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Teval, the Balanced Scale

Teval, the Balanced Scale

Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon · {1}{B}{G}{U} · Black/Green/Blue commander

Flying Whenever Teval attacks, mill three cards. Then you may return a land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature token.
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What Teval, the Balanced Scale actually does

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What a Teval, the Balanced Scale deck wants

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Best cards for Teval, the Balanced Scale

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Stitcher's Supplier1 mana
  2. Hedron Crab1 mana
  3. Ruin Crab1 mana
  4. Aftermath Analyst2 mana
  5. Millikin2 mana
  6. Skull Prophet2 mana
  7. Emry, Lurker of the Loch3 mana
  8. Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm1 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Chasm Skulker3 mana
  2. Hornet Nest3 mana
  3. Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
  4. Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
  5. Esika's Chariot4 mana
  6. Lathril, Blade of the Elves4 mana
  7. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  8. Myr Battlesphere7 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Mosswort Bridge0 mana
  2. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  3. Heroic Intervention2 mana
  4. Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
  5. Sylvan Safekeeper1 mana
  6. Tamiyo's Safekeeping1 mana
  7. Tyvar's Stand1 mana
  8. Veil of Summer1 mana

Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource

  1. Takenuma, Abandoned Mire0 mana
  2. Stitcher's Supplier1 mana
  3. Aftermath Analyst2 mana
  4. Altar of Dementia2 mana
  5. Brain Freeze2 mana
  6. Mindcrank2 mana
  7. Ripples of Undeath2 mana
  8. Codex Shredder1 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Chasm Skulker3 mana
  2. Hornet Nest3 mana
  3. Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
  4. Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
  5. Esika's Chariot4 mana
  6. Lathril, Blade of the Elves4 mana
  7. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  8. Myr Battlesphere7 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Assassin's Trophy2 mana
  2. Reality Shift2 mana
  3. Pongify1 mana
  4. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  5. Resculpt2 mana
  6. Defile1 mana
  7. Tragic Slip1 mana
  8. Suspend1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Displacement Wave2 mana
  4. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  5. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  6. Innocent Blood1 mana
  7. Coils of the Medusa2 mana
  8. Forced March3 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Entomb1 mana
  2. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  3. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  4. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  5. Lively Dirge2 mana
  6. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  7. Imperial Seal1 mana
  8. Insatiable Avarice1 mana

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