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Teysa, Orzhov Scion

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

Sacrifice three white creatures: Exile target creature.
Whenever another black creature you control dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{W}{B}
Color identity
BW
Rarity
rare
Set
Ravnica Remastered
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#4126
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Teysa, Orzhov Scion card art
Teysa, Orzhov Scion converts three white creatures into a removal spell and replaces each black creature that dies with a 1/1 Spirit token — two entirely separate engines on a three-mana body. The cost is setup: she needs a token-generating engine like Phyrexian Altar to reach her ceiling, and she's outclassed as a standalone threat by newer value pieces like Teysa Karlov.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Teysa Karlov

Teysa Karlov

63.5% of decks · synergy 0.55

Teysa Karlov doubles death triggers, which means every black creature that dies under Teysa, Orzhov Scion's replacement effect produces two Spirit tokens instead of one — the two Teysas compound each other's output into a token flood that fuels sacrifice loops.

02
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

59.8% of decks · synergy 0.52

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch generates Citizen tokens on end steps and attacks, giving Teysa, Orzhov Scion a steady stream of white creatures to exile as removal fuel without needing a dedicated token engine elsewhere.

03
Thalisse, Reverent Medium

Thalisse, Reverent Medium

39.0% of decks · synergy 0.31

Thalisse, Reverent Medium rewards any token creation on end step with additional Spirit tokens, so every black creature death that triggers Teysa, Orzhov Scion's replacement effect snowballs further through Thalisse's end-step payoff.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Teysa, Orzhov Scion earns her reputation — the combination of on-demand exile removal and a death-triggered token engine maps cleanly onto sacrifice and token strategies that thrive in the 100-card singleton format. In Legacy and Vintage she's legal but effectively invisible; three mana for a 2/3 with conditional abilities doesn't compete in formats where threats resolve the game on turn one or two. Modern is the same story — the power floor is too high and the payoff too conditional for competitive play. Oathbreaker gives her a second home where her two abilities can function as a commander-level engine at a lower setup cost, though her impact there depends entirely on how fast the token engine assembles.

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Current pricing data for Teysa, Orzhov Scion isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. Historically she's a bulk-rare-to-low-value card with occasional spikes tied to Commander demand, so most copies are easy to find without paying a premium.

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