Teysa Karlov Commander Deck Tech

Teysa Karlov doubles up all your death triggers and lifelinks your tokens. With all that murder value and minion support, I think she'll make a solid guild leader and an even better general.
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[@wintercat1027]

This video must have had afterlife

[@Tectonix26]

"Every copy of Teysa, *even the horrible ones*" My good sir there are no horrible copies of Teysa. I resent your implication :p

[@felixrivera895]

I play Envoy of Ghosts incase someone has a creature strat. Sure I have to ramp her onto the field but once she's there she's the perfect reason not to attack me

[@TheNickelDrummer]

I’ve been playing MTG on and off for 23 years. My way back grass roots in the game were orzhov, back in the days of working like a dog to keep Lord of the Pit happy. I came out of a 6 year hiatus from the game about 2 years ago to try the new (to me) commander format. I’ve been struggling really bad thus to get a foothold in the format... Until now. Thank you so much for posting! this is an excellent primer, on an amazing commander that speaks volume to us old grindhouse value-engine loving pugs.

[@julianschwartz6672]

I have been subscribed for a while now and I love all of your deck techs! This deck is super cool and I ordered all the cards on TCG and I can't wait to play it myself. Keep up the good work DJ!

[@asimpletrashgoblin8109]

DJ, I’m glad that you got to build around my favorite commander. I can’t wait to watch it in action! Also, Gratz on the GK’s seat! May you be the one to stand.

[@c.jhamblin5759]

I got a 5 hour long ad for Lego movie that was just the same line of a song repeating over and over. I already know this video is going to be great.

[@alexanderneimeth4538]

Memes Mcgee same here. Is the song stuck in your head.

[@aydensauvageau9393]

@@alexanderneimeth4538 same

[@NRGFL0]

I love how excited you get about your decks!

[@Danem2186]

Teysa is great! Love the deck tech, thanks for the effort you put into these!

[@gemyniraptor8626]

DJ, love your stuff man, you've become one of my favorite channels. PLEASE ENABLE CLOSED CAPTIONING on you vids man, so I can enjoy your stuff in places where I can't have sound on.

[@IndraSunrise]

I totally second this.

[@dantaylmao]

Can't wait to see the Game Knights ep! Been working on a Teysa deck the past couple of weeks and I'm LOVING it!

[@mintspears6714]

I'm so excited to see you on Game Knights! I'm rooting for you!

[@aidennoir597]

I've already started assembling my Teysa deck (pulled her at prerelease) and this is a big help. Thanks DJ!

[@robertsudhoff6033]

I’ve been dying for this!! Thank you!

[@roblove5470]

DJ you make magic so amazing with your passion for the game. I really appreciate what you do for the community man. Thanks a ton

[@damiansalza7297]

Dude, you nailed this deck! Great ideas. Reminds me of my Meren B/G deck. Sac outlets are so fun! You have not lived until you recur Kokusho three times in a row. I can't even imagine with this commander. YIKES!

[@DJFay721]

This deck looks sweet, DJ. Love your deck techs!

[@stepforwardentertainment715]

I was watching this and thinking to myself, "If I don't see Krav and Regna here, I'm SOO gonna troll the comments." Seconds later, you mentioned Krav and Regna, which are the commanders of my Orzhov deck. And Teysa was in my prerelease kit so you better believe it went into that deck. I had to review your deck tech because I like checking out other ideas that maybe I never saw a card I could use. The vampire from Ravnica Allegiance, for example! I don't know how I missed that one! Thanks for your deck techs, DJ, you rock!

[@westonlusk729]

DJ, You Rock! Best deck techs by far! Keep it up!

[@Drakengod691]

This is what I was waiting for. She is one commander in awhile that I couldn't wait to build. Glad you're piloting this on game knights!

[@Grimm_HD]

This video has been invaluable for me. Definitely building this deck, not your exact list, but similar.

