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Teysa Karlov

aristocrats combo-drain · Commander / EDH deck · shared by billiam

ARCANE Power 81 Forge 78 Bracket 4 ~$851 100 cards BW
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Game Plan

The Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton loop produces Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB on its own — it needs a separate finisher to actually win. Elenda, the Dusk Rose serves as a secondary payoff engine, creating a burst of tokens on death that Bastion of Remembrance or The Meathook Massacre converts into lethal drain.

How It Wins

Combo core: Reassembling Skeleton loops infinitely with Phyrexian Altar and Pawn of Ulamog—each death triggers Pawn to make a Spawn token, which taps for mana to recast Skeleton, and Teysa doubles the death trigger so you net mana and card advantage. Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton works identically, generating infinite colorless mana and infinite death triggers. The kill: Once you have infinite mana and death triggers, Exsanguinate drains the table for X life, or Toxic Deluge wipes the board at instant speed while you pay life to shrink creatures to lethal. Elenda payoff: Elenda, the Dusk Rose accumulates +1/+1 counters as creatures die, then creates a variable burst of Vampire tokens when she dies; Bastion of Remembrance or The Meathook Massacre converts each token entry into 1 damage per opponent, scaling to 80+ damage in a single turn. Tutors and setup: Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Intent, and Profane Tutor find missing combo pieces or payoffs on demand; Buried Alive and Entomb stock the graveyard with Reassembling Skeleton or Nether Traitor for fast reanimation. Protection layer: Drivnod, Carnage Dominus doubles death triggers like Teysa, unlocking the four-piece combo (Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Viscera Seer + Drivnod) and protecting your engine from single-piece removal. Malakir Rebirth and Kaya's Ghostform give creatures a second death trigger, turning a single sacrifice into two payoff events.

Decklist (100 cards)

Commander (1)

  • Teysa Karlov

Creature (23)

  • Blood Artist
  • Bloodghast
  • Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • Carrion Feeder
  • Cruel Celebrant
  • Dauthi Voidwalker
  • Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • Nether Traitor
  • Ophiomancer
  • Opposition Agent
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • Reassembling Skeleton
  • Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • Viscera Seer
  • Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • Zulaport Cutthroat

Instant (13)

  • Cabal Ritual
  • Culling the Weak
  • Dark Ritual
  • Deadly Rollick
  • Entomb
  • Erode
  • Imp's Mischief
  • Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • Orim's Chant
  • Saw in Half
  • Swords to Plowshares
  • Vampiric Tutor
  • Withering Boon

Sorcery (12)

  • Buried Alive
  • Demonic Tutor
  • Diabolic Intent
  • Exsanguinate
  • Feed the Swarm
  • Night's Whisper
  • Praetor's Grasp
  • Profane Tutor
  • Reanimate
  • Thoughtseize
  • Toxic Deluge
  • Victimize

Enchantment (8)

  • Animate Dead
  • Bastion of Remembrance
  • Bitterblossom
  • Exquisite Blood
  • Kaya's Ghostform
  • Necropotence
  • Phyrexian Reclamation
  • The Meathook Massacre

Artifact (12)

  • Altar of Dementia
  • Arcane Signet
  • Ashnod's Altar
  • Defense Grid
  • Fellwar Stone
  • Jet Medallion
  • Lightning Greaves
  • Orzhov Signet
  • Phyrexian Altar
  • Skullclamp
  • Sol Ring
  • Talisman of Hierarchy

Land (31)

  • Bojuka Bog
  • Caves of Koilos
  • Command Tower
  • Fabled Passage
  • Fetid Heath
  • High Market
  • Isolated Chapel
  • 8× Plains
  • Shattered Sanctum
  • 12× Swamp
  • Tainted Field
  • Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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