Melesse's _Teysa - Clues and Drain
 
Type: Built Deck
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comCommander
Approx. Value:
$393.25
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Aetherdrift
releases on February 14, 2025!

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Aetherdrift
releases on February 14, 2025!

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Main Deck - 103 cards, 92 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Commander
1 Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
$0.18 Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Creature (29)
1 Academy Manufactor
$3.26 Artifact Creature - Assembly-Worker
1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
$1.81 Creature - Goblin // Land
1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
$4.15 Legendary Creature - Nightmare
1 Cartographer's Hawk
$0.23 Creature - Bird
1 Creeping Bloodsucker
$4.03 Creature - Vampire
1 Crypt Ghast
$6.58 Creature - Spirit
1 Disciple of the Vault
$1.04 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Dreg Recycler
$0.04 Creature - Phyrexian Beast
1 Fain, the Broker
$0.25 Legendary Creature - Human Warlock
1 Gixian Puppeteer
$1.18 Creature - Phyrexian Warlock
1 Great Unclean One
$4.02 Creature - Demon
1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
$3.72 Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
1 Lobelia, Defender of Bag End
$0.19 Legendary Creature - Halfling Citizen
1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
$6.49 Legendary Creature - Halfling Rogue
1 Marionette Apprentice
$1.15 Creature - Human Artificer
1 Marionette Master
$1.47 Creature - Human Artificer
1 Merchant of Truth
$0.18 Creature - Angel Detective
1 Mirkwood Bats
$0.86 Creature - Bat
1 Nadier's Nightblade
$0.17 Creature - Elf Warrior
1 Osseous Sticktwister
$0.13 Artifact Creature - Scarecrow
1 Pactdoll Terror
$0.11 Artifact Creature - Toy
1 Persuasive Interrogators
$0.06 Creature - Gorgon Detective
1 Rottenmouth Viper
$5.43 Creature - Elemental Snake
1 Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker
$0.08 Legendary Creature - Snake Cleric Warlock
1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
$5.20 Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
1 Twilight Prophet
$1.32 Creature - Vampire Cleric
1 Warren Soultrader
$8.84 Creature - Zombie Goblin Wizard
1 Wernog, Rider's Chaplain
$0.58 Legendary Creature - Human
1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
$7.13 Creature - Human Warlock // Land
Instant (7)
1 Anguished Unmaking
$3.85 Instant
1 Clever Concealment
$19.00 Instant
1 Deadly Dispute
$0.88 Instant
1 Path to Exile
$0.85 Instant
1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
$1.13 Instant // Land
1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.12 Instant
1 Treacherous Greed
$0.10 Instant
Sorcery (9)
1 Annihilating Glare
$0.06 Sorcery
1 Damn
$2.33 Sorcery
1 Everything Comes to Dust
$2.26 Sorcery
1 Farewell
$5.28 Sorcery
1 Pitiless Carnage
$0.19 Sorcery
1 Risky Shortcut
$0.06 Sorcery
1 Rite of Oblivion
$0.26 Sorcery
1 The Battle of Bywater
$2.98 Sorcery
1 Vindicate
$0.79 Sorcery
Artifact (15)
1 Arcane Signet
$0.94 Artifact
1 Archaeomancer's Map
$7.34 Artifact
1 Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
$0.54 Artifact // Creature - Eldrazi Reflection
1 Demonic Junker
$0.55 Artifact - Vehicle
1 Idol of Oblivion
$0.78 Artifact
1 Inspiring Statuary
$0.42 Artifact
1 Lightning Greaves
$5.26 Artifact - Equipment
1 Orzhov Signet
$0.34 Artifact
1 Palantír of Orthanc
$17.03 Legendary Artifact
1 Radiant Lotus
$11.47 Artifact
1 Sinister Monolith
$0.12 Artifact
1 Skullclamp
$7.29 Artifact - Equipment
1 Sol Ring
$1.66 Artifact
1 Swiftfoot Boots
$2.16 Artifact - Equipment
1 Talisman of Hierarchy
$2.69 Artifact
Enchantment (6)
1 Agent of the Iron Throne
$0.26 Legendary Enchantment - Background
1 Anointed Procession
$64.73 Enchantment
1 Into the Pit
$1.38 Enchantment
1 Land Tax
$17.38 Enchantment
1 Protection Racket
$3.88 Enchantment
1 Sanctum of Stone Fangs
$1.36 Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
Land (36)
1 Arch of Orazca
$0.27 Land
1 Ballroom
$0.20 Land
1 Bleachbone Verge
$7.08 Land
1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
$3.97 Land // Land
1 Caves of Koilos
