Gishath: A Commander who Cares

Commander / EDH Dinosaurs RGW (Naya)

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Creature (37)

• 1x Apex Altisaur
• 1x Atzocan Seer
• 1x Burning Sun's Avatar
• 1x Carnage Tyrant
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Forerunner of the Empire
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Goring Ceratops
• 1x Kinjalli's Sunwing
• 1x Knight of the Stampede
• 1x Majestic Heliopterus
• 1x Marauding Raptor
• 1x Needletooth Raptor
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Otepec Huntmaster
• 1x Polyraptor
• 1x Quartzwood Crasher
• 1x Raging Regisaur
• 1x Raging Swordtooth
• 1x Rampaging Brontodon
• 1x Ranging Raptors
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Regisaur Alpha
• 1x Ripjaw Raptor
• 1x Temple Altisaur
• 1x The Tarrasque
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Thrasta, Tempest's Roar
• 1x Thundering Spineback
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Trapjaw Tyrant
• 1x Verdant Sun's Avatar
• 1x Wakening Sun's Avatar
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Yidaro, Wandering Monster
• 1x Zacama, Primal Calamity
• 1x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 5x Forest
• 1x Jetmir's Garden
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Plains
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Secluded Courtyard
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sundown Pass
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Instant (4)

• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Heroic Intervention

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explore
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Migration Path
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Thunderherd Migration

Artifact (7)

• 1x Embercleave
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Court of Bounty
• 1x Warstorm Surge

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Creature (19)

• 1x Ancient Brontodon
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Bellowing Aegisaur
• 1x Cacophodon
• 1x Charging Monstrosaur
• 1x Cherished Hatchling
• 1x Crested Herdcaller
• 1x Deathgorge Scavenger
• 1x Gigantosaurus
• 1x Priest of the Wakening Sun
• 1x Ripscale Predator
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Shifting Ceratops
• 1x Siegehorn Ceratops
• 1x Silverclad Ferocidons
• 1x Sun-Crowned Hunters
• 1x Territorial Allosaurus
• 1x Titanoth Rex
• 1x Zilortha, Strength Incarnate

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Descendants' Path
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Steely Resolve

Instant (1)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Huatli, Radiant Champion

Artifact (3)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Obelisk of Urd

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Grow from the Ashes
• 1x Sylvan Scrying

Land (1)

• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

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A Commander who Cares:

Gishath, Sun's Avatar cares primarily about having having several dinosaurs in the deck so I included nearly a third of the deck to be dinosaurs. This includes cards like Regal Behemoth and Ripscale Predator that recently received an errata and now count as a dinosaur. Gishath also cares about dealing combat damage to players to get creatures on the battlefield so I included Whispersilk Cloak and Trailblazer's Boots. Similarly, since Gishath cares about the top of your deck so I included Lifecrafter's Bestiary and Sensei's Divining Top. You can scry away your expensive dinosaurs early game to let Gishath, Sun's Avatar get them onto the battlefield for free later on, or keep lands to get to your commander sooner.

Ramp:

There are several sorcery spells that can search for lands. This both removes lands from the deck, which decreases the chance of Gishath seeing a lands off the top after combat, and obviously it ramps to get your expensive commander onto the battlefield. Oracle of Mul Daya happens to accomplish both of these tasks.

Tribal payoffs:

Shared Animosity, Radiant Destiny, and Steely Resolve are important tribal cards that protect and strengthen your creatures. Especially with Shared Animosity and Gishath together....but I choose to just play more dinosaurs instead. It's more risky but also more fun.

Casting cards is for scrubs:

Gishath doesn't really care about casting cards. For this reason I choose not to include Door of Destinies, Urza's Incubator, Kinjalli's Caller, Kindred Summons, and Herald's Horn. The horn in particular actually removes potentially free cards from your deck.

Enrage:

There is a secondary enrage theme built into the dino deck focused around Forerunner of the Empire, Polyraptor, Avacyn, Angel of Hope or Bellowing Aegisaur, and Trapjaw Tyrant. Defense of the Heart is a neat way to set this up. It's not a win condition, but a super fun combo nonetheless!

What do you think about Descendants' Path? Or Volrath's Laboratory? I feel it could couple well with Shared Animosity. Are there other cards that can make Gishath unblockable?

I like this build but am aware that I may have missed cards and payoff's. Feel free to comment and I appreciate the +1!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	17 hours
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.57
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Dinosaur 3/3 G, Dinosaur Beast */* G, Monarch Emblem
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