---
name: "Teysa Karlov"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Advisor"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "MUL"
set_name: "Multiverse Legends"
collector_number: "126"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Magali Villeneuve"
oracle_id: "644eeefd-e684-4ca8-8aef-a892ca130c07"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/teysa-karlov-mul"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Teysa Karlov
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

## Oracle Text
If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Creature tokens you control have vigilance and lifelink.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Teysa, Opulent Oligarch](/printing/teysa-opulent-oligarch-mkm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
2. [Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts](/printing/teysa-envoy-of-ghosts-c21.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
3. [Teysa of the Ghost Council](/printing/teysa-of-the-ghost-council-yotj.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit Advisor
4. [Teysa, Orzhov Scion](/printing/teysa-orzhov-scion-rvr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
5. [Karlov of the Ghost Council](/printing/karlov-of-the-ghost-council-rvr.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit Advisor
6. [Basri's Lieutenant](/printing/basris-lieutenant-m21.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Multiverse Legends (MUL) #126
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Magali Villeneuve
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2019-01-25)* An ability that triggers on an event that causes a creature to die doesn't trigger twice. For example, an ability that triggers “whenever you sacrifice a creature” triggers only once.
- *(2019-01-25)* Teysa affects a creature's own “when this creature dies” triggered abilities as well as other triggered abilities that trigger when that creature dies. Such triggered abilities start with “when” or “whenever.”
- *(2019-01-25)* If you somehow control two Teysas, a creature dying causes abilities to trigger three times, not four. A third Teysa causes abilities to trigger four times, a fourth causes abilities to trigger five times, and so on. This also means that if you control Teysa and cast a second one, an ability that triggers when it dies due to the “legend rule” triggers three times.
- *(2019-01-25)* If a creature dying at the same time as Teysa (including Teysa itself dying) causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
- *(2019-01-25)* Teysa's effect doesn't copy the triggered ability; it just causes the ability to trigger twice. Any choices made as you put the ability onto the stack, such as modes and targets, are made separately for each instance of the ability. Any choices made on resolution, such as whether to pay a cost for that triggered ability, are also made separately.
- *(2019-01-25)* An ability that triggers when a creature “leaves the battlefield” will trigger twice if that creature leaves the battlefield by dying.