Teysa Karlov

Teysa Karlov Commander Deck

Teysa Karlov sits at the center of a life-gain and death-trigger engine, doubling up drain effects from creatures dying while an army of soul sisters and passive triggers steadily bleed opponents out whenever life is gained or lost. The deck floods the board with creature tokens — reinforced by vigilance and lifelink from Teysa — and uses that board presence to fuel repeated drain effects through cards like Blood Artist and Sanguine Bond, punishing opponents for every life point exchanged. The win condition is attrition through incremental life-loss, backed by Felidar Sovereign as an alternate path to victory for any player who accumulates enough life from the constant lifelink and gain triggers.

Decklist

• Ajani, Strength of the Pride
• Ajani's Pridemate
• Ajani's Welcome
• Anguished Unmaking
• Arcane Signet
• Astarion, the Decadent
• Austere Command
• Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• Bastion of Remembrance
• Blood Artist
• Caves of Koilos
• Cleric Class
• Cleric of Life's Bond
• Cliffhaven Vampire
• Command Tower
• Concealed Courtyard
• Corpse Knight
• Cosmos Elixir
• Cruel Celebrant
• Dawn of Hope
• Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
• Denethor, Ruling Steward
• Despark
• Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• Elspeth Conquers Death
• Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis
• Elspeth's Nightmare
• Elspeth's Smite
• Ethereal Absolution
• Evolving Wilds
• Exotic Orchard
• Exsanguinate
• Felidar Sovereign
• Fumigate
• Greed
• Heliod, God of the Sun
• Indulging Patrician
• Kabira Crossroads
• Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• Kaya, Intangible Slayer
• Kaya's Wrath
• Marauding Blight-Priest
• Marshal's Anthem
• Mirkwood Bats
• Mortify
• Ophiomancer
• Orzhov Basilica
• Orzhov Cluestone
• Orzhov Guildgate
• Orzhov Keyrune
• Orzhov Signet
• Path to Exile
• 8× Plains
• Plumb the Forbidden
• Pontiff of Blight
• Pristine Talisman
• Radiant Fountain
• Read the Bones
• Regna, the Redeemer
• Relic Vial
• Requiem Angel
• Rite of Oblivion
• Sanguine Bond
• Scoured Barrens
• Shineshadow Snarl
• Sol Ring
• Solemn Simulacrum
• Soul Warden
• Soul's Attendant
• Speaker of the Heavens
• Sunlit Marsh
• Suture Priest
• 8× Swamp
• Swords to Plowshares
• Syr Konrad, the Grim
• Tainted Field
• Temple of Silence
• Terramorphic Expanse
• Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• Thalisse, Reverent Medium
• Village Rites
• Vindictive Vampire
• Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• Voice of the Blessed
• Wayfarer's Bauble
• Zulaport Cutthroat