[Gishath, Sun's Avatar]

Proxy I was commissioned to produce for a client

I'm rebuilding my dinosaur commander deck. Anyone got suggestions for bomb dinos to include?

Open the door, get on the floor

EVERYONE DO THE DINOSAUR

Gishath, Sun's Avatar

Recent decklist updates

Hi folks. Quick update just to let you know that a few of my decks have had some changes that are now reflected here on the blog. My decklists for Experiment Kraj, Gishath, and my recently added Godzilla Series list for Biollante have all been adjusted to match the current physical version. I have another decklist post planned soon for the next part of the Godzilla Series, so stay tuned for that if you’re interested.

Check out below for specific mentions as to what’s been changed.

Most of these changes are minor, consisting mainly of just a handful of cards that help the lists with their specific gameplans. Experiment Kraj gained a Heronblade Elite which features a fantastic mana ability. The fact that it can make any color is a big addition to this list - most of the multi-mana producers that were available before this could only make green, so a card like this goes a long way for this deck.

Gishath received three cards, the most prominent being a Cavern of Souls which I was finally able to track down for the list following the card's reprint in the new edition of Double Masters. Cavern is obviously a massive boon for any tribal list so it's nice to finally have one for the deck. Other additions include Blessed Respite and the absolute classic Reinforcements from all the way back in Alliances. Both of these cards add a bit of staying power to the list and let Gishath get his friends back into the game after a boardwipe or other problematic removal. There aren't a ton of options for recursion in this tribe when you're sticking as close to it as I am, so these options are very helpful.

Biollante's list is the newest one among the updates, but I am always experimenting with changes to keep my lists fresh and help their gameplay. I added a Vivien on the Hunt to this list as I think it's a very solid addition to the overall flow of the deck. While this isn't a dedicated pod-style list and doesn't actually include a Birthing Pod, I think that the versatility of this new Vivien adds enough options that it's worth including in a list like this. Manipulating the graveyard to the deck's advantage using Vivien's first and second abilities helps to prep Biollante for an explosive turn, and in a pinch the Rhino token that the third ability makes can be an emergency mutate target after a wipe to help the deck get rolling again.

Overall these are not huge changes but I think all of them add more than enough to their respective builds to be worthwhile. As always, I will continue to work on all my active lists, testing new options as they appear and keeping an eye out for cards that I may not have noticed before. Keep watching this space for more changes to my lists as they happen. You can see all the lists I've posted, both those actively in rotation and my archived decks, by checking out the Decklists tab in my blog's sidebar.

After many recent disassembling, rebuilds, and upgrades, these are my current decks with commander and deck boxes

OH MY GOD I GOT HIM!!!!

INTO MY GISHATH DECK YOU GO

Gishath, Sun's Avatar deck

uh oh girlies somebody just spent money on mtg again

Monster Popularity Contest– Ixalan

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Last week my supporters were treated to 5 new monsters, each one from the verdant islands of Magic: the Gathering’s Ixalan setting! Normally my first release of each month is just 3 creatures, but I went a little further this time since I was adhering to some rules about MtG’s color identities.

I’m particularly proud of Beckett Brass, who I think has the most interesting design; but Gishath also turned out really well, given how easy it can be to make a big stompy dinosaur into something boring in D&D. No problems with that here though.

Gishath, Sun's Avatar (MTG card)

Hi Mark! I'm invoking birthday trivia to ask if you have any fun facts about Gishath or dinosaurs in general? Thank you so much! I'm having a blast with the new Ixalan set!

Dinosaur actually premiered as a creature type in Ice Age. We then errataed it, only to change it back when Ixalan came out.

Happy Birthday!

Can you elaborate a bit on Gishath's lore? I had kind of assumed he was a manifestation of divine magic, but Itzquinth makes it seem like Gishath is just another dinosaur. How did Itzquinth come about?

The exact nature of an avatar is going to vary, but Gishath is very much flesh and blood, even if he's manifested through divine magic. In the same way angels usually are.

In Hindu mythology, which is where the term comes from, avatars can absolutely have mortal children.

The Ur-Dragon spawns elder dragons. Autumn Willow has avatar daughters.

Sometimes avatars will be a temporary manifestation of divinity made only of magical energy and not a true physical being. Sometimes they'll be incarnated, into a literal physical being (sometimes a new one, sometimes embodied in an existing being). There's a whole spectrum.