edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor

Legendary Creature — Aetherborn Rogue

Mana cost: {2}{B}{G}{U}

How we read this card

Spells you cast but don't own cost {1} less to cast.

static — costs 1 less

Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, look at the top card of that player's library, then exile it face down. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

triggered —

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: nothing.

Cares about: a creature deals combat damage, a creature it makes cheaper to cast, an artifact it makes cheaper to cast, an enchantment it makes cheaper to cast, a planeswalker it makes cheaper to cast, an instant it makes cheaper to cast, a sorcery it makes cheaper to cast, a battle it makes cheaper to cast.

Works well with

a Rogue attacks — 636 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti is one).

  1. Soaring Thought-Thief — When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor attacks, Soaring Thought-Thief mills a card

a Rogue deals combat damage — 636 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti is one).

  1. Anowon, the Ruin Thief — When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor deals combat damage, Anowon, the Ruin Thief mills a card

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Rogue creature enters the battlefield — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti is one).

  1. Cloak and Dagger — When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor enters, Cloak and Dagger triggers

a Rogue enters the battlefield — 659 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti is one).

  1. Thieves' Guild Enforcer — When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor enters, Thieves' Guild Enforcer mills a card

an artifact it makes cheaper to cast — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti is one).

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor reduces what:

  1. Urabrask // The Great Work — costs
  2. Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea — costs
  3. Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast — costs
  4. Urza's Command — costs

4,527 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti is one).

When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

496 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti is one).

When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Jolene, Plundering Pugilist — makes a token
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

873 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti is one).

When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  4. Heat of Battle — deals 1 damage
  5. Battle Strain — deals 1 damage
  6. Favor of the Woods — gains you 3 life
  7. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  8. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  9. Dwindle — kills a creature
  10. Shield of the Righteous — triggers

132 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti is one).

When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor attacks:

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — makes a token
  2. Basri Ket — makes a token
  3. Militia's Pride — makes a token

a creature it makes cheaper to cast — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti is one).

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor reduces what:

  1. Extravagant Replication — costs
  2. Devouring Sugarmaw // Have for Dinner — costs
  3. Fuss // Bother — costs
  4. The Rani — costs
  5. Indulge // Excess — costs
  6. Thopter Spy Network — costs
  7. Dovin, Grand Arbiter — costs
  8. Kaito, Dancing Shadow — costs
  9. Saheeli, Sublime Artificer — costs
  10. Metallurgic Summonings — costs

19,381 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti is one).

When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  7. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

3,029 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

688 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.