[@dragonmastersk7913]

OMG this deck is so awesome. What about Open the Graves or cards like Secure the Wastes and True Conviction... Man the token synergies in B/W are sooo good with this deck. I can't wait to see this deck in action. I'm definetly getting the Guild Kit, thanks DJ :)

[@fredriknyqvist7720]

I love this video! Everything I want to do in magic (when I don't have access to blue of course) and I am really excited to go watch game knights now. Keep up the excellent work!

[@liemsolow3697]

2:12 I'm staring straight at the sun

[@kylesavage4525]

If u knew how old she actually is u probably wouldn't

[@Moonsault37]

@@kylesavage4525 maybe I still would

[@darylchiu9030]

Finally, I've been looking for a comprehensive Teysa Tokens deck and DJ delivers as always. ^_^

[@TheySaidWeSaid]

I love this deck so much DJ! I now have something to build with my foil stamped Teysa Karlov.

[@Noah-tg3vf]

I just built my Teysa, Orzhov Scion deck after being so hyped for allegiance and I have to say it's super fun and genuinely competitive. I have Teysa Karlov as an alternate commander due to her being so synergistic with the deck and being a nice change of pace. I am a HUGE fan of the treasure mechanic and for anyone who hasn't seen yet, THE NEW TREASURE TOKENS IN ALLEGIANCE ARE ORZHOV THEMED! OMA has awesome metal coins for treasure tokens that I also find super cool. BTW good luck on Game Knights dude, can't wait to watch tm.

[@GuardianAngelEatos]

I'm excited to see you play on Game Knights in tomorrow's video DJ! Also, I really like this commander! I've been wanting an Orzhov commander, and I think this is the one for me!

[@leSmokySmoke]

I'm really happy right now, as it seems I have finally improved a bit at deck building seeing how similar our lists are! I made a list for my Teysa Commander Deck because I really like the idea behind it, and my list is like 90% your list. :)

[@leSmokySmoke]

I actually can't believe HOW similar our decks are! Even my "stupid" ideas are the exact same as yours! :P Like Ancient stone Idol, Revel in Riches or even the My little pony farm :D But really, the core Strategy and build is absolutly fun! In my second game yesterday I already pulled of an infinite combo which I didn't even know was in there.

[@Nanot33]

DJ's deck techs always gets me hyped up!

[@kaiandreasen766]

Super fun and flexible deck. Thanks!

[@r.a.w.780]

I can't wait to build my Teysa deck! So hyped for this commander 😁

[@terriblemonstersart8144]

The video has afterlife

[@Maleusification]

DJ juste saying in passing. Following you since a while. Was very glad to have you on command zone (I love Jimmy too don't get me wrong) and I hope it channel grows the way it deserve to. (Top 3 mtg channel imo with the boyz of CZ and prof)

[@stevenobal4087]

Awesome video with a fun, exciting deck. I’m rooting for you on Game Knights, even if Vinnie is playing my preferred color choices!

[@Hadthese]

I’ve been waiting so long to see you play DJ!

[@Mach9330]

I wanted to thank you, DJ, for inspiring me to build Teysa Karlov. The value will be had!

[@faultier1158]

When I brainstormed a deck list (that was pretty similar to your aristrocrats version), I was so hyped about the fact that Teysa's effect double-dips on Elenda, so that she essentially creates four times as many tokens. :D When Elenda hits the board, shit gets real! I also put Cathodion, Burnished Hart (not directly affected by Teysa, but still good) and Boreas Charger in for ramp. The combination of Emeria Shepherd, Teysa, Cathodion and Burnished Hart also gets you every basic land in your deck into play. :D Sac Cathodion: add 6 colorless (two times three, because of Teysa), crack Hart -> one plains, one swamp. Shephert's triggers gets you Cathodion into play and Burnished Hart into your hand. Then cast Burnished Hart for the remaining 3 colorless and repeat. I love that deck already!

[@Ossum123]

I was waiting for this !!!!