$1.89 Land
1 Command Tower
$0.20 Land
1 Fetid Heath
$2.66 Land
1 Godless Shrine
$10.56 Land - Plains Swamp
1 Isolated Chapel
$1.43 Land
1 Marsh Flats
$20.36 Land
1 Minas Tirith
$4.34 Legendary Land
1 Muraganda Raceway
$1.45 Land
5 Plains
$0.06 Basic Land - Plains
1 Restless Fortress
$0.60 Land
1 Shadowy Backstreet
$24.31 Land - Plains Swamp
1 Shattered Sanctum
$8.69 Land
1 Silent Clearing
$5.92 Land
8 Swamp
$1.38 Basic Land - Swamp
1 Temple of Silence
$0.16 Land
1 The Black Gate
$7.97 Legendary Land - Gate
1 Vault of Champions
$11.84 Land
1 Vault of the Archangel
$0.78 Land
1 War Room
$3.34 Land
1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
$5.14 Land // Legendary Creature - Demon
1 Windbrisk Heights
$0.15 Land
Sideboard - 0 cards, 0 distinct
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Scratchpad - 58 cards, 58 distinct
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Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (27)
1 Baron Bertram Graywater
$0.24 Legendary Creature - Vampire Noble
1 Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
$4.42 Legendary Creature - Elf Druid
1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
$36.24 Creature - Vampire Knight
1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
$4.28 Legendary Creature - Vampire Soldier
1 Colonel Autumn
$0.17 Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
1 Corpse Knight
$1.78 Creature - Zombie Knight
1 Cruel Celebrant
$0.88 Creature - Vampire
1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
$30.86 Legendary Creature - Human Scout
1 Denethor, Ruling Steward
$0.17 Legendary Creature - Human Noble
1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
$1.86 Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Kor Cleric
1 Elder Arthur Maxson
$0.15 Legendary Creature - Human Knight
1 Enduring Innocence
$6.49 Enchantment Creature - Sheep Glimmer
1 Loyal Subordinate
$0.44 Creature - Zombie
1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
$41.97 Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Horror
1 Night Market Lookout
$0.10 Creature - Human Rogue
1 Ocelot Pride
$42.74 Creature - Cat
1 Pitiless Plunderer
$2.55 Creature - Human Pirate
1 Scrawling Crawler
$5.47 Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Construct
1 Stridehangar Automaton
$4.89 Artifact Creature - Construct
1 Teysa Karlov
$1.18 Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
$4.18 Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
1 Tithe Drinker
$0.79 Creature - Vampire
1 Vein Ripper
$10.06 Creature - Vampire Assassin
1 Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz
$0.42 Legendary Creature - Vampire Demon
1 Welcoming Vampire
$2.55 Creature - Vampire
1 Wispdrinker Vampire
$0.16 Creature - Vampire Rogue
1 Wojek Investigator
$0.31 Creature - Angel Detective
Instant (6)
1 Afterlife Insurance
$1.77 Instant
1 Deadly Dispute
$0.88 Instant
1 Flawless Maneuver
$10.37 Instant
1 Galadriel's Dismissal
$14.96 Instant
1 Inkshield
$6.50 Instant
1 Kaya's Guile
$1.03 Instant
Sorcery (4)
1 Debt to the Deathless
$0.25 Sorcery
1 Pact of the Serpent
$3.31 Sorcery
1 Reprocess
$5.10 Sorcery
1 Torment of Hailfire
$18.16 Sorcery
Artifact (6)
1 Bontu's Monument
$5.18 Legendary Artifact
1 Drossclaw
$0.01 Artifact - Equipment
1 Idol of Oblivion
$0.78 Artifact
1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
$23.37 Artifact
1 Tamiyo's Journal
$1.67 Legendary Artifact
1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
$2.58 Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Enchantment (7)
1 Bastion of Remembrance
$0.45 Enchantment
1 Blind Obedience
$2.81 Enchantment
1 Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery
$4.83 Enchantment - Room // Enchantment - Room //
1 Lim-Dûl's Hex
$0.61 Enchantment
1 Lunar Convocation
$0.73 Enchantment
1 Thorough Investigation
$2.45 Enchantment
1 Tombstone Stairwell
$24.37 World Enchantment
Planeswalker (1)
1 Kaya, Spirits' Justice
$0.32 Legendary Planeswalker - Kaya
Land (7)
1 Barad-dûr
$0.89 Legendary Land
1 Desolate Mire
$1.33 Land
1 Havengul Laboratory // Havengul Mystery
$0.64 Legendary Land // Legendary Land
1 Leechridden Swamp
$1.29 Land - Swamp
1 Mistveil Plains
$1.03 Land - Plains
1 Phyrexian Tower
$17.01 Legendary Land
1 Piranha Marsh
$0.15 Land

