Gishath: A Commander who Cares

Commander / EDH Dinosaurs Haste RGW (Naya) Trample

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Creature (41)

• 1x Apex Altisaur
• 1x Atzocan Seer
• 1x Bonehoard Dracosaur
• 1x Burning Sun's Avatar
• 1x Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
• 1x Etali, Primal Conqueror  ^Flip
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Forerunner of the Empire
• 1x Ghalta and Mavren
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
• 1x Goring Ceratops
• 1x Huatli, Poet of Unity  ^Flip
• 1x Hulking Raptor
• 1x Hunting Velociraptor
• 1x Kinjalli's Sunwing
• 1x Knight of the Stampede
• 1x Kogla and Yidaro
• 1x Marauding Raptor
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Otepec Huntmaster
• 1x Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
• 1x Polyraptor
• 1x Quartzwood Crasher
• 1x Ravenous Sailback
• 1x Ravenous Tyrannosaurus
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Regisaur Alpha
• 1x Roaming Throne *f-pre*
• 1x Temple Altisaur
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Thrasta, Tempest's Roar
• 1x Thundering Spineback
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Tranquil Frillback
• 1x Verdant Sun's Avatar
• 1x Wakening Sun's Avatar
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Yidaro, Wandering Monster
• 1x Zacama, Primal Calamity
• 1x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 4x Forest
• 1x Jetmir's Garden
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Plains
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Secluded Courtyard
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sundown Pass
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Migration Path
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Thunderherd Migration

Artifact (7)

• 1x Embercleave
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Skullspore Nexus
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (4)

• 1x Entish Restoration
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Heroic Intervention

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Creature (34)

• 1x Ancient Brontodon
• 1x Ancient Imperiosaur
• 1x Annoyed Altisaur
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Bellowing Aegisaur
• 1x Cacophodon
• 1x Carnage Tyrant
• 1x Charging Monstrosaur
• 1x Cherished Hatchling
• 1x Crested Herdcaller
• 1x Deathgorge Scavenger
• 1x Giant Cindermaw
• 1x Gigantosaurus
• 1x Harnessed Snubhorn
• 1x Majestic Heliopterus
• 1x Needletooth Raptor
• 1x Priest of the Wakening Sun
• 1x Raging Regisaur
• 1x Raging Swordtooth
• 1x Rampaging Brontodon
• 1x Rampaging Raptor
• 1x Ranging Raptors
• 1x Ripjaw Raptor
• 1x Ripscale Predator
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Shifting Ceratops
• 1x Siegehorn Ceratops
• 1x Silverclad Ferocidons
• 1x Sun-Crowned Hunters
• 1x Territorial Allosaurus
• 1x The Tarrasque
• 1x Titanoth Rex
• 1x Trapjaw Tyrant
• 1x Zilortha, Strength Incarnate

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Court of Bounty
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Descendants' Path
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Steely Resolve
• 1x Warstorm Surge
• 1x Welcome to ...  ^Flip

Artifact (6)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Dino DNA
• 1x Doors of Durin
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Obelisk of Urd

Land (1)

• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Instant (7)

• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x And They Shall Know No Fear
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Tyvar's Stand

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Explore
• 1x Grow from the Ashes
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Savage Order
• 1x Sylvan Scrying

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Huatli, Radiant Champion

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A Commander who Cares:

Gishath, Sun's Avatar cares primarily about having having several dinosaurs in the deck so I included nearly a third of the deck to be dinosaurs. This includes cards like Regal Behemoth and Ripscale Predator that recently received an errata and now count as a dinosaur. Gishath also cares about dealing combat damage to players to get creatures on the battlefield so I included Whispersilk Cloak and Trailblazer's Boots. Similarly, since Gishath cares about the top of your deck so I included Lifecrafter's Bestiary and Sensei's Divining Top. You can scry away your expensive dinosaurs early game to let Gishath, Sun's Avatar get them onto the battlefield for free later on, or keep lands to get to your commander sooner.

Ramp:

There are several sorcery spells that can search for lands. This both removes lands from the deck, which decreases the chance of Gishath seeing a lands off the top after combat, and obviously it ramps to get your expensive commander onto the battlefield. Oracle of Mul Daya happens to accomplish both of these tasks.

Tribal payoffs:

Shared Animosity, Radiant Destiny, and Steely Resolve are important tribal cards that protect and strengthen your creatures. Especially with Shared Animosity and Gishath together....but I choose to just play more dinosaurs instead. It's more risky but also more fun.

Casting cards is for scrubs:

Gishath doesn't really care about casting cards. For this reason I choose not to include Door of Destinies, Urza's Incubator, Kinjalli's Caller, Kindred Summons, and Herald's Horn. The horn in particular actually removes potentially free cards from your deck.

Enrage:

There is a secondary enrage theme built into the dino deck focused around Forerunner of the Empire, Polyraptor, Avacyn, Angel of Hope or Bellowing Aegisaur, and Trapjaw Tyrant. Defense of the Heart is a neat way to set this up. It's not a win condition, but a super fun combo nonetheless!

What do you think about Descendants' Path? Or Volrath's Laboratory? I feel it could couple well with Shared Animosity. Are there other cards that can make Gishath unblockable?

I like this build but am aware that I may have missed cards and payoff's. Feel free to comment and I appreciate the +1!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.75
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Dinosaur 2/2 RW, Dinosaur 3/1 R, Dinosaur 3/3 G w/ Trample, Dinosaur Beast */* G, Dinosaur X/X G, Fungus Dinosaur, Monarch Emblem, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W
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