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Teval, the Balanced Scale - Sultai Graveyard Balance

$170.00

This Teval, the Balanced Scale Commander deck is a methodically constructed Sultai graveyard strategy that emphasizes equilibrium between self-mill, recursion, and board control. Teval functions as a stabilizing centerpiece, rewarding deliberate resource management and measured sequencing rather than explosive volatility. The deck plays with a controlled, attrition-oriented cadence, steadily converting graveyard presence into material advantage.

Designed as a cohesive graveyard value engine, the list blends recursive threats, selective interaction, and inevitability through repeated access to key pieces. Every inclusion supports a unified plan: fill the graveyard efficiently, extract value from it repeatedly, and maintain parity until the deck closes the game on its own terms.

This Teval, the Balanced Scale Commander deck is a methodically constructed Sultai graveyard strategy that emphasizes equilibrium between self-mill, recursion, and board control. Teval functions as a stabilizing centerpiece, rewarding deliberate resource management and measured sequencing rather than explosive volatility. The deck plays with a controlled, attrition-oriented cadence, steadily converting graveyard presence into material advantage.

Designed as a cohesive graveyard value engine, the list blends recursive threats, selective interaction, and inevitability through repeated access to key pieces. Every inclusion supports a unified plan: fill the graveyard efficiently, extract value from it repeatedly, and maintain parity until the deck closes the game on its own terms.

Graveyard Setup and Self-Mill

The deck establishes its foundation through consistent self-mill and selective filling of the graveyard. Cards such as Stitcher’s Supplier, Satyr Wayfinder, Grisly Salvage, Grapple with the Past, and Hedron Crab ensure a steady flow of resources into the graveyard without overcommitting. Lands like Dakmor Salvage, Cephalid Coliseum, and Drownyard Temple further reinforce this engine while maintaining mana efficiency.

These effects ensure that the deck rarely runs out of material, enabling recursion lines to remain live throughout the game.

Recursion and Resource Loops

Graveyard recursion is the structural core of the deck. Meren of Clan Nel Toth, Victimize, Stitch Together, Living Death, and Altar of Bhaal provide layered access to creatures at different stages of the game. Repeatable bodies such as Reassembling Skeleton, Bloodghast, and Gravecrawler act as reliable fuel for sacrifice and recursion loops.

This recursive framework allows the deck to recover smoothly from removal and board wipes, maintaining pressure while conserving cards in hand.

Interaction and Board Control

The list employs flexible, efficient interaction to keep opposing strategies in check. Removal such as Abrupt Decay, Putrefy, Tear Asunder, Casualties of War, and Deadly Rollick answers a wide range of permanent types. Countermagic and disruption including Counterspell, Swan Song, Duress, and Lethal Scheme provide protection for key turns without diluting the core strategy.

Graveyard hate like Soul-Guide Lantern and Bojuka Bog is incorporated in a way that preserves symmetry and timing control.

Value Engines and Card Advantage

Long-term advantage is generated through repeatable value pieces such as River Kelpie, Crawling Sensation, Nyx Weaver, and Skull Prophet. Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait and Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath convert land drops and recursion into sustained card flow, while Titans’ Nest provides mana acceleration that directly leverages the graveyard.

These engines ensure the deck scales effectively into longer games without relying on burst draw effects.

Closing the Game

The deck transitions naturally from stabilization into inevitability. Avenger of Zendikar, Ob Nixilis, the Fallen, and Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord convert board presence and graveyard density into decisive pressure. Wonder grants evasive finishing capability once the graveyard is established, while Living Death often functions as a one-sided reset that immediately swings the game state.

Victory is achieved through accumulated advantage rather than sudden combo lines, aligning with the deck’s balanced and deliberate identity.

Build Philosophy

This deck is built around synergy, resilience, and controlled pacing. The mana base is carefully sequenced to support early setup and late-game recursion, while ramp elements like Cultivate, Rampant Growth, Springbloom Druid, and artifact acceleration maintain consistency. Each card serves a defined role within the graveyard ecosystem, resulting in a list tuned for stability and strategic depth rather than volatility.

Technical Details

  • 100-card singleton Commander deck, legal for EDH

  • All cards in Near Mint to Lightly Played condition

  • Professionally sleeved and ready to play

  • Built for consistent performance and long-game resilience

Ideal For Players Who:

  • Enjoy graveyard-centric decks built around recursion and attrition

  • Prefer Commander strategies that reward sequencing and resource management

  • Appreciate cohesive, professionally constructed Sultai builds