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Tarkir: Dragonstorm
releases on April 11, 2025!

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Tarkir: Dragonstorm
releases on April 11, 2025!

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Main Deck - 100 cards, 85 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (22)
1 Ant Queen
$0.97 Creature - Insect
1 Deranged Hermit
$59.78 Creature - Elf
1 Fertilid
$0.07 Creature - Elemental
1 Ghave, Guru of Spores
$0.79 Legendary Creature - Fungus Shaman
1 Hornet Queen
$0.22 Creature - Insect
1 Khabál Ghoul
$109.95 Creature - Zombie
1 Mitotic Slime
$0.36 Creature - Ooze
1 Monk Realist
$0.21 Creature - Human Monk Cleric
1 Primeval Titan
$14.41 Creature - Giant
1 Qasali Pridemage
$0.21 Creature - Cat Wizard
1 Rhys the Redeemed
$7.36 Legendary Creature - Elf Warrior
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
$0.83 Creature - Snake Shaman
1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.44 Creature - Ooze
1 Selesnya Evangel
$0.15 Creature - Elf Shaman
1 Selesnya Guildmage
$0.06 Creature - Elf Wizard
1 Shriekmaw
$0.36 Creature - Elemental
1 Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
$1.04 Legendary Creature - Zombie Elemental
1 Spawnwrithe
$0.56 Creature - Elemental
1 Spiritmonger
$0.17 Creature - Beast
1 Symbiotic Wurm
$1.74 Creature - Wurm
1 Teneb, the Harvester
$0.57 Legendary Creature - Dragon
1 Vampire Nighthawk
$0.15 Creature - Vampire Shaman
Instant (6)
1 Afterlife
$0.21 Instant
1 Cobra Trap
$0.19 Instant - Trap
1 Eladamri's Call
$8.48 Instant
1 Fresh Meat
$0.15 Instant
1 Mortify
$0.17 Instant
1 Tribute to the Wild
$0.20 Instant
Sorcery (8)
1 Bestial Menace
$0.03 Sorcery
1 Death Mutation
$0.25 Sorcery
1 Harmonize
$0.23 Sorcery
1 Hour of Reckoning
$0.19 Sorcery
1 Maelstrom Pulse
$1.84 Sorcery
1 Regrowth
$0.38 Sorcery
1 Storm Herd
$0.56 Sorcery
1 Syphon Flesh
$0.95 Sorcery
Artifact (9)
1 Acorn Catapult
$6.86 Artifact
1 Contagion Clasp
$0.33 Artifact
1 Contagion Engine
$6.08 Artifact
1 Darksteel Ingot
$0.29 Artifact
1 Lightning Greaves
$5.81 Artifact - Equipment
1 Sensei's Divining Top
$28.65 Artifact
1 Serpent Generator
$0.70 Artifact
1 Skullclamp
$8.38 Artifact - Equipment
1 Sol Ring
$1.68 Artifact
Enchantment (15)
1 Attrition
$16.10 Enchantment
1 Aura Shards
$16.59 Enchantment
1 Awakening Zone
$1.46 Enchantment
1 Bitterblossom
$16.01 Tribal Enchantment - Faerie
1 Breeding Pit
$0.24 Enchantment
1 Debtors' Knell
$0.63 Enchantment
1 Doubling Season
$32.95 Enchantment
1 Mirari's Wake
$5.30 Enchantment
1 Muraganda Petroglyphs
$0.83 Enchantment
1 Necrogenesis
$0.33 Enchantment
1 Oblivion Ring
$0.28 Enchantment
1 Privileged Position
$2.44 Enchantment
1 Saproling Burst
$1.59 Enchantment
1 Soul Snare
$0.08 Enchantment
1 Vow of Malice
$0.83 Enchantment - Aura
Planeswalker (1)
1 Elspeth Tirel
$3.85 Legendary Planeswalker - Elspeth
Land (39)
1 Bayou
$410.62 Land - Swamp Forest
1 Command Tower
$0.22 Land
1 Evolving Wilds
$0.07 Land
8 Forest
$0.14 Basic Land - Forest
1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
$4.29 Land
1 Godless Shrine
$14.22 Land - Plains Swamp
1 Krosan Verge
$0.17 Land
1 Marsh Flats
$22.60 Land
1 Murmuring Bosk
$0.60 Land - Forest
1 Overgrown Tomb
$11.68 Land - Swamp Forest
1 Pendelhaven
$2.69 Legendary Land
5 Plains
$0.07 Basic Land - Plains
1 Reflecting Pool
$9.15 Land
1 Rupture Spire
$0.04 Land
1 Savannah
$318.46 Land - Forest Plains
1 Scrubland
$368.54 Land - Plains Swamp
1 Strip Mine
$17.20 Land
5 Swamp
$1.09 Basic Land - Swamp
1 Temple Garden
$11.04 Land - Forest Plains
1 Vivid Grove
$0.21 Land
1 Vivid Marsh
$0.63 Land
1 Vivid Meadow
$0.36 Land
1 Windswept Heath
$8.85 Land
1 Yavimaya Hollow
$66.78 Legendary Land
Sideboard - 21 cards, 21 distinct
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (11)
1 Avenger of Zendikar
$1.67 Creature - Elemental
1 Corpsejack Menace
$0.87 Creature - Fungus
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
$17.19 Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor
1 Hangarback Walker
$1.07 Artifact Creature - Construct
1 Juniper Order Ranger
$0.39 Creature - Human Knight Ranger
1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
$6.40 Legendary Creature - Insect Shaman
1 Mentor of the Meek
$0.29 Creature - Human Soldier
1 Sadistic Hypnotist
$0.74 Creature - Human Minion
1 Smothering Abomination
$0.62 Creature - Eldrazi
1 Verdant Force
$0.31 Creature - Elemental
1 Verdeloth the Ancient
$1.39 Legendary Creature - Treefolk
Instant (2)
1 Second Harvest
$3.89 Instant
1 Secure the Wastes
$0.81 Instant
Sorcery (1)
1 Reap and Sow
$0.16 Sorcery
Enchantment (2)
1 Fecundity
$0.98 Enchantment
1 Song of the Worldsoul
$5.70 Enchantment
Planeswalker (1)
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
$2.92 Legendary Planeswalker - Garruk
Land (4)
1 Field of the Dead
$39.06 Land
1 Kjeldoran Outpost
$7.58 Land
1 Maze of Ith
$6.40 Land
1 Verdant Catacombs
$19.24 Land

