Gavi's Extra Turns

Commander / EDH RUW (Jeskai, America)

TheRossprey

Instant (24)

• 1x Akroma's Blessing
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Clear
• 1x Complicate
• 1x Countervailing Winds
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Fiery Fall
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Gilded Light
• 1x Gleam of Resistance
• 1x Hieroglyphic Illumination
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Miscalculation
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Neutralize
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Radiant's Judgment
• 1x Shredded Sails
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Traumatic Visions

Creature (13)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Chartooth Cougar
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Drannith Stinger
• 1x Ephara, God of the Polis
• 1x Eternal Dragon
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Rielle, the Everwise
• 1x Scholar of the Ages
• 1x Shoreline Ranger
• 1x Vedalken Aethermage
• 1x Warden of the Eye

Land (30)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 3x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 3x Mountain
• 4x Plains
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Steam Vents

Artifact (9)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fluctuator
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Raugrin Crystal
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Thought Vessel

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Boon of the Wish-Giver
• 1x Decree of Annihilation
• 1x Dismantling Wave
• 1x Floodwaters
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Migratory Route
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Sweltering Suns
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Time Stretch
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Time Wipe
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Astral Drift
• 1x Astral Slide
• 1x Decree of Silence
• 1x Escape Protocol
• 1x Lay Claim
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Tectonic Reformation
• 1x Underworld Breach

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A deck that aims to blink Scholar of the Ages using Astral Drift, in order to loop extra turn spells. You can cycle an instant or sorcery, blink Scholar with Astral Drift/Slide, and then fetch back the spell you cycled and an extra turn spell in your graveyard. By doing this, you can take turn after turn as long as you have enough mana to cast the extra turn spell and cycle it back on each one of them.

I've been testing this build of Gavi for a bit now, and I really enjoy it. There are a few cards that put in work, with Alhammarret's Archive, New Perspectives, and Fluctuator being the real stars of the show. While this deck does not focus on the token aspect of Gavi, you can still amass the cats throughout play.

Basalt Monolith + Escape Protocol has been interesting to play with, but I'm not sure if its worth keeping. It can generate a ton of mana if you have enough cards to cycle.

Decree of Silence and Complicate are really great free counterspells once you have Gavi out.

I'd like to get some feedback on how to streamline it overall. The biggest problem that I have encountered is running out of gas in the form of cards to cycle. That's why Alhammarret's Archive is so critical. I play in a pretty high-power pod, so I'd like this deck to be pretty optimized, but not cEDH.

Thanks for reading, and I look forward to your thoughts.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.71
Tokens	Bird 1/1 W, Bird 2/2 U, Dinosaur Cat 2/2 RW, Treasure