Teval, the Balanced Scale — Commander art

Sultai Rebirth

Teval, the Balanced Scale Commander Deck

by MasoChrist100 cards

Teval, the Balanced Scale runs a self-mill graveyard engine that treats the graveyard as a second hand. It fills the yard with mill effects, then pulls lands and creatures back out through landfall replays, graveyard casting and reanimation. Teval turns every card leaving the graveyard into a 2/2 Zombie Druid, and supporting payoffs stack draws, Treasures, Plants and pings on the same trigger, so each recursion step grows a wide board that feeds landfall drain and sacrifice outlets. How it wins: The deck builds a wide board of Zombie, Druid and Plant tokens and either overruns opponents with a mass pump or flying, or drains them out through landfall life loss, Zombie upkeep drain and graveyard-leave damage triggers. Key roles: - Self-mill: Teval's attack trigger and repeated mill effects stock the graveyard with lands and creatures, setting up every later recursion and threshold or delve payoff. (Hedron Crab, Sidisi, Brood Tyrant, Stitcher's Supplier) - Lands from the graveyard: Fetches, sacrifice-a-land effects and dredged lands are replayed or returned to the battlefield, turning milled lands into extra land drops, landfall triggers and graveyard-leave triggers. (Life from the Loam, Hedge Shredder, Icetill Explorer) - Casting and reanimating creatures from the graveyard: The deck recasts and returns creatures from the yard to rebuild its board and trigger Teval, with mass reanimation as a big swing. (Muldrotha, the Gravetide, Kotis, Sibsig Champion, Living Death) - Graveyard-leave payoffs: Cards that reward anything leaving the graveyard stack on top of Teval's Zombie trigger, adding cards, mana, Plants and direct damage. (Teval's Judgment, Syr Konrad, the Grim, Insidious Roots) - Landfall value and drain: Extra land drops and returned lands translate into cards, life loss and growing Plant tokens. (Tatyova, Benthic Druid, Ob Nixilis, the Fallen, Avenger of Zendikar) - Zombie and Druid army finishers: The token horde converts into lethal damage through mass pumps, evasion, afflict, upkeep drain and Druid-count abilities. (Craterhoof Behemoth, The Scarab God, Eldrazi Monument)

Sultai Rebirth decklist

  • Avenger of Zendikar
  • Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • Dauthi Voidwalker
  • Gilt-Leaf Archdruid
  • Gravecrawler
  • Hedron Crab
  • Icetill Explorer
  • Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • Kotis, Sibsig Champion
  • Meren of Clan Nel Toth
  • Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • River Kelpie
  • Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
  • Summon: Titan
  • Sylvan Safekeeper
  • Tasigur, the Golden Fang
  • Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • The Gitrog Monster
  • Craterhoof Behemoth
  • Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
  • Stitcher's Supplier
  • Deathrite Shaman
  • Birds of Paradise
  • Lost Monarch of Ifnir
  • Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • Six
  • Satyr Wayfinder
  • Timeless Witness
  • Wonder
  • Sol Ring
  • Smuggler's Surprise
  • Snuff Out
  • Stubborn Denial
  • Life from the Loam
  • Living Death
  • Victimize
  • Ripples of Undeath
  • Teval's Judgment
  • Cephalid Coliseum
  • Drowned Catacomb
  • Festering Thicket
  • Phyrexian Tower
  • Rain-Slicked Copse
  • Reflecting Pool
  • Underground River
  • Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • Dig Through Time
  • Mystic Remora
  • Rhystic Study
  • Arcane Signet
  • Cabal Ritual
  • Conduit of Worlds
  • The Scarab God
  • Eldrazi Monument
  • Swan Song
  • Toxic Deluge
  • Tear Asunder
  • Assassin's Trophy
  • Abrupt Decay
  • Hedge Shredder
  • Nature's Lore
  • Diabolic Intent
  • Emergent Ultimatum
  • Yavimaya Coast
  • Woodland Cemetery
  • Windswept Heath
  • Watery Grave
  • Temple of Mystery
  • Temple of Malady
  • Temple of Deceit
  • Snow-Covered Island
  • Polluted Delta
  • Overgrown Tomb
  • Mistrise Village
  • Lotus Field
  • Llanowar Wastes
  • Hinterland Harbor
  • 3× Forest
  • Flooded Strand
  • Field of the Dead
  • Fetid Pools
  • Dakmor Salvage
  • Command Tower
  • Breeding Pool
  • Farseek
  • Three Visits
  • Insidious Roots
  • Crop Rotation
  • Harrow
  • Veil of Summer
  • Cyclonic Rift
  • Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
  • Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • Snow-Covered Swamp
  • Swamp
  • Snow-Covered Forest
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