Ghired, friend of the rhino by Koenecoen

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghired, Conclave Exile

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated Naya midrange token swarm strategy helmed by Ghired, Conclave Exile. The primary game plan focuses on deploying early ramp on Turns 2 and 3, casting Ghired on Turn 4 to produce a 4/4 Rhino token with trample, and attacking on Turn 5 to populate additional large tokens. The deck amplifies this combat presence through token multipliers such as Doubling Season, Parallel Lives, and Anointed Procession, as well as game-ending finishers like Jetmir, Nexus of Revels and Purphoros, God of the Forge. Proactive disruption comes from goad effects via Marisi, Breaker of the Coil and Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva, which force opponents into unfavorable combats while shielding your own life total. While the deck boasts heavy redundancy in threats and explosive recovery through independent bombs, it relies on natural draws for card velocity and remains vulnerable to well-timed board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Artifact Mutation
  • 1 Aura Mutation
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Blade
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Bow of Nylea
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Court of Embereth
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Curse of Bloodletting
  • 1 Curse of Predation
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Fangren Firstborn
  • 1 Farmer Cotton
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 General Ferrous Rokiric
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Ghired, Conclave Exile
  • 1 Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Iroas, God of Victory
  • 1 Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kazandu Refuge
  • 1 Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva
  • 1 Marisi, Breaker of the Coil
  • 1 Mayael's Aria
  • 1 Nahiri, the Harbinger
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Rabble Rousing
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Rith's Grove
  • 1 Rith, the Awakener
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Savage Ventmaw
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Somberwald Sage
  • 1 Spear of Heliod
  • 1 Sundering Growth
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Thornscape Familiar
  • 1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
  • 1 Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage
  • 1 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
  • 1 Vivien Reid
  • 1 Wayfaring Temple
  • 1 Wildborn Preserver
  • 1 Xenagos, the Reveler