Teysa Karlov (Commander) - Burn

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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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Ninja Teen
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Bitterbloom Bearer
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
13%synergy
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12%synergy
Grave Venerations
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Zulaport Cutthroat
90%inclusion44 decks49 decks
68%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
84%inclusion41 decks49 decks
65%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
90%inclusion44 decks49 decks
64%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
82%inclusion40 decks49 decks
64%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
80%inclusion39 decks49 decks
63%synergy
Teysa, Orzhov Scion
67%inclusion33 decks49 decks
59%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
63%inclusion31 decks49 decks
56%synergy
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
73%inclusion36 decks49 decks
54%synergy
Viscera Seer
73%inclusion36 decks49 decks
52%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
61%inclusion30 decks49 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
84%inclusion41 decks49 decks
49%synergy
Blood Artist
80%inclusion39 decks49 decks
49%synergy
Skullclamp
76%inclusion37 decks49 decks
49%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
69%inclusion34 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Village Rites
61%inclusion30 decks49 decks
39%synergy
Victimize
57%inclusion28 decks49 decks
39%synergy
Doomed Traveler
57%inclusion28 decks49 decks
51%synergy
Warren Soultrader
53%inclusion26 decks49 decks
44%synergy
Path to Exile
51%inclusion25 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
49%inclusion24 decks49 decks
40%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
29%inclusion14 decks49 decks
15%synergy
Demonic Tutor
24%inclusion12 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Smothering Tithe
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Enlightened Tutor
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Teferi's Protection
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
-3%synergy
Necropotence
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Ancient Tomb
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Farewell
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Creatures
Grim Haruspex
49%inclusion24 decks49 decks
40%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
49%inclusion24 decks49 decks
40%synergy
Hunted Witness
47%inclusion23 decks49 decks
43%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
47%inclusion23 decks49 decks
35%synergy
Luminous Broodmoth
45%inclusion22 decks49 decks
37%synergy
Carrion Feeder
45%inclusion22 decks49 decks
36%synergy
Ophiomancer
43%inclusion21 decks49 decks
35%synergy
Midnight Reaper
41%inclusion20 decks49 decks
34%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
39%inclusion19 decks49 decks
31%synergy
Hallowed Spiritkeeper
39%inclusion19 decks49 decks
35%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
39%inclusion19 decks49 decks
22%synergy
Infestation Sage
39%inclusion17 decks44 decks
36%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
35%inclusion17 decks49 decks
20%synergy
Ministrant of Obligation
35%inclusion17 decks49 decks
31%synergy
Indebted Spirit
35%inclusion17 decks49 decks
32%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
33%inclusion16 decks49 decks
25%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
31%inclusion15 decks49 decks
19%synergy
Tithe Taker
31%inclusion15 decks49 decks
28%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
29%inclusion14 decks49 decks
13%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
29%inclusion14 decks49 decks
25%synergy
Athreos, God of Passage
29%inclusion14 decks49 decks
21%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
29%inclusion14 decks49 decks
26%synergy
Woe Strider
27%inclusion13 decks49 decks
22%synergy
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
27%inclusion13 decks49 decks
15%synergy
Wriggling Grub
25%inclusion11 decks44 decks
24%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
18%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
24%inclusion12 decks49 decks
18%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
24%inclusion11 decks45 decks
19%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
16%synergy
Garrison Cat
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
21%synergy
Orzhov Enforcer
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
19%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
12%synergy
Reveillark
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
18%synergy
Esper Sentinel
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
13%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Corpse Knight
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Denethor, Ruling Steward
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
14%synergy
Requiem Angel
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
16%synergy
Sifter of Skulls
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
16%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
14%synergy
Carrier Thrall
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
17%synergy
Bloodghast
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
12%synergy
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
14%synergy
Gravecrawler
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
14%synergy
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
11%synergy
Charismatic Conqueror
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Accursed Marauder
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Exalted Sunborn
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Corrupted Conviction
49%inclusion24 decks49 decks
38%synergy
Deadly Dispute
45%inclusion22 decks49 decks
23%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
45%inclusion22 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Afterlife Insurance
41%inclusion20 decks49 decks
37%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
31%inclusion15 decks49 decks
25%synergy
Despark
31%inclusion15 decks49 decks
0%synergy
Inkshield
29%inclusion14 decks49 decks
11%synergy
Dark Ritual
27%inclusion13 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Deadly Rollick
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Tragic Slip
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
13%synergy
Mortify
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
-6%synergy
Generous Gift
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
-9%synergy
Costly Plunder
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Saw in Half
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Fell the Profane
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
-2%synergy
Flawless Maneuver
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Flare of Fortitude
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Call the Coppercoats
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Rally the Ancestors
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Secure the Wastes
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Fracture
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
-11%synergy
Brought Back
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Not Dead After All
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Flare of Malice
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Culling the Weak
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Bovine Intervention
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Silence
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Grand Crescendo
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Intent
41%inclusion20 decks49 decks
31%synergy
Reanimate
31%inclusion15 decks49 decks
15%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
29%inclusion14 decks49 decks
19%synergy
Damn
27%inclusion13 decks49 decks
-6%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
24%inclusion12 decks49 decks
17%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
20%inclusion9 decks44 decks
15%synergy
Sign in Blood
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Toxic Deluge
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Final Vengeance
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
14%synergy
