Did my best to recreate my friends' old Ghave, Guru of Spores Abzan Stax EDH / Commander Deck that I had difficulty beating at one point. Unfortunately he didn't have a deck list available so I tried to remember what he ran at the time before he quit Magic: The Gathering entirely. The deck was designed to lock your opponents from playing ANY cards from hand and graveyard with no lands to tap mana for as well as no creatures on the battlefield. Basically animate your opponents lands into creatures with Natural Affinity and Nature's Revolt while Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite makes them -2/-2 land creatures sending them to the graveyard.
Unfortunately the mana curve was REALLY high as it wouldn't of been able to keep pace with most Commander decks nowadays even more so in cEDH. So I had to make A LOT of cuts to the original build for a new build with a MUCH lower mana curve. The more Stax pieces I kept in the harder it was to put in cards that help synergize with other cards in the deck not to mention that I had to run cards that took up space for other cards that prevented me from losing my own lands due to state based actions like adding +1/+1 counters on my land creatures for example. More Mana Rocks could be run to counteract this problem or just allow my lands to be blown up to utilize my Saprolings as mana dorks with the risk of a board wipe losing me the game.
Jesus Christ, Who Is God Revealed In The Flesh, Bless America.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"I'd much rather prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." - Anonymous
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
pucatrade
big receipts
alpha mox emerald
beta time walk
4 goyfs received
3 liliana of the veil
4 karn liberated
3 force of will
4 grove of the burnwillows
snapcaster mage
3 horizon canopy
2 full art damnation
Jesus Christ, Who Is God Revealed In The Flesh, Bless America.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"I'd much rather prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." - Anonymous
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
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1 Ghave, Guru of Spores
Creatures (20)
1 Disciple of the Vault
1 Essence Warden
1 Gravecrawler
1 Shambling Ghast
1 Soul Warden
1 Basking Broodscale
1 Black Panther, Wakandan King
1 Kudo, King Among Bears
1 Eldrazi Displacer
1 Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
1 Hardened Tactician
1 Spike Feeder
1 Warren Soultrader
1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
1 Pitiless Plunderer
1 Archangel of Thune
1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
1 Brood Monitor
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Instants (12)
1 Cloudshift
1 Crop Rotation
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Ephemerate
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Assassin's Trophy
1 Heroic Intervention
1 Rite of Harmony
1 Body Count
1 Natural Affinity
1 Sudden Spoiling
1 Teferi's Protection
1 Imperial Seal
1 Steelshaper's Gift
1 Altar of Bone
1 Diabolic Intent
1 Flicker
1 Life from the Loam
1 Nylea's Intervention
1 Sylvan Scrying
1 Bitter Ordeal
1 Spoils of Victory
1 Tip the Scales
1 Toxic Deluge
Artifacts (11)
1 Chrome Mox
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Opal
1 Blade of the Bloodchief
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
1 The Ozolith
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Ashnod's Altar
1 Phyrexian Altar
1 Conjurer's Closet
Enchantments (11)
1 Ajani's Welcome
1 Cleric Class
1 Concordant Crossroads
1 Sadistic Glee
1 Necrosynthesis
1 Oath of Ajani
1 Prismatic Omen
1 Anointed Procession
1 Parallel Lives
1 Life Insurance
1 Nature's Revolt
1 Wrenn and Realmbreaker
1 Liliana, Untouched by Death
1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
Lands (30)
3 Plains
3 Swamp
3 Forest
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1 Unholy Grotto
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Mutavault
1 Soulstone Sanctuary
1 Urza's Cave
1 Urza's Saga
1 Marsh Flats
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Windswept Heath
1 Scrubland
1 Bayou
1 Savannah
1 Godless Shrine
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Temple Garden
