Whenever another black creature you control dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Teysa, Orzhov Scion is an aristocrats engine: turn black creatures dying into a flood of white flying Spirit tokens, then convert those tokens into removal, drain, and overwhelming board presence. You build a sacrifice loop, grind incremental value, and bury opponents under death triggers while picking off threats with the exile ability.
Generates a self-sustaining token engine—black creatures dying feed white Spirits, which fuel sacrifice outlets and the exile ability
Built-in spot removal via the sacrifice-three-white-creatures ability that exiles, dodging indestructible and recursion
Excellent in grindy attrition matchups where incremental card and board advantage win out
Enables powerful death-trigger payoffs and recursion loops in Orzhov colors
Slow to start—needs setup and a critical mass of creatures before the engine snowballs
Heavily commander-dependent; losing Teysa stalls both the token generation and your removal plan
Vulnerable to board wipes that reset your token army and sacrifice fodder
Light interaction outside the engine; can struggle against fast combo decks
A recurring black creature that loops in and out of the yard to generate Spirits on demand.
Add token doublers and free sacrifice outlets (Viscera Seer, Carrion Feeder, Phyrexian Altar) plus drain payoffs to tighten the engine into near-infinite loops. Improve mana with fast rocks (Arcane Signet, Sol Ring) and tutors like Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor to assemble Blood Artist + a persistent sacrifice loop reliably. Round out with efficient interaction—Swords to Plowshares, Toxic Deluge—to survive while your engine sets up.
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