[@jigan001]

Makes me sad that Jimmy didn’t let anyone play their decks. Would have liked to see this deck do co things

[@b0x1nG]

hehe maybe DJ was to greedy with the card draws... :P

[@falnica]

he should have destroyed that planar bridge

[@ZanZerejin]

When I saw her revealed. I could not stop thinking on how good of a commander she will be. Great video btw!

[@lordappelmeos]

finally! thanks you awesome man!

[@thesilentmajority2765]

Can't wait to watch you play this

[@commanderpower99]

I played Teysa yesterday with only half of the things shown in this video and still was sooo powerful. Creating 34 token with Spiritkeeper was glorious!

[@austinjordan4237]

I had this big long explanation of my Vampire team commander deck but he basically covered the entire thing of the deck in the end with both decks they have double strike, haste ,lifelink, death touch, vigilance, Trample, indestructible, and about 400 +1/+1 counters

[@spawnofnerds1843]

Will be seeing this in Game Knights because your doing this video

[@Tuturial464]

I am hoping DJ wins this episode of Game Knights

[@Tuturial464]

TibLoo 2 he already won one on the mono color aether revolt commanders. Let DJ win this one, cause he did win extra turns. I would like to see his first game knights win and his deck seems the most fun to play

[@monstarz505]

True Danny Knight I honestly hope he did, but I also want Jimmy to win too. Either way it’s going to be a fun episode.

[@Tuturial464]

Well apparently corruption wins.

[@monstarz505]

@@Tuturial464 Yeah, bu t He was due for a win even if it was that way.

[@Tuturial464]

Young King well he won extra turns. A more fun game. So... yeah!

[@Cybelenn]

He changed the reveilark input. Leaves the battlefield effect if it dies does trigger her effect. Only if it dies.

[@JumboCommander]

That is correct. I built the deck before release but I should have checked the interactions before I released yesterday. Sorry for the psych-out.

[@Cybelenn]

@@JumboCommander been wanting to make her as a commander myself. Ty for the video. Hope you win with her!

[@dennisbradford42]

I really like the interaction between Requiem Angel and Divine Visitation

[@GuardianAngelEatos]

Hey I found a card that I think would be great in this deck that I'm surprised wasn't mentioned! It's an old card called Fanatical Devotion.

[@Kuronosa]

TWILIGHT DROVER!!!! One of my favorite cards from original Ravnica!

[@tcgmagikarp1147]

Who else is really hyped for Ravnica Allegiance??

[@ThePretzelBread]

I was hoping you would mention the interaction between Divine Visitation and Requiem Angel! If you have Teysa out and those two enchantments, each time one of those angel tokens dies, it creates two more angel tokens because they aren't spirits, which can each turn into two more angel tokens! And even if you don't have Teysa out, each angel still replaces itself which can be great if you need the creatures to sacrifice.

[@AlejandroFolk]

This one looks great. Just one question, just saw the Game knights episode, and the decklist from here and there differ a tiny bit, just wondering though, the swap of some cards were made to add a little bit more consistency? For example Revel in riches is absent in the Game knights one, so you didnt want another win condition anymore? As i said love it in general, just wondering :)

[@VGBBY24]

Idk if you thought about this card, but Boreas Charger is land ramp that I think will trigger twice with teysa. And land ramp is probably better than other forms of ramp as it's removed less often and punished less often.

[@armityle27]

This list is really good, but might I offer some suggestions? Nim Deathmantle is an excellent option in Teysa. Even though it doesn't make a difference if you trigger it twice, you can just combo off with Kokusho, Ashnod's Altar, and Sifter. Kokusho dies, makes 2 tokens, sac them both to altar, pay for Nim revival. Repeat. Deathrender is excellent as it let's you drop 2 creatures onto the battlefield. Spirit Bonds is excellent for token making and as a sac outlet that lets you protect your important stuff Black Market means you get a TON of mana on deaths Lastly, the Monuments from Amonkhet are great reduce rocks AND they give you great buffs when you cast stuff.

[@echoesvayne9790]

Game knights is going to be sick... I hope... Jimmy's deck and Josh's deck both look brutal. And DJ's ideas are looking wicked, too.

