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Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

Legendary Planeswalker — Szat

+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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CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
mythic
Set
The List
Price
$8.43
EDHREC rank
#3576
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Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools card art
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools enters the battlefield generating value immediately — sacrificing tokens to draw cards, then threatening an ultimate that takes over the game — and the five-mana cost is justified by how fast the loyalty climbs. The real ceiling arrives when The Chain Veil or Carth the Lion enter the picture, at which point Tevesh stops being a card and starts being a win condition.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Carth the Lion

Carth the Lion

65.2% of decks · synergy 0.64

Carth the Lion is the defining shell for Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools — Carth's passive adds an extra loyalty counter to every activation, meaning Tevesh hits his ultimate in two activations instead of three, and Carth tutors Tevesh directly onto the battlefield when another planeswalker dies.

02
Akul the Unrepentant

Akul the Unrepentant

22.6% of decks · synergy 0.22

Akul the Unrepentant wants a steady supply of fodder to exile with its ability, and Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools obligingly manufactures 0/1 Thrull tokens to feed the machine while drawing cards along the way.

03
Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

14.2% of decks · synergy 0.14

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain triggers off creatures dying, so the Thrulls Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools creates and then sacrifices convert directly into the incubate tokens Xavier wants to proliferate and weaponize.

04
Ayara, First of Locthwain

Ayara, First of Locthwain

15.1% of decks · synergy 0.12

Ayara, First of Locthwain pings opponents whenever a black creature enters, so the two 0/1 Thrulls Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools conjures each activation add up to a consistent drain engine before they ever hit the sacrifice outlet.

05

Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER

13.6% of decks · synergy 0.10

Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER accumulates Crisis counters through combat, and running Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools gives the deck a planeswalker that generates board presence and card advantage without ever needing to attack, covering the turns Sephiroth spends setting up his own win condition.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools belongs — the five-mana cost is entirely acceptable in a 40-life format, the card advantage from the minus ability compounds over a long game, and the ultimate is genuinely threatening at a table of four. In Legacy and Vintage, Tevesh competes against a much higher density of interaction and faster clocks; five mana for a planeswalker that doesn't immediately stabilize the board is a hard sell in those formats, and he sees essentially no competitive play there. Oathbreaker is an interesting fit since Tevesh can serve as the planeswalker commander himself, pairing with a black signature spell to accelerate his loyalty or protect him.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

10 decks
Tevesh Szat, Doom of FoolsThe Chain VeilAshnod's AltarTeferi, Who Slows the Sunset

Tevesh Szat, Doom of FoolsThe Chain VeilAshnod's AltarTeferi, Who Slows the Sunset

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite activations of most planeswalkers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite mana permanents you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures and lands you control

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Tevesh Szat, Doom of FoolsThe Chain VeilAshnod's AltarAphetto AlchemistIntruder Alarm

Tevesh Szat, Doom of FoolsThe Chain VeilAshnod's AltarAphetto AlchemistIntruder Alarm

Infinite activations of most planeswalkers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of artifacts you control; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

No single card fully replicates Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools — the combination of token production, repeatable card draw, and a game-ending ultimate is rare at any price — but Lolth, Spider Queen covers the draw-off-sacrifice angle in mono-black token shells for under $3, and Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath produces flying tokens and gains life for around $1. Both trade the raw card-draw efficiency and combo ceiling of Tevesh for more modest, incremental value.

Price Context

Current price

$8.43 mid tier

At $8.43, Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools sits comfortably in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a real purchase, cheap enough that it belongs in any deck that can use it. Demand is stable given how concentrated the card is in Carth the Lion builds, so the price is unlikely to erode unless the commander falls out of favor.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.