Teval, the Balanced Scale

Teval, the Balanced Scale

Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon

Mana cost: {1}{B}{G}{U}

How we read this card

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

triggered — mills a card

triggered — brings a card back

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

triggered — makes a token

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: mill a card, put a land onto the battlefield, a land leaves a graveyard, create a Druid creature token, create a Zombie creature token, put a Druid creature token onto the battlefield, put a Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: anything leaves a graveyard, a land in a graveyard.

Works well with

a Dragon attacks — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Teval is one).

When Teval, the Balanced Scale attacks:

  1. Silumgar, the Drifting Death — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Utvara Hellkite — makes a token
  3. The Ur-Dragon — draws you that many cards
  4. Atarka, World Render — grants double strike
  5. Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury — gives +1/+0
  6. Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw — deals 2 damage
  7. Ojutai, Soul of Winter — taps a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle an opponent controls
  8. Dromoka, the Eternal — puts a counter on a permanent

a Dragon deals combat damage — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Teval is one).

When Teval, the Balanced Scale deals combat damage:

  1. Parapet Thrasher — triggers
  2. Broodcaller Scourge — puts a permanent onto the battlefield
  3. Zurgo and Ojutai — triggers

a nontoken Dragon enters the battlefield — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Teval is one).

When Teval, the Balanced Scale enters:

  1. Lathliss, Dragon Queen — makes a token
  2. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm — makes a token

a Dragon it applies enters with counters to — 488 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Dragonstorm Globe — Dragonstorm Globe gives Teval, the Balanced Scale counters as it enters

487 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Dragon enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Teval is one).

When Teval, the Balanced Scale enters:

  1. Dragon Tempest — deals damage
  2. Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory — gains you 3 life
  3. Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Ganax, Astral Hunter — makes a token
  5. Scourge of Valkas — deals damage
  6. Bladewing's Thrall — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Sarkhan, Soul Aflame — copies a permanent
  8. Teeming Dragonstorm — triggers
  9. Corroding Dragonstorm — triggers
  10. Roiling Dragonstorm — triggers

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

put a land into a graveyard — 634 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Tainted Aether — Tainted Aether puts cards into the graveyard that Teval, the Balanced Scale can bring back
  2. Spiked Ripsaw — Spiked Ripsaw puts cards into the graveyard that Teval, the Balanced Scale can bring back
  3. Excavating Anurid — Excavating Anurid puts cards into the graveyard that Teval, the Balanced Scale can bring back
  4. Rancid Earth — Rancid Earth puts cards into the graveyard that Teval, the Balanced Scale can bring back
  5. Cephalid Coliseum — When Cephalid Coliseum is in the graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale can bring it back
  6. Cabal Pit — When Cabal Pit is in the graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale can bring it back
  7. Centaur Garden — When Centaur Garden is in the graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale can bring it back
  8. Haven of the Spirit Dragon — When Haven of the Spirit Dragon is in the graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale can bring it back
  9. Edgewall Inn — When Edgewall Inn is in the graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale can bring it back
  10. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord — Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard that Teval, the Balanced Scale can bring back

624 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken Spirit deals combat damage — 725 cards in the game can cause this (Teval is one).

  1. Millicent, Restless Revenant — When Teval, the Balanced Scale deals combat damage, Millicent, Restless Revenant makes a token

a nontoken Spirit enters the battlefield — 727 cards in the game can cause this (Teval is one).

  1. Baboon Spirit — When Teval, the Balanced Scale enters, Baboon Spirit makes a token

a Zombie enters the battlefield — 795 cards in the game can cause this (Teval is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale:

  1. Noxious Ghoul — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Geralf, the Fleshwright — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Wayward Servant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Champion of the Perished — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Mummy Paramount — gets +1/+1
  6. Unconventional Tactics — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Binding Mummy — taps a creature or artifact

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 863 cards in the game can cause this (Teval is one).

When Teval, the Balanced Scale enters:

  1. Mausoleum Wanderer — gets +1/+1
  2. Drogskol Cavalry — gains you 2 life
  3. Vanguard of the Restless — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Nebelgast Herald — taps a creature an opponent controls

a Spirit creature it boosts — 889 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Battleground Geist — Battleground Geist gives Teval, the Balanced Scale bigger stats
  2. Long-Forgotten Gohei — Long-Forgotten Gohei gives Teval, the Balanced Scale bigger stats

887 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Spirit it boosts — 895 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Supreme Phantom — Supreme Phantom gives Teval, the Balanced Scale bigger stats

894 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a land enters the battlefield — 1,560 cards in the game can cause this (Teval is one).

When a land enters thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale:

  1. Primeval Bounty — gains you 3 life
  2. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — makes a token
  4. Emeria Shepherd — brings a card back
  5. Quest for the Necropolis — puts a quest counter on itself
  6. Soul Stair Expedition — puts a quest counter on itself
  7. Nissa of Shadowed Boughs — puts counters on a permanent
  8. Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally — makes a token
  9. Silvan Reveler — returns itself from the graveyard
  10. Floral Evoker — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

199 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Blastoneuron — When a land leaves a graveyard thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale, Blastoneuron makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — When a land leaves a graveyard thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale, Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab makes a token
  3. Hologram Stalker — When a land leaves a graveyard thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale, Hologram Stalker makes a token
  4. Tormod, the Desecrator — When a land leaves a graveyard thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale, Tormod, the Desecrator makes a token
  5. Quintorius, Field Historian — When a land leaves a graveyard thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale, Quintorius, Field Historian makes a token
  6. Garrison Excavator — When a land leaves a graveyard thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale, Garrison Excavator makes a token
  7. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — When a land leaves a graveyard thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale, Amzu, Swarm's Hunger makes a token
  8. Quintorius, History Chaser — When a land leaves a graveyard thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale, Quintorius, History Chaser makes a token
  9. Havengul Lich — When Havengul Lich leaves a graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale makes a token
  10. Endless Ranks of HYDRA — When Endless Ranks of HYDRA leaves a graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale makes a token
  11. Bloodbond March — When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Bloodbond March, Teval, the Balanced Scale makes a token
  12. Liliana the Repentant — When Liliana the Repentant leaves a graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale makes a token
  13. Paleoloth — When Paleoloth leaves a graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale makes a token
  14. Dragon Wings — When Dragon Wings leaves a graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale makes a token
  15. Sword of the Meek — When Sword of the Meek leaves a graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale makes a token
  16. Dragon Fangs — When Dragon Fangs leaves a graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale makes a token
  17. Dragon Shadow — When Dragon Shadow leaves a graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale makes a token
  18. Sunken Palace — When Sunken Palace leaves a graveyard, Teval, the Balanced Scale makes a token
  19. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — When a land leaves a graveyard thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale, Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch becomes prepared
  20. Teval's Judgment — When a land leaves a graveyard thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale, Teval's Judgment triggers

1,373 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Teval, the Balanced Scale makes fodder for Jalira, Master Polymorphist
  2. Polymorph — Teval, the Balanced Scale makes fodder for Polymorph
  3. Birthing Ritual — Teval, the Balanced Scale makes fodder for Birthing Ritual
  4. Proteus Staff — Teval, the Balanced Scale makes fodder for Proteus Staff
  5. Synthetic Destiny — Teval, the Balanced Scale makes fodder for Synthetic Destiny
  6. Mass Polymorph — Teval, the Balanced Scale makes fodder for Mass Polymorph

2,714 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Teval is one).

When a Zombie or Druid enters thanks to Teval, the Balanced Scale:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Teval is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Teval, the Balanced Scale makes a Zombie or Druid token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.