Teysa Karlov (Commander) - Budget Aristocrats

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Brian Cain
Feb 2, 2026
Best Case Scenario Mentality and Setup Cost in Commander
Are you putting cards in your Commander decks based on their best case scenario? You might want to reconsider that. Let's discuss.
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Grave Venerations
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
4%synergy
Scarblade's Malice
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
6%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Doomed Traveler
76%inclusion446 decks586 decks
70%synergy
Ministrant of Obligation
73%inclusion426 decks586 decks
68%synergy
Orzhov Enforcer
65%inclusion379 decks586 decks
61%synergy
Midnight Reaper
66%inclusion388 decks586 decks
59%synergy
Hallowed Spiritkeeper
63%inclusion368 decks586 decks
59%synergy
Hunted Witness
62%inclusion362 decks586 decks
58%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
79%inclusion461 decks586 decks
56%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
59%inclusion348 decks586 decks
56%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
81%inclusion475 decks586 decks
55%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
72%inclusion422 decks586 decks
54%synergy
Top Cards
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
79%inclusion464 decks586 decks
44%synergy
Viscera Seer
71%inclusion415 decks586 decks
50%synergy
Village Rites
70%inclusion408 decks586 decks
47%synergy
Blood Artist
68%inclusion401 decks586 decks
37%synergy
Grim Haruspex
62%inclusion366 decks586 decks
53%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
61%inclusion358 decks586 decks
52%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
60%inclusion353 decks586 decks
43%synergy
Victimize
57%inclusion336 decks586 decks
39%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
56%inclusion326 decks586 decks
49%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
54%inclusion319 decks586 decks
39%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
7.0%inclusion41 decks586 decks
-7%synergy
Creatures
Falkenrath Noble
54%inclusion315 decks586 decks
48%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion307 decks586 decks
44%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
50%inclusion293 decks586 decks
48%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
48%inclusion282 decks586 decks
33%synergy
Carrion Feeder
47%inclusion278 decks586 decks
38%synergy
Sifter of Skulls
47%inclusion274 decks586 decks
44%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
47%inclusion274 decks586 decks
36%synergy
Teysa, Orzhov Scion
46%inclusion272 decks586 decks
38%synergy
Carrier Thrall
46%inclusion271 decks586 decks
44%synergy
Requiem Angel
44%inclusion257 decks586 decks
41%synergy
Imperious Oligarch
43%inclusion254 decks586 decks
42%synergy
Indebted Spirit
42%inclusion187 decks445 decks
39%synergy
Reveillark
39%inclusion231 decks586 decks
36%synergy
Infestation Sage
39%inclusion85 decks217 decks
36%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
39%inclusion228 decks586 decks
32%synergy
Tithe Taker
39%inclusion228 decks586 decks
36%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
38%inclusion221 decks586 decks
36%synergy
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
38%inclusion221 decks586 decks
18%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
36%inclusion213 decks586 decks
20%synergy
Garrison Cat
36%inclusion213 decks586 decks
35%synergy
Denethor, Ruling Steward
36%inclusion212 decks586 decks
32%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
33%inclusion148 decks453 decks
23%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
32%inclusion189 decks586 decks
29%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
31%inclusion184 decks586 decks
23%synergy
Woe Strider
28%inclusion165 decks586 decks
24%synergy
Smothering Abomination
26%inclusion150 decks586 decks
24%synergy
Thalisse, Reverent Medium
24%inclusion140 decks586 decks
16%synergy
Wriggling Grub
24%inclusion54 decks228 decks
22%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
22%inclusion131 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Corpse Knight
22%inclusion129 decks586 decks
10%synergy
Crawling Chorus
22%inclusion127 decks586 decks
20%synergy
Cartel Aristocrat
21%inclusion125 decks586 decks
19%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
12%synergy
Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage
20%inclusion20 decks98 decks
19%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
20%inclusion118 decks586 decks
20%synergy
Sun Titan
19%inclusion112 decks586 decks
7%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
18%inclusion91 decks517 decks
14%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
17%inclusion54 decks325 decks
11%synergy
Luminous Broodmoth
17%inclusion97 decks586 decks
8%synergy
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
17%inclusion85 decks514 decks
5%synergy
Ophiomancer
16%inclusion95 decks586 decks
9%synergy
High-Society Hunter
15%inclusion35 decks226 decks
13%synergy
Whisper, Blood Liturgist
15%inclusion89 decks586 decks
13%synergy
Mentor of the Meek
15%inclusion86 decks586 decks
10%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
14%inclusion82 decks586 decks
