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Ghave, Guru of Spores
Legendary Creature — Fungus Shaman · {2}{W}{B}{G} · Black/Green/White commander
Ghave enters with five +1/+1 counters on it.
{1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
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What Ghave, Guru of Spores actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
- Activated ability{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
What a Ghave, Guru of Spores deck needs
Plays as aristocrats. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- expendable creatures and tokens to sacrifice (the commander is a sacrifice outlet)
- creatures that grow with +1/+1 counters and counter payoffs (it spreads counters across your team)
- token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
The Ghave, Guru of Spores deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 16× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 14× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Ghave, Guru of Spores
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Nurgle's Rot1 mana
- Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization6 mana
- Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead5 mana
- Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
- Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
- Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin4 mana
- Old-Growth Troll3 mana
- Exquisite Huntmaster4 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Branching Evolution3 mana
- Hardened Scales1 mana
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire2 mana
- Conclave Mentor2 mana
- Winding Constrictor2 mana
- Kami of Whispered Hopes3 mana
- Benevolent Hydra2 mana
- Michelangelo, Weirdness to 112 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Wrenn and Seven5 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Gideon's Memorial2 mana
- Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Damn2 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Kaya's Wrath4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
Combos with Ghave, Guru of Spores
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Ghave, Guru of Spores is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Ghave, Guru of Spores + Doubling Season + Ashnod's Altar3,940 decks
- Ghave, Guru of Spores + Cathars' Crusade + Ashnod's Altar3,833 decks
- Ghave, Guru of Spores + Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest + Ashnod's Altar3,004 decks
- Ghave, Guru of Spores + Good-Fortune Unicorn + Ashnod's Altar2,807 decks
- Ghave, Guru of Spores + Parallel Lives + Ashnod's Altar2,789 decks
- Ghave, Guru of Spores + Rosie Cotton Of South Lane + Ashnod's Altar2,663 decks
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