Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander · 2025 Commander precon
Sultai Arisen upgrade guide
Budget upgrades, cuts and the full decklist for Teval, the Balanced Scale.
Sultai Arisen is a Sultai (blue-black-green) Commander precon from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025), led by Teval, the Balanced Scale. Out of the box it runs 37 lands, 11 ramp pieces, 8 card-draw effects, 7 removal spells and 2 board wipes, with an average mana value of 3.73.
Measured against a typical Commander build, it's lightest on board wipes, card draw and removal, and 11 of its lands enter tapped. Its game plan leans on graveyard, tokens and druid tribal, so the plan below favors cards that push that. The $50 plan below makes 10 swaps for $35.64.
Deck health
$50 budget plan
Best upgrades for Sultai Arisen
10 swaps for $35.64, built around graveyard and tokens and druid tribal. Prices as of November 6, 2026.
Add 10
Protection: deck has 0 of ~2 · #12 on EDHREC$1.89
Protection: deck has 0 of ~2 · #13 on EDHREC$3.88
Board wipes: deck has 2 of ~3 · #66 on EDHREC$5.47
Card draw: deck has 8 of ~10 · #52 on EDHREC$2.03
Fits your Graveyard plan · #53 on EDHREC$8.69
Fits your Tokens plan · #191 on EDHREC$2.12
Fits your Druid tribal plan · #54 on EDHREC$0.29
Untapped land for black & blue · #49 on EDHREC$4.47
Untapped land for black & blue · #103 on EDHREC$0.35
Untapped land for green & blue · #61 on EDHREC$6.45
Cut 10
Enters tapped — slows your early turns
Enters tapped — slows your early turns
Enters tapped — slows your early turns
Doesn't support the deck's plan
Doesn't support the deck's plan
Rarely played (#9,599 on EDHREC) · Costs 6 mana
Doesn't support the deck's plan
Rarely played (#8,116 on EDHREC) · Costs 6 mana
Costs 8 mana
Doesn't support the deck's plan
Sultai Arisen decklist
Commander (1)
Creatures (36)
- 1Amphin Mutineer$0.27
- 1Avenger of Zendikar$0.76
- 1Colossal Grave-Reaver$11.10
- 1Consuming Aberration$0.31
- 1Dauthi Voidwalker$5.76
- 1Disciple of Bolas$0.40
- 1Diviner of Mist$0.27
- 1Floral Evoker$0.30
- 1Gravecrawler$1.35
- 1Hedron Crab$3.62
- 1Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord$4.78
- 1Junji, the Midnight Sky$0.80
- 1Kishla Skimmer$0.29
- 1Kotis, Sibsig Champion$0.42
- 1Lord of Extinction$0.85
- 1Lord of the Forsaken$0.63
- 1Meren of Clan Nel Toth$2.84
- 1Millikin$0.23
- 1Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar$0.59
- 1Necropolis Fiend$0.21
- 1Noxious Gearhulk$0.49
- 1Nyx Weaver$0.32
- 1Ob Nixilis, the Fallen$2.84
- 1Reassembling Skeleton$0.27
- 1River Kelpie$0.66
- 1Sakura-Tribe Elder$0.39
- 1Satyr Wayfinder$0.19
- 1Shigeki, Jukai Visionary$0.31
- 1Skull Prophet$0.80
- 1Springbloom Druid$0.30
- 1Steward of the Harvest$0.27
- 1Stitcher's Supplier$0.42
- 1Tasigur, the Golden Fang$0.19
- 1Timeless Witness$0.38
- 1Woe Strider$0.33
- 1Wonder$4.12
Instants (7)
- 1Forbidden Alchemy$0.28
- 1Grapple with the Past$0.30
- 1Grisly Salvage$0.37
- 1Harrow$0.34
- 1Lethal Scheme$0.36
- 1Putrefy$0.27
- 1Tear Asunder$0.34
Sorceries (12)
- 1Afterlife from the Loam$1.28
- 1Casualties of War$0.27
- 1Cultivate$0.48
- 1Farseek$1.40
- 1Life from the Loam$5.34
- 1Living Death$5.92
- 1Necromantic Selection$0.70
- 1Rampant Growth$0.88
- 1Treasure Cruise$0.27
- 1Victimize$1.45
- 1Welcome the Dead$0.20
- 1Will of the Sultai$1.72
Artifacts (4)
- 1Arcane Signet$0.71
- 1Conduit of Worlds$2.44
- 1Essence Anchor$0.24
- 1Sol Ring$2.11
Enchantments (3)
- 1Crawling Sensation$0.30
- 1Phyrexian Reclamation$3.20
- 1Teval's Judgment$10.59
Lands (37)
- 1Cephalid Coliseum$0.31
- 1Command Beacon$9.52
- 1Command Tower$0.19
- 1Contaminated Aquifer$0.32
- 1Crypt of Agadeem$3.77
- 1Darkwater Catacombs$0.33
- 1Dreamroot Cascade$1.35
- 1Drownyard Temple$0.33
- 1Exotic Orchard$0.38
- 1Fetid Pools$0.29
- 1Foreboding Landscape$0.27
- 3Forest$0.21
- 3Forest$0.21
- 1Golgari Rot Farm$0.28
- 1Haunted Mire$0.29
- 1Hinterland Harbor$0.27
- 2Island$0.19
- 2Island$0.24
- 1Llanowar Wastes$1.08
- 1Memorial to Folly$0.30
- 1Myriad Landscape$0.32
- 1Opulent Palace$0.34
- 1Sunken Hollow$0.37
- 3Swamp$0.19
- 2Swamp$0.20
- 1Temple of Malady$0.29
- 1Terramorphic Expanse$0.36
- 1Woodland Cemetery$1.04
FAQ
How much is the Sultai Arisen precon worth?
At current prices the 100 cards in Sultai Arisen are worth about $120.39 as singles (cheapest printings, TCGplayer market price as of November 6, 2026).
What are the best budget upgrades for Sultai Arisen?
For about $35.64, our top picks are Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves, Toxic Deluge, Arcane Denial, Reanimate. The full 10-card plan with cuts is above, and the upgrade tool can rebuild it for any budget.
What should I cut from Sultai Arisen?
Start with Memorial to Folly, Contaminated Aquifer, Foreboding Landscape, Lord of Extinction. These are the least-played or slowest cards that don't support the deck's plan.
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