There are plenty of ways to cheat out creatures with tokens as well, most notably Winota, Joiner Of Forcers
Instead, players usually set their own subjective goals: build around this specific commander, avoid using any non-elf creatures, or creating the largest, messiest stacks possible with Grip of Chaos and Hive Mind
Archetype Deck: Aluren | Masashi Oiso, 1st Place Grand Prix Boston 2005 Creatures (17) 1 Auriok Champion 1 Cloud of Faeries 1 Eternal Witness 3 Cavern Harpy 3 Raven Familiar 4 Birds of Paradise 4 Wall of Blossoms Instants (9) 2 Intuition 3 Vampiric Tutor 4 Brainstorm Sorceries (7) 3 Living Wish 4 Cabal Therapy Enchantments (4) 4 Aluren Artifacts (1) 1 Chrome Mox Lands (22) 2 Island 2 Swamp 1 Reflecting Pool 2 Yavimaya Coast 3 Polluted Delta 4 City of Brass 4 Havenwood Battleground 4 Llanowar Wastes Masashi Oiso has ten - ten - Pro Tour Top 8s
Gishath still rocks in EDH decks
First up, he is incredibly hard to remove, with a ward cost requiring your opponent to discard an enchantment, instant, or sorcery card if they want to target it with any sort of removal
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