Is Teval's Judgment good in Commander?

Teval's Judgment in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Teval's Judgment hits the board as a sweeper that rewards you for filling your graveyard — exile all creatures, then return a pile of them under your control based on how many cards you've milled or discarded. It's the signature payoff for Teval, the Balanced Scale decks, and outside that shell it's a niche reanimation board wipe that costs enough mana to demand a dedicated build.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Teval, the Balanced Scale

82.7% of decks · synergy 0.68

Teval, the Balanced Scale mills and discards constantly, so Teval's Judgment lands with a full graveyard and routinely returns four or more creatures to your side of the board — it's less a removal spell and more a coup.

02

Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer

39.8% of decks · synergy 0.38

Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer discards nonstop to generate value, and Teval's Judgment converts that deep graveyard into a clean board wipe followed by a resurrection wave you control.

03

Squall, SeeD Mercenary

38.6% of decks · synergy 0.37

Squall, SeeD Mercenary builds toward high-impact sorceries and self-mill, making Teval's Judgment a natural closer — wipe the board, then rebuy the best creatures you've pitched along the way.

04

Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist

38.1% of decks · synergy 0.36

Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist leans on graveyard cycling and attrition, and Teval's Judgment acts as both a reset button and a refueling engine when the graveyard is stocked.

05

Teval, Arbiter of Virtue

39.8% of decks · synergy 0.25

Teval, Arbiter of Virtue cares about creature types and reanimation loops, and Teval's Judgment provides a clean board clear that immediately populates your side with exactly the bodies you've been accumulating.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	not legal
pioneer	not legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Teval's Judgment is a Commander card through and through — the mana cost and graveyard dependency make no sense outside a 100-card singleton format where you have time to build a yard and the political cover to tap out for a sweeper. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but will never see play; the format's speed and the availability of one-mana interaction make a five-plus-mana sorcery a non-starter. Oathbreaker gives it a theoretical home in graveyard-stacking builds, though the smaller deck size compresses the setup window. Stick to Commander, specifically decks that fill the graveyard as a game plan rather than as a side effect.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

If Teval's Judgment is out of reach, Crux of Fate and Damn both sweep the board for less money and slot into any black shell without needing a stocked graveyard. The trade-off is real — you lose the reanimation upside entirely, so you're getting a clean reset instead of a board wipe that doubles as a finisher.

Price Context

Current price

$8.43 mid tier

At $8.43, Teval's Judgment sits in the mid tier — not a casual pickup, but not a barrier either for a deck built around Teval, the Balanced Scale. Demand is almost entirely commander-specific, so the price reflects how central this card is to one archetype rather than broad cross-format play.