Notes
 
Goal for the Deck - Lots of game actions, drain to bring everyone down, value, spirits and clues!
Secondary Plan - Go high using exalted on clues?
Weakness - Lack of interaction with other decks, board wipes.
Target Bracket - 2? 3?
Target Power Level - 6
Win Turn Goal - 11

Landbase -
Staples/Gamechangers - Minimal
Free Spells - No
Combo - None
Tutors - None

The goal of this deck is to create clue and spirit tokens, drain everyone a little bit, and then win through combat damage with flying spirits.

Alternative Commander - Other Teysa's

Current Record - 1-8
- Vs. Arcades, Ao, Be'lakor - Deck felt pretty good after the recent changes.  Be'lakor player won by reanimating a demon that did damage to everyone.  Still almost won by pinging people to death.  Pretty close.  Would have won on turn 11, which is my target.
- Vs. Jegantha, Aragorn, Kudo - Did a LOT of stuff, drained about 20 damage from everyone.  Drew a lot of cards.  Couldn't overcome a huge, lifelinking mutated creature.  Some more single target interaction would have been helpful.
- Lost vs. Nekusar, Sam/Frodo - Did lots of things, created lots of tokens.  Had almost no impact on the game. Didn't draw any of the drain effects.  In discussion with other player, think I need to remove the spirits game plan entirely, go deeper on the drain and Artifact token plans.

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Comments
  • Melesse | 02-Jun-2024 23:38
    Goldfished twice to turn 8.  Ended up with 52 mana once and 50ish the second.  


    Turn 1 sol ring adds 16.  Turn 4 smothering tithe adds 2-3 per Turn, for a total of 8 to 12.  The improvise artifact with clues added significant mana as well.
  • Melesse | Edited 07-May-2024 00:21
    Goldfished about ten times tonight.  No mana issues.  Biggest issue was a two drop that could drain or do damage to trigger teysa on three.


    Are the token doublers worth it?  
  • Melesse | Edited 30-Apr-2024 23:20
    Played the deck twice today.  The first time, the other player had Malcolm, got 4 counters, and dropped a Lab Maniac + Spell to draw the whole library.  Not enough interaction.


    Second game was longer, I had a better change of winning, but it was like 12-14 turns.  Lost due to Arcbond on a massive creature that wiped me away.  Needed more interaction with creatures and planeswalkers.


    Edit - Added two more pieces of removal, another land, and Kambal.
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