Ghave's Ecosystem.
Ghave's Ecosystem is a 100-card Commander deck led by Ghave, Guru of Spores in the Abzan color identity (white/black/green). TableCommander estimates this deck at bracket 3 — upgraded / mid-power.
The mainboard runs 30 creatures, 7 instants, 8 sorceries, 8 artifacts, 11 enchantments, and 36 lands, averaging 2.89 mana value across non-land cards. 72% of non-land cards cost 3 mana or less; 16% cost 5 or more.
Notable inclusions: 3 game changers (Enlightened Tutor, Demonic Tutor, and Aura Shards) and 2 cheap tutors (Diabolic Intent and Eladamri's Call). This deck is currently Commander-legal on TableCommander.
COMMANDER
CommanderCREATURE(29)
ARTIFACT(8)
ENCHANTMENT(11)
INSTANT(7)
SORCERY(8)
LAND(36)
4×
2×
TOKENS(8)
100
Total
30
Creatures
34
Spells
36
Lands
B3
Bracket
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Why bracket 3? — Upgraded
3 Game Changers
Cards on WotC's official Game Changers list. Any puts a deck at Bracket 3 or above; more than three means Bracket 4.
Aura ShardsDemonic TutorEnlightened Tutor
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CURVE
0
0
1
8
2
22
3
16
4
8
5
8
6
1
7+
1
COLORS
W
1318%
B
1824%
G
4358%
COMBOS
23
Combos
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Early
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2-Card
23
3+ Card
3
Game-Ending
Doubling Season+
Ashnod's Altar+Slimefoot, the StowawayInfinite damage, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Doubling Season+Ashnod's Altar+Slimefoot, the StowawaySteps
- Activate Slimefoot by paying 4, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing both Saproling tokens, adding CCCC.
- Slimefoot triggers twice, dealing 2 damage to each opponent and causing you to gain two life.
- Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar+
Parallel Lives+Slimefoot, the StowawayInfinite damage, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Ashnod's Altar+Parallel Lives+Slimefoot, the StowawaySteps
- Activate Slimefoot by paying 4, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing both Saproling tokens, adding CCCC.
- Slimefoot triggers twice, dealing 2 damage to each opponent and causing you to gain two life.
- Repeat.
Doubling Season+Ashnod's Altar+
Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Doubling Season+Ashnod's Altar+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- You control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Saproling token, adding CC.
- Activate Ghave's second ability by paying 1 and sacrificing a Saproling, putting two +1/+1 counters on a creature you control.
- Repeat any number of times.
- Once you have infinite +1/+1 counters, you may alter this loop to produce infinite creature tokens and sacrifice them for infinite colorless mana.
Ashnod's Altar+
Cathars' Crusade+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Ashnod's Altar+Cathars' Crusade+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- You control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
- The Saproling enters the battlefield, triggering Cathars' Crusade, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Saproling, adding CC.
- Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar+
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Ashnod's Altar+Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- A creature you control has a +1/+1 counter on it.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Saproling, adding CC.
- Mazirek triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- Repeat.
- Once you have infinite mana and +1/+1 counters, you may stop sacrificing the Saprolings to get infinite creature tokens.
Ashnod's Altar+Parallel Lives+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Ashnod's Altar+Parallel Lives+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- You control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Saproling token, adding CC.
- Activate Ghave's second ability by paying 1 and sacrificing a Saproling, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- Repeat.
Good-Fortune Unicorn+Ashnod's Altar+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Good-Fortune Unicorn+Ashnod's Altar+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- You control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
- The Saproling creature token enters the battlefield, triggering Good-Fortune Unicorn, putting a +1/+1 counter on the Saproling token.
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a Saproling, creating another 1/1 Saproling creature token.
- The Saproling creature token enters the battlefield, triggering Good-Fortune Unicorn, putting a +1/+1 counter on the Saproling token.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Saproling token without a +1/+1 counter, adding CC.
- Repeat from step 3.
Rosie Cotton of South Lane+Ashnod's Altar+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Rosie Cotton of South Lane+Ashnod's Altar+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- Ghave has at least two +1/+1 counters on it.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from it, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
- Rosie triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Ghave.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Saproling, adding CC.
- Repeat.
- Once you have infinite mana, you may forego sacrificing the Saproling tokens to Ashnod's Altar, and then use Ghave's second ability to put infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control.
Utopia Mycon+Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Utopia Mycon+Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- A creature you control has a +1/+1 counter on it.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
- Activate Utopia Mycon by sacrificing the Saproling, adding 1.
- Mazirek triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar+
Anointed Procession+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Ashnod's Altar+Anointed Procession+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- You control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Saproling token, adding CC.
- Activate Ghave's second ability by paying 1 and sacrificing a Saproling, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- Repeat.
Good-Fortune Unicorn+Utopia Mycon+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Good-Fortune Unicorn+Utopia Mycon+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- Two +1/+1 counters among permanents you control.
- 2 mana available.
Steps
- Activate Ghave to remove a counter from a creature you control.
- Create a Saproling.
- Put a +1/+1 counter on it with Good-Fortune Unicorn's trigger.
- Remove the counter from that Saproling to create a new Saproling.
- Sacrifice the old Saproling to add 1.
- Use that mana to create another Saproling.
- Repeat.
