Thalia & Gitrog by user6003162

Format: Commander

Commander: Thalia and The Gitrog Monster

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

Thalia and The Gitrog Monster commands an Abzan landfall midrange deck that merges tempo stax with token swarms. Early turns prioritize efficient mana ramp to cast the commander on Turn 3. The commander immediately disrupts opposing tempo by forcing their nonbasic lands and creatures to enter tapped, while granting an additional land play each turn. The deck quickly establishes graveyard land recursion through Crucible of Worlds, Ramunap Excavator, and The Necrobloom, replaying fetchlands continuously to generate multiple landfall triggers every round. These triggers fuel large token armies via Scute Swarm, Felidar Retreat, Titania, Protector of Argoth, and Avenger of Zendikar. A suite of low-cost, instant-speed removal controls opposing threats, while Sylvan Safekeeper and Heroic Intervention defend key permanents. The deck closes games through wide combat attacks boosted by Moonshaker Cavalry or continuous token pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deceptive Landscape
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Emeria Angel
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Flagstones of Trokair
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Horn of Greed
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Knight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Necrobloom
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor