Teysa Karlov (Commander) - Expensive Lifedrain

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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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Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Bitterbloom Bearer
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
22%synergy
Grave Venerations
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Pitiless Plunderer
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
79%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
74%synergy
Luminous Broodmoth
81%inclusion17 decks21 decks
73%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
72%synergy
Warren Soultrader
81%inclusion17 decks21 decks
72%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
70%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
81%inclusion17 decks21 decks
70%synergy
Skullclamp
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
68%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
68%synergy
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
66%synergy
Top Cards
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
100%inclusion21 decks21 decks
65%synergy
Blood Artist
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
55%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
58%synergy
Viscera Seer
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
55%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
61%synergy
Ophiomancer
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
64%synergy
Teysa, Orzhov Scion
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
63%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
64%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
31%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
60%synergy
Game Changers
Smothering Tithe
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
44%synergy
Teferi's Protection
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
46%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
43%synergy
Demonic Tutor
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
37%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Ancient Tomb
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Enlightened Tutor
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Necropotence
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
14%synergy
The One Ring
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Creatures
Esper Sentinel
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
44%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
53%synergy
Ministrant of Obligation
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
53%synergy
Grim Haruspex
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
43%synergy
Carrion Feeder
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
43%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
40%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
38%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
35%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
47%inclusion8 decks17 decks
40%synergy
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
31%synergy
Athreos, God of Passage
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
36%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
29%synergy
Doomed Traveler
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Mondrak, Glory Dominus
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
29%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
25%synergy
Hallowed Spiritkeeper
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
30%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
24%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Hunted Witness
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
25%synergy
Tithe Taker
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
26%synergy
Midnight Reaper
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Orzhov Enforcer
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
25%synergy
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Dark Confidant
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Delney, Streetwise Lookout
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Ocelot Pride
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
20%synergy
Voice of Victory
21%inclusion4 decks19 decks
15%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
14%synergy
Infestation Sage
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
17%synergy
Gravecrawler
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Woe Strider
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Charismatic Conqueror
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Indebted Spirit
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Grand Abolisher
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
0%synergy
Archivist of Oghma
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Corpse Knight
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Sifter of Skulls
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-7%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Karmic Guide
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Crypt Ghast
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Ranger-Captain of Eos
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Swords to Plowshares
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Path to Exile
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Inkshield
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
35%synergy
Dark Ritual
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Deadly Rollick
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Village Rites
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Deadly Dispute
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Flawless Maneuver
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
25%synergy
Fell the Profane
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Afterlife Insurance
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
25%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Flare of Malice
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Despark
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-7%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Grand Crescendo
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Kaya's Guile
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Saw in Half
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Fracture
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-5%synergy
Entomb
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Clever Concealment
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Fortitude
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Body Count
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Rally the Ancestors
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Secure the Wastes
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Mortify
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-13%synergy
Generous Gift
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-14%synergy
Unwanted Remake
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
34%synergy
Toxic Deluge
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
35%synergy
Diabolic Intent
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Damn
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Reanimate
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
24%synergy
Living Death
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
25%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
25%inclusion5 decks20 decks
19%synergy
Lingering Souls
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Grim Tutor
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Feed the Swarm
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Increasing Devotion
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Wrath of God
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Debt to the Deathless
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
0%synergy
Damnation
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Embrace Oblivion
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Raise the Past
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
1%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Jet Medallion
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Lightning Greaves
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Pearl Medallion
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-16%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Spawning Pit
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Dictate of Erebos
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
51%synergy
Bitterblossom
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
50%synergy
Grave Pact
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
43%synergy
Black Market Connections
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
26%synergy
Anointed Procession
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
34%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
35%inclusion7 decks20 decks
31%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Dark Prophecy
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Skrelv's Hive
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Exquisite Blood
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Trouble in Pairs
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Sanguine Bond
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Court of Grace
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Black Market
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Divine Visitation
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Vampiric Rites
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Animate Dead
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Land Tax
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Valkyrie's Call
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
3%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
3%synergy
Into the Pit
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Elspeth, Storm Slayer
26%inclusion5 decks19 decks
21%synergy
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
55%synergy
Cabal Coffers
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
55%synergy
Bojuka Bog
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Reliquary Tower
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
20%synergy
High Market
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Urza's Saga
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Westvale Abbey
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Dalkovan Encampment
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
13%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Hall of Heliod's Generosity
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
War Room
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Command Beacon
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
0%synergy
Field of the Dead
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Castle Locthwain
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
0%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Arcane Signet
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Orzhov Signet
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
-27%synergy
Fellwar Stone
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Thought Vessel
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Mind Stone
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-5%synergy
Lotus Petal
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Mana Vault
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Mox Amber
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
The Soul Stone
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Godless Shrine
100%inclusion21 decks21 decks
50%synergy
Swamp
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
-7%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Plains
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
-12%synergy
Marsh Flats
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
56%synergy
Vault of Champions
81%inclusion17 decks21 decks
41%synergy
Isolated Chapel
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
44%synergy
Caves of Koilos
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Scrubland
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
55%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
30%synergy
Fetid Heath
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Tainted Field
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Silent Clearing
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
40%inclusion8 decks20 decks
17%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
-3%synergy
Windswept Heath
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Fell the Profane
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
24%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Polluted Delta
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Flooded Strand
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Temple of Silence
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-16%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Prismatic Vista
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Fabled Passage
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-22%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-7%synergy
Desolate Mire
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Urza's Cave
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Arid Mesa
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Witch Enchanter
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-15%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-11%synergy
Snow-Covered Plains
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Scoured Barrens
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-14%synergy
City of Brass
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy