The Guru has spoken!

Commander / EDH* BGW (Abzan, Junk) Combo Counters Sacrifice Saproling Tokens

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Mana (43)

• 1x Armored Scrapgorger
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 3x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Heronblade Elite
• 1x Honored Heirloom
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Katilda, Dawnhart Prime
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Orochi Merge-Keeper
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 3x Plains
• 1x Rampant Rejuvenator
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Windbrisk Heights
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Net Gain (23)

• 1x Basri's Lieutenant
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Conclave Mentor
• 1x Cordial Vampire
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Death Tyrant
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Froghemoth
• 1x Grime Gorger
• 1x Grismold, the Dreadsower
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Herd Baloth
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Odric's Outrider
• 1x One with the Kami
• 1x Prowling Geistcatcher
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Sigil Captain
• 1x Thalisse, Reverent Medium
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Winding Constrictor

Graveyard Removal (7)

• 1x Armored Scrapgorger
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Froghemoth
• 1x Grime Gorger
• 1x Honored Heirloom
• 1x Scavenger Grounds

Other (4)

• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator
• 1x Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
• 1x Jugan Defends the Temple  ^Flip
• 1x Shadrix Silverquill

Board Wipe (3)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Merciless Eviction

Commander (1)

Card Advantage (8)

• 1x Aetherworks Marvel
• 1x Catacomb Sifter
• 1x Doom Weaver
• 1x Embrose, Dean of Shadow  ^Flip
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Skyclave Shadowcat
• 1x Species Specialist

Removal (8)

• 1x Abzan Charm
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Rite of Oblivion
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Utter End

Anthem (6)

• 1x Abzan Battle Priest
• 1x Abzan Falconer
• 1x Duskshell Crawler
• 1x Kodama of the West Tree
• 1x Longshot Squad
• 1x Sigarda's Summons

Revival (4)

• 1x Colfenor, the Last Yew
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth

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Sideboard

Net Gain (9)

• 1x Lion Sash
• 1x Lumberknot
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Necrogenesis
• 1x Night Soil
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Scavenging Ooze

Graveyard Removal (6)

• 1x Break Ties
• 1x Lion Sash
• 1x Necrogenesis
• 1x Night Soil
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Vessel of Endless Rest

Anthem (3)

• 1x Gnarlid Colony
• 1x Pridemalkin
• 1x Trollbred Guardian

Life Loss (7)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Poison-Tip Archer
• 1x Tenured Inkcaster
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Removal (7)

• 1x Angelic Purge
• 1x Break Ties
• 1x Lethal Exploit
• 1x Pest Infestation
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Selesnya Charm
• 1x Steelbane Hydra

Revival (3)

• 1x Breathkeeper Seraph
• 1x Diregraf Rebirth
• 1x Unforgiving One

Mana (7)

• 1x Careful Cultivation
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1x Primal Growth
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Vessel of Endless Rest
• 1x Wall of Roots

Card Advantage (6)

• 1x Fleshtaker
• 1x Jar of Eyeballs
• 1x Legion Vanguard
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Necrosynthesis
• 1x Skullclamp

Board Wipe (1)

• 1x Farewell

Other (1)

• 1x Blot Out the Sky

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Maybeboard

Mana (6)

• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Spectral Searchlight
• 1x Temple of the False God

Net Gain (3)

• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

Other (5)

• 1x Augur of Autumn
• 1x Froghemoth
• 1x Nils, Discipline Enforcer
• 1x Proper Burial
• 1x Regna, the Redeemer

Core Mechanic (2)

• 1x Defiant Salvager
• 1x Novice Dissector

Card Advantage (4)

• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier

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Based around Ghave, Guru of Spores's ability to convert tokens into counters and counters into tokens, this deck aims to make the most of that process. To facilitate this it uses card like Grismold, the Dreadsower to produce passive net gain and cards like Corpsejack Menace to directly empower the transaction. Furthermore things like card-advantage and lifeloss and lifegain are featured using the dying creatures as fuel.

The deck is built to function in my group of friends and tries to go without most green and white token / counter staples and to focus more on cards working in my Abzan deck but not your run of the mill Selesnya-tokens.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Exclude colors	UR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 2 Mythic Rares 49 - 11 Rares 21 - 19 Uncommons 10 - 12 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.77
Tokens	Beast 3/3 B, Beast 4/4 G, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Emblem Garruk, Apex Predator, Emblem Garruk, Cursed Huntsman, Energy Reserve, Experience Token, Human Monk 1/1 G, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Inkling 2/1 WB, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Pest 1/1 BG, Plant 1/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Wolf 2/2 BG, Zombie 2/2 B
Based on	The Guru has spoken cruben EDH