Ghave: Baby Makin' and Alimony

Commander / EDH PookandPie

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Another card swap —April 16, 2018

Replaced Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest with Squirrel Nest. Mazirek was a lot better when this deck was still occasionally trying to play fairly (back when Seedborn Muse and things of that nature were still in to gradually amass tokens over several turns), and Squirrel Nest would give me something else to grab with an enchantment tutor if I already have Earthcraft or if I'm cut off from Ghave. When it comes to 5 drop counter sources, I already have Juniper-Order Ranger who works in more combos than Mazirek does.

zirul says... #1

Thanks for the detailed combo list. Very helpful for someone thinking of putting a list together like this.

October 6, 2017 11:05 a.m.

KrogFist says... #2

Sick list! What do you usually end up grabbing with crop rotation?

Also, have you tried Tooth and Nail? If it resolves and Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Triskelion are in your deck/hand, then its game over. Won more than a few that way. Works with Protean Hulk and Viscera Seer/Carrion Feeder in your playlist as well, though it's more easily interrupted.

January 23, 2018 11:01 p.m.

PookandPie says... #3

Crop Rotation typically grabs Gaea's Cradle, though I've used it at times to grab Phyrexian Tower and then cast Natural Order in order to have a sac outlet for my Hulk. I've used it a single time to grab Shizo, Death's Storehouse and dump a bunch of counters on Ghave in response to a Cataclysm, so I could take out a player once it had resolved.

Tooth and Nail is an extremely good idea. I took it out a long time ago for Defense of the Heart due to the latter's lower mana cost-- I typically sac Rector to grab Defense on my last opponent's end step, so they don't have their main phases to try and answer the enchantment/don't know they shouldn't get more than 2 creatures on board lol. I've Chorded into Rector into Defense before and everyone was like, "Really man?"

I can try swapping Defense back to Tooth for a while and see if I like the 9 mana 1 card combo or if I'd prefer doing roundabout sneaky stuff with Defense, lol. Thanks for the suggestion, man.

January 23, 2018 11:22 p.m.

PI3L0V3R says... #4

You've spent more money on this decks lands than I have on Magic.

January 23, 2018 11:35 p.m.

PookandPie says... #5

lol, if it makes you feel any better, I obtained all of my duals, etc., back in 2008 when they were nowhere near as expensive (sadly I never finished my set of 40, as I largely focused on collecting sets of the blue producing ones and never got even a single Badlands). I grabbed my set of Underground Seas for $30 a piece back then. But yeah, I enjoy using them when I can.

Thanks for checking this out, man.

January 23, 2018 11:53 p.m.

Ronkettlej says... #6

how does Strangleroot Geist + Cryptolith Rite + Ghave, Guru of Spores go infinite? it looks like you need the Earthcraft to get around summoning sickness for the tokens you make.

February 11, 2018 12:25 p.m.

PookandPie says... #7

You need a sac outlet to make Cryptolith Rite work, since you need to tap Geist to remove his counter, produce the token, then sacrifice him so he comes back in with another counter.

The combo description was originally explaining that Geist was the only Undying creature that produced untapped tokens, and apparently I typed it out incorrectly. It's fixed now.

February 11, 2018 1:01 p.m.