Best Golgari Token Commander?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Sept. 21, 2014, 2:04 a.m. by NoPantsParade
So, I'm wanting to revisit one of my past EDH decks, which was Selesnya tokens with Rhys the Redeemed . However, I want to play with black instead of white this time. But I don't know which commander to play. It's between Pharika, God of Affliction , Nath of the Gilt-Leaf , or Savra, Queen of the Golari. Pharika, God of Affliction allows me to control my opponents' graveyards and whatnot, but I already have another EDH deck with a god. Plus, I think Pharika, God of Affliction would do better as the other 99.
So, that leaves Savra and Nath.
Savra, Queen of the Golgari offers the life gain and drain utility with sac outlets and those fun things.
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf has a built in token engine, but he is associated with control builds (from my experience).
So, what do you guys think? I'm thinking of adding a small reanimator theme if that makes a difference.
Obviously the other can easily be put into the deck as the other 99 as well.
None of those are as good as Ghave, Guru of Spores really. This would open you up to white as well if you wanted it, but you could equally just ignore that and not use it. The others make small amounts of tokens, gave makes tons of them and quite easily goes infinite, sometimes without you even meaning to.
September 21, 2014 5:57 a.m.
NoPantsParade says... #4
I think for right now I am going to go with Savra, Queen of the Golgari and then maybe switch to Ghave if I think the deck actually needs white, ChiefBell. I actually forgot Ghave existed. And thanks for the decklists, MagicalHacker. I'll probably use the Savra list for some inspiration.
September 21, 2014 10:12 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #5
Sweet! If you decide to add a color, Ghave, Guru of Spores would let you add white, Sidisi, Brood Tyrant would let you add blue, and adding red gives you three options (Prossh, Skyraider of Kher , Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper , or Shattergang Brothers ).
However, having less colors is powerful too if you can use it to your advantage.
MagicalHacker says... #2
There's nothing wrong with having another God for a commander unless the devotion ability is something you really don't like. Here are my decklists for those three, since it may help you make your decision:
September 21, 2014 5:19 a.m.