Phyrexian Altar+Cathars' Crusade+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Phyrexian Altar+Cathars' Crusade+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- You control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
- The Saproling enters the battlefield, triggering Cathars' Crusade, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Saproling, adding 1.
- Repeat.
Parallel Lives+
Pitiless Plunderer+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Parallel Lives+Pitiless Plunderer+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- Ghave has at least two +1/+1 counters on it, or there is a +1/+1 counter on another creature you control.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
- Activate Ghave's second ability by paying 1 and sacrificing a Saproling.
- When the Saproling dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating two Treasure tokens.
- Resolve the Ghave ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Activate both Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding 2.
- Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar+Anointed Procession+Slimefoot, the StowawayInfinite damage, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Ashnod's Altar+Anointed Procession+Slimefoot, the StowawaySteps
- Activate Slimefoot by paying 4, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing both Saproling tokens, adding CCCC.
- Slimefoot triggers twice, dealing 2 damage to each opponent and causing you to gain two life.
- Repeat.
Anointed Procession+Pitiless Plunderer+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Anointed Procession+Pitiless Plunderer+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- Ghave has at least two +1/+1 counters on it, or there is a +1/+1 counter on another creature you control.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
- Activate Ghave's second ability by paying 1 and sacrificing a Saproling.
- When the Saproling dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating two Treasure tokens.
- Resolve the Ghave ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Activate both Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding 2.
- Repeat.
Phyrexian Altar+Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Phyrexian Altar+Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- A creature you control has a +1/+1 counter on it.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Saproling, adding 1.
- Mazirek triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- Repeat.
Good-Fortune Unicorn+Phyrexian Altar+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Good-Fortune Unicorn+Phyrexian Altar+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- A creature you control has a +1/+1 counter on it.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
- The Saproling enters the battlefield, triggering Good-Fortune Unicorn, putting a +1/+1 counter on the Saproling.
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from the Saproling.
- Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Saproling, adding 1.
- Resolve the Ghave ability, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
- Repeat from step 2.
Rosie Cotton of South Lane+Phyrexian Altar+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Rosie Cotton of South Lane+Phyrexian Altar+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- Ghave has at least two +1/+1 counters on it.
Steps
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from it, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
- Rosie triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Ghave.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Saproling, adding 1.
- Repeat.
Doubling Season+Earthcraft+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite untap of basic lands you control, Infinite mana basic lands you control can produce, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Doubling Season+Earthcraft+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- There is a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- You control at least one basic land.
Steps
- Activate a basic land by tapping it, adding 1.
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
- Activate Earthcraft by tapping a Saproling, untapping a basic land.
- Activate a basic land by tapping it, adding 1.
- Activate Earthcraft by tapping a Saproling, untapping a basic land.
- Activate Ghave's second ability by paying 1 and sacrificing a Saproling, putting two +1/+1 counters on Ghave.
- Repeat.
- On each other iteration, you may skip steps 4-6 to get infinite Saproling creature tokens and mana, or you may optionally get infinite +1/+1 counters and then skip the steps.
Earthcraft+Cathars' Crusade+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite mana basic lands you control can produce, Infinite untap of basic lands you control, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Earthcraft+Cathars' Crusade+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- There is a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- You control a basic land.
Steps
- Activate a basic land by tapping it, adding 1.
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating a 1/1 Saproling token.
- When the Saproling enters the battlefield, Cathars' Crusade triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- Activate Earthcraft by tapping the Saproling token, untapping a basic land.
- Repeat.
Earthcraft+Parallel Lives+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite tapped creature tokens
Earthcraft+Parallel Lives+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- There is a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- You control at least one basic land.
Steps
- Activate a basic land by tapping it, adding 1.
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
- Activate Earthcraft by tapping a Saproling, untapping a basic land.
- Activate a basic land by tapping it, adding 1.
- Activate Earthcraft by tapping a Saproling, untapping a basic land.
- Activate Ghave's second ability by paying 1 and sacrificing a Saproling, putting a +1/+1 counter on Ghave.
- Repeat.
Good-Fortune Unicorn+Earthcraft+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite creature ETB, Infinite tapped creature tokens
Good-Fortune Unicorn+Earthcraft+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- There is a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- You control a basic land.
Steps
- Activate a basic land by tapping it, adding 1.
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating a 1/1 Saproling token.
- When the Saproling enters the battlefield, Good-Fortune Unicorn triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the Saproling.
- Activate Earthcraft by tapping the Saproling token, untapping a basic land.
- Repeat.
Earthcraft+Anointed Procession+Ghave, Guru of SporesInfinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite tapped creature tokens
Earthcraft+Anointed Procession+Ghave, Guru of SporesPrerequisites
- There is a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- You control at least one basic land.
Steps
- Activate a basic land by tapping it, adding 1.
- Activate Ghave's first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
- Activate Earthcraft by tapping a Saproling, untapping a basic land.
- Activate a basic land by tapping it, adding 1.
- Activate Earthcraft by tapping a Saproling, untapping a basic land.
- Activate Ghave's second ability by paying 1 and sacrificing a Saproling, putting a +1/+1 counter on Ghave.
- Repeat.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. “Early” two-card combos (cheap enough to win in the first few turns) put a deck at Bracket 4; other two-card combos are at home in Bracket 3.
Valid
Legality
This deck currently passes the commander checks.
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