Budget Witch-Maw Cycling

Commander / EDH GWUB

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Creature (27)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Architects of Will
• 1x Bone Miser
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Drannith Healer
• 1x Eternal Dragon
• 1x Ethereal Forager
• 1x Flourishing Fox
• 1x Greater Sandwurm
• 1x Herald of the Forgotten
• 1x Hollow One
• 1x Horror of the Broken Lands
• 1x Jhessian Zombies
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Pale Recluse
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Rampaging Hippo
• 1x Sanctum Plowbeast
• 1x Scion of Darkness
• 1x Shefet Monitor
• 1x Street Wraith
• 1x Titanoth Rex
• 1x Valiant Rescuer
• 1x Vile Manifestation
• 1x Vizier of Tumbling Sands
• 1x Wasteland Scorpion

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Astral Drift
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Drake Haven
• 1x Faith of the Devoted
• 1x Invigorating Boon
• 1x New Perspectives
• 1x Ominous Seas

Land (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 4x Forest
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 5x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 5x Plains
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Instant (14)

• 1x Ancient Excavation
• 1x Choking Tethers
• 1x Countervailing Winds
• 1x Expunge
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Gilded Light
• 1x Hieroglyphic Illumination
• 1x Lull
• 1x Once and Future
• 1x Radiant's Judgment
• 1x Rebuild
• 1x Scarab Feast
• 1x Shadow of the Grave
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation

Commanders (2)

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Beneath the Sands
• 1x Decree of Justice
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Eerie Ultimatum
• 1x Migration Path
• 1x Razaketh's Rite
• 1x Unearth

Artifact (7)

• 1x Abandoned Sarcophagus
• 1x Bag of Holding
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fluctuator
• 1x Indatha Crystal
• 1x Zagoth Crystal

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I've had the Gavi precon for a while and I'm a really big fan of cycling because of it, despite people in my playgroup making fun of cycling decks in general. This deck has a very basic plan to win: cycle...cycle like mad.

Most of the deck can be chalked up as just chaff that happens to cycle, and generally I'd agree, though their ability to cycle makes them extremely useful in this deck. Take Greater Saddwurm: normally its a 7/7 for 7 that can avoid being blocked by a pile of 1/1 tokens. While it isn't all that great, it's super useful with Ravos, as it now becomes a 2 cycle each turn, and when on the field, its now an 8/8 thanks to Ravos. The partner commanders both serve their purposes here - Ravos recurs cycling cards and buffs them all (which is super helpful with the small tokens from Drake Haven and Valiant Rescuer), while Kydele is there as a mana rock that benefits from you cycling a bunch each turn, sometimes tapping for 10 if you've got the right board-state.

Having tested it, I've found it does suffer from lack of recursion when it comes to non-cycling cards. If you've popped off with Eerie Ultimatum or Herald of the Forgotten but your opponent was able to counter or board-wipe, then it's kinda hard to come back from this (Ravos can help grab Herald again, but doing so kinda just draws out more removal over time). Luckily you don't need these mass recursion cards to win, as even the simple cycling-value pieces can net you enough advantage to win.

My best advice for this deck is to get your commanders out as quick as possible to start this value - establish a way to get some pieces back if you draw into a vein of lands, and a way to keep on cycling.

Oh, and apologies that it's kinda costly when compared to most budget decks, the more the colours in a deck, the likelihood it'll be more expensive. You could lower this by replacing more cards with cycling chaff - I imagine the deck still runs fine when you strip out the cards but leave the value pieces then just use super cheap cycling cards in their place.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 32 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.02
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Drake 2/2 U, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Kraken 8/8 U, Soldier 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	idea's