Teysa, Token Shenanigans

Commander / EDH* WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (31)

• 1x Angel of Glory's Rise
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Boreas Charger
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Bygone Bishop
• 1x Cartel Aristocrat
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Tymna the Weaver *f-etch*
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 10x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thawing Glaciers
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Artifact (9)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Instant (2)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Crush Contraband

Commander (1)

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Darkest Hour
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Ethereal Absolution
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Tombstone Stairwell

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Syphon Mind

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archetypes: token control

deck motto: Sacrificing tokens for fun and profit

Built using the white Forged in Stone precon as a skeleton, but it's been heavily modified since then to support both the token theme and Teysa's abilities. A typical gamestate consists of a source of token generation and a sac outlet, letting me transform resources into tokens, and tokens into value.

Gameplan:

early game: mostly focusing on hitting land drops, and playing small creatures in preparation for midgame, when I have more resources to throw around

midgame: start setting up engines - ways for me to repeatedly kill creatures/spawn tokens/draw cards.

lategame: engines feed into each other for massive value - mana turns into tokens, tokens turn into cards and removal. goal is to keep opponent's boards clear and keep attacking until they die.

Issues:

deck is rather reliant on building engines and having them stick around - if my token generation is cut off, or if I have no sac outlet, then the deck can't be as productive. also can have problems when under a lot of pressure - Teysa's ability exile ability is an inherent 3-for-1, which means it should only be used as a last resort, or if you have massive numbers of tokens to burn. I don't have a lot of spot removal other than Teysa, so getting a Grave Pact effect online is pretty important.

Sidenotes:

-no tutors, which wasn't intentional, but I think works well. deck is fairly straightforward to play, which means it's good for lending.

-I have one or two combos in the deck, but they aren't the primary focus. opponents will generally see their inevitable demise.

-good amount of recursion. I sort of want to incorporate a reanimator subtheme.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Clue, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Haste, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	EDH