Ghen - No Fireballs, This is Art

Commander / EDH Budget Combo Cruel Control Enchantment Goodstuff RBW (Mardu)

Stalkton

Enchantment (28)

• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Prophetic Ravings
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Curse of Chaos
• 1x Curse of Disturbance
• 1x Curse of Vitality
• 1x Demonic Embrace
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Land's Edge
• 1x Treacherous Blessing
• 1x Breath of Fury
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x Sage's Reverie
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x Curse of Misfortunes
• 1x Skybind
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Axis of Mortality
• 1x Grip of Chaos
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x Wound Reflection
• 1x Captive Audience
• 1x Cruel Reality
• 1x Hedonist's Trove
• 1x Eldrazi Conscription
• 1x Overwhelming Splendor

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Three Dreams
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Enduring Ideal
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum

Creature (25)

• 1x Hateful Eidolon
• 1x Aegis of the Gods
• 1x Faith Healer
• 1x Kor Spiritdancer
• 1x Oread of Mountain's Blaze
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Starfield Mystic
• 1x Transcendent Envoy
• 1x Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
• 1x Daxos the Returned
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Umbra Mystic
• 1x Archon of Sun's Grace
• 1x Armored Skyhunter
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Kitsune Mystic  ^Flip
• 1x Mindwrack Harpy
• 1x Bitterheart Witch
• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Evershrike
• 1x Fountain Watch
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Tiana, Ship's Caretaker

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet

Instant (1)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 6x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

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Sideboard

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Alpine Moon
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Blood Sun
• 1x War's Toll
• 1x Fall of the Thran

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (79)

• 1x Curse of Vengeance
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Myth Realized
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Sinister Concoction
• 1x Tortured Existence
• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Blood Funnel
• 1x Braid of Fire
• 1x Call the Bloodline
• 1x Carnival of Souls
• 1x Enchanter's Bane
• 1x Flickerform
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Heartless Summoning
• 1x Lithoform Blight
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Smoke
• 1x The Birth of Meletis
• 1x The Flame of Keld
• 1x Trespasser's Curse
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Zombie Infestation
• 1x Bridge from Below
• 1x Casting of Bones
• 1x Curse of Shallow Graves
• 1x Demonic Lore
• 1x Lightform
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Oubliette
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Screams from Within
• 1x Shade's Form
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Shifting Shadow
• 1x Shiny Impetus
• 1x Tymaret Calls the Dead
• 1x Valakut Exploration
• 1x Widespread Panic
• 1x Curse of Exhaustion
• 1x Daxos's Torment
• 1x Demonic Pact
• 1x Doom Foretold
• 1x Experimental Frenzy
• 1x Fires of Invention
• 1x Measure of Wickedness
• 1x Midnight Oil
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Parallax Wave
• 1x Rageform
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x The Akroan War
• 1x Court of Ire
• 1x Curse of Bloodletting
• 1x Curse of Death's Hold
• 1x Curse of Thirst
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Elspeth Conquers Death
• 1x Gift of Doom
• 1x Heretic's Punishment
• 1x Mammoth Umbra
• 1x Mindmoil
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x The Eldest Reborn
• 1x Curse of Fool's Wisdom
• 1x Enslave
• 1x Form of the Dinosaur
• 1x Haphazard Bombardment
• 1x Havoc Festival
• 1x Lich's Mastery
• 1x Necromancer's Covenant
• 1x Null Profusion
• 1x Warstorm Surge
• 1x Baneful Omen
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Price of Knowledge

Creature (38)

• 1x Alseid of Life's Bounty
• 1x Pious Wayfarer
• 1x Aphemia, the Cacophony
• 1x Brain Maggot
• 1x Champion of the Flame
• 1x Underworld Coinsmith
• 1x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Archetype of Courage
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Cantivore
• 1x Grim Guardian
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x Ironclad Slayer
• 1x Kuon, Ogre Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner
• 1x Valduk, Keeper of the Flame
• 1x Wyleth, Soul of Steel
• 1x Accursed Witch  ^Flip
• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• 1x Erebos's Emissary
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Felhide Spiritbinder
• 1x Forgeborn Oreads
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory *list*
• 1x Lost Auramancers
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Celestial Ancient
• 1x Thran Golem
• 1x Archetype of Finality
• 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
• 1x Cyclops of Eternal Fury
• 1x Dreamshaper Shaman
• 1x Enemy of Enlightenment
• 1x Heavenly Blademaster
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Void Maw
• 1x Worldgorger Dragon
• 1x Silent Sentinel

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Retether
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Void
• 1x Plea for Guidance
• 1x Morality Shift

Artifact (6)

• 1x Helm of the Gods
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Mardu Banner
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (4)

• 1x Pull from Eternity
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Second Sunrise

Land (1)

• 1x Dakmor Salvage

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"This is art."

Going against the grain, Ghen is an artist in a violent world. He embraces the death that swirls around him and fuses it with everlasting life. He thrives on others’ chaos...

Ghen's craft requires eager fodder, and a graveyard filled with the biggest, nastiest, most beautifully horrific enchantments we can find in our binders. His greatest strength is allowing us to play enchantments from the GY at INSTANT SPEED.

Instead of trying to lockdown the board (working on an oppressive land hate sideboard), I prefer to play chaotic politics and deterrents until I have a WC primed. We’ll entice our opponents to attack each other and then reap the benefits with cards like Curse of Opulence and Curse of Chaos. Continue discarding or milling extra value enchantments (hide your WC’s until you’re ready) and cheat them out when threatened.

I'm still rotating and updating this list, but so far some of my favorites include Reconnaissance/Heliod, God of the Sun, Overwhelming Splendor, Lethal Vapors, Gravebreaker Lamia, Hedonist's Trove, Martyr's Bond, Grip of Chaos, Axis of Mortality/Wound Reflection, Enduring Ideal, Breath of Fury, and Eldrazi Conscription.

I’m trying to find a balance of ramp, curses, buffing/protection auras. Will run a Worldgorger Dragon combo for my playgroup. Suggestions welcome! If it’s not included, it’s not in my pool!

NTS: fix lands for budget, cut for more attack curses, dictate. Get a land tax and smothering tithe.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 5 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.77
Tokens	Copy Clone, Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Enchantment Spirit */* WB, Experience Token, Gold, Pegasus 2/2 W, Monarch Emblem, Zombie 2/2 B