Gaddock Teeg EDH

Commander / EDH GW (Selesnya) Reanimator

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Creature (32)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Dauntless Escort
• 1x Deadwood Treefolk
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests *f-etch*
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Loyal Retainers
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Order of Whiteclay
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Reya Dawnbringer
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Tolsimir Wolfblood
• 1x Twilight Shepherd
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of HungerGC
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Yavimaya Elder
• 1x Yomiji, Who Bars the Way
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Land (34)

• 1x Brushland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 11x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 11x Plains
• 1x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wooded Bastion

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Aura ShardsGC
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Sigil of the New Dawn
• 1x Survival of the FittestGC
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (13)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine

Instant (7)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Worldly TutorGC

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Altar of Bone
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sylvan Tutor

Commander (1)

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Playing Gaddock Teeg againts unsuspecting fools usually results in the following sequence of events:

1: Place Gaddock Teeg on the table.

2: Collective groan. "That's your commander?"

1. Everyone counterpicks with creature based decks.

2. They lose because Gaddock Teeg shuts down many vital cards, even in creature based decks, annd because they aren't suspecting a non-control variant.

My Gaddock Teeg EDH deck with a slight reanimator theme. It's not true Reanimator, but there are many cards that allow me to return creatures in my graveyard to my hand. The deck abuses ETB effects and "when this creature dies" effects to do all the things I can't do without non creature spells of CMC 4 or greater.

Why use Gaddock Teeg as my commander in a reanimator deck? Two reasons. First, many decks in my playgroup rely on infinite combos, high-cost cards like Time Stretch to get ahead, or ramp spells with a high cost like Gilded Lotus and Skyshroud Claim Gaddock Teeg instantly shuts them down without hindering me, because my deck is tailored to play around him of course. The second reason is that my playgroup favors mass removal to targeted removal. The only cards in it that can get rid of him are Swords to Plowshares, Beast Within, and Cyclonic Rift (thank you, new commander tuck rule!). Oh, and counterspells. But since I can cast him turn 2, I'm not worried about him being countered, as he usually doesn't leave the field once he hits it.

One of the strongest combos in the deck is Yomiji, Who Bars the Way + Saffi Eriksdotter. When Saffi's effect is activated with Yamiji in play, it is immediately returned to play, allowing me to infinitely reanimate all my creatures in play.

Even though I can't use Green Sun's Zenith in this deck, GW still offers plenty of tutoring options. Despite it's limitations Birthing Pod is one of the best due to it's re-useability, and it triggers both ETB effects and death effects as needed. eladami's call, Worldy Tutor , Congregation at Dawn, and Altar of Bone are all great ways to get what I want, when I want it. Altar of Bone has the benefit of triggering death abilities of the creature I sacrifice as well.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.53
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Voja
Folders	Out of Date Decks