Help with Ghave EDH. Jade Mage will spawn some, as will Selesnya Guildmage. At $2, I missed out on Twilight Drover, Nemata, Grove Guardian, Plague Wind, Necropolis Regent, and Cytoplast Root-Kin. I was unable to fit the Grove Guardian into my deck. That alone is worth playing in a Ghave deck, so netting extra abilities on it is just gravy. (This assumes cards are picked up at near-mint costs; sometimes, cards can be acquired far more cheaply in played condition.). Itâs better than Grave Pact, easier on the mana, and cheaper to purchase. Other good cards you might include Mycoloth, Asceticism, Vigor, Doubling Season, Lightning Greaves, Obzedat's Aid, and more. Sure, anyone can draw cards when creatures die, but I expect this deck to be losing many more. You can pull off 2 counters to draw a card. Folks, that is not a budget deck, thatâs a normal deck! To fight graveyard abuse, I rolled with Crypt Incursion, which is a brilliant instant to gain life and to strip creatures out of a graveyard. But it looks better in most situations. Probably due to Verdelothâs multiple printings, itâs priced significantly lower than good olâ Nemata. I couldnât fit in Harmonize, which costs $1.50 to $0.50 for the CU. I also have token pump effects and some graveyard recursion. He works well in this deck since heâs a great mana sink. 49.11 tix 9 Mythic, 29 Rare, 31 Uncommon, 19 Common. Iâve seen people write budget decks that clock in at $100 or more! So, what made the cut, what didnât, and why? (This assumes cards are picked up at near-mint costs; sometimes, cards can be acquired far more cheaply in played condition.) Then, we have a few Saproling enablers. One more creature that uses up counters is Spike Feeder, which converts +1/+1 counters into life. I've been slowly building this deck for months and I never noticed that. When you add cheap engines such as Cathars' Crusade to the deck, you wind up with a powerful deck. I was considering running a new project budget Commander anyway, but reading Brandonâs great article inspired me to push to it. Another card-draw option was Fecundity. I wanted some card-draw, and Mentor of the Meek jumped in. Spike Cannibal is downright disgusting in many metagames. Deck Help. First of all, you need to make Saprolings, so in went a few cards here and there. Mindless Automaton is another classic for a deck like this. Clocking in at a beautiful $1.49 was Ghave, Guru of Spores. Note that this triggers when Saprolings enter the battlefield, so a bit of mana can be spent to draw some cards. If you ever bump up the budget [[Elenda]] is a perfect match for the deck! It arrives with three +1/+1 counters, and for 3 mana, you can pull 1 off to force a discard. Current Owned decklist for Ghave EDH, will be updated as there are 3 more cards I need to replace. Take Fertilid; it arrives with 2 +1/+1 counters and can spend some mana to pull 1 off to fetch a land into play. Sure, itâs no secret what morph card it is, but it still rules strongly enough for inclusion. At a buck and a half, I was missing Golgari Grave-Troll, Harmonize, Glare of Subdual, Profane Command, and Vulturous Zombie. That means it may hurt a few creatures of your own, but it will produce a nasty-large creature to smash face. As far as combos go, Ghave needs a mana source and a counter source to go infinite. (Note that prices can change from when this article is written or published to when it is read, as cards change in value daily.) I also have token pump effects and some graveyard recursion. Yay! The link to my deck is here: https://manastack.com/deck/ghave-budget-edh, As always, here is the comprehensive Ghave primer: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/abzkaban-ghave/. Deck Help. At $3 were Forgotten Ancient and Spike Weaverâobviously powerful here. I could really use some help deciding what to cut. First of all, I wanted cards that used these counters. Yet, I wanted something that truly said, âBuild a deck around me!â I pulled over to CoolStuffInc.com and did a search for every legendary creature that clocked in at $2 or fewer. [[Cathars' Crusade]], [[Doubling Season]], [[Metallic Mimic]], [[Woodland Champion]], [[Juniper Order Ranger]], [[Ivy Lane Denizen]], and many many more all work here. Heartstone says that abilities cannot be reduced to less that 1 mana, so it doesn't reduce Ghave's abilities at all. The final slot in the deck went to underwhelming and much-maligned Emmara Tandris. You can find his article here. Help with Ghave EDH. Posted by 5 hours ago. Golgari Guildmage is powerful because you can use extra mana to load up some +1/+1 counters or sacrifice a creature (such as a Saproling) to Raise Dead a creature. Unburial Rites is nice to Zombify one creature now and hold onto a flashback for another later. … That's really annoying, but I'm glad someone else noticed it before I ordered it. The problem is, there are a lot of other really good cards I could put in, but I'm not sure what to take out. Itâs another card people often skip thatâs a strong card for this sort of deck. There is a budget list, cEDH list, card discussion, etc. At a buck were Unmake and Crib Swap. The mana sources are pretty much [[Ashnod's Altar]], [[Phyrexian Altar]], [[Cryptic Trilobite]], [[Earthcraft]], [[Utopia Mycon]], or [[Pitiless Plunderer]] with a sac outlet. Then, we have Necrogenesis to exile creatures from graveyards and make Saprolings in all of the latest style (hearkening all of the way back to Night Soil in Fallen Empires). I figured this was as good enough of a home as any! Since the deck is roughly one third each of those, youâll find all of them activating at various times. Take a look at that thing if youâve forgotten it. Now letâs turn to consider the +1/+1 cards. Both jumped in since I like to have a few lower-casting-cost cards in my deck to do things in the first few turns of Commander. Thank you for mentioning that! Great cards for Ghave, such as Sporeback Troll, Dark Impostor, Mindwarper, and Mindless Automaton donât cost a lot to acquire. I loved Korozda Gorgon for its ability to strip off counters to kill others. I wish Commander would have allowed me to run Simic Guildmage just playing the green half of the card. Or we have Triskelion that turns +1/+1 counters into direct damage and has been doing it for a lot of years. Korozda Guildmage jumped in as well. Then, I added in creatures that used and made counters. Hey, hate to be that guy, but [[Heartstone]] doesn't combo with [[Ghave]] like you want it to. You can always build great decks on the cheap. ), I want to beat my prior price and come in under $35. Itâs just a matter of finding the right card that fits the deck perfectly and cheaply.