Presence of Gond

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has "{T}: Create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.

Combos

• Midnight Guard + Presence of Gond

Tokens

• Elf Warrior 1/1 G

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (46)

Dabsolux on Pauper and PDH combos

4 months ago

I would like to create a list of all Pauper and PDH deck combos. Most of them are created by NateDiggity7 (Moxfield) and PenguinPete (MTG Salvation). Here some:

BG - Golgari

• Ivy Lane Denizen + Rendclaw Trow + Viscera Seer = infinite scry
• Reins of the Vinesteed + Warehouse Tabby = infinite death trigger (need a rat enchanted with Reins of the Vinesteed)
• Basking Broodscale + Sadistic Glee = infinite +1/+1 counter on Basking Broodscale
• Ivy Lane Denizen + Rendclaw Trow + Bloodthrone Vampire = infinite large creature (VARIANT: can use any green creature with persist)
• Ivy Lane Denizen + Rendclaw Trow + Viscera Seer = infinite scry
• Ivy Lane Denizen + Rendclaw Trow + Viscera Seer + Deathgreeter = infinite scry, infinite life
• Ivy Lane Denizen + Rendclaw Trow + Ashnod's Altar + Essence Warden = infinite mana, infinite life

BR - Rakdos

• Ardent Elementalist + Fake Your Own Death + Thermopod = infinite death trigger, infinite ETB, infinite storm count
• First Day of Class + Putrid Goblin + Skirk Prospector = infinite red mana (VARIANT: any creature with persist + Thermopod)

C - Colorless

• Ashnod's Altar + Foundry Inspector + Myr Retriever + Workshop Assistant = infinite colorless mana

G - Green

• Careful Cultivation + Pili-Pala = infinite mana
• Ashnod's Altar + Pili-Pala + Presence of Gond = infinite mana
• Devoted Druid + Ivy Lane Denizen + Presence of Gond = infinite elf token
• Ivy Lane Denizen + Aerie Ouphes = infinite damage on flying creature, infinite ETB

RG - Gruul

• Hangar Scrounger + Seeker of Skybreak = infinite scry (only when Hangar Scrounger ETB)
• Sprout Swarm + Blisterspit Gremlin + Thermo-Alchemist + Thunderscape Familiar + Unruly Catapult = infinite saproling token (VARIANT: any ETB untap, any spell reduction cost, any untap on cast)

UBG - Sultai

• Freed from the Real + Karametra's Favor + Servant of Tymaret = infinite life drain

UB - Dimir

• Freed from the Real + Dimir Aqueduct + Wind Zendikon = infinite black mana (VARIANT: use any two mana land provinding blue and any turn to creature effect)
• Disciple of the Vault + Undercity Scrounger + Freed from the Real = infinite life loss (Morbid required)

UG - Simic

• Arbor Elf + Utopia Sprawl + Freed from the Real = infinite mana
• Freed from the Real + Axebane Guardian + Steel Wall = infinite mana (VARIANT: may use any defender instead of Steel Wall)
• Freed from the Real + Krosan Restorer = infinite mana
• Freed from the Real + Lifespark Spellbomb + Simic Growth Chamber = infinite green mana
• Freed from the Real + Axebane Guardian + Steel Wall + Viridian Longbow = infinite damage
• Freed from the Real + Karametra's Favor + Deepwater Hypnotist = infinite fog
• Freed from the Real + Karametra's Favor + Sphinx's Disciple = infinite draw
• Elvish Aberration + Energy Refractor + Freed from the Real = Infinite mana
• Axebane Guardian + Steel Wall + Vigean Graftmage + Excavated Wall = infinite mana

URG - Temur

• Freed from the Real + Orochi Leafcaller + Zhur-Taa Druid = infinite damage
• Morselhoarder + Sinking Feeling + Viridian Longbow = infinite damage

U - Blue

• Archaeomancer + Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake = infinite mana NOT LEGAL
• Archaeomancer + High Tide + Snap = infinite ETB, infinite storm count NOT LEGAL
• Banishing Knack + Battered Golem + Lotus Petal = infinite ETB, infinite storm count (VARIANT: Retraction Helix,Mirran Spy, any 0 mana artifact add Golem Foundry for infinite golem token)
• Retraction Helix + Zephyr Scribe + Spidersilk Net + Elusive Spellfist = infinitely large unblockable creature

WB - Orzhov

• Ashnod's Altar + Disciple of the Sun + Kaya's Ghostform = infinite colorless mana (VARIANT: Viscera Seer infinite scry)
• Spirit en-Kor + Daru Spiritualist + Severed Strands = Infinite life (VARIANT: Nomads en-Kor)

WG - Selesnya

• Midnight Guard + Presence of Gond = infinite elf token
• Presence of Gond + Devoted Druid + Sigil of the Nayan Gods = infinite elf token

WR - Boros

• Crown of Flames + Mogg War Marshal + Tethmos High Priest + Skirk Prospector = infinite goblin token

WUB - Esper

• Songs of the Damned + Mnemonic Wall + Energy Refractor + Cavern Harpy + God-Pharaoh's Faithful = Infinite mana (need 11 creatures in gy)
• Songs of the Damned + Mnemonic Wall + Energy Refractor + Cavern Harpy + Basilica Screecher = infinite life loss (need 11 creatures in gy)

