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Gyome, Master Chef
Legendary Creature — Troll Warlock · 2BG
Color identity: Black · Green · Golgari
Gyome, Master Chef is Golgari (black and green): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Trample
At the beginning of your end step, create a number of Food tokens equal to the number of nontoken creatures you had enter the battlefield under your control this turn.
{1}, Sacrifice a Food: Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.
Reference price of the card: €1.57
Comes in the precon Witherbloom Pestilence
Average lands in decks for Gyome, Master Chef: 35
TokensFoodSacrificeLifegainArtifactsAristocratsComboMidrange
Build your Gyome, Master Chef deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Gyome, Master Chef 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Gyome, Master Chef deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (57/100)
- Consistency89
- Speed60
- Interaction10
- Resilience77
- Closing44
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (22 nonbasic, 5 Swamp, 8 Forest)
Gilded Goose · Academy Manufactor · Peregrin Took · Savvy Hunter · Sol Ring · Cauldron Familiar · Night of the Sweets' Revenge · Tireless Provisioner · Jaheira, Friend of the Forest · Witch's Oven · Arcane Signet · Experimental Confectioner · Mirkwood Bats · Greta, Sweettooth Scourge · Trail of Crumbs · Rapacious Guest · Feasting Troll King · Nadier's Nightblade · Ygra, Eater of All · Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest · Gluttonous Troll · Marionette Master · Assassin's Trophy · Deadly Dispute · Dockside Chef · Nuka-Cola Vending Machine · Ravenous Squirrel · Pippin, Warden of Isengard · Beast Within · Elanor Gardner · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Chatterfang, Squirrel General · Cultivate · Inspiring Statuary · Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender · Hazel's Brewmaster · Bake into a Pie · Tough Cookie · Beast Whisperer · Killer Service · Ninja Pizza · Disciple of the Vault · Llanowar Elves · Marionette Apprentice · Feasting Hobbit · Many Partings · Braids, Arisen Nightmare · Camellia, the Seedmiser · Rampant Growth · Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator · Birds of Paradise · Eternal Witness · Heaped Harvest · Giant Opportunity · Lich-Knights' Conquest · Putrefy · Second Harvest · Talisman of Resilience · Sarinth Steelseeker · Cranial Plating · God-Eternal Bontu · Idol of Oblivion · Revive the Shire · The Cabbage Merchant · Command Tower · Gingerbread Cabin · Woodland Cemetery · Llanowar Wastes · The Shire · Overgrown Tomb · Tainted Wood · Bojuka Bog · Restless Cottage · Undergrowth Stadium · Golgari Rot Farm · Temple of Malady · Deathcap Glade · Necroblossom Snarl · Twilight Mire · Exotic Orchard · Verdant Catacombs · Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth · Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway · Rogue's Passage · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Jungle Hollow
🃏 Recommended cards for Gyome, Master Chef
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Gyome, Master Chef, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Savvy Hunter | 79% | +73% |
| Gilded Goose | 86% | +73% |
| Academy Manufactor | 84% | +72% |
| Cauldron Familiar | 74% | +68% |
| Night of the Sweets' Revenge | 74% | +67% |
| Peregrin Took | 79% | +67% |
| Gingerbread Cabin | 67% | +62% |
| Witch's Oven | 65% | +61% |
| Trail of Crumbs | 61% | +58% |
| Jaheira, Friend of the Forest | 65% | +57% |
| Experimental Confectioner | 63% | +57% |
| Tireless Provisioner | 74% | +57% |
| Greta, Sweettooth Scourge | 61% | +57% |
| Feasting Troll King | 55% | +53% |
| Rapacious Guest | 57% | +53% |
| Ygra, Eater of All | 54% | +50% |
| Gluttonous Troll | 50% | +49% |
| The Shire | 56% | +48% |
| Marionette Master | 50% | +47% |
| Dockside Chef | 48% | +45% |
| Pippin, Warden of Isengard | 47% | +44% |
| Nadier's Nightblade | 54% | +43% |
| Mirkwood Bats | 62% | +42% |
| Nuka-Cola Vending Machine | 48% | +42% |
💰 The best cards for your Gyome, Master Chef deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Savvy Hunter
- Gilded Goose
- Cauldron Familiar
- Night of the Sweets' Revenge
- Peregrin Took
- Gingerbread Cabin
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Academy Manufactor
- Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
- Experimental Confectioner
- Ygra, Eater of All
- Elanor Gardner
- Ninja Pizza
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
- The Cabbage Merchant
- Campsite Cuisine
- Parallel Lives
- Damnation
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Gyome, Master Chef
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Pitiless Plunderer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite Treasure tokens, Reduce the toughness of creatures opponents control to 0
- Peregrin Took + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite tapped Treasure tokens
- Peregrin Took + Experimental Confectioner → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite creature ETB
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Academy Manufactor → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifegain, Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Infinite Treasure tokens, Infinite Clue tokens, Infinite Food tokens, Infinite creature tokens, Destroy all creatures opponents control, Reduce the toughness of creatures opponents control to 0
- Camellia, the Seedmiser + Peregrin Took + Hazel's Brewmaster + Gilded Goose → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifegain, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Infinite Food tokens, Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine + Academy Manufactor + Krark-Clan Ironworks → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite tapped Treasure tokens, Infinite tapped Food tokens, Infinite tapped Clue tokens, Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Gyome, Master Chef's color identity?
Gyome, Master Chef is Golgari (black and green): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Gyome, Master Chef come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Gyome, Master Chef deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.7 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 21 % of the time and floods 8 %. Deck health: C+ (57/100).
How many lands should a Gyome, Master Chef deck run?
Real Gyome, Master Chef decks run 35 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Gyome, Master Chef?
The three highest-synergy cards are Savvy Hunter, Gilded Goose, Academy Manufactor. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Gyome, Master Chef decks.
What combos does Gyome, Master Chef have?
Gyome, Master Chef has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Pitiless Plunderer. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Gyome, Master Chef deck cost?
You can start cheap: Savvy Hunter, Gilded Goose, Cauldron Familiar are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.