Ghave, Guru of Spores Combo

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) Combo Competitive Infinite Combo Sacrifice

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Land (33)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bayou
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 2x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

Creature (25)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Boonweaver Giant
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wood Elves

Instant (13)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Cabal Therapy
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Artifact (10)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Recruiter of the Guard

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Imperial Seal

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Ghave deck that I've been building for a few years. Working on foiling it out at the moment.

The general plan has been to ignore whatever everyone else at the table is doing, and setup a combo as quickly as possible.

There are two main combo setups in the deck:

1. Protean Hulk + Any Sac Outlet
2. Pattern of Rebirth + Any Creature + Any Sac Outlet

which setup a number of possible loops.

Infinite Loops

Karmic Guide + Reveillark + Sac Outlet

With Reveillark in your graveyard, cast Karmic Guide. Sacrifice the Karmic Guide with it's trigger on the stack, and return the Reveillark to play. Sacrifice the Reveillark, returning the Karmic Guide and another creature to place. Repeat.

Sun Titan + Saffi Eriksdotter + Sac Outlet

Activate Saffi Eriksdotter's ability targeting Sun Titan. Sacrifice the Sun Titan, which will come back into play because of Saffi's ability. Return Saffi Eriksdotter to play with Sun Titan's ability. Repeat.

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista + Sac Outlet

Sacrifice the Walking Ballista(with no counters) while Mikaeus, the Unhallowed is in play. Since the Walking Ballista has no +1/+1 counters, it gains Undying, and will return to play with a +1/+1 counter. Remove that counter to deal 1 damage to a player. Repeat.

Boonweaver Giant + Sac Outlet

When Boonweaver Giant comes into play, fetch Pattern of Rebirth with it's ability. Sacrifice Boonweaver Giant, triggering Pattern of Rebirth. With the Pattern trigger, fetch Karmic Guide and return the Boonweaver Giant. The Pattern will reattach itself to Boonweaver Giant so you can sacrifice the Boonweaver again, and get another creature. This time get Fiend Hunter and have it exile the Karmic Guide. Sacrifice the Fiend Hunter so that the Karmic Guide enters the battlefield and returns the Boonweaver Giant. Sacrifice the Karmic Guide and Boonweaver Giant. With the Pattern ability, fetch a Reveillark. Sacrifice Reveillark and return Karmic Guide and Fiend Hunter. Exile the Karmic Guide with Fiend Hunter and return Boonweaver Giant with Karmic Guide. Sacrifice the Boonweaver Giant to get any creature you want, then sacrifice the Fiend Hunter which returns the Karmic Guide to play. With this new Karmic Guide trigger, return Reveillark. Sacrifice the Karmic Guide, then Reveillark returning the Karmic Guide and Fiend Hunter again. You can repeat this until all of your creatures are in play.

Sac Outlets

• Viscera Seer

• Carrion Feeder

• Ashnod's Altar

• Phyrexian Altar

• Blasting Station

• Birthing Pod (single use)

• Ghave, Guru of Spores (mana restricted)

• Diabolic Intent (single use)

• Phyrexian Tower (single use)

• Cabal Therapy (single use)

Date added	12 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.52
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Saproling 1/1 G
Folders	ideas, A EDH Playtest, Competitive EDH , best of edh, Decks I've stolen