WU - Azorius

• Retraction Helix + Midnight Guard + Soul's Attendant + Ornithopter = infinite life
• Retraction Helix + Stonybrook Schoolmaster + Mirran Spy + Ornithopter = infinite merfolk token
• Retraction Helix + Stonybrook Schoolmaster + Mirran Spy + Ornithopter + Sage's Row Denizen = infinite merfolk token, infinite mill
• Retraction Helix + Stonybrook Schoolmaster + Mirran Spy + Ornithopter + Judge of Currents = infinite merfolk token, infinite life

ONLY PDH

BR - Rakdos

• Ashnod's Altar + First Day of Class + Murderous Redcap = infinite damage, infinite colorless mana

BG - Golgari

• Devoted Druid + Quillspike = Quillspike with infinite strenght and toughness

U - Blue

• Freed from the Real + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Viridian Longbow = infinite damage
• Energy Refractor + Freed from the Real + Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher + Viridian Longbow = infinite damage

UR - Izzet

• Alena, Kessig Trapper + Energy Refractor + Freed from the Real = Infinite mana (need a creature with powet at least 3 that entered the battlefield this turn, need a blue partner commander)

G - Green

• Essence Warden + Lurking Roper + Presence of Gond = infinite life, infinite elf token
• Ivy Lane Denizen + Scurry Oak = infinite counter on Scurry Oak, infinite squirrel token

UG - Simic

• Freed from the Real + Gyre Engineer = infinite green mana
• Freed from the Real + Ley Weaver = infinite mana (need at least a land that add for blue and another land)

W - White

• Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Journey to Nowhere + Oblivion Ring = infinite soldier token (VARIANT: add any nonland permanent with ETB effect )

WG - Selesnya

• Ashnod's Altar + Ivy Lane Denizen + Kitchen Finks = infinite life, infinite colorless mana (VARIANT: Master Chef)

carpecanum on bilbo

1 year ago

Celestial Mantle, Beacon of Immortality. Any "ETB gain one life" card can go infinite if you want to include Presence of Gond and either Lurking Roper or Famished Paladin.

Crow_Umbra on [Retired] Sacrificial Symposium

1 year ago

Thank you for the suggestion RangerOfPower! I do like Jadar, I currently use him as a token producer in my Anhelo, the Painter deck. I'll keep him on my Maybeboard for now as I continue to make adjustments from play-testing.

I'm kinda considering cutting Presence of Gond, since I have a few different combo options as-is. I'm thinking of adding another 2 cmc ramp piece, or something like a Night's Whisper or Gruesome Realization.

thefiresoflurve on The Zacaning

1 year ago

Hey, there! This looks really fun :)

As far as making things a little more competitive, one thing I can offer is: As someone who runs an Esper combo deck, one of the biggest things you can do for a combo deck is to make your combos synergize better with everything else in your deck, and not just each other.

Right now, I see Lurking Roper/Famished Paladin, Presence of Gond, and Healer of the Pride as an infinite combo where each piece is 1) hard to tutor, and 2) doesn't synergize with your overall gameplan of massive creatures dishing out damage.

An alternative infinite combo that synergizes better is Savage Ventmaw and Aggravated Assault, since both those cards do things with the rest of the deck without each other.

So, if I did the switch over to a more synergistic set of cards, I recommend replacing:

Ageless Entity -> Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn

Colossal Dreadmaw -> Blossoming Bogbeast

Enduring Angel  ^Flip -> Archivist of Oghma - enduring angel looks dope, but your life total shouldn't hit zero.

Famished Paladin -> Faeburrow Elder

Healer of the Pride -> Serra Ascendant (just broken in EDH).

Verdant Sun's Avatar -> Old Gnawbone

Wall of Reverence -> Smothering Tithe

Presence of Gond -> Armadillo Cloak

Elemental Mastery -> Kenrith's Transformation

Alhammarret's Archive -> Aggravated Assault

The idea behind some of the picks is to get lifegain ability out a bit more consistently, and create fuel to power your giant creatures. I also don't know what your budget looks like, so full disclaimer there: some of the cards I recommended are expensive.

Happy building!

carpecanum on Unicorn's Army

1 year ago

Presence of Gond combos with Famished Paladin or Lurking Roper as long as you have one of your 1 life creature etb guys out. Infinite life, elves and counters if your boss is also on board

There are a few more lands that give you life when they hit the board

Paradise Plume, Pristine Talisman

OK, as far as cards to cut : Shield Dancer, Longbow Archer, Gavony Trapper, Songstitcher and both the creatures that let your opponents draw cards.

FlutterMTG on Emmara is boozin and cruisin

1 year ago

Good eye on that Presence of Gond. I'll add that in next time I run this

carpecanum on Emmara is boozin and cruisin

1 year ago

Maybe Champion of Lambholt.

Not seeing a lot of token producers besides your boss. Presence of Gond would double your tokens for cheap.

king-saproling on

1 year ago

Things like Steward of Solidarity, Presence of Gond, Thraben Doomsayer, Splinter Twin, Krenko, Mob Boss, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, Tolsimir Wolfblood, Godsire go infinite alongside your general and 3 other creatures