Shared Commander deck
Teysa Karlov deck
Teysa Karlov · Colorless · 100 cards · 36 lands
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Strategy
This is an Orzhov (white-black) aristocrats deck built around Teysa Karlov, whose ability doubles triggered abilities that trigger when creatures you control die, and grants your creature tokens vigilance and lifelink. The plan is to sacrifice creatures repeatedly, drain opponents with 'creature dies' triggers, and refill the board with tokens. Because Teysa doubles death triggers, drain effects like Zulaport Cutthroat, Cruel Celebrant, and Bastion of Remembrance hit twice per death, letting incremental deaths snowball into lethal life loss.
Early: Establish early sacrifice outlets and aristocrat payoffs. Carrion Feeder, Viscera Seer, and Woe Strider are free sacrifice outlets that let you convert creatures into value. Deploy cheap drain enablers such as Zulaport Cutthroat, Cruel Celebrant, Blood Artist, and Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim so that any creature death chips away at opponents. Ophiomancer supplies a steady stream of deathtouch Snake tokens each upkeep to feed your outlets. Use Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, or Orzhov Enforcer's deathtouch to survive early aggression.
Mid: Land Teysa Karlov and Drivnod, Carnage Dominus to multiply death triggers, then Pitiless Plunderer, Ashnod's Altar, and Sifter of Skulls turn sacrifices into mana and more bodies for repeatable loops. Priest of Forgotten Gods and Yahenni, Undying Partisan provide value from mass sacrifice. Card advantage comes from Skullclamp (equip a token, it dies from -1 toughness, draw two — doubled with Teysa for four), Grim Haruspex, Midnight Reaper, and Morbid Opportunist. Bartolomé del Presidio and Elenda, the Dusk Rose grow as creatures die around them. Corpse Knight and Kambal, Profiteering Mayor punish opponents as your tokens enter.
Late: With Teysa or Drivnod online, every creature death triggers your drainers twice (or three times with both out), so mass sacrifice becomes lethal. Loop creatures using Victimize, Sun Titan, and Reveillark to rebuild board presence. Massacre Wurm wipes opposing boards and drains life as each of their creatures dies. Braids, Arisen Nightmare grinds opponents down with sacrifice pressure. Thalisse, Reverent Medium and Requiem Angel flood the board with Spirit tokens (which gain vigilance and lifelink from Teysa) to feed further sacrifices and attacks.
Win conditions: Primary win is life-loss drain: with Teysa or Drivnod doubling triggers, Zulaport Cutthroat, Cruel Celebrant, Bastion of Remembrance, Blood Artist, Falkenrath Noble, Vengeful Bloodwitch, and Elas il-Kor drain all opponents as creatures die en masse. Syr Konrad, the Grim deals damage to each opponent whenever creatures die or leave graveyards. Mirkwood Bats drains for each token created or sacrificed. Secondary path is a wide token board (Elenda, the Dusk Rose's death tokens, Thalisse's Spirits) with lifelink and vigilance attacking. A sacrifice loop with Ashnod's Altar or Pitiless Plunderer plus a token generator and a drain effect can produce lethal life loss in a single turn.
- Drivnod, Carnage Dominus - Second copy of Teysa's doubling effect; stacked with Teysa, death triggers fire three times.
- Zulaport Cutthroat - Core drain payoff — each creature death drains every opponent and gains you life, doubled by Teysa.
- Pitiless Plunderer - Ramp engine; each other creature death makes a Treasure, fueling repeated sacrifice loops (doubled with Teysa).
- Skullclamp - Card-draw engine; equipping a 1-toughness token kills it for two cards, four with Teysa.
- Ashnod's Altar - Free sacrifice outlet and mana engine to power sacrifice loops.
- Elenda, the Dusk Rose - Grows with each creature death and, on dying, floods the board with lifelink Vampire tokens.
- Syr Konrad, the Grim - Direct damage payoff triggering on creature deaths and graveyard movement.
- Mirkwood Bats - Drains opponents on every token creation or sacrifice, scaling hard in a token-heavy deck.
- Massacre Wurm - Board wipe against opponents that drains 2 life per opposing creature that dies.
~$144.69
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Teysa Karlov
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Creature tokens you control have vigilance and lifelink.
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Creatures (51)
Zulaport Cutthroat
Creature — Human Rogue Ally
$0.98
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Pitiless Plunderer
Creature — Human Pirate
$3.72
Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Cruel Celebrant
Creature — Vampire
$0.84
Whenever this creature or another creature or planeswalker you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Teysa, Orzhov Scion
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
$1.24
Sacrifice three white creatures: Exile target creature.
Whenever another black creature you control dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Blood Artist
Creature — Vampire
$2.77
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Viscera Seer
Creature — Vampire Wizard
$0.38
Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight
$5.28
Lifelink
Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Elenda.
When Elenda dies, create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is Elenda's power.
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Kor Cleric
$0.99
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Pawn of Ulamog
Creature — Vampire Shaman
$0.62
Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control dies, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."
Grim Haruspex
Creature — Human Wizard
$2.46
Morph {B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.
Luminous Broodmoth
Creature — Insect
$0.61
Flying
Whenever a creature you control without flying dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a flying counter on it.
Midnight Reaper
Creature — Zombie Knight
$0.23
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, this creature deals 1 damage to you and you draw a card.
Ministrant of Obligation
Creature — Human Cleric
$0.18
Afterlife 2 (When this creature dies, create two 1/1 white and black Spirit creature tokens with flying.)
Carrion Feeder
Creature — Zombie
$3.87
This creature can't block.
Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror
$7.12
If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
{B/P}{B/P}, Exile three creature cards from your graveyard: Put an indestructible counter on Drivnod. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
$1.1
Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent.
{1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Bartolomé del Presidio
Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight
$0.3
Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on Bartolomé del Presidio.
Hallowed Spiritkeeper
Creature — Avatar
$0.41
Vigilance
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Ophiomancer
Creature — Human Shaman
$0.91
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.
Marionette Apprentice
Creature — Human Artificer
$2.6
Fabricate 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.)
Whenever another creature or artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
Legendary Creature — Aetherborn Vampire
$0.29
Haste
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Yahenni.
Sacrifice another creature: Yahenni gains indestructible until end of turn.
Hunted Witness
Creature — Human
$0.29
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink.
Solemn Simulacrum
Artifact Creature — Golem
$0.27
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.
Priest of Forgotten Gods
Creature — Human Cleric
$0.66
{T}, Sacrifice two other creatures: Any number of target players each lose 2 life and sacrifice a creature of their choice. You add {B}{B} and draw a card. (Activate only as an instant.)
Mirkwood Bats
Creature — Bat
$1.44
Flying
Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.
Orzhov Enforcer
Creature — Human Rogue
$0.11
Deathtouch
Afterlife 1 (When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.)
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Legendary Creature — Nightmare
$4.01
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.
Sifter of Skulls
Creature — Eldrazi
$0.73
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}." ({C} represents colorless mana.)
Morbid Opportunist
Creature — Human Rogue
$0.22
Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Vindictive Vampire
Creature — Vampire
$0.19
Whenever another creature you control dies, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain 1 life.
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
$4.44
Whenever one or more tokens your opponents control enter, for each of them, create a tapped token that's a copy of it. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Indebted Spirit
Enchantment Creature — Spirit
$0.25
Bestow {2}{W} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Afterlife 1 (When this permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has afterlife 1.
Tithe Taker
Creature — Human Soldier
$0.35
During your turn, spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast and abilities your opponents activate cost {1} more to activate unless they're mana abilities.
Afterlife 1 (When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.)
Infestation Sage
Creature — Elf Warlock
$0.23
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token with flying.
Requiem Angel
Creature — Angel
$0.64
Flying
Whenever another non-Spirit creature you control dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Woe Strider
Creature — Horror
$0.21
When this creature enters, create a 0/1 white Goat creature token.
Sacrifice another creature: Scry 1.
Escape—{3}{B}{B}, Exile four other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
This creature escapes with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Butcher of Malakir
Creature — Vampire Warrior
$0.32
Flying
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Falkenrath Noble
Creature — Vampire Noble
$0.15
Flying
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Junji, the Midnight Sky
Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
$0.54
Flying, menace
When Junji dies, choose one —
• Each opponent discards two cards and loses 2 life.
• Put target non-Dragon creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose 2 life.
Reveillark
Creature — Elemental
$0.52
Flying
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return up to two target creature cards with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Evoke {5}{W} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)
Vengeful Bloodwitch
Creature — Vampire Warlock
$0.28
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Greedy Freebooter
Creature — Human Pirate
$0.43
When this creature dies, scry 1 and create a Treasure token. (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom. A Treasure token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Thalisse, Reverent Medium
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
$0.31
At the beginning of each end step, create X 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying, where X is the number of tokens you created this turn.
Doomed Dissenter
Creature — Human
$0.05
When this creature dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Carrier Thrall
Creature — Vampire
$0.12
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."
Corpse Knight
Creature — Zombie Knight
$0.39
Whenever another creature you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life.
Massacre Wurm
Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
$1.7
When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.
Garrison Cat
Creature — Cat
$0.26
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Imperious Oligarch
Creature — Human Cleric
$0.21
Vigilance
Afterlife 1 (When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.)
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
$0.34
Vigilance, menace
Whenever another creature you control dies or is put into exile, put a +1/+1 counter on Syr Vondam and you gain 1 life.
When Syr Vondam dies or is put into exile while its power is 4 or greater, destroy up to one target nonland permanent.
Sun Titan
Creature — Giant
$0.29
Vigilance
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Instants (6)
Swords to Plowshares
Instant
$1.42
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Saw in Half
Instant
$5.2
Destroy target creature. If that creature dies this way, its controller creates two tokens that are copies of that creature, except their power is half that creature's power and their toughness is half that creature's toughness. Round up each time.
Village Rites
Instant
$0.3
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Path to Exile
Instant
$1.27
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Deadly Dispute
Instant
$0.28
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Sorceries (1)
Victimize
Sorcery
$0.51
Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.
Artifacts (3)
Skullclamp
Artifact — Equipment
$5.65
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip {1}
Arcane Signet
Artifact
$0.43
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Enchantments (1)
Bastion of Remembrance
Enchantment
$0.27
When this enchantment enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Planeswalkers (1)
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin
$3.72
+1: Target creature you control gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn. If it's a Vampire, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
+1: You may sacrifice a Vampire. When you do, Sorin deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
−3: You may put a Vampire creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Lands (36)
Command Tower
Land
$0.18
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Orzhov Basilica
Land
$0.22
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {W}{B}.
Bojuka Bog
Land
$1.19
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
{T}: Add {B}.
Vault of Champions
Land
$14.92
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.
Scoured Barrens
Land
$0.12
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.
Godless Shrine
Land — Plains Swamp
$8.36
({T}: Add {W} or {B}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Marsh Flats
Land
$30.86
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Shattered Sanctum
Land
$1.25
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.
Silverquill Campus
Land
$0.25
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.
{4}, {T}: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Caves of Koilos
Land
$0.72
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Isolated Chapel
Land
$0.35
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.
Tainted Field
Land
$0.3
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Temple of Silence
Land
$0.13
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.
Path of Ancestry
Land
$0.22
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Basic lands: 10 Swamp 10 Plains
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