EDH Optimizer
Teyo, Diamondblade Mage
Legendary Creature — Human Warlock · 3B
Color identity: Black
Teyo, Diamondblade Mage is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flash
When Teyo enters, target permanent you control gains deathtouch until end of turn. Put a +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature. Put a loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker.
Reference price of the card: €0.12
Average lands in decks for Teyo, Diamondblade Mage: 36
Build your Teyo, Diamondblade Mage deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Teyo, Diamondblade Mage 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Teyo, Diamondblade Mage deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: D (44/100)
- Consistency21
- Speed52
- Interaction32
- Resilience59
- Closing49
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (14 nonbasic, 22 Swamp)
Plague Spitter · Activated Sleeper · Battle-Rage Blessing · Black Market · Bloodcrazed Paladin · Call of the Death-Dweller · Coat with Venom · Cuombajj Witches · Damnation · Death-Rattle Oni · Fire Nation Ambushers · Gorgon Flail · Gorgon's Head · Grim Wanderer · Head of the Hunt · Hired Blade · Hooded Blightfang · Lobelia Sackville-Baggins · Lurking Deadeye · Maximum Overdrive · Mutual Destruction · Nimana Skydancer · Offer Immortality · Onyx Mage · Pain 101 · Qarsi Revenant · Rampart Hunter · Reanimate · Rooftop Assassin · Sanctum Lurker · Sautekh Immortal · Scarblade's Malice · Sol Ring · Stingblade Assassin · Toxin Analysis · Void Beckoner · White Widow, Yelena Belova · Wreck Hunter · Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt · Animate Dead · Arc Reactor · Arcane Signet · Ashnod's Altar · Atraxa's Skitterfang · Avacyn, Angel of Horror · Basilisk Collar · Black Market Connections · Blood Artist · Blood Money · Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog · Bontu's Last Reckoning · Bubbling Muck · Carnival of Souls · Charcoal Diamond · Chromatic Orrery · Conductor of Cacophony · Crypt Ghast · Culling the Weak · Cultist of the Absolute · Dark Confidant · Dark Prophecy · Dark Ritual · Darkness · Cabal Coffers · Cabal Stronghold · Crypt of Agadeem · Bojuka Bog · Castle Locthwain · Maze of Ith · Myriad Landscape · Nesting Grounds · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Phyrexian Tower · Reliquary Tower · Takenuma, Abandoned Mire · Urza's Cave · War Room
🃏 Recommended cards for Teyo, Diamondblade Mage
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Teyo, Diamondblade Mage, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Plague Spitter | 100% | +99% |
| Fire Nation Ambushers | 67% | +67% |
| Onyx Mage | 67% | +67% |
| Lurking Deadeye | 67% | +67% |
| Hired Blade | 67% | +67% |
| Gorgon Flail | 67% | +67% |
| Nimana Skydancer | 67% | +67% |
| Gorgon's Head | 67% | +67% |
| Rampart Hunter | 67% | +67% |
| Stingblade Assassin | 67% | +67% |
| Mutual Destruction | 67% | +67% |
| Coat with Venom | 67% | +67% |
| Grim Wanderer | 67% | +66% |
| Wreck Hunter | 67% | +66% |
| Death-Rattle Oni | 67% | +66% |
| Cuombajj Witches | 67% | +66% |
| Rooftop Assassin | 67% | +66% |
| Toxin Analysis | 67% | +66% |
| White Widow, Yelena Belova | 67% | +66% |
| Scarblade's Malice | 67% | +66% |
| Hooded Blightfang | 67% | +66% |
| Bloodcrazed Paladin | 67% | +66% |
| Call of the Death-Dweller | 67% | +66% |
| Activated Sleeper | 67% | +66% |
💰 The best cards for your Teyo, Diamondblade Mage deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Plague Spitter
- Fire Nation Ambushers
- Onyx Mage
- Lurking Deadeye
- Hired Blade
- Gorgon Flail
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Crypt of Agadeem
- Black Market
- Surveyor's Scope
- Cabal Stronghold
- Carnival of Souls
- Wurmcoil Engine
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Damnation
- Chromatic Orrery
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Teyo, Diamondblade Mage's color identity?
Teyo, Diamondblade Mage is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Teyo, Diamondblade Mage come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Teyo, Diamondblade Mage deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.8 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 30 % of the time and floods 27 %. Deck health: D (44/100).
How many lands should a Teyo, Diamondblade Mage deck run?
Real Teyo, Diamondblade Mage decks run 36 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Teyo, Diamondblade Mage?
The three highest-synergy cards are Plague Spitter, Fire Nation Ambushers, Onyx Mage. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Teyo, Diamondblade Mage decks.
What combos does Teyo, Diamondblade Mage have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Teyo, Diamondblade Mage. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Teyo, Diamondblade Mage deck cost?
You can start cheap: Plague Spitter, Fire Nation Ambushers, Onyx Mage are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.