Gishath, Champion of the Gods

Commander / EDH* Casual Ramp RGW (Naya) Tribal

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Dinos (23)

• 1x Bellowing Aegisaur
• 1x Burning Sun's Avatar
• 1x Carnage Tyrant
• 1x Charging Tuskodon
• 1x Deathgorge Scavenger
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Goring Ceratops
• 1x Kinjalli's Sunwing
• 1x Polyraptor
• 1x Raging Regisaur
• 1x Raging Swordtooth
• 1x Ranging Raptors
• 1x Regisaur Alpha
• 1x Ripjaw Raptor
• 1x Siegehorn Ceratops
• 1x Silverclad Ferocidons
• 1x Temple Altisaur
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Trapjaw Tyrant
• 1x Wakening Sun's Avatar
• 1x Zacama, Primal Calamity
• 1x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Removal (5)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation

Protection (4)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Kindred Boon

Lands (36)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 9x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 5x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Ramp (10)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests *f-etch*
• 1x Keeper of Progenitus
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Veteran Explorer

Dinomancy (2)

• 1x Forerunner of the Empire
• 1x Huatli, Warrior Poet

Commander (1)

Combat (10)

• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory *list*
• 1x Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Relentless Assault
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Titanic Ultimatum
• 1x World at War
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Support (9)

• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Naya Charm
• 1x Pyrohemia
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Warstorm Surge
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

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Sideboard

Other (15)

• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Atzocan Seer
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Charging Monstrosaur
• 1x Destructive Revelry
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Kinjalli's Caller
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Otepec Huntmaster
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Savage Stomp
• 1x Star of Extinction
• 1x Thundering Spineback
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Verdant Sun's Avatar

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Maybeboard

Support (8)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Lands (1)

• 1x Temple of the False God

Ramp (6)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Selesnya Signet

Protection (2)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Privileged Position

Removal (3)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Chaos Warp

Dinos (2)

• 1x Needletooth Raptor
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth

Combat (1)

• 1x Gratuitous Violence

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The mighty Gishath and his army of dinosaurs have been blessed by the gods , and are ready to stomp!

This is a great semi-budget deck for more casual-style play while still staying at a decently high power level, and it is a great starter deck for people new to the game or the format.

As far as synergies/combos, there are more than it may seem. Pyrohemia is simply a premium activator for all of those oh-so-strong enrage abilities, and can even help keep board control against some token decks. Elemental Bond and Warstorm Surge both trigger off the dinos Gishath, Sun's Avatar and Lurking Predators rip from the deck, adding some extra value to that already great ability. Gratuitous Violence not only works to double the combat damage of all my dinos, but it also works on all the burn attached to dinos like Zacama, Primal Calamity, Burning Sun's Avatar  , and Raging Regisaur, amond others. It even works with Mage Slayer to get a guaranteed 14 damage on every swing by Gishath!

I know these aren't dinos, but the combat dominance they establish greatly help turn Gishath on, so the dinos actually can come out. Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist and Iroas, God of Victory together make it so that all of your creatures cannot be blocked, which is just insane in a deck like this. Also, Xenagos, God of Revels+Ghalta, Primal Hunger+Overwhelming Stampede work together to give all your creatures +24/+24 and trample until end of turn. Not bad at all. Yes, this is best case scenario, but Xenagos, God of Revels and really any other creature plus Overwhelming Stampede is enough.

Mage Slayer and Whispersilk Cloak both allow for guaranteed damage from Gishath, Sun's Avatar while they are equipped to him, greatly helping get the deck online.

As far as how the deck actually wins, it is all creature based. Commander damage from Gishath racks up surprisingly quickly, sometimes allowing for a two-turn or even one-turn kill on just that. The main strategy is to rip a bunch of dinos from the deck, protect them with cards like Kindred Boon, Heroic Intervention, and Boros Charm, then cast Titanic Ultimatum, World at War, Relentless Assault, or Overwhelming Stampede to swing for a billion damage and (hopefully) win the game.

So there you have it, that's the basic gist of the deck, feel free to leave suggestions below, and be sure to give this an upvote if you think it deserves it!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 1 Mythic Rares 28 - 2 Rares 27 - 11 Uncommons 9 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.47
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Dinosaur 3/3 G w/ Trample
Folders	Jaws