Golgari Germination

by Lamhslea on 18 April 2009

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Creatures (2)


Sorceries (3)


Instants (4)

Enchantments (6)

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Deck Description

The most expensive cards in this deck cost five mana, so once that is covered, dredge every turn. Possible combos include using Golgari Thugs to return Savra and a Rotwurm to hand to both attack an opponent's life points and take down blockers. Shambling Shell also has nice synergy with Savra. If drawn before dredging begins, Bloodbond March and Golgari Germination are both nice cards that can yield a significant advantage, but don't refuse to dredge in hopes of drawing one because you want to get a powerful Grave-Troll out as soon as possible.

If playing against an artifact/enchantment heavy deck, switch out the Golgari Thugs for the Naturalizes, Deglamer, and Gleeful Sabotage.

Similarly, the Thugs can be sideboarded in favor of Hissing Miasmas and Pestilence if facing a deck utilizing lots of tokens.

If facing a discard deck, keep the Thugs and sideboard the Stinkweed Imps for the 2 Recollects and Rotwurms, then only dredge when you need to, as your opponent will be filling your graveyard for you. If they're making you remove cards from the game however, the Grave-Troll is significantly weakened, and should be sideboarded instead of the Imps.

The biggest weakness I've notices so far in this deck is with the Golgari Thugs. If you don't have a creature in your graveyard, then killing it will cause it to go to the top of your library, which really kills your tempo.

An ideal opening hand would include a Guildmage or Thug for early combat, a three or four drop creature to begin dredging with, one or both of the enchantments (Golgari Germination stacks), and three lands, one of which being a Rotfarm.

If you don't draw at least one creature with dredge, excluding the Thug, then mulligan.
If you don't draw at least three land, then mulligan.

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

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