True Grist

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Insect Tokens Trample

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Creature (49)

• 1x Atraxa's Skitterfang
• 1x Canoptek Scarab Swarm
• 1x Circuit Mender
• 1x Clockwork Beetle
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Virus Beetle
• 1x Bane of the Living
• 1x Blightbeetle
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bond Beetle
• 1x Broodhatch Nantuko
• 1x Carrion Grub
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Caustic Crawler
• 1x Crash of Rhino Beetles
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Deadbridge Goliath
• 1x Devouring Swarm
• 1x Distended Mindbender
• 1x Drudge Beetle
• 1x Foundry Hornet
• 1x Giant Adephage
• 1x Giant Ankheg
• 1x Giant Caterpillar
• 1x Gleancrawler
• 1x Grave-Shell Scarab
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Hornet Nest
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x It of the Horrid Swarm
• 1x Moldgraf Monstrosity
• 1x Nantuko Cultivator
• 1x Nantuko Husk
• 1x Nessian Hornbeetle
• 1x Phantom Nantuko
• 1x Phyrexian Swarmlord
• 1x Saber Ants
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Skittering Heartstopper
• 1x Spring-Leaf Avenger
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Vorapede
• 1x Xantid Swarm
• 1x Zanikev Locust
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Thriss, Nantuko Primus
• 1x Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

Land (33)

• 10x Forest
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Study Hall
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Verdant Catacombs

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Descendants' Path
• 1x Liliana's Talent
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip

Commander (1)

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Diregraf Rebirth
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Dryad's Revival
• 1x Ghoulcaller's Harvest
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Tapping at the Window
• 1x Victimize

Artifact (3)

• 1x Icon of Ancestry
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Luxior, Giada's Gift

Instant (2)

• 1x Grapple with the Past
• 1x Gravepurge

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Copper Myr
• 1x Ant Queen
• 1x Living Hive
• 1x Bontu the Glorified

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Demonic Tutor

Instant (1)

• 1x Deathsprout

Land (3)

• 2x Swamp
• 1x Necroblossom Snarl

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Spinal Parasite
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Skittering Cicada
• 1x Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
• 1x Old Rutstein

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Holistic Wisdom

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Treasured Find
• 1x Unnatural Restoration

Instant (2)

• 1x Footbottom Feast
• 1x Krosan Grip

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Straightforward insect tribal deck (but fun!!). The idea is to get as many triggers with Grist, the Hunger Tide as possible and then with thru Craterhoof Behemoth, Luxior, Giada's Gift, Triumph of the Hordes, Blood Artist or just repeat Grist ult. The deck currently consists of 49 creatures, 45 of which are insects, so you should get a good amount of activations. For spells I mostly use flashback cards since so much of my deck is ending up in my graveyard, it makes it more efficient to use your cards. This list is based mostly on cards I have, with the exception of all the obscure insects, so I'm sure there are other win cons/combos I could be running.

As for the mana base, I am debating going up to 34 lands because casting Grist by turn 3 is basically a necessity. However, I like to be light on the lands because they are the main reason you miss Grist +1 triggers, which is why I am trying to get my hands on all the fetch lands to thin it out too. Plus the deck is usually fully functional off of 5 lands. I'll have to test it out more and make adjustments as needed, but I think running 33-35 lands is a good range.

Let me know your suggestions if you have any!

Date added	1 week
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 1 Mythic Rares 33 - 4 Rares 22 - 3 Uncommons 23 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.67
Tokens	Copy Clone, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Insect 1/1 BG, Insect 1/1 C w/ Flying, Insect 1/1 G, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Morph 2/2 C, Phyrexian Insect 1/1 G, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed