Goyf Gulch (Primer)

Commander / EDH BRG (Jund) Combo Competitive Creature Cheat Delirium Discard Lhurgoyf Midrange Mill Primer

Valengeta

Land (34)

• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Commercial District
• 1x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Raucous Theater
• 1x Shifting Woodland
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Underground Mortuary
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1x Ziatora's Proving Ground

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Domri, Anarch of Bolas
• 1x Grist, the Hunger Tide
• 1x Liliana of the Veil

Creature (26)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Barrowgoyf
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Dragon's Rage Channeler
• 1x Eye Collector
• 1x Filth
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Ignoble Hierarch
• 1x Lhurgoyf
• 1x Loyal Apprentice
• 1x Mortivore
• 1x Necrogoyf
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nethergoyf
• 1x Orcish Bowmasters
• 1x Polygoyf
• 1x Pyrogoyf
• 1x Skull Prophet
• 1x Souls of the Lost
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Tarmogoyf
• 1x Taurean Mauler

Instant (9)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Bitter Triumph
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Out of the Tombs
• 1x Raging River
• 1x Ripples of Undeath
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Tortured Existence

Artifact (9)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Palantir of Orthanc
• 1x Sol Ring

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

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Maybeboard

Creature (27)

• 1x Aftermath Analyst
• 1x Akawalli, the Seething Tower
• 1x Angel of Suffering
• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• 1x Coram, the Undertaker
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Darkstar Augur
• 1x Endurance
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Gray Slaad
• 1x Grist, Voracious Larva  ^Flip
• 1x Honest Rutstein
• 1x Mindwrack Harpy
• 1x Nighthawk Scavenger
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Rampant Frogantua
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Sewer Nemesis
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Toski, Bearer of Secrets
• 1x Winter, Misanthropic Guide

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Bone Shards
• 1x By Force
• 1x Bygone Marvels
• 1x Deadly Brew
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Demonic Counsel
• 1x Driven / Despair
• 1x Funeral Rites
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Road of Return
• 1x Terror Tide
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Unmarked Grave

Land (5)

• 1x Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Strip Mine

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Guardian Project

Artifact (11)

• 1x Ashes of the Fallen
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Campfire
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Nemesis Mask
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (8)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Cathartic Pyre
• 1x Corpse Churn
• 1x Demand Answers
• 1x Drag to the Roots
• 1x Grapple with the Past
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Tragic Slip

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

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The goal is to mill and discard myself to play Goyfs for free with Disa's abilities. The deck has a good selection of removal, ramp, draw and other especially useful spells to complement and support the strategy

Strategy

We want Disa in play ASAP, so that we can unleash our self-mill effects that will in turn unleash the Goyfs. It's recomended that while we're trying to get Disa out quickly, we also want to have some form of card drawing, or better yet, milling ready to roll so the Goyfs can start appearing and growing right after she enters

Don't forget about our flyers and other small creatures. While frail, they are most times elusive enough to hit enemy players, which will contribute to damage and more importantly generate Tarmogoyf tokens through Disa. Hit your 3 enemies at once and you get 3x Tarmogoyf

The deck shifts gears after the ramp, Disa and engines are set up, and enters a frenzied state, where the single objective is to end the opponents as soon as possible with a swarm of Goyfs and small flyers. There are ways to facilitate attacks and lethal damage through Trample, Flying and other effects

Non-Goyf Creatures

• Anger and Brawn grant great combat skills for simply being in the graveyard
• Birds of Paradise, Delighted Halfling, Ignoble Hierarch and Skull Prophet are my mana dorks
• Champion of Lambholt grows bigger while making my creatures increasingly harder to block
• Dragon's Rage Channeler use Surveil and Delirium for extra value
• Eye Collector enables Disa's combat ability while contributing to card milling
• Filth is great against many decks by itself, but when paired with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth it becomes devastating
• Golgari Grave-Troll provides a powerful Mill engine or a big beater in the late game
• Loyal Apprentice generates cheap generators for Tarmogoyf tokens
• Nether Traitor further ensures player damage on a self reanimating body
• Orcish Bowmasters punishes enemy draws with damage and a creature that keeps coming back or getting stronger
• Stitcher's Supplier is a disposable creature that fills up the graveyard
• Souls of the Lost is a cheap Goyf-like beater that helps graveyard mechanics

