Ghave, Saproling Cannon

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) Tokens

Genswift

Land (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 2x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Swamp
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Artifact (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Creature (19)

• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Elvish Farmer
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sigil Captain
• 1x Utopia Mycon
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

Enchantment (17)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Instant (10)

• 1x Aura Mutation
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation
• 1x Worldly Tutor

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When it comes to token commanders, Selesnya is usually the preferred route. My first token deck was Trostani, Selesnya's Voice and she was a blast. But she required alot of support cards as she makes no tokens on her own, populate ability aside. I worked on the deck for months to no avail, it was not explosive enough for my tastes. So I began the search for a new token powerhouse. The release of commander '16 was a ray of hope when I saw Ghave for the first time. Now the work begins anew--the task of perfecting my token strategy.

The Strategy:

Step one is to ramp into any of the support cards that enable Ghave to make a plethora of little dudes. these include token doubling enchantments, +1/+1 counter amplifiers, or mana generators. After we have our support set up, we can arm the cannons and play Ghave, Guru of Spores. Once he comes out we can produce little dudes at the end of the previous player's turn. Once we flood the board with saprolings we can unleash our haymakers like Beastmaster Ascension, Triumph of the Hordes or the classic Craterhoof Behemoth. Swing for the kill. THe other option is there for simply draining our opponents out of the game with Blood Artist or Zulaport Cutthroat. There are a few infinites in the deck but they are impossible to avoid with this commander without neutering the deck.

The Pieces of the Puzzle:

Support cards: Ashnod's Altar, Cathars' Crusade, Earthcraft, Doubling Season, Primal Vigor, Blade of the Bloodchief, Corpsejack Menace and probably half a dozen other combo engines.

Haymakers: Craterhoof Behemoth, Triumph of the Hordes, Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat, Beastmaster Ascension

Control: Beast Within, Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Aura Shards, Dictate of Erebos, Aura Mutation, Black Sun's Zenith and merciliss eviction

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.29
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G