The Only Guarantees in Life are Death and Counters

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BGW (Abzan, Junk) Counters Infinite Combo Saproling

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Creature (29)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Chatterfang, Squirrel General
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Good-Fortune Unicorn
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Nemata, Primeval Warden
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Tymna the Weaver
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (8)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Ozolith

Land (33)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Brushland
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 2x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 2x Plains
• 1x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Bastion

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Culling Ritual
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Reanimate

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kaya, Geist Hunter

Commander (1)

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sylvan Library

Instant (10)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Inkshield
• 1x Rushed Rebirth
• 1x Silence
• 1x Veil of Summer

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Creature (7)

• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Poison-Tip Archer
• 1x Slimefoot, the Stowaway
• 1x Tayam, Luminous Enigma
• 1x Winding Constrictor

Instant (1)

• 1x Putrefy

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Moldervine Reclamation

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Eerie Ultimatum

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This deck is my pet deck, the one I've put the most thought, time, and money into to make, well, mine. Its a sort of mix between combo Ghave and fair Ghave, combo due to the easy win button combos the deck has, and fair due to it sticking to my love of tokens and legendary creatures. Now with a pithier name!

We win by infinitely combo-ing our opponents to death, or generally out-valuing them through our commander and token generators.

Combos

The combos relying specifically on our commander:

Ghave+Geralf's Messenger+Ashnod's Altar or Phyrexian Altar. Sacrifice the Messenger to Ashnod's Altar or Phyrexian Altar. The Messenger comes back with a counter. Use one mana to remove the counter to create a Saproling, and then sacrifice to Ashnod's. Infinitely drain people to death with Messenger, create infinite colorless mana with Ashnods, or create a huge army of Saprolings.

Ghave+Earthcraft+Doubling Season+ just 1 basic land to tap and untap= infinite tokens and death triggers. Pay to remove a counter from Ghave, creating two Saprolings with Doubling Season. Tap a Saproling to untap target land. Do it again. Then pay Ghave to sac a saproling and put two counters on Ghave. Repeat this whole sequence for infinite tokens.

Other combos:

Saffi Eriksdotter and Karmic Guide can combo together with a sac outlet, sacrificing Saffi to activate her ability, and then sacrificing Reveillark, sacrificing her to get back Karmic Guide, which gets her back. Sacrifice Karmic Guide with a sac outlet to get Saffi back, then activate Saffi again. Rinse and repeat.

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician+ Two Non-Human Creatures + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed= the ability to draw as many cards as we have life by sacking one Undying creature placing the -1/-1 counter on the second, removing the +1/+1 counter from it, and then activating Yawgmoth again and sacking the counterless creature to do it to the other. This can also trigger Aura Shards as often as needed, making it impossible to keep artifacts or enchantments in play. We can ping people to death much due Geralf's Messenger as well. Add in a Blood Artist style effect and we can do either combo practically infinitely.

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed+Walking Ballista+Sac Outlet can infinitely ping people to death.

Mikaeus, Cathars' Crusade, or any other +1/+1 upon ETB card + Woodfall Primus + Sac outlet lets us infinitely kill Primus and blow up every non-creature permanent on the board.

Chatterfang, Squirrel General+Pitiless Plunderer+A sac outlet lets us make infinite squirrels and ramp, endlessly sacrificing the squirrels to get more squirrels and tokens.

And while not infinite: Felisa, Fang of Silverquill, Teysa Karlov, and Elenda, the Dusk Rose are highly explosive. Sac creatures to trigger Elenda, who is doubled with Teysa. Sac Elenda to create vampires, which are doubled by Teysa, AND trigger Felisa to make Inkling tokens, which is ALSO doubled by Teysa. These girls are absurd, I love it.

The deck can also lay low, creating counters and tokens to slowly overwhelm opponents through token swarming, but I find the infinite combos much more fun.

Top Ranked	Achieved #18 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #14 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	10 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 60 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 1 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.88
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Inkling 2/1 WB, Saproling 1/1 G, Spirit 1/1 W, Squirrel 1/1 G, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W
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