Ghen, Treasure Weaver

[NZB2323]

@ISBPathfinder 's topic on Viridian Revel with the video on treasure really got me wanting to revisit my Ghen, Arcanum Weaver deck. Stony Silence is great against treasure, and I can sacrifice it when I want to. Blind Obedience is also a way to slow treasure down.

Black Market Connections, Smuggler's Share, and Revel in Riches are all great enchantments that create treasure, and some of the best treasure cards are in Mardu, with Dockside Extortionist and Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer. Cards like Unexpected Windfall and Big Score create treasure, draw cards, and at instant speed can put a card like Revel in Riches in my graveyard, which I could reanimate at my opponent's end step and then win the game during my upkeep. Demand Answers, Thrill of Possibility, Entomb, Oriq Loremage, and Insidious Dreams are other cards that can let me pitch enchantments to the graveyard at instant speed.

Contamination and Blood Moon messing up my mana base doesn't matter too much if I have a bunch of treasure, and I can always not pay for contamination or sacrifice these cards.

Before the deck seemed to lack gas and didn't have a great wincon. With Revel in Riches as the wincon, and all the draw and ramp, I don't think those will be problems anymore.

Ghen

DecklistCMCManaPricesChartsDraw 7

Commander 1

1 Ghen, Arcanum Weaver

Ramp 6

1 Sol Ring

1 Dockside Extortionist

1 Starfield Mystic

1 Smothering Tithe

1 Revel in Riches

1 Demon of Fate's Design

Ramp and Draw 6

1 Land Tax

1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

1 Black Market Connections

1 Smuggler's Share

1 Unexpected Windfall

1 Big Score

Draw 9

1 Bitter Reunion

1 Witch's Mark

1 Cathartic Reunion

1 Demand Answers

1 Thrill of Possibility

1 Spirited Companion

1 Wheel of Fate

1 Mesa Enchantress

1 Liliana's Contract

Tutors 8

1 Enlightened Tutor

1 Vampiric Tutor

1 Gamble

1 Entomb

1 Demonic Tutor

1 Oriq Loremage

1 Insidious Dreams

1 Gravebreaker Lamia

Interaction 11

1 Darksteel Mutation

1 Seal of Cleansing

1 Grasp of Fate

1 Agent of Erebos

1 Deadly Rollick

1 Elspeth Conquers Death

1 The Eldest Reborn

1 Doomwake Giant

1 Thoughtrender Lamia

1 Extinguish all hope

1 Ruinous Ultimatum

Protection 6

1 Alseid of Life's Bounty

1 Hyena Umbra

1 Kaya's Ghostform

1 Angelic Renewal

1 Deflecting Swat

1 Flawless Maneuver

Stax 12

1 Authority of the Consuls

1 Blind Obedience

1 Stony Silence

1 Ghostly Prison

1 Blood Moon

1 Contamination

1 Stranglehold

1 An-Zerrin Ruins

1 Fate Unraveler

1 Sphere of Safety

1 Captive Audience

1 Overwhelming Splendor

Tokens 3

1 Archon of Sun's Grace

1 Sigil of the Empty Throne

1 Ondu Spiritdancer

Reanimation 2

1 Resurgent Belief

1 Brilliant Restoration

Lands 36

1 Command Tower

1 Luxury Suite

1 Spectator Seating

1 Vault of Champions

1 Bloodstained Mire

1 Arid Mesa

1 Marsh Flats

1 Sacred Foundry

1 Blood Crypt

1 Godless Shrine

1 Dragonskull Summit

1 Isolated Chapel

1 Clifftop Retreat

1 Battlefield Forge

1 Caves of Koilos

1 Sulfurous Springs

1 Bojuka Bog

1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

1 Ancient Tomb

1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity

1 Geier Reach Sanitarium

1 Mountain

5 Swamp

5 Plains

Approximate Total Cost:

What do you guys think?

[RxPhantom]

I like this deck a lot. I've had my own Ghen build for a while, but it's just some enchantments with no real through line. I haven't put in the effort to make it pop yet. I really like the discard and recursion elements you've got here, as well as the constellation creatures. I bet this deck really hums.

The only suggestions I'd make are maybe Illusionist's Bracers and Out of Time, but this list looks really fun.