[@TheUnknownMercinary]

Wound reflection and Archfiend of Despair with Kokoshu the Evening Star wound be awesome.

[@friedpinnapple]

Omg i can not wait for the chaos that is going to happen in tomorrows game knights.

[@jenjenhocho3188]

Hey DJ, can you do a deck tech for Magic Arena using only the cards available right after the tutorial. I’m sure many players doesn’t want to use the precon mono color deck given to everyone but making a decent deck out of them requires tricky balancing that most just wreck due to personal preferences so a couple of deck build will help 😁

[@lorisimbimbo9476]

Hello DJ, great video as always I'm a really big fan of you since the beginning! I'm quite indecise about a token deck I want to make including orzhov colors, I'm thinking about 1 teysa Karlov 2 teysa orzhov scion (got a foily one I want to use 😍) 3 queen marchesa (access to red+card draw in the commandzone) I really wish you could give me an input on this one!

[@fieldsofgravy]

Worth noting that Mimic Vat does not prevent cards from hitting the graveyard, as per gatherer: "The imprint ability will trigger whenever a nontoken creature is put into any graveyard from the battlefield, not just your graveyard." So it wont' prevent Teysa's ability from triggering. gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=451164

[@aidenmacgregorful]

Day before, good job DJ!

[@theivanhoe5541]

DJ, this deck makes me want to play commander . . .

[@friedpinnapple]

I got the erebos secret lair and athreos was the kick i needed to finally build this deck and it is soooo good. Looking for some ideas i might have missed.

[@DCAMM720]

Just noticed in both new arts for Teysa they got rid of her signature Orzhov symbol from her chest. Must've shown too much skin for WotC.

[@alexanderaloi5173]

Sorry if someone already said this, but angelic visitation also combos with requeum angel to get infinite etb/death triggers if that matters :)

[@JumboCommander]

So many c-c-c-c-c-cc-combos

[@felixrivera895]

So you sacrifice something with Ashnod's Altar, Twilight drover gets two +1/+1 and Pitiless Plunderer makes 2 treasure. You use the mana and 1 treasure to remove a +1/+1 from Twilight Drover and you net 1 +1/+1 Counter, 1 Creature, and 1 Treasure. Reapeat 1000 times with a Zulaport Cutthroat and win the game. It's a lot of pieces but they're all relatively cheap and unless someone knows the combo it's not immediately threatening until they need instant speed removal to stop you. I love decks with multiple win conditions. You waste all of your removal on one threat or another but eventually something hits the field that you simply cannot stop.

[@TheCrimsonDrummer]

So I'm going to throw all of these ideas into one deck and see how it goes. Wish me luck

[@rj116rm]

Considering the lifelink given to the tokens, Felidar Sovereign would also give a very feasible alternate win condition...

[@ctomsky]

Teysa is hands down going to be my new favorite commander. But I'm a total Vorthos players, so the deck is going to have to be as thematically appropriate as possible. Most notably, I'm building the deck to focus on Revel in Riches and Treasure tokens. It's gonna be great.

[@antonalberts9230]

Don't forget Black Market for extra mana whenever a creture dies! And it combos amazingly well with Pawn of Ulamog and Sifter of Skulls, creature dies, you get Spawn tokens and a counter on Black Market. Sac the Spawns for mana and add extra counters on Black market, add to it Smothering Tithe and Pitiless Plunderer and you have mana for days!

[@necrogenesis1981]

My build is coincidentally nearly identical, Teysa is so good she builds herself.

[@codybord2294]

Arena Rector with Lilianna and Elspeth Sun's Champ seems pretty damn good here,

[@bosh1028]

ehhhh nice deck! can't wait for the 25th

[@mattpieroni94]

Here I am again. Money down on u! Go DJ!

[@Twistedlittlesmile]

Can't wait for game knights!

[@DarkSwan01]

Question: would you put Syr Konrad the Grim from Eldraine in this deck for amusement, chaos and mayhem?

