Art by Anna Steinbauer
Saved commander deck
Teyo, Lightshield Expert
Leverage Teyo's flash protection to safeguard high-impact white planeswalkers and creatures, using blink effects to repeatedly grant hexproof, add loyalty counters, and build an insurmountable board state.
Prompt: Teyo, Lightshield Expert commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Teyo, Lightshield Expert
{1}{W}Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9 cards
Knight of the White Orchid
{W}{W}Creature — Human Knight
Fetches a Plains on enter the battlefield
The Irencrag
{2}Legendary Artifact
Two-mana rock that can become an equipment later
Card Draw
10 cards
Esper Sentinel
{W}Artifact Creature — Human Soldier
Consistent early card advantage against noncreature spells
Archivist of Oghma
{1}{W}Creature — Halfling Cleric
Draws cards when opponents search their libraries
Welcoming Vampire
{2}{W}Creature — Vampire
Draws cards when small creatures enter, including Teyo
Tocasia's Welcome
{2}{W}Enchantment
Triggers card draw off low-power creature ETBs
Mentor of the Meek
{2}{W}Creature — Human Soldier
Converts creature entries into card draw for one mana
Trouble in Pairs
{2}{W}{W}Enchantment
Punishes opponents for extra cards, turns, and attacks
Staff of Nin
{6}Artifact
Draws an extra card each turn and can ping small threats
Tome of Legends
{2}Artifact — Book
Draws cards by utilizing page counters gained from commander casts
The Immortal Sun
{6}Legendary Artifact
Draw engine, anthem, and spell cost reducer that turns off enemy walkers
Removal
10 cards
Unexpectedly Absent
{X}{W}{W}Instant
Tucks any nonland permanent into its owner's library
Farewell
{4}{W}{W}Sorcery
Modal board wipe that spares our planeswalkers while cleaning the board
Austere Command
{4}{W}{W}Sorcery
Flexible sweeper that can preserve planeswalkers and choose custom modes
Council's Judgment
{1}{W}{W}Sorcery
Exiles difficult-to-target threats without targeting
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
{4}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth
Dominant planeswalker that makes tokens, wipes large threats, and benefits from loyalty boosting
The Wandering Emperor
{2}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker
Flash planeswalker that synergizes with instant-speed play patterns
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
{2}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
Generates knight tokens and can emblem immediately
Elspeth Resplendent
{3}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth
Puts permanents directly onto the battlefield with counters
Ugin, the Ineffable
{6}Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin
Discounts colorless spells, generates 2/2 spirits, and destroys colored permanents
Karn, Scion of Urza
{4}Legendary Planeswalker — Karn
Card-filtering planeswalker that produces large construct tokens
Basri Ket
{1}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker — Basri
Distributes +1/+1 counters and creates attacking soldier tokens
Ajani, Strength of the Pride
{2}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani
Life gain threat that provides a one-sided exile sweeper
The Eternal Wanderer
{4}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker
Blazes a trail through boards with restricted combat and flickers permanents
Serra the Benevolent
{2}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker — Serra
Creates an angel token and presents an ultimate emblem to prevent loss
Sun Titan
{4}{W}{W}Creature — Giant
Recurs low-cost permanents including Teyo and smaller walkers
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
{4}{W}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Doubles ETB triggers like Teyo's while shutting down opponents' ETBs
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
{1}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Rapidly generates tokens each combat and scales in power
Heliod, Sun-Crowned
{2}{W}Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Provides lifelink and grows the team with counters
Archangel Elspeth
{2}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth
Creates soldiers, gives flying and lifelink, and recurs low-mana creatures
Gideon of the Trials
{1}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
Low-cost walker whose emblem prevents you from losing the game
Gideon Blackblade
{1}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
Becomes an indestructible threat and grants keywords during combat
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
{2}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth
Produces blockers, provides massive buffs, and threatens an indestructible emblem
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
{8}Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin
High-end board-wiping colorless planeswalker
Karn Liberated
{7}Legendary Planeswalker — Karn
Unconditional targeted exile on a walker frame
Felidar Retreat
{3}{W}Enchantment
Landfall engine providing either tokens or counters with vigilance
Cathars' Crusade
{3}{W}{W}Enchantment
Overwhelming team-wide buff whenever creatures enter
Luminarch Ascension
{1}{W}Enchantment
Quickly produces 4/4 flying angels when protected
Angelic Arbiter
{5}{W}{W}Creature — Angel
Forces opponents to choose between casting spells and attacking your walkers
Utility
8 cards
Teleportation Circle
{3}{W}Enchantment
Flickers Teyo every end step to add counters and provide hexproof
Cloudshift
{W}Instant
Cheap one-mana instant to re-trigger Teyo's defensive ability
Flickerwisp
{1}{W}{W}Creature — Elemental
Flickers any permanent for utility and protection resets
Restoration Angel
{3}{W}Creature — Angel
Flash flyer that can blink Teyo or other creatures on response
Djeru, With Eyes Open
{3}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
Tutors any planeswalker to hand and prevents damage to them
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Grants hexproof and haste to key creatures