6%synergy
Harvester of Souls
14%inclusion81 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Nested Shambler
13%inclusion76 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Massacre Wurm
13%inclusion74 decks586 decks
7%synergy
Martyr of Dusk
12%inclusion72 decks586 decks
9%synergy
Plaguecrafter
12%inclusion69 decks586 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Swords to Plowshares
54%inclusion317 decks586 decks
-10%synergy
Mortify
53%inclusion311 decks586 decks
31%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
52%inclusion306 decks586 decks
42%synergy
Despark
48%inclusion280 decks586 decks
17%synergy
Path to Exile
35%inclusion206 decks586 decks
-14%synergy
Deadly Dispute
31%inclusion184 decks586 decks
10%synergy
Tragic Slip
26%inclusion150 decks586 decks
22%synergy
Afterlife Insurance
25%inclusion145 decks586 decks
21%synergy
Fracture
23%inclusion136 decks586 decks
4%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
22%inclusion128 decks586 decks
16%synergy
Generous Gift
19%inclusion114 decks586 decks
-5%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
16%inclusion96 decks586 decks
-24%synergy
Final Payment
15%inclusion85 decks586 decks
13%synergy
Costly Plunder
14%inclusion84 decks586 decks
12%synergy
Utter End
14%inclusion82 decks586 decks
1%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
13%inclusion58 decks452 decks
11%synergy
Rally the Ancestors
12%inclusion73 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Dark Ritual
11%inclusion65 decks586 decks
-12%synergy
Altar's Reap
11%inclusion65 decks586 decks
10%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
8.7%inclusion51 decks586 decks
6%synergy
Murder
8.7%inclusion51 decks586 decks
5%synergy
Secure the Wastes
8.5%inclusion50 decks586 decks
5%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
8.2%inclusion48 decks586 decks
-6%synergy
Disenchant
7.5%inclusion44 decks586 decks
4%synergy
Nasty End
7.2%inclusion42 decks586 decks
3%synergy
Dire Tactics
6.5%inclusion38 decks586 decks
4%synergy
Body Count
6.5%inclusion38 decks586 decks
6%synergy
Return to Dust
5.6%inclusion33 decks586 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Rite of Oblivion
43%inclusion252 decks586 decks
34%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
40%inclusion233 decks586 decks
32%synergy
Sign in Blood
28%inclusion165 decks586 decks
10%synergy
Read the Bones
27%inclusion157 decks586 decks
17%synergy
Lich-Knights' Conquest
24%inclusion140 decks586 decks
21%synergy
Austere Command
23%inclusion133 decks586 decks
5%synergy
Final Vengeance
15%inclusion44 decks297 decks
13%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
15%inclusion86 decks586 decks
9%synergy
Martial Coup
15%inclusion86 decks586 decks
12%synergy
Dusk // Dawn
14%inclusion84 decks586 decks
10%synergy
Annihilating Glare
13%inclusion77 decks586 decks
12%synergy
Damn
13%inclusion76 decks586 decks
-20%synergy
Bone Shards
13%inclusion74 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Vindicate
12%inclusion72 decks586 decks
0%synergy
Dread Return
12%inclusion71 decks586 decks
9%synergy
Night's Whisper
10%inclusion57 decks586 decks
-7%synergy
Feed the Swarm
9.4%inclusion55 decks586 decks
2%synergy
Bone Splinters
8.0%inclusion47 decks586 decks
7%synergy
Fumigate
8.0%inclusion47 decks586 decks
0%synergy
Ascend from Avernus
7.7%inclusion45 decks586 decks
4%synergy
Unearth
7.5%inclusion44 decks586 decks
2%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
7.2%inclusion42 decks586 decks
7%synergy
Eaten Alive
7.2%inclusion42 decks586 decks
6%synergy
Merciless Eviction
6.7%inclusion39 decks586 decks
2%synergy
Debt to the Deathless
6.5%inclusion38 decks586 decks
-3%synergy
Coiling Rebirth
5.8%inclusion22 decks379 decks
5%synergy
Lingering Souls
5.8%inclusion34 decks586 decks
3%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
5.8%inclusion13 decks225 decks
0%synergy
Worthy Cost
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
38%inclusion222 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Norn's Wellspring
34%inclusion199 decks586 decks
31%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
23%inclusion135 decks586 decks
22%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion116 decks586 decks
6%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
19%inclusion114 decks586 decks
1%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion92 decks586 decks
-10%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
15%inclusion85 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Spawning Pit
12%inclusion73 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Oketra's Monument
10%inclusion58 decks586 decks
4%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
8.2%inclusion48 decks586 decks
5%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
6.7%inclusion15 decks224 decks
6%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
5.8%inclusion34 decks586 decks
5%synergy
Weatherlight Compleated
5.1%inclusion30 decks586 decks
4%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
5.1%inclusion30 decks586 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Vampiric Rites
43%inclusion254 decks586 decks
36%synergy
Field of Souls
40%inclusion236 decks586 decks
39%synergy
Open the Graves
38%inclusion223 decks586 decks