Goyfs

• Barrowgoyf is the poster child of the deck. With stats like Tarmogoyf but also frightning combat abilities, milling and reanimation powers, it is the ultimate Goyf
• Changeling Outcast is a false Goyf that ensures Disa's second ability triggers
• Lhurgoyf, Mortivore and Necrogoyf rely on high creature casualties to bring out their might
• Nethergoyf is like a cheaper Tarmogoyf with self revival capabilities
• Polygoyf is a stronger Tarmogoyf that clones itself to face all opponents whenever attacking
• Pyrogoyf is another stronger Tarmogoyf that adds free damage whenever another Goyf enters
• Tarmogoyf is the man, the myth, the legend, and needs no further introductions
• Taurean Mauler is another false goyf that grows in power by enemy plays

Draw and Tutors

• Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor fetch any card we need. Perfect for combo pieces or live-saving cards
• Faithless Looting is another iconic spell for card advantage
• Gamble is employed to grab two Goyfs. One is discarded and enters play while the other is played later
• Palantir of Orthanc will usually always draw a card after a Scry 2 per turn (including the one it enters). This is because opponents are afraid of taking damage and of the self-milling effect that is incredibly synergic with the rest of the deck
• Survival of the Fittest is a very powerful discard and tutor engine
• Sylvan Library can enter and impact the game early at a cheap cost, providing deck fixing for both draw and mill
• Wheel of Fortune wipes out current hands and draws new ones. The discard part is perfect when we have Goyfs already waiting in the hand

Graveyard Filling

• Altar of the Brood sneakily mills many enemy cards throughout the match
• Buried Alive and Entomb combo with Disa for instant Goyf deployment
• Chains of Mephistopheles provides a severe disruption to enemy card draw effects and shenanigans, while contributing to overall graveyard filling. It also works on us, but we can play around it and use it as an advantage to enable self Discard and Milling most times
• Grisly Salvage is a staple Instant for self milling
• Life from the Loam is a great land salvager and mill engine
• Mesmeric Orb makes all players Mill a great number of cards each turn
• Mindcrank adds Mill to enemy lifeloss. This provides plenty of graveyard type diversity
• Out of the Tombs is an increasingly stronger mill engine that buys me time if I mill myself out
• Ripples of Undeath is a steady source of mill with the option to keep milled cards

Ramp

• Arcane Signet and Sol Ring are standard format mana rocks
• Crop Rotation and Expedition Map tutor for any land like duals, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth or Gaea's Cradle
• Dark Ritual brings fast ramp used to more quickly deploy Disa

Removal

• Abrupt Decay, Assassin's Trophy and Maelstrom Pulse get rid of permanents
• Bitter Triumph and Terminate target specific creatures
• Damnation is the classic Black boardwipe
• Toxic Deluge is another boardwipe that can potentially spare my creatures while killing lesser ones

Utility

• Bitterblossom generates more elusive hitters to trigger Disa
• Domri, Anarch of Bolas grants a small power bonus, ramp with protection from counterspells and an alternative removal option
• Eldrazi Monument gives power, elusiveness and longevity. We can sacrifice our cheap flyers or mana dorks at this point to pay the toll each turn
• Garruk's Uprising grants Trample and can draw extra cards
• Grist, the Hunger Tide mills the library and fills the board, while also having strong offensive powers
• Lightning Greaves shields key creatures, like Disa, from focused interactions
• Liliana of the Veil is a Discard outlet with more board cleaning options
• Raging River allows for safer attacks by forcing enemies to separate their creatures into two groups
• Tortured Existence is a Discard and reanimation engine

The deck handles heavy combat well but is especially weak to graveyard hate cards and dedicated Mill decks. There is also some self inflicted lifeloss here and so it isn't wise to become the center of attention of enemy players while things aren't up and running yet. Sometimes it is best to resist the temptation of dropping Disa for a turn or two longer to have better chances of her not being instantly dealt with and especially if we can set up stuff like Out of the Tombs while we delay her a bit

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Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 4 months ago
Date added	4 months
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 63 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.33
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Insect 1/1 BG, Orc Army, Tarmogoyf X/1+X G, Thopter 1/1 C
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