Ghave guru BGW by dysn86125

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghave, Guru of Spores

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Ghave fuses a +1/+1 counter engine with a Saproling token swarm. The deck ramps into Ghave, uses Winding Constrictor and Kami of Whispered Hopes to multiply counters, and converts them into an army, with Jazal Goldmane or Camaraderie as the overrun. Jaheira plus Pitiless Plunderer creates a repeatable Saproling enter/die loop, so any drainer (Elas il-Kor, Zulaport Cutthroat, Poison-Tip Archer, Nadier's Nightblade, or Slimefoot) becomes a table kill. Secondary draw engines like Rumor Gatherer, Mentor of the Meek, and Moldervine Reclamation find the loop pieces, while Rabble Rousing and Saproling Burst supply a wide board. There is no hidden commander; the build is squarely centered on Ghave and the Jaheira/Pitiless engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Aura Mutation
  • 1 Bloodline Culling
  • 1 Bloodspore Thrinax
  • 1 Camaraderie
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cultist of the Absolute
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deathreap Ritual
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Ghave, Guru of Spores
  • 1 Goldnight Commander
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Huatli's Raptor
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Jazal Goldmane
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Katilda, Dawnhart Prime
  • 1 King Darien XLVIII
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Lead the Stampede
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mana Reflection
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Mox Tantalite
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Oreskos Explorer
  • 1 Phytohydra
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Pledge of Unity
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Prava of the Steel Legion
  • 1 Queen Allenal of Ruadach
  • 1 Rabble Rousing
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Saproling Burst
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullmulcher
  • 1 Slimefoot, the Stowaway
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of Freyalise
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Torens, Fist of the Angels
  • 1 Utopia Mycon
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vizier of the Menagerie
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Windgrace's Judgment
  • 1 Winding Constrictor
  • 1 Wrap in Vigor
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zendikar Resurgent
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat