Teval, the Balanced Scale
Flying Whenever Teval attacks, mill three cards. Then you may return a land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature token.
How Teval decks play in EDH
Teval, the Balanced Scale is a Sultai commander in blue, black and green costing 1BGU, and its legendary creature - spirit dragon line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The cards below are the ones Teval, the Balanced Scale decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $48.85Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Card draw (3)
Removal (1)
Creatures (10)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
Lands (2)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Teval, the Balanced Scale decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Teval, the Balanced Scale deck?
Teval, the Balanced Scale has a Sultai colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue, black and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Teval, the Balanced Scale?
The cards played most often in Teval, the Balanced Scale decks include Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot, Primal Witchstalker, Turbulent Wetlands. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Teval, the Balanced Scale deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $48.85 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Teval, the Balanced Scale deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.