Art by Magali Villeneuve
Saved commander deck
Teysa Karlov
Leverage Teysa Karlov's ability to double death triggers from disruptive control creatures like Yosei, Ashen Rider, and Archon of Justice. Use sacrifice outlets and cheap reanimation spells to continuously loop these powerful death effects and lock down opponents.
Prompt: A deck build around using cards with strong death triggers like Yosei or Ashen Rider. It should gain value by repeatedly using these death triggers all while using creatures with strong abilities to control the board.
Commander
1 cards
Teysa Karlov
{2}{W}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Card Draw
9 cards
Midnight Reaper
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die
Grim Haruspex
{2}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws cards on nontoken creature deaths
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
Consistent card draw each turn creatures die
Deadly Dispute
{1}{B}Instant
Sacrifice outlet that draws cards and makes Treasure
Skullclamp
{1}Artifact — Equipment
Incredible card advantage on low-toughness creatures
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
{3}{B}Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Indestructible sacrifice outlet and card advantage engine
Removal
10 cards
Dictate of Erebos
{3}{B}{B}Enchantment
Forces opponents to sacrifice creatures on every death
Fleshbag Marauder
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Warrior
Edict effect on a self-sacrificing creature body
Plaguecrafter
{2}{B}Creature — Human Shaman
Forces sacrifice of creatures or planeswalkers
Threats/Wincons
22 cards
Yosei, the Morning Star
{4}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Locks down an opponent and their untap step when it dies
Ashen Rider
{4}{W}{W}{B}{B}Creature — Archon
Exiles permanents on enter and death triggers
Archon of Justice
{3}{W}{W}Creature — Archon
Exiles any target permanent upon dying
Kokusho, the Evening Star
{4}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Massive life drain death trigger
Junji, the Midnight Sky
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Flexible death trigger for discard or reanimation
Ao, the Dawn Sky
{3}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Death trigger yields card advantage or +1/+1 counters
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
{2}{W}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight
Creates massive armies of Lifelink Vampires on death
Vindictive Lich
{3}{B}Creature — Zombie Wizard
Multi-choice death trigger punishing all opponents
Luminous Broodmoth
{2}{W}{W}Creature — Insect
Brings creatures back with flying after they die
Karmic Guide
{3}{W}{W}Creature — Angel Spirit
Reanimates key death trigger targets
Reveillark
{4}{W}Creature — Elemental
Brings back multiple utility/sacrifice creatures on death
Wurmcoil Engine
{6}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Leaves behind tokens upon dying
Solemn Simulacrum
{4}Artifact Creature — Golem
Ramps on ETB and draws cards doubled by Teysa on death
Zulaport Cutthroat
{1}{B}Creature — Human Rogue Ally
Drains opponents on every creature death
Cruel Celebrant
{W}{B}Creature — Vampire
Drains opponents when your creatures or Teysa die
Bastion of Remembrance
{2}{B}Enchantment
Resilient enchantment drain on creature deaths
Blood Artist
{1}{B}Creature — Vampire
Drains life whenever ANY creature on board dies
Pitiless Plunderer
{3}{B}Creature — Human Pirate
Generates treasure tokens on creature death
Syr Konrad, the Grim
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Drains life whenever creatures die or hit graveyards
Corpse Knight
{W}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
Pings opponents as reanimated token armies enter
Ratadrabik of Urborg
{2}{W}{B}Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard
Creates token copies of legendary creatures like Yosei when they die
Utility
10 cards
Viscera Seer
{B}Creature — Vampire Wizard
Zero-cost instant-speed sacrifice outlet that scrys
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
{2}{B}Legendary Creature — Aetherborn Vampire
Free sacrifice outlet that gains indestructible
Woe Strider
{2}{B}Creature — Horror
Free sac outlet that comes with a token and escape potential
Ashnod's Altar
{3}Artifact
Free sacrifice outlet that converts creatures into mana
Altar of Dementia
{2}Artifact
Free sacrifice outlet that can mill opponents or set up reanimation
Animate Dead
{1}{B}Enchantment — Aura
Cheap reanimation aura for strong death trigger targets
Victimize
{2}{B}Sorcery
Sacrifices a creature to return two creatures from graveyard
Dread Return
{2}{B}{B}Sorcery
Reanimation spell with flashback via sacrificing creatures