Austere Command
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
8%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Living Death
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
11%synergy
Vindicate
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
-2%synergy
Night's Whisper
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Martial Coup
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Idyllic Tutor
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
-2%synergy
Dusk // Dawn
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Lich-Knights' Conquest
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Raise the Past
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
3%synergy
Wrath of God
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
0%synergy
Unearth
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Debt to the Deathless
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Bone Shards
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Day of Judgment
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Eaten Alive
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Phyrexian Altar
45%inclusion22 decks49 decks
33%synergy
Spawning Pit
24%inclusion12 decks49 decks
23%synergy
Lightning Greaves
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
0%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Oketra's Monument
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
11%synergy
Altar of Dementia
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
12%synergy
Norn's Wellspring
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
7%synergy
The Golden Throne
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Jet Medallion
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Blasting Station
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
5%synergy
The Masamune
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Grave Pact
47%inclusion23 decks49 decks
38%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
39%inclusion19 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Vampiric Rites
35%inclusion17 decks49 decks
27%synergy
Bitterblossom
33%inclusion16 decks49 decks
25%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
31%inclusion14 decks45 decks
27%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
31%inclusion15 decks49 decks
24%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
29%inclusion14 decks49 decks
18%synergy
Black Market
24%inclusion12 decks49 decks
17%synergy
Dark Prophecy
24%inclusion12 decks49 decks
22%synergy
Black Market Connections
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
-3%synergy
Sanguine Bond
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
12%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Skrelv's Hive
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Open the Graves
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
11%synergy
Life Insurance
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Exquisite Blood
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
-5%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Revel in Riches
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Land Tax
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
12%inclusion4 decks34 decks
9%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Blind Obedience
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
-8%synergy
Anointed Procession
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Martyr's Cause
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Authority of the Consuls
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
-8%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Blight Mound
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Ghostly Prison
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
-6%synergy
Lunar Convocation
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-5%synergy
Darksteel Mutation
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
-3%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Field of Souls
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
-3%synergy
Court of Grace
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
37%inclusion18 decks49 decks
30%synergy
Elspeth, Storm Slayer
13%inclusion5 decks39 decks
8%synergy
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Kaya, Geist Hunter
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Phyrexian Tower
51%inclusion25 decks49 decks
35%synergy
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion23 decks49 decks
3%synergy
High Market
37%inclusion18 decks49 decks
25%synergy
Reliquary Tower
35%inclusion17 decks49 decks
12%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
24%inclusion12 decks49 decks
-9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
15%synergy
Witch's Cottage
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
17%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
-2%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Fountainport
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Westvale Abbey
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Barad-dûr
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
8%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
-1%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
0%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
92%inclusion45 decks49 decks
12%synergy
Sol Ring
90%inclusion44 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Orzhov Signet
55%inclusion27 decks49 decks
-1%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
51%inclusion25 decks49 decks
-1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Crowded Crypt
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Mind Stone
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
-12%synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Lotus Petal
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Orzhov Locket
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Thought Vessel
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
-8%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion49 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion49 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
98%inclusion48 decks49 decks
12%synergy
Isolated Chapel
76%inclusion37 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Caves of Koilos
67%inclusion33 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
65%inclusion32 decks49 decks
24%synergy
Tainted Field
63%inclusion31 decks49 decks
12%synergy
Godless Shrine
59%inclusion29 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Vault of Champions
49%inclusion24 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Temple of Silence
47%inclusion23 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
43%inclusion21 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Fetid Heath
39%inclusion19 decks49 decks
-1%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
37%inclusion18 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Marsh Flats
37%inclusion18 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
35%inclusion17 decks49 decks
14%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
35%inclusion17 decks49 decks
0%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Desolate Mire
33%inclusion16 decks49 decks
17%synergy
Myriad Landscape
27%inclusion13 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Scoured Barrens
27%inclusion13 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Path of Ancestry
24%inclusion12 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Exotic Orchard
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Silent Clearing
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
-6%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Silverquill Campus
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Scrubland
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Demolition Field
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Fell the Profane
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
-2%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
8%synergy
Reflecting Pool
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Witch Enchanter
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
-3%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Thriving Moor
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Thriving Heath
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Forlorn Flats
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
1%synergy