Teysa, Orzhov Scion EDH

by berndttoast on 09 July 2014

Command Zone (1 card)

Creatures (1)

Main Deck (99 cards)

Sideboard (14 cards)

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Deck Description

Teysa + Tokens = Fun!

Token Generators:
Custodi Soulbinders
Darien, King of Kjeldor
Doomed Traveler
Emeria Angel
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
Grave Titan
Ophiomancer
Requiem Angel
Rotlung Reanimator
Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
Twilight Drover
Xathrid Necromancer
Spirit Bonds
Luminarch Ascension
Conqueror's Pledge
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
Increasing Devotion
Lingering Souls
Martial Coup

How to Play

Sacrifice Engines (to power Grave Pact, Dictate of Erebos, Martyr's Bond, Blade of the Bloodchief, Blood Artist):
Ashnod's Altar (free, 2 mana)
Blasting Station (free, 1 damage)
Helm of Possesion (2 mana, steal creature)
Skullclamp (1 mana, 2 cards)
Ghost Council of Orzhova (1 mana, 1 life syphon and evasion)
Disciple of Bolas (etb ability, Gain X life and draw X cards)
Sadistic Hypnotist (free, discard 2 cards)
Thoughtpicker Witch (1 mana, exile card from library)
Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter (free, +1/+1 counters)

Conspiracy combos:
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder (No cap on thrulls since you will name a non-thrull creature type)
Ophiomancer (Creature token every upkeep since you will name a non-snake creature type)
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed (All creatures you control have Undying since you will name a non-human creature type)
Spirit Mirror (Creature token every turn since you will name a non-reflection creature type)
Requiem Angel (Creature token for every dead creature since you will name a non-spirit creature type)
Rotlung Reanimator/Xathrid Necromancer (Creature token for every dead creature since you will name either Cleric or Human)

Combine any of the free sacrifice engines above with the Requiem Angel/Rotlung Reanimator/Xathrid Necromancer combos above to have unlimited sacrificing.

Other notable combos:
Darkest Hour + Teysa = Creature token for every dead creature since all of your creatures are black
Reassembling Skeleton + Skullclamp = Draw 2 cards for every 2B spent (also powers Black Market if it is out)
Blasting Station + Darkest Hour + Teysa = Infinite Damage
Blasting Station + Conspiracy + Requiem Angel = Infinite Damage
Blasting Station + Conspiracy + Rotlung Reanimator = Infinite Damage
Blasting Station + Conspiracy + Xathrid Necromancer = Infinite Damage

Deck Tags

  • EDH
  • Teysa
  • Token
  • Sacrifice

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Deck Format


Commander

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Teysa, Orzhov Scion EDH

I would go to suggest a card (like mentor of the meek) and then realize you already had it like 3 times! Anyway, great deck, things I noticed:

I love the skullclamp interactions here (Ophiomancer WHAAAT?!?). You probably use it as well as any deck I've seen.

Balance is BANNED in EDH, so you should swap that out with something.

What do you think of Spirit Bonds (new from M15)?

Raise the Alarm is probably not as good as Lingering Souls but idk. How often is the surprise blocker aspect relevant?

You could probably trade out some of the dudes for combo pieces if you wanted (I can see some Conspiracy combos working in the deck such as Conspiracy + Requiem Angel for infinite sacs).

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Posted 15 July 2014 at 21:34

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Thanks for the awesome suggestions! Didn't realize Balance was banned, so took that out for Spirit Bonds. Removed Raise the Alarm and added in Spectral Procession. I love the Conspiracy combo too, so added that in and removed Murder Investigation. That works super well with Ophiomancer too, every upkeep you get a 1/1 creature of the type you choose with Conspiracy. Also, makes Mikaeus even that more powerful since some of my guys are Humans. :) Just realized Conspiracy and Rotlung Reanimator is bonkers. Everything is a cleric and each cleric that dies makes more clerics. So much fun.

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Posted 15 July 2014 at 22:01

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Update with a bunch of new interactions. Added How to Play with most of the relevant combos.

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Posted 21 July 2014 at 19:12

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First play test this afternoon: 2-0

Played first game against Varolz. Got rolling with a first turn Land Tax and an early victimize bringing back Darien and Emeria Angel. Skullclamp and Dictate of Erebos helped seal the deal by netting 2 cards per bird token and forcing opponent to sacrifice creatures.

Played second game against Sliver Queen. Got mana screwed early on, but a perfectly timed Merciless Eviction cleared the board of 10 slivers and allowed me to set up my combo pieces. Sadistic Hypnotist, Grave Pact and Skullclamp sealed the victory.

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Posted 23 July 2014 at 19:23

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