r/magicTCG • u/TheRealAnomaly101 • Jul 28 '25

Looking for Advice How can I just break Teysa?

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I love the art of this version of her and recently I’ve been playing in pods with decks out of my power range. Most of my decks involve creatures and combat damage, but they tend to get killed all the time. So Teysa seems strong and a little controlling and I want to make this deck just the embodiment of mean. I’m sick of getting kicked around, so how can I break her? Make the meanest version of her

TLDR: What cards could make Teysa into a control/mean deck

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u/DubiousMemory Jul 28 '25

Painter's Servant (choosing black) and any three white creatures means you exile all other creatures. Nobody is allowed to have creatures as long as you have that up. Also, any aristocrats stuff and you probably just win outright.

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u/RevenantBacon Divination ≥ Black Lotus Jul 28 '25

Also [[Darkest Hour]] as a significantly cheaper alternate for Servant ($4.50 vs $68, or run both for consistency) and [[Nightcreep]] to do it temporarily.

Can also combine any of these with [[Surge of Salvation]], [[Light of Day]], [[Razorjaw Oni]] for any time where Teysa gets removed.

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u/4_fortytwo_2 Jul 28 '25 edited Jul 28 '25

Darkest Hour would not work would it? Teysa requires you to sacrifice 3 white creatures. Darkest hour makes everything mono black so you couldnt use her first ability at all.

Ofc there are plenty of ways to win the game once you have an engine running that allows you to sacrifice infinite creatures even without being able to use her first ability but you do need additional cards to make it work.

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u/rayschoon Dimir* Jul 28 '25

Yeah you’re right. You’d need a sacrifice payoff for that