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Teval, the Balanced Scale
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Teval, the Balanced Scale

{1}{B}{G}{U}

Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon

Flying

Whenever Teval attacks, mill three cards. Then you may return a land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature token.

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FlyingMill
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC #8)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
4
Released
2025-04-11
Artist
Chris Rahn
EDHREC rank
#2,683
Colour identity
{B}{G}{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.60
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commanderIn a preconstructed deck
RampRecursion

Combos 170

Tortured Existence+Phyrexian Altar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-discard triggers
5,271 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Phyrexian Altar+Reassembling Skeleton+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
1,082 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Teval, the Balanced Scale+Titans' Nest+Embalmer's Tools
{B}{G}{U}
Exile your library and graveyardNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite tapped creature tokens
620 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tortured Existence+Pitiless Plunderer+Altar of Dementia+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-discard triggersInfinite self-mill
598 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Altar of Dementia+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
571 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Phyrexian Altar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggers
448 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Screams from Within+Altar of Dementia+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
404 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tortured Existence+Pitiless Plunderer+Ashnod's Altar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-discard triggers
384 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tortured Existence+Pitiless Plunderer+Viscera Seer+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1Infinite self-discard triggers
251 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Screams from Within+Phyrexian Altar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
231 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Umbral Collar Zealot+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggersInfinite surveil
211 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Nether Traitor+Phyrexian Altar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
172 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tortured Existence+Pitiless Plunderer+Carrion Feeder+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-discard triggers
166 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tortured Existence+Pitiless Plunderer+Umbral Collar Zealot+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-discard triggersInfinite surveil
158 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Ashnod's Altar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggers
136 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tortured Existence+Pitiless Plunderer+Woe Strider+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1Infinite self-discard triggers
114 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Nether Traitor+Kheru Goldkeeper+Altar of Dementia+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
88 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Viscera Seer+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggersInfinite scry 1
78 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Screams from Within+Ashnod's Altar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
76 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Woe Strider+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggersInfinite scry 1
67 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Six+Phyrexian Altar+Circle of the Land Druid+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-discard triggersInfinite self-millInfinite storm count
64 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Phyrexian Altar+Bloodsoaked Champion+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
48 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Nether Traitor+Kheru Goldkeeper+Ashnod's Altar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
44 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Nether Traitor+Kheru Goldkeeper+Viscera Seer+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
43 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Screams from Within+Woe Strider+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
38 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Carrion Feeder+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggers
38 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Screams from Within+Viscera Seer+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
38 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Nether Traitor+Kheru Goldkeeper+Umbral Collar Zealot+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite surveil
32 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Nether Traitor+Kheru Goldkeeper+Woe Strider+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
30 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Phyrexian Altar+Cult Conscript+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
30 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Nether Traitor+Kheru Goldkeeper+Carrion Feeder+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
29 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tortured Existence+Pitiless Plunderer+Blasting Station+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite self-discard triggers
29 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Screams from Within+Carrion Feeder+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
27 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Peregrin Took+Cauldron Familiar+Altar of Dementia+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite draw triggersInfinite Food tokensInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifelossInfinite millInfinite self-mill
19 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tortured Existence+Pitiless Plunderer+Yahenni, Undying Partisan+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-discard triggers
15 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Ebondeath, Dracolich+Ashnod's Altar+Pitiless Plunderer+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
14 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Screams from Within+Blasting Station+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
13 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Peregrin Took+Cauldron Familiar+Viscera Seer+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite draw triggersInfinite Food tokensInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifeloss
13 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Peregrin Took+Cauldron Familiar+Phyrexian Altar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite draw triggersInfinite Food tokensInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifeloss
13 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Gollum, Patient Plotter+Skirge Familiar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-discard triggers
10 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Peregrin Took+Cauldron Familiar+Ashnod's Altar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite draw triggersInfinite Food tokensInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifeloss
9 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Nether Traitor+Kheru Goldkeeper+Yahenni, Undying Partisan+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
9 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Eternal Witness+Priest of Gix+Victimize+Phyrexian Altar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
8 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Peregrin Took+Cauldron Familiar+Carrion Feeder+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite card drawInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite draw triggersInfinite Food tokensInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifeloss
7 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Eternal Witness+Priest of Gix+Victimize+Altar of Dementia+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite millInfinite self-millInfinite storm count
7 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Screams from Within+Grimgrin, Corpse-Born+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
7 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tortured Existence+Pitiless Plunderer+Bloodflow Connoisseur+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-discard triggers
6 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Yahenni, Undying Partisan+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggers
6 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Peregrin Took+Cauldron Familiar+Woe Strider+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite draw triggersInfinite Food tokensInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifeloss
6 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Eternal Witness+Priest of Gix+Victimize+Ashnod's Altar+Teval, the Balanced Scale
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite black manaInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
5 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Showing the 50 most played of 170.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Teval's Judgment 82 %+68.0 %
  2. Colossal Grave-Reaver 79 %+62.2 %
  3. Life from the Loam 77 %+60.1 %
  4. Gravecrawler 68 %+58.7 %
  5. Victimize 74 %+56.5 %
  6. Hedron Crab 70 %+55.5 %
  7. Wonder 66 %+53.3 %
  8. Will of the Sultai 59 %+49.7 %
  9. Kishla Skimmer 59 %+49.3 %
  10. Living Death 62 %+48.4 %
  11. Conduit of Worlds 62 %+47.2 %
  12. Stitcher's Supplier 59 %+45.5 %
  13. Command Beacon 57 %+45.3 %
  14. Insidious Roots 53 %+44.5 %
  15. Six 61 %+44.3 %
  16. Meren of Clan Nel Toth 50 %+42.4 %
  17. Phyrexian Reclamation 49 %+42.2 %
  18. Skull Prophet 55 %+41.9 %
  19. Kheru Goldkeeper 54 %+41.9 %
  20. Timeless Witness 51 %+40.9 %
  21. Ripples of Undeath 55 %+40.5 %
  22. Muldrotha, the Gravetide 62 %+40.3 %
  23. Tear Asunder 51 %+40.2 %
  24. Memorial to Folly 44 %+38.6 %
  25. Cephalid Coliseum 47 %+38.5 %
  26. Grapple with the Past 45 %+38.5 %
  27. Afterlife from the Loam 44 %+37.3 %
  28. River Kelpie 45 %+37.2 %
  29. Sidisi, Brood Tyrant 47 %+36.8 %
  30. Ob Nixilis, the Fallen 46 %+36.8 %
  31. Avenger of Zendikar 49 %+36.3 %
  32. The Gitrog Monster 51 %+35.8 %
  33. Kotis, Sibsig Champion 42 %+35.6 %
  34. Dreamroot Cascade 66 %+34.6 %
  35. Crypt of Agadeem 40 %+34.4 %
  36. Dread Return 45 %+34.4 %
  37. Harrow 46 %+34.3 %
  38. Lethal Scheme 39 %+33.4 %
  39. Drownyard Temple 38 %+32.9 %
  40. Hedge Shredder 48 %+32.8 %
  41. Sakura-Tribe Elder 55 %+32.4 %
  42. Icetill Explorer 50 %+31.8 %
  43. Nyx Weaver 40 %+31.7 %
  44. The Scarab God 37 %+31.1 %
  45. Welcome the Dead 36 %+31.0 %
  46. Tortured Existence 36 %+30.9 %
  47. Foreboding Landscape 53 %+30.4 %
  48. Shigeki, Jukai Visionary 36 %+29.8 %
  49. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord 36 %+27.7 %
  50. Floral Evoker 32 %+27.3 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Forest 96 %+4.5 %
  2. Command Tower 96 %+5.5 %
  3. Swamp 96 %+5.2 %
  4. Island 94 %+3.5 %
  5. Sol Ring 84 %+3.0 %
  6. Teval's Judgment 82 %+68.0 %
  7. Colossal Grave-Reaver 79 %+62.2 %
  8. Life from the Loam 77 %+60.1 %
  9. Arcane Signet 75 %+4.2 %
  10. Victimize 74 %+56.5 %
  11. Hedron Crab 70 %+55.5 %
  12. Woodland Cemetery 70 %+23.2 %
  13. Gravecrawler 68 %+58.7 %
  14. Exotic Orchard 68 %+11.7 %
  15. Hinterland Harbor 67 %+18.9 %
  16. Wonder 66 %+53.3 %
  17. Dreamroot Cascade 66 %+34.6 %
  18. Farseek 63 %+18.1 %
  19. Opulent Palace 63 %+12.0 %
  20. Muldrotha, the Gravetide 62 %+40.3 %
  21. Conduit of Worlds 62 %+47.2 %
  22. Living Death 62 %+48.4 %
  23. Six 61 %+44.3 %
  24. Stitcher's Supplier 59 %+45.5 %
  25. Will of the Sultai 59 %+49.7 %
  26. Kishla Skimmer 59 %+49.3 %
  27. Sunken Hollow 57 %+20.0 %
  28. Command Beacon 57 %+45.3 %
  29. Llanowar Wastes 57 %+24.7 %
  30. Ripples of Undeath 55 %+40.5 %
  31. Skull Prophet 55 %+41.9 %
  32. Sakura-Tribe Elder 55 %+32.4 %
  33. Kheru Goldkeeper 54 %+41.9 %
  34. Insidious Roots 53 %+44.5 %
  35. Foreboding Landscape 53 %+30.4 %
  36. Tear Asunder 51 %+40.2 %
  37. The Gitrog Monster 51 %+35.8 %
  38. Timeless Witness 51 %+40.9 %
  39. Meren of Clan Nel Toth 50 %+42.4 %
  40. Icetill Explorer 50 %+31.8 %
  41. Phyrexian Reclamation 49 %+42.2 %
  42. Avenger of Zendikar 49 %+36.3 %
  43. Overgrown Tomb 48 %+0.3 %
  44. Hedge Shredder 48 %+32.8 %
  45. Sidisi, Brood Tyrant 47 %+36.8 %
  46. Reanimate 47 %+23.7 %
  47. Cephalid Coliseum 47 %+38.5 %
  48. Breeding Pool 47 %-0.8 %
  49. Watery Grave 47 %+0.4 %
  50. Harrow 46 %+34.3 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2025-04-04

    If multiple cards leave your graveyard at the same time, Teval’s last ability will trigger only once.

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