EDH Ghave: Transaction Guru

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

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Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 3x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Saltcrusted Steppe
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Windswept Heath

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Huatli, Radiant Champion
• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

Creature (20)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Good-Fortune Unicorn
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Poison-Tip Archer
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Slimefoot, the Stowaway
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Tendershoot Dryad
• 1x Thallid Soothsayer
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation

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Creature (6)

• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Cryptic Trilobite
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Green Sun's Zenith

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The goal is to continuously generate two resources: tokens and +1/+1 counters. On his own, Ghave can't generate new resources; he can only convert tokens to +1/+1 counters, and vice-versa. But combined with one of several permanents in the deck, he can create more than one token or +1/+1 counter each time he uses one of his abilities. Some do so by making more tokens, while others do so by making more +1/+1 counters. Seedborn Muse is great for letting you do more activations on each other player's turns.

These permanents will create more resources after several activations:

• Anointed Procession
• Cathars' Crusade
• Champion of Lambholt
• Corpsejack Menace
• Doubling Season
• Hardened Scales
• Juniper Order Ranger
• Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• Winding Constrictor

In addition, even without these permanents the activations can trigger other abilities repeatedly. The following cards benefit from multiple activations:

• Blood Artist
• Dictate of Erebos
• Falkenrath Noble
• Fecundity
• Grave Pact
• Huatli, Radiant Champion
• Mentor of the Meek
• Poison-Tip Archer
• Slimefoot, the Stowaway
• Smothering Abomination
• Zulaport Cutthroat

The deck focuses on going wide (i.e. more tokens than +1/+1 counters) to utilize the benefits of several different cards, including:

• Camaraderie
• Cryptolith Rite
• Growing Rites of Itlimoc  
• Inspiring Call
• Loyal Guardian

Custom Categories

• Land: All lands.
• Ramp: Non-land cards that either create mana or help cast things faster.
• Draw: Put more cards into your hand.
• Creature Removal: Remove creatures from the battlefield.
• Other Removal: Remove non-creature permanents from the battlefield.
• Tokens: Create creature tokens, or double the number of tokens created by other effects.
• Add Counters: Create additional +1/+1 counters.
• Increase Counters: Increase the number of +1/+1 counters created by other effects.
• Drain: Effects that make opponents lose life and you gain life when your creatures die.

Infinite Combos

• Ashnod's Altar + Cathars' Crusade + Ghave, Guru of Spores
• Ashnod's Altar + Champion of Lambholt + Ghave, Guru of Spores
• Ashnod's Altar + Doubling Season + Ghave, Guru of Spores
• Ashnod's Altar + Ghave, Guru of Spores + Juniper Order Ranger
• Ashnod's Altar + Ghave, Guru of Spores + Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Ashnod's Altar + Cathars' Crusade + Ghave, Guru of Spores Ashnod's Altar + Champion of Lambholt + Ghave, Guru of Spores Ashnod's Altar + Doubling Season + Ghave, Guru of Spores Ashnod's Altar + Ghave, Guru of Spores + Juniper Order Ranger Ashnod's Altar + Ghave, Guru of Spores + Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.24
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, City's Blessing, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Huatli, Radiant Champion, Human 1/1 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G
Folders	Creature-based