, the Dusk Rose , Falkenrath Noble , Flesh Carver , Hallowed Spiritkeeper , Hangarback Walker , Kokusho, the Evening Star , Solemn Simulacrum , Vindictive Lich , Wurmcoil Engine , Yosei, the Morning Star , and Zulaport Cutthroat

These cards trigger Teysa's second ability when something else dies:

Athreos, God of Passage , Blood Artist , Dictate of Erebos , Elenda, the Dusk Rose , Falkenrath Noble , Grave Pact , Grim Haruspex , Harvester of Souls , Massacre Wurm , Open the Graves , Ogre Slumlord , Phyrexian Rebirth , Requiem Angel , Seraph of the Scales , Sifter of Skulls , Skullclamp , Teysa, Orzhov Scion , Twilight Drover , Vindictive Vampire , Yahenni, Undying Partisan , and Zulaport Cutthroat

Life Alterations

The following cards provide life gain:

Blood Artist , Falkenrath Noble , High Market , Kokusho, the Evening Star , Vindictive Vampire , and Zulaport Cutthroat

Whereas the following cards provide for your opponent's life drain:

Athreos, God of Passage , Blood Artist , Falkenrath Noble , Kokusho, the Evening Star , Massacre Wurm , Vindictive Lich , Vindictive Vampire , and Zulaport Cutthroat

Sacrifice Outlets

Ashnod's Altar , Flesh Carver , High Market , Krav, the Unredeemed , Phyrexian Altar , Phyrexian Tower , Teysa, Orzhov Scion , Westvale Abbey  , Yahenni, Undying Partisan , and Zulaport Cutthroat

Tokens

Token Generators

Crested Sunmare , Elenda, the Dusk Rose , Flesh Carver , Grave Titan , Hallowed Spiritkeeper , Hangarback Walker , Ogre Slumlord , Open the Graves , Phyrexian Rebirth , Regna, the Redeemer , Requiem Angel , Seraph of the Scales , Sifter of Skulls , Teysa, Orzhov Scion , Twilight Drover , Westvale Abbey  , and Wurmcoil Engine

Token Multipliers:

Anointed Procession , Divine Visitation , and Teysa Karlov

Combos and Win Condition

Exquisite Blood / Vindictive Vampire and Cliffhaven Vampire / Defiant Bloodlord / Sanguine Bond on the battlefield. Then when someone loses life or gains life this combo goes infinite.

Cathars' Crusade + Elspeth, Sun's Champion + Divine Visitation . Once everyone is on the battlefield, +1 Elspeth to create 3x 1/1 Soldiers, Divine makes them 4/4 Angels with Flying and Vigilance, and Cathars adds 3x 1/1 counters to them (and every other creature). This is not really a win condition but you have 3x 7/7 Angels and all your other creatures are +3/+3 bigger. P.S. You can use Call the Gatewatch to find Elspeth and any of the tutors to find the other cards.

Reassembling Skeleton + Phyrexian Altar + Blood Artist / Zulaport Cutthroat + a death will make a token creature like Sifter of Skulls . Sac the skeleton to the altar, this creates the colored mana to needed to bring the skeleton back, meanwhile, artist or Zulaport pings an opponent and a token is created to be used as colorless mana. Pay the black and colorless cost to bring the skeleton back to the battlefield. Slow but infinite and death to all opponents.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.81
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Horror */* B, Horse 5/5 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Morph 2/2 C, Phyrexian Horror X/X C, Rat 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Teysa