I gave a Ghave deck

by Sven_Untgaarde on 19 November 2012

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Deck Description

Really, REALLY inside joke.
The name, I mean.

Anyway, I'd like any suggestions as to what to add or take out.
I originally had Death's Presence in it (5G Enchantment: when creature dies, put X 1/1 counters on a creature, X = dead creatures power), but thought Fecundity would've been a better fit.

Any suggestions would be useful.

Current cards that work well with Ghave:

Ashnod's Altar - If you can get 2 tokens out for every time you remove a counter, you can infinitely sacrifice.
Blade of the Bloodchief - Extra +1/+1 counters when sacrificing
Skullclamp - Draw 2 cards instead of getting back those counters
Savra - Gain 2 life with each sacrifice
Essense/Soul/Suture - Gain life with each token placed
Protean Hydra - Another target to take counters off
Mycoloth - Essentially Ghave's brother, great when lots of tokens out, also works when you devour nothing
Falkenrath Noble/Blood Artist - Like Savra, with making opponent lose life but with less life gain
Corpsejack Menace - Like Blade, but much more efficient, especially with Mycoloth/Protean Hydra out
Doubling Season - Hmm... I don't know why THAT'S in here
Martyr's Bond/Grave Pact - No clue why these are here either. I'm just an idiot for putting these in!
Fecundity - Slightly political, but gives you some card advantage
Attrition - Like Skullclamp, but more colour-based, killing, and instant speed and less drawing
Parallel Lives - Like Doubling Season, just STRICTLY BETTER :P
Cathars' Crusade - Ghave will never lose counters and your tokens get decently powerful
Black Market - Every sacrifice is like an investment into the bank of Black Mana.
Gaea's Cradle - Tap out all other lands to place as many tokens out, then tap Cradle for essentially a free "Sac: benefit any of the buttload of spells that work with this deck. Worth every penny
Enlightened Tutor - Can fetch Doubling Season or Grave Pact/Martyr's Bond (But why would I, since they're terrible in this deck).
Replenish - Returns those enchantments back into play (but why? I'm a moron)

Jokes aside, this is my favourite EDH deck currently. The power level is really good, and it has a bunch of stuff to deal with my opponents stuff. Mana's rarely a problem. After a boardwipe, I usually can come back in a turn or two.

Again, if anyone has anything to suggest, please do so. Thanks for reading.

EDITED - I figured that a $300+ edh deck wouldn't be fun to play against. I took out all of the cards that cost over $15 (Gaea's Cradle, Demonic Tutor, Doubling Season, Damnation, etc.) because my friends don't spend the same amount of money as I do.
If they find my deck annoying, it's because they don't have enough anti-enchantment spells.

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  • EDH

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for I gave a Ghave deck

That is a very powerful deck. Very expensive too.

Death's Presence sounds good, but card advantage and political play is a decent idea. You have enough cards that can break +1/+1 counters, you don't need another.

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Posted 19 November 2012 at 02:50

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I was recomended using this cards with ghave decks:
Juniper order ranger (infinite supply for saprolings)
Sigil captain (same as juniper)
Requim angel (Mass murders like damnation and wrath of god turn to shit)

PD: I hope what you said about doubling seasson up in the deck descripiton was a joke like the one from the tittle. I don't see how parallel lives can be better (except for the ca$h). I actually think that cards like doubling seasson and twilight drover are musts in any ghave deck

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Posted 11 December 2012 at 05:01

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