Commander Ghave Aristocrats Final deck guide

Commander - Ghave Aristocrats Final

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Combo

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Combos

Ghave loves combos. The main combo here is comprised of 2 pieces: sac fodder to loop and a way to drain our opponents when we sac creatures.

Combo Pieces

Ghave - a sac outlet, fodder creater, and an enabler for moving counters
Drain Creature - Cruel Celebrant, Poison-Tip Archer, Vindictive Vampire, or Zulaport Cutthroat
Sac Fodder - Undying creature, Persist creature, saprolings, spirit tokens
Mana Source - Ashnod's Altar gives us mana for saccing, Pawn of Ulamog and Pitiless Plunderer give us mana when a creature dies (notably pawn of ulamog only works with non-tokens)
Gives Counter for ETB - Sigil Captain, Good-Fortune Unicorn, Ivy Lane Denizen, Bloodspore Thrinax, Death's Presence

On a budget, this consists of the following options (some adding a third piece to the combo):

Any Undying creature + sac outlet + Ghave + a drain creature + a mana source from saccing.
Any Persist creature + either Ghave and a mana source to remove the counter or a creature that puts a counter on the creature just for etb + drain creature
Ghave + creature that puts a counter on creature for etb + mana source (though not pawn of ulamog) + drain creature (keep saccing to add mana, then use mana to remove the free counter for a token and sac that)

The Backup Plans

Build up and swing: we can either build up a creature with evasion like Champion of Lambholt or any of our flying creatures (including a spirit token) to swing in for massive damage
Go wide: we can either go wide and swing with Champion of Lambholt giving everyone evasion or go wide and cast Gruesome Fate to finish off our opponents

All of these should be fine backup plans imo but not as ideal as a combo.

Considerations While Building The Deck

Prefer mana dorks over fetch sorceries and artifacts. This is because dorks can be sac fodder. I still included some artifacts because they are more resilient to board wipes
Stay disciplined and keep the curve low since our combo pieces are cheap
Have enough card draw and tutors within our budget to get our combo pieces somewhat consistently

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AdamFriedman

Last Updated: 02 Aug 2019
Created: 12 Jul 2019
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Commander - 1 cards (1 distinct)

1 Ghave, Guru of Spores

$1.00

Mainboard - 100 cards (85 distinct)

Creature (43)
1 Butcher of Malakir			$0.49€0.26
1 Poison-Tip Archer			$1.87€1.730.03
1 Mentor of the Meek			$0.49€0.30
1 Fertilid			$0.25€0.11
1 Whisper, Blood Liturgist			$0.25€0.220.03
1 Ivy Lane Denizen			$0.25
1 Slimefoot, the Stowaway			$0.25€0.190.03
1 Pitiless Plunderer			$5.82€3.410.03
1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade			$0.50€0.290.02
1 Winding Constrictor			$0.40€0.250.03
1 Champion of Lambholt			$1.00€0.670.02
1 Good-Fortune Unicorn			$0.43€0.210.03
1 Carrion Feeder			$1.89€1.160.07
1 Cruel Celebrant			$0.79€0.450.03
1 Vindictive Vampire			$0.36€0.230.03
1 Priest of Forgotten Gods			$1.90€1.630.19
1 Zulaport Cutthroat			$1.54€0.900.03
1 Kitchen Finks			$0.50€0.440.04
1 Smothering Abomination			$0.72€0.470.02
1 Deathspore Thallid			$0.25€0.080.03
1 Viscera Seer			$0.49€0.330.03
1 Pawn of Ulamog			$2.77€1.820.03
1 Mycoloth			$3.70€1.81
1 Bloodspore Thrinax			$0.50€0.53
1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest			$10.43€8.59
1 Sigil Captain			$0.44€0.100.04
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder			$1.25€0.470.03
1 Young Wolf			$0.50€0.920.05
1 Strangleroot Geist			$0.45€0.310.03
1 Gyre Sage			$3.97€2.100.02
1 Utopia Mycon			$1.24€0.600.03
1 Twilight Drover			$0.50€0.540.02
1 Llanowar Elves			$0.71
1 Paradise Druid			$0.25€0.180.03
1 Avacyn's Pilgrim			$0.49€0.290.03
1 Elves of Deep Shadow			$1.10€0.910.03
1 Dimir House Guard			$0.50€0.250.03
1 Qasali Pridemage			$0.44€0.220.03
1 Puppeteer Clique			$0.50€0.420.02
1 Krav, the Unredeemed			$3.33€3.571.04
1 Corpse Knight			$1.37€0.410.03
1 Rendclaw Trow			$0.25€0.230.03
1 Phyrexian Plaguelord			$0.33€0.23
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (22)
1 Find // Finality			$0.29€0.110.02
1 Gruesome Fate			$0.25€0.080.03
1 Path of Discovery			$2.29€1.340.02
1 Putrefy			$0.34€0.17
1 Talisman of Resilience			$0.86€0.420.03
1 Fecundity			$0.66€0.430.04
1 Golgari Charm			$1.20€0.840.04
1 Necrogenesis			$0.46€0.24
1 Abzan Charm			$0.44€0.12
1 Death's Presence			$0.49€0.260.02
1 Eliminate the Competition			$0.29€0.130.02
1 Diabolic Tutor			$0.99€0.530.03
1 Abzan Ascendancy			$0.30€0.170.02
1 Mind Slash			$0.60€0.450.04
1 Fanatical Devotion			$1.19€1.270.04
1 Talisman of Unity			$0.87€0.310.03
1 Evolutionary Leap			$0.65€0.430.02
1 Ashnod's Altar			$6.98€5.786.62
1 Congregation at Dawn			$4.59€1.270.03
1 Rampant Growth			$0.49€0.22
1 Moldervine Reclamation			$0.50€0.190.03
1 Edge of Autumn			$0.61€0.342.40
Land (35)
1 Vivid Meadow			$0.40€0.20
1 Golgari Rot Farm			$0.44€0.19
6 Forest			$0.19€0.100.03
1 Jungle Hollow			$0.25€0.050.03
6 Plains			$0.17€0.020.03
1 Evolving Wilds			$0.24€0.140.03
1 Scoured Barrens			$0.25€0.060.03
1 Orzhov Basilica			$0.30
1 Terramorphic Expanse			$0.25€0.110.04
1 Vivid Grove			$0.31€0.16
1 Vivid Marsh			$0.75€0.49
1 Graypelt Refuge			$0.29€0.11
1 Opal Palace			$0.30€0.19
6 Swamp			$0.58€0.050.03
1 Blossoming Sands			$0.24€0.080.03
1 Memorial to Folly			$0.25€0.140.03
1 Sandsteppe Citadel			$0.57€0.17
1 Murmuring Bosk			$0.90€0.43
1 Llanowar Wastes			$1.50€1.450.02
1 Caves of Koilos			$0.91€0.78

Maybeboard - 91 cards (91 distinct)