[@user-pd6zy5gg9p]

I do not know how powerful it is but you can go infinite with angelic accord, requiem angel and any free sacrifice, pretty protected in comparison to creature based infinite combos, he talked about both cards but it seems he did not notice this combo potential

[@Shadowslayler]

did you consider lifeline for the deck? when used with altar of dementia could be an alternate win con.

[@friedpinnapple]

GAME NIGHT FOOTAGE!! Must watch

[@brucepraska7781]

Double up etb triggers such as massacre wurm

[@isaiahwelch8066]

You might add in Rootbound Defenses and other cards with Populate.

[@Safehaven934]

I feel as though Elesh Norn should’ve been in this deck because making your 1/1 tokens into 3/3 lifelink vigilance would be valuable especially Norns -2/-2 which would be a mini board wipe and make your tokens attacks that much more valuable I realize that it would be situational and going tall with tokens that are meant to be cannon fodder isn’t something this deck wants to really go but it’s still an idea that could easily change the tide of the game even if you got only one swing with your super tokens

[@stalkerstomper3304]

I'm surprised that Harvester of Souls, a 5/5 deathtouch for 2 black and 4 colorless was left off of this list. It's ability "whenever A creature dies, draw a card" is phenomenal. You get 1 card for their creature dying, but 2 cards for your creature dying... and NO LOSS OF LIFE for drawing! It's an auto include in my opinion.

[@OvAeons]

helm of the host on Teysa hmm🤔

[@OniMalco]

That would get disgusting really quickly. I like it though.

[@OtherwiseJunk]

blade of selves! then they all die and you get a bunch of doubled death triggers

[@harrisonsmith875]

Helm of the host on krenko....

[@kcsnipes]

Stop being so smart

[@Avoncarstien]

Helm of the Host is just wonderful in the format. Though it's a *wee* bit difficult to actually pull off with how expensive it is, it's pretty much a wincon, and wincons are allowed to be a little pricey, right?

[@clg1082]

Very nice! Not sure Sidisi doubles, though .

[@torak690]

Black market would be a hard-core MVP in that deck can you freaking imagine?

[@zd-1249]

17:37 There it is :P That said, I feel like DJ might me overestimating Teysa’s ability to stay on the board. She’s a huge threat. That also being said, the deck is great without her which is also why she’s so good.

[@princeleoofnohr583]

I use Death Baron and open the graves in my Teysa deck.

[@Wulf_Plays_Games]

Quick question. Mimic vat. It doesnt say "if a creature would die, exile it instead", it says WHEN a creature dies, you may exile it" its not a replacement effect. Its a triggered ability. You still get dies triggers.

[@Wulf_Plays_Games]

Am i missing something?

[@sagehatch7733]

Hey my dude. You seem really realient on Teysa being out with little protection for her. How are you making sure she stats around?

[@connorharrison7160]

Mimic Vat exiles the creature after it hits grave

[@xanderjacobs5622]

Is it right that your yesterday deck tech of this deck was taken down or did you take it down? What happend to it DJ? Can you please explain?

[@jdim4628]

Not really a part of the crazy engine you've managed to make but Phantom General is a 4-drop that just gives a straight +1/+1 to creature tokens. Like I said not over the top but I still feel it would be viable.

[@russeltaylor7962]

Do you use it that betrays in this deck dj.. I do. How bout razeketh??

[@jacobdespain1411]

Teysa better win . . . Teysa is just so freakin cool #Orzhov4Life

[@MasterQuestMaster]

10:49 "You will always have limited mana" Press X to doubt. Infinite mana combos are a thing, especially with cards like Ashnod's Altar/Phyrexian Altar.

[@JumboCommander]

Those are both free sac outlets though. PROVING THEIR POWER! :)

[@wtf1911]

thoughts on Mentor of the Meek for draw?

[@ZhadeyZloth]

Guess who's making this deck with their tax return?

[@40Found]

Oh boy is it for real this time?