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Basking Broodscale + Anointed Procession / Parallel Lives / Kaya, Geist Hunter (with 2 Loyalty Counters) / Mondrak, Glory Dominus + One Additional Creature = Infinite Death Triggers, Infinite ETB / LTB, Infinite Sacrifice Triggers, Infinite Creature Tokens, Infinite Colorless Mana, and Infinite +1/+1 Counters.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Ashnod's Altar + Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation + Creature with +1/+1 Counter = Infinite +1/+1 Counters, Infinite Colorless Mana, Infinite Creature Tokens, Infinite Death Triggers, and Infinite ETB / LTB Sacrifice Triggers.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Basking Broodscale + Anointed Procession / Parallel Lives / Kaya, Geist Hunter (with 2 Loyalty Counters) / Mondrak, Glory Dominus + One Additional Creature = Infinite Death Triggers, Infinite ETB / LTB, Infinite Sacrifice Triggers, Infinite Creature Tokens, Infinite Colorless Mana, and Infinite +1/+1 Counters.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Basking Broodscale + Mondrak, Glory Dominus + One Additional Creature = Infinite Death Triggers, Infinite ETB / LTB, Infinite Sacrifice Triggers, Infinite Creature Tokens, Infinite Colorless Mana, and Infinite +1/+1 Counters.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Basking Broodscale + Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation + One Additional Creature = Infinite Death Triggers, Infinite ETB / LTB, Infinite Sacrifice Triggers, Infinite Creature Tokens, Infinite Colorless Mana, and Infinite +1/+1 Counters.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Warren Soultrader + Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher + One Additional Creature while Life Total is at least 2 = Infinite Death Triggers, Infinite ETB / LTB, Infinite Sacrifice Triggers, Infinite Lifegain and Triggers.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Devoted Druid + Cathars' Crusade + Ghave has at least 2 +1/+1 Counters on him or a +1/+1 Counter on another Creature you control and Devoted Druid doesn't have Summoning Sickness = Infinite +1/+1 Counters on ALL Creatures you control except Devoted Druid, Infinite Creature Tokens, and Infinite ETB.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Anointed Procession / Parallel Lives / Mondrak, Glory Dominus / Kaya, Geist Hunter (with 2 Loyalty Counters) + Ashnod's Altar + All Permanents on the Battlefield and one mana floating = Infinite Colorless Mana, Infinite ETB / LTB, Infinite Death Triggers, and Infinite +1/+1 Counters.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Ashnod's Altar + Butcher Ghoul / Young Wolf / Strangleroot Geist / Geralf's Messenger = Infinite ETB / LTB, Infinite Drain, Infinite Life, Infinite Colorless Mana, Infinite Creature Tokens, and Infinite +1/+1 Counters.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Soul Warden / Essence Warden / Ajani's Welcome + Carnival of Souls = Infinite ETB / LTB and Infinite Sacrifice Triggers.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Cathars' Crusade + Ashnod's Altar / Phyrexian Altar + 2 mana floating = Infinite Sacrifice Triggers, Infinite ETB / LTB, Infinite +1/+1 Counters, Infinite Mana, Infinite Creature Tokens, and Infinite Damage.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Cryptic Trilobite + Butcher Ghoul / Young Wolf / Strangleroot Geist / Geralf's Messenger = Infinite ETB / LTB, Infinite Drain, Infinite Life, Infinite Colorless Mana for Activated Abilities, Infinite Creature Tokens, and Infinite +1/+1 Counters.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Cryptic Trilobite (with 3 +1/+1 Counters) + Cathars' Crusade = Infinite ETB / LTB, Infinite Death / Sacrifice Triggers, Infinite +1/+1 Counters, Infinite Saprolings, Infinite Colorless Mana ONLY for Activated Abilities.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Cryptic Trilobite (with 4 +1/+1 Counters) + Good-Fortune Unicorn / Hardened Scales = Infinite ETB / LTB, Infinite Death / Sacrifice Triggers.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Cryptic Trilobite (with 3 +1/+1 Counters) + Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest = Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite Sacrifice triggers. Infinite +1/+1 counters on all creatures you control. Infinite Saproling tokens. Infinite Colorless Mana that can only be spent on activated abilities.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Strangleroot Geist / Butcher Ghoul / Young Wolf / Geralf's Messenger + Ashnod's Altar / Phyrexian Altar = Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite Drain. Infinite life. Infinite colorless mana for activated abilities. Infinite tokens. Infinite +1/+1 counters.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Cryptic Trilobite + Strangleroot Geist / Butcher Ghoul / Young Wolf / Geralf's Messenger = Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite Drain. Infinite life. Infinite colorless mana for activated abilities. Infinite tokens. Infinite +1/+1 counters.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Good-Fortune Unicorn + Ashnod's Altar / Phyrexian Altar + 2 mana floating = Infinite Sacrifice triggers. Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite +1/+1 counters. Infinite colorless mana. Infinite tokens. Infinite damage.
