Rollin in Saps

Commander / EDH* BGW (Abzan, Junk) Combo Tokens

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Creature (29)

• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Citanul Hierophants
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Dryad Militant
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Nullmage Shepherd
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Psychotrope Thallid
• 1x Rhys the Redeemed
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Sigil Captain
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Spike Weaver
• 1x Utopia Mycon
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Young Wolf
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (4)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Skullclamp

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

Land (37)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Elfhame Palace
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fertile Thicket
• 8x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Graypelt Refuge
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 3x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Stirring Wildwood
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Ironwright's Cleansing
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nissa's Expedition
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Saproling Symbiosis

Commander (1)

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Death's Presence
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Last Laugh
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Perilous Forays
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients
• 1x Spidersilk Armor

Instant (5)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Long Road Home
• 1x Ready / Willing
• 1x Selesnya Charm
• 1x Tragic Slip

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Creature (11)

• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Dread
• 1x Enduring Scalelord
• 1x Gigantomancer
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Reveillark

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Gravity Well

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

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This deck has since been Dismembered, It's parts serve Phyrexia better, elsewhere.

Why Ghave?

When I first saw Ghave, Guru of Spores I wasn't sure what to think. He seemed like he had relevant abilities, was in my top three favorite colors (), has tokens (Saproling/Saproling/Saproling), can interact with death effects (Grave Pact/Blood Artist/Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest), and has amazing combo cards (Utopia Mycon/Hardened Scales/Cathars' Crusade).

So I decided to try my hand at it, and so far I am loving it to death! Build-a-combo is generally interesting as no game plays out entirely the same. I hope you don't think my deck is Junk.

Ghave's steps for succulent saprolings.

Seeding your Mana. Show

To start out, Ghave, Guru of Spores needs mana, so you're gonna want to Cultivate some from the Far Wanderings of your deck. Soon your side of the field will be a Myriad Landscape with multiple colors spanning the Endless Horizons.

If you're short on mana, there are some great boosters available to Ghave to harvest on the Black Market, such as Ashnod's Altar and Utopia Mycon. Alternatively, putting your saprolings to work with Cryptolite Rite also helps your cause.

Sowing sinister combos. Show

Find one of the many cheap and efficient utilities that Ghave has many who can help him in his Time of Need. Gain excessive life with Soul Warden! Conjure up a neverending mist with Spike Weaver! Turn your Gyre Sage from a mana dork into a mana queen! Appease the underworld by enforcing the Dictate of Erebos! Skullclamp a handful of unsuspecting plants and draw more cards than you probably should! The possibilities all seek out eachother in an intricate swarm of saprolings.

Larger drops are where things usually get out of hand, like when you just Mycoloth'd 5 tokens for 10 more a turn, Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest bumps your dudes up each time anyone sacrifices anything, your mana gets reset constantly by Seedborn Muse, or your deck gets imbued with Primal Vigor.

Activating the button. Show

Once you get Ghave out with a enablers, you can use his ability to smash tokens on the field. Some are simple, like Young Wolf being an undying bag of saproling fertilizer, some are complicated, like using Grave Pact to help Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest boost your field, and some are infinite, like Primal Vigor and Ashnod's Altar lighting up your counters, creature tokens, and mana pool.

It may seem that your multiple options each turn are an Overwhelming Stampede on the strategies you have.

All in all, make your move when Ready / Willing, for the creatures at your disposal are more than Ready / Willing to traverse the Perilous Forays.

Getting the deck (Sap)Rollin.

Special thanks to Saproling for having a username I can reference.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	UR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.46
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G
Folders	Decks Owned, Stolen, That which was Retired