Notes
 
Still in the lab.  This is the Counterpunch deck with some significant alterations.  The mana base has been VASTLY upgraded.  I'm adding more creatures that rely on +1/+1 counters.  If I can get my hands on a Doubling Season, it's a shoo-in.

6/21/11 update:

Jesus Christ on a Segway, this deck is HILARIOUS.  Ghave's abilities boil down to basically "2: move a +1/+1 counter from one creature to another", and that's just the barest tip of the iceberg when it comes to the shenanigans you can pull using this guy.  I am ecstatic with Ghave as a general.  On a related note, it's a crime that Skullbriar didn't come in this deck.  He and Ghave are BFFs!  A creature that manipulates counters paired with a creature who never loses them?  SIGN ME THE FUCK UP.  "Skully, that Swords to Plowshares came outta nowhere.  Hold these for me, I'll be back in a few."

I think I shall nickname this deck X-Files, for Ghave and Skullbriar: "Molder" and "Skully".

That being said, I need to re-think a couple of things about this deck.  Creatures that use counters aren't nearly as awesome as counter and token generators.  Spiritmonger may be a no-brainer for inclusion, but he's not half as fantastic as Ant Queen (holy SHIT is she awesome).  I need to grab a few odds and ends to throw in the deck.  Breeding Pit, Hornet Cannon, Night Soil, Kjeldoran Outpost...basically any permanent that lets me pop out 0/1 or 1/1 dorks.  And I need to find my copy of Muraganda Petroglyphs.

Also, how did I miss the applicability of Proliferate?  God, a Contagion Engine in this deck is a Very Scary Idea.

ZOMGWTFBBQ! Stop the presses!  Khabal Ghoul has a permanent home, and this just became my permanent Commander deck!

6/23 update:

Almost done.  Stuff listed in the Sideboard section are potential additions that I can't find room for.  Seriously, every card in this deck is applicable in some form or another, and I can't figure out what to cut for some of these ideas, good as they may be.

6/24 update:

An irritating thought: Skullbriar isn't nearly as good in this deck as I want him to be.  His ability is only really relevant if you either (a) position him as your commander, or (b) pack a shit-ton of recursion.  Neither is suitable for this deck.  He might have to come out in favor of another beater, like Verdant Force.
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