Teysa Karlov (Commander) - Budget Core 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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Scarblade's Malice
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Doomed Traveler
80%inclusion20 decks25 decks
74%synergy
Orzhov Enforcer
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
69%synergy
Hallowed Spiritkeeper
68%inclusion17 decks25 decks
64%synergy
Midnight Reaper
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
53%synergy
Sifter of Skulls
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
53%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
52%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
51%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
68%inclusion17 decks25 decks
50%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
50%synergy
Ministrant of Obligation
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
48%synergy
Top Cards
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
80%inclusion20 decks25 decks
45%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
68%inclusion17 decks25 decks
42%synergy
Village Rites
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
42%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
47%synergy
Viscera Seer
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
43%synergy
Victimize
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
42%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
40%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
45%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
43%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
43%synergy
Creatures
Butcher of Malakir
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
45%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
39%synergy
Teysa, Orzhov Scion
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
39%synergy
Imperious Oligarch
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
46%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
37%synergy
Hunted Witness
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
40%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
38%synergy
Requiem Angel
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
41%synergy
Carrier Thrall
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
42%synergy
Indebted Spirit
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
40%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
25%synergy
Reveillark
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
37%synergy
Blood Artist
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
29%synergy
Grim Haruspex
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
31%synergy
Sun Titan
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
28%synergy
Infestation Sage
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
35%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
29%synergy
Tithe Taker
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
33%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
33%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
31%synergy
High-Society Hunter
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
31%synergy
Agent Venom
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
30%synergy
Woe Strider
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
28%synergy
Smothering Abomination
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
30%synergy
Corpse Knight
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Denethor, Ruling Steward
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
24%synergy
Thalisse, Reverent Medium
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
20%synergy
Cartel Aristocrat
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
26%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Luminous Broodmoth
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Harvester of Souls
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Nested Shambler
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
24%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Accursed Marauder
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Carrion Feeder
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage
18%inclusion3 decks17 decks
16%synergy
Nezumi Linkbreaker
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Outlaw Medic
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Corpse Augur
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Market Gnome
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Seraph of the Scales
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Mentor of the Meek
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Archon of Justice
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Instants
Despark
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
17%synergy
Mortify
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
25%synergy
Deadly Dispute
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
-36%synergy
Path to Exile
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
-21%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Tragic Slip
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Afterlife Insurance
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Secure the Wastes
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Utter End
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Dire Tactics
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Rally the Ancestors
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Final Payment
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Generous Gift
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-12%synergy
Hagra Mauling
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Kabira Takedown
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Return to Dust
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Pile On
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Fanatical Offering
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Vanishing Verse
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Altar's Reap
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Disenchant
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Nasty End
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Maximum Overdrive
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Austere Command
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Sign in Blood
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Desperate Plea
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Dread Return
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Dusk // Dawn
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Read the Bones
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Bone Shards
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Lich-Knights' Conquest
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
17%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Martial Coup
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Debt to the Deathless
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Makindi Stampede
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Hour of Reckoning
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Ascend from Avernus
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Feed the Swarm
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Vindicate
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Night's Whisper
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-5%synergy
Revival // Revenge
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Raise the Past
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Coiling Rebirth
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Come Back Wrong
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Final Vengeance
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Bone Splinters
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Helping Hand
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Gift of Estates
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Fell the Mighty
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Forever Young
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Unearth
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Slaughter the Strong
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Tragic Arrogance
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Call a Surprise Witness
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Damn
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-25%synergy
Angelic Purge
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Shadow Summoning
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Promise of Loyalty
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Norn's Wellspring
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
41%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Skullclamp
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-15%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Altar of Bhaal
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Ghost Lantern
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Spawning Pit
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Vampiric Rites
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
36%synergy
Field of Souls
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
38%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
28%synergy
Open the Graves
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Ethereal Absolution
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Life Insurance
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Intangible Virtue
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Omen of the Sun
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Dramatic Finale
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Lunar Convocation
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Omen of the Dead
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Divine Visitation
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Martyr's Cause
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Dawn of Hope
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Spirit Bonds
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Abiding Grace
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Court of Grace
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Kaya, Geist Hunter
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Mortuary Mire
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Temple of the False God
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-14%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Secluded Steppe
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Barren Moor
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Witch's Cottage
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
High Market
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-3%synergy
Restless Fortress
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Cryptic Caves
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Reliquary Tower
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-15%synergy
Hidden Courtyard
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
-9%synergy
Sol Ring
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
-20%synergy
Orzhov Signet
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
28%synergy
Mind Stone
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
-25%synergy
Marble Diamond
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
-5%synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Crowded Crypt
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Orzhov Locket
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Honored Heirloom
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Thought Vessel
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-6%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion25 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion25 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
84%inclusion21 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
31%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Temple of Silence
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
24%synergy
Tainted Field
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Scoured Barrens
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
24%synergy
Caves of Koilos
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
-13%synergy
Isolated Chapel
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
-22%synergy
Myriad Landscape
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
20%synergy
Evolving Wilds
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Exotic Orchard
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Path of Ancestry
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Desolate Mire
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Silverquill Campus
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
-5%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Forlorn Flats
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Makindi Stampede
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Thriving Heath
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Hagra Mauling
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Kabira Takedown
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Godless Shrine
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-42%synergy
Promising Vein
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Thriving Moor
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Goldmire Bridge
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy