---
name: "Teval, Arbiter of Virtue"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{G}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon"
colors: ["B", "G", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "G", "U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Lifelink"]
set: "TDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm"
collector_number: "230"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Alexander Ostrowski"
oracle_id: "f6cf359a-91cb-4b3c-8837-be53e4ed9c93"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/teval-arbiter-of-virtue-tdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Teval, Arbiter of Virtue
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{G}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** Flying, Lifelink

## Oracle Text
Flying, lifelink
Spells you cast have delve. (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting those spells pays for {1}.)
Whenever you cast a spell, you lose life equal to its mana value.

> *"Il tuo giudizio dipenderà dalle tue azioni."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Literal Delver of Secrets](/printing/literal-delver-of-secrets-unk.md) — Creature — Human Insect
2. [Murktide Regent](/printing/murktide-regent-mh2.md) — Creature — Dragon
3. [Soulflayer](/printing/soulflayer-pfrf.md) — Creature — Demon
4. [Teval, the Balanced Scale](/printing/teval-the-balanced-scale-tdc.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon
5. [Sultai Scavenger](/printing/sultai-scavenger-ktk.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior
6. [Valgavoth, Terror Eater](/printing/valgavoth-terror-eater-pdsk.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Demon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #230
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Alexander Ostrowski
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`