Legendary Planeswalker — Szat

Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

Mana value5EDHREC#3,616PartnerYes

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The Commander

+2: Create two 0/1 black Thrull creature tokens.

+1: You may sacrifice another creature or planeswalker. If you do, draw two cards, then draw another card if the sacrificed permanent was a commander.

−10: Gain control of all commanders. Put all commanders from the command zone onto the battlefield under your control.

Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools can be your commander.

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Guide

Gameplan

Tevesh Szat is an aristocrats and card-advantage engine on a planeswalker chassis: you +2 to make Thrull fodder, then +1 to sacrifice creatures for two cards each turn, fueling a sacrifice-and-recur loop. As a Partner commander he wants a second commander to share the burden, and his ultimate can steal opponents' commanders to close games. You grind value while building toward a combo or overwhelming board.

Strengths

Repeatable, unconditional card draw that refills your hand every turn
Generates its own sacrifice fodder via Thrull tokens
Partner lets you pair into a second color/strategy for flexibility
Doubles as a token-producing engine and a sacrifice outlet for combos
Can be cast from the command zone and recast for ongoing advantage

Weaknesses

Mono-black on his own means no interaction outside removal and discard
Fragile to planeswalker hate, combat damage, and being attacked down
The +1 requires sacrificing creatures, so empty boards stall your draw
The -10 ultimate is very slow and rarely the actual win
Reliant on protecting a permanent that draws every opponent's attention

Key Cards

Pitiless Plunderer — Turns every creature you sacrifice to Tevesh into treasure, generating mana to recast and snowball.
Dockside Extortionist — Pairs with sacrifice loops and treasure synergies to explode your mana for combo turns.
Skullclamp — Stacks with Tevesh's draw, turning 0/1 Thrulls into card-draw machines.
Gravecrawler — A recurring sacrifice fodder body that you can replay endlessly to feed the +1 draw.
Phyrexian Altar — A free sacrifice outlet and mana source that enables combo loops alongside Tevesh's draw.
Ashnod's Altar — Converts your Thrull tokens into mana, fueling explosive turns and combos.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana (Dark Ritual, Jet Medallion, treasure makers) to deploy and protect Tevesh ahead of curve, then build a tight aristocrats package with Blood Artist effects and a recursion engine like Gravecrawler plus an altar for a true combo finish. Choose a Partner that adds interaction or a second axis—Thrasios for card filtering, Tymna for extra draw, or Reyhan for counters—and include planeswalker protection like Norn's Annex or proactive board defense.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Infinite sacrifice/recursion loops (e.g. Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar + a drain effect) draining the table
▸Aristocrats drain via Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, or Bastion of Remembrance
▸Overwhelming the board with tokens and alpha striking
▸Comboing into a game-ending payoff after drawing through the deck

Archetypes

Aristocrats — His +1 is a built-in sacrifice payoff and the +2 supplies a steady stream of fodder.
Combo — Sacrifice loops with altars and treasure makers generate infinite mana, draw, or tokens.
Tokens — The +2 floods the board with bodies that double as fuel or attackers.
Reanimator — Black's recursion lets you keep sacrificing and rebuying creatures for continuous value.