The deck is an Orzhov aristocrats build. Teysa Karlov doubles every death trigger, so each creature that dies, usually by its own sacrifice, pays out twice through drain effects, token makers, card draw and Treasure. Token generators keep a steady supply of fodder, and Teysa gives those tokens vigilance and lifelink. Lifegain payoffs then turn the incidental life gain into more drain and more bodies. How it wins: It grinds opponents out with repeated, doubled life-drain from creatures dying, plus lifegain-to-damage triggers, finishing with a large sacrifice turn or a flying token swarm. Key roles: - Doubled death-trigger payoffs: Creatures that drain, deal damage or draw whenever something dies, each firing twice under Teysa Karlov. (Zulaport Cutthroat, Syr Konrad, the Grim, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim) - Sacrifice outlets: Free or repeatable ways to kill creatures on demand, turning bodies into drain, mana, counters or cards whenever needed. (Carrion Feeder, Vermin Gorger, Village Rites) - Token and fodder generation: Cards that create spirits, zombies and soldiers, many of them on death so a single sacrifice replaces itself twice, plus populate effects that copy the best tokens. (Requiem Angel, Teysa, Orzhov Scion, Muster the Departed) - Value from dying: Death and token triggers that produce cards and Treasure to keep the engine fueled, with Teysa Karlov doubling the uncapped ones. (Pitiless Plunderer, Liliana, Dreadhorde General, Rat King, Verminister) - Lifegain conversion: Lifelinking tokens and gain-life triggers fed into cards that punish opponents or grow threats each time life is gained. (Sanguine Bond, Marauding Blight-Priest, Kambal, Profiteering Mayor) - Recursion and blink loops: Effects that return creatures after they die or flicker them, retriggering enter and death abilities for repeated value. (Pain 101, Ghost Council of Orzhova, Liliana, Heretical Healer)

Teysa Karlov decklist

• Anguished Unmaking
• Ayara, First of Locthwain
• Bartolomé del Presidio
• Bloodline Keeper
• Carrion Feeder
• Cecil, Dark Knight
• Clarion Spirit
• Cloudshift
• Command Tower
• Culling the Weak
• Darien, King of Kjeldor
• Dark Ritual
• Darksteel Ingot
• Decode Transmissions
• Defiler of Faith
• Despark
• Diabolic Tutor
• Distinguished Conjurer
• Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• Feed the Swarm
• Forge, Neverwinter Charlatan
• Fracture
• Ghost Council of Orzhova
• Haliya, Guided by Light
• Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• Karlov of the Ghost Council
• Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• Liliana, Heretical Healer
• Marauding Blight-Priest
• Mortify
• Muster the Departed
• Nahiri's Binding
• Nesting Dovehawk
• Night's Whisper
• Orzhov Locket
• Pain 101
• Panharmonicon
• Phyrexian Etchings
• Pitiless Plunderer
• 14× Plains
• Pristine Talisman
• Rat King, Verminister
• Rebuff the Wicked
• Requiem Angel
• Royal Assassin
• Sanguine Bond
• Scoured Barrens
• Shelter
• Shineshadow Snarl
• Skirsdag High Priest
• Sol Ring
• 13× Swamp
• Swords to Plowshares
• Syr Konrad, the Grim
• Tainted Field
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Temple of Silence
• Temporal Isolation
• Terramorphic Expanse
• Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• The Book of Exalted Deeds
• The Queen of Dale
• Thriving Heath
• Tithe Drinker
• Tithe Taker
• Umbral Collar Zealot
• Vault of the Archangel
• Vermin Gorger
• Vexilus Praetor
• Village Rites
• Vindicate
• Westvale Abbey
• Witch's Cauldron
• Zulaport Cutthroat