1 Abzan Falconer			$0.30€0.10
1 Enduring Scalelord			$0.29€0.10
1 Epicure of Blood			$0.20€0.090.03
1 Flesh-Eater Imp			$0.39€0.390.03
1 Ivorytusk Fortress			$0.30€0.110.02
1 Jade Mage			$0.30€0.090.05
1 Psychotrope Thallid			$6.76€2.070.03
1 Karmic Guide			$0.68€0.25
1 Selesnya Evangel			$0.25€0.14
1 Sun Titan			$0.77€0.57
1 Requiem Angel			$0.970.02
1 Twilight Shepherd			$0.89
1 Phyrexian Plaguelord			$0.33€0.23
1 Sylvan Caryatid			$5.75€4.640.02
1 Blood Artist			$2.35€1.78
1 Falkenrath Noble			$0.29€0.32
1 Crystalline Crawler			$3.52€2.15
1 Mer-Ek Nightblade			$0.25€0.170.06
1 Reveillark			$0.66€0.320.03
1 Sifter of Skulls			$1.29€0.890.02
1 Juniper Order Ranger			$0.33€0.13
1 Arbor Elf			$0.49€0.450.04
1 Loyal Guardian			$0.45€0.33
1 Pious Evangel			$0.25€0.110.03
1 Devoted Druid			$0.75€0.550.07
1 Vizier of Remedies			$0.35€0.270.03
1 Dawntreader Elk			$0.20€0.190.03
1 Forgotten Ancient			$0.75€0.45
1 Rot Shambler			$0.20€0.090.03
1 Mortician Beetle			$0.36€0.330.03
1 Elvish Mystic			$0.49
1 Golgari Thug			$0.58€0.640.12
1 Hell's Caretaker			$2.82€1.980.02
1 Tendershoot Dryad			$13.99€9.520.02
1 Teysa Karlov			$1.13€0.780.02
1 Sunscorch Regent			$1.03€0.64
1 Corpsejack Menace			$1.24€0.43
1 Caustic Caterpillar			$0.25€0.240.03
1 Butcher Ghoul			$0.50€0.18
1 Thallid Soothsayer			$0.25€0.110.03
1 Grim Haruspex			$12.85€7.00
1 Managorger Hydra			$1.61€1.73
1 Geralf's Messenger			$1.94€2.070.03
1 Plagued Rusalka			$0.25
1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel			$0.92€1.050.53
1 Shinewend			$0.25€0.110.03
1 Rising Populace			$0.15€0.050.04
1 Haunted Crossroads			$3.65€2.500.04
1 Killing Wave			$2.24€2.170.02
1 Phyresis			$0.75€0.840.03
1 Retribution of the Ancients			$0.53€0.320.02
1 Tainted Strike			$1.54€1.890.03
1 Sol Ring			$1.35€0.86
1 Swiftfoot Boots			$2.00€1.26
1 Skullclamp			$6.83€4.74
1 Gutter Grime			$0.48€0.320.02
1 Spread the Sickness			$0.29€0.210.03
1 Verdant Embrace			$0.64€0.200.03
1 Abzan Banner			$0.19€0.150.03
1 Mana Geode			$0.25€0.110.03
1 Durable Handicraft			$0.20€0.070.03
1 Together Forever			$0.38€0.240.02
1 Selesnya Signet			$1.35€0.51
1 Beneath the Sands			$0.20€0.080.03
1 Mask of Avacyn			$0.70€0.450.03
1 Kaya's Ghostform			$0.99€0.610.03
1 Animation Module			$2.00€2.220.02
1 Rampant Growth			$0.49€0.22
1 Jar of Eyeballs			$0.35€0.190.02
1 Springleaf Drum			$0.59€0.600.03
1 Song of Freyalise			$0.77€0.620.03
1 Mind Stone			$0.39€0.33
1 Dreadhorde Invasion			$0.85€0.470.02
1 Snake Umbra			$0.45€0.230.05
1 Cultivate			$0.69€0.40
1 Mortify			$0.29€0.150.03
1 Sprout Swarm			$0.50€0.390.03
1 Second Harvest			$5.49€4.050.02
1 Journey to Eternity			$5.42€4.480.02
1 Growth Spasm			$0.30€0.160.03
1 Unbreakable Formation			$0.43€0.300.02
1 Wild Growth			$0.51€0.48
1 Golgari Signet			$0.82€0.53
1 Orzhov Signet			$0.48
1 Dusk			$0.49€0.340.02
1 Gaze of Granite			$0.35€0.17
1 Hour of Reckoning			$0.48€0.30
1 Aura Mutation			$1.00€0.81
1 Collective Effort			$0.45€0.400.02
1 Planar Cleansing			$0.40€0.190.02
1 Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter			$0.38€0.200.03

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