Ghave, Guru of Spores (with 2 +1/+1 Counters) or creature with +1/+1 Counter + Kaya, Geist Hunter (with 2 Loyalty Counters) + Pitiless Plunderer = Infinite creature tokens Infinite death triggers Infinite ETB Infinite LTB Infinite Sacrifice triggers.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest + Ashnod's Altar / Phyrexian Altar / Utopia Mycon + A creature you control with a +1/+1 counter and one mana floating = Infinite creature tokens. Infinite colorless mana. Infinite +1/+1 counters. Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite Sacrifice triggers.
Ghave, Guru of Spores (with 1 +1/+1 Counter) + Necrosynthesis (enchanted onto Ghave) + Ashnod's Altar + One mana floating = Infinite colorless mana. Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite Sacrifice triggers.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Parallel Lives / Anointed Procession / Mondrak, Glory Dominus + One mana floating = Infinite colorless mana. Infinite LTB. Infinite ETB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite +1/+1 counters.
Ghave, Guru of Spores (2 +1/+1 Counters or Creature with +1/+1 Counter) + Parallel Lives / Anointed Procession / Mondrak, Glory Dominus + Pitiless Plunderer = Infinite creature tokens Infinite death triggers Infinite ETB Infinite LTB Infinite Sacrifice triggers.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Strangleroot Geist / Butcher Ghoul / Young Wolf / Geralf's Messenger + Phyrexian Altar = Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite Drain. Infinite life. Infinite colored mana. Infinite tokens. Infinite +1/+1 counters.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Pitiless Plunderer + Anointed Procession + Parallel Lives / Mondrak, Glory Dominus + 2 +1/+1 Counters among Creatures You Control + 2 Mana Floating = Infinite Creature Tokens and Infinite ETB.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Tribute to the World Tree + Ashnod's Altar / Phyrexian Altar / Utopia Mycon + 2 Mana Floating and One Creature with a +1/+1 Counter = Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite Sacrifice triggers.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Utopia Mycon + Good-Fortune Unicorn + 2 +1/+1 Counters among Creatures you control and 2 Mana Floating = Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite Sacrifice triggers.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Strangleroot Geist / Young Wolf / Butcher Ghoul / Geralf's Messenger + Cryptic Trilobite (with 2 +1/+1 Counters) or One Mana Floating = Infinite colorless mana. Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite Creature Tokens.
Ghave, Guru of Spores + Solemn Simulacrum + Phyrexian Altar + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed = Infinite Draw, Power, Mana, and Tokens.
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord + Thornbite Staff + Gravecrawler / Shambling Ghast + Phyrexian Altar / Warren Soultrader = Equip Thornbite Staff to Zul Ashur, Lich Lord, sacrifice Gravecrawler / Shambling Ghast to Phyrexian Altar / Warren Soultrader for Infinite recasts. Zul Ashur, Lich Lord untaps due to Thornbite Staff. Rinse and repeat.
Did my best to recreate my friends' old Ghave, Guru of Spores Abzan Stax EDH / Commander Deck that I had difficulty beating at one point. Unfortunately he didn't have a deck list available so I tried to remember what he ran at the time before he quit Magic: The Gathering entirely. The deck was designed to lock your opponents from playing ANY cards from hand and graveyard with no lands to tap mana for as well as no creatures on the battlefield. Basically animate your opponents lands into creatures with Natural Affinity and Nature's Revolt while Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite makes them -2/-2 land creatures sending them to the graveyard.
Unfortunately the mana curve was REALLY high as it wouldn't of been able to keep pace with most Commander decks nowadays even more so in cEDH. So I had to make A LOT of cuts to the original build for a new build with a MUCH lower mana curve. The more Stax pieces I kept in the harder it was to put in cards that help synergize with other cards in the deck not to mention that I had to run cards that took up space for other cards that prevented me from losing my own lands due to state based actions like adding +1/+1 counters on my land creatures for example. More Mana Rocks could be run to counteract this problem or just allow my lands to be blown up to utilize my Saprolings as mana dorks with the risk of a board wipe losing me the game.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"I'd much rather prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." - Anonymous
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
Bastion of Remembrance or The Meathook Massacre combo with your commander.
pucatrade
big receipts
alpha mox emerald
beta time walk
4 goyfs received
3 liliana of the veil
4 karn liberated
3 force of will
4 grove of the burnwillows
snapcaster mage
3 horizon canopy
2 full art damnation
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"I'd much rather prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." - Anonymous
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta