Gonti Being Gonti

Commander / EDH Blink Mono-Black Multiplayer Reanimator

Lightningrod14

Creature (24)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Faceless Butcher
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Skull Collector
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Su-Chi
• 1x Tetzimoc, Primal Death
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Woe Strider

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Infernal Offering
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize

Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x High Market
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 17x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Instant (10)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Misinformation
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Supernatural Stamina
• 1x Undying Evil
• 1x Wake the Dead

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Commander (1)

Artifact (18)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blood Clock
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lithoform Engine
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Umbilicus

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

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Creature (9)

• 1x Baleful Force
• 1x Entomber Exarch
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Artifact (4)

• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Necropotence

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Exsanguinate

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Updated for 2021! This is one of the oldest Gonti decks out there, existing at least in prototype form since the day the card was spoiled. Now, it's my oldest and dearest deck. There aren't many ways to build Gonti, so I hope anyone interested takes this deck's longevity as a very positive sign, and I believe this page will be a helpful guide. This new build isn't as tuned as the old one--the curve is worse, and of course I don't have many opportunities to play Commander in person nowadays. But what playtesting I've done suggests that it's still a blast.

The deck itself is basically a mono-black blink deck, designed to cast or flicker ETB creatures as often as possible for value. Because you'll be likely building your wincons out of your opponents' cards, most flashy spells are excluded in favor of mana ramp/doubling and other fundamental things necessary for the deck to function; that said, there is a network of combo wins in the deck. Many of them involve Su-Chi, but I bought that card when it wasn't expensive, so you might be interested in some of the many other options black has for comboing off.

Having combos in your back pocket is important, but only as a backup plan. Unless your meta is particularly strong, the deck primarily functions through repeated activations of Gonti's ability, allowing you to build up a "second hand" of your opponent's cards. This allows for tremendous reactive plays and political flexibility. Be warned, some players get irrationally angry about their deck being targeted, so I'd recommend spreading yourself evenly, perhaps even going clockwise around the table, unless you can clearly justify your actions. For instance, by targeting a problematic player, or by targeting a deck that runs a lot of removal when there is a massive threat on board.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	WURG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.43
Tokens	Copy Clone, Goat 0/1 W, Spirit 2/2 C
Folders	Remember, EDH