37%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
28%inclusion163 decks586 decks
24%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
25%inclusion144 decks586 decks
19%synergy
Black Market
21%inclusion122 decks586 decks
14%synergy
Life Insurance
18%inclusion103 decks586 decks
14%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
15%inclusion86 decks586 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
15%inclusion85 decks586 decks
-15%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
12%inclusion73 decks586 decks
10%synergy
Martyr's Cause
12%inclusion69 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Lunar Convocation
11%inclusion42 decks383 decks
0%synergy
Dramatic Finale
10%inclusion57 decks586 decks
8%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
8.5%inclusion50 decks586 decks
-1%synergy
Sanguine Bond
8.5%inclusion50 decks586 decks
-12%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
8.4%inclusion49 decks586 decks
6%synergy
Ethereal Absolution
8.4%inclusion49 decks586 decks
7%synergy
Intangible Virtue
8.2%inclusion48 decks586 decks
3%synergy
Blight Mound
7.8%inclusion46 decks586 decks
7%synergy
Tolls of War
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Dark Prophecy
6.5%inclusion38 decks586 decks
4%synergy
Dark Privilege
6.3%inclusion37 decks586 decks
6%synergy
Martyr's Bond
6.3%inclusion37 decks586 decks
5%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
5.1%inclusion5 decks98 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
14%inclusion82 decks586 decks
9%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
6.5%inclusion38 decks586 decks
0%synergy
Kaya, Geist Hunter
6.1%inclusion36 decks586 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
29%inclusion169 decks586 decks
-15%synergy
Mortuary Mire
19%inclusion112 decks586 decks
14%synergy
Reliquary Tower
13%inclusion77 decks586 decks
-10%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
13%inclusion77 decks586 decks
-20%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
13%inclusion76 decks586 decks
7%synergy
Witch's Cottage
11%inclusion67 decks586 decks
8%synergy
High Market
10%inclusion59 decks586 decks
-1%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion57 decks586 decks
2%synergy
Secluded Steppe
8.2%inclusion48 decks586 decks
5%synergy
Barren Moor
7.8%inclusion46 decks586 decks
5%synergy
Shambling Vent
5.6%inclusion33 decks586 decks
0%synergy
Restless Fortress
5.6%inclusion33 decks586 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
80%inclusion468 decks586 decks
-5%synergy
Arcane Signet
78%inclusion460 decks586 decks
-2%synergy
Orzhov Signet
77%inclusion452 decks586 decks
21%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
44%inclusion260 decks586 decks
-8%synergy
Mind Stone
43%inclusion254 decks586 decks
19%synergy
Commander's Sphere
34%inclusion199 decks586 decks
18%synergy
Fellwar Stone
17%inclusion99 decks586 decks
-4%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
17%inclusion98 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Marble Diamond
17%inclusion98 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Orzhov Locket
16%inclusion93 decks586 decks
13%synergy
Thought Vessel
12%inclusion72 decks586 decks
-2%synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
7.7%inclusion45 decks586 decks
6%synergy
Crowded Crypt
6.1%inclusion36 decks586 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Lens
5.3%inclusion31 decks586 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion584 decks586 decks
2%synergy
Plains
99%inclusion583 decks586 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
82%inclusion482 decks586 decks
-4%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
66%inclusion385 decks586 decks
24%synergy
Temple of Silence
65%inclusion383 decks586 decks
25%synergy
Tainted Field
63%inclusion369 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Scoured Barrens
54%inclusion319 decks586 decks
30%synergy
Caves of Koilos
53%inclusion310 decks586 decks
-4%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
51%inclusion299 decks586 decks
10%synergy
Evolving Wilds
46%inclusion268 decks586 decks
25%synergy
Isolated Chapel
38%inclusion221 decks586 decks
-28%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
37%inclusion218 decks586 decks
29%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
34%inclusion200 decks586 decks
20%synergy
Myriad Landscape
28%inclusion166 decks586 decks
8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion136 decks586 decks
-1%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
20%inclusion117 decks586 decks
-1%synergy
Path of Ancestry
18%inclusion105 decks586 decks
-6%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
16%inclusion91 decks586 decks
11%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
15%inclusion86 decks586 decks
4%synergy
Desolate Mire
14%inclusion80 decks573 decks
-1%synergy
Silverquill Campus
10%inclusion61 decks586 decks
6%synergy
Forlorn Flats
9.3%inclusion48 decks517 decks
4%synergy
Fetid Heath
8.9%inclusion52 decks586 decks
-30%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
8.2%inclusion48 decks586 decks
0%synergy
Neglected Manor
7.3%inclusion22 decks302 decks
5%synergy
Thriving Moor
7.0%inclusion41 decks586 decks
4%synergy
Thriving Heath
7.0%inclusion41 decks586 decks
4%synergy