PlayTest: Commander: Thalia and The Gitrog Monster by stormydaze

Format: Commander

Commander: Thalia and The Gitrog Monster

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 60

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan Lands engine helmed by Thalia and The Gitrog Monster. It establishes early board control through its commander's asymmetric ability, forcing opponents' creatures and nonbasic lands to enter tapped. While opponents suffer tempo loss, the deck accelerates its own mana through multiple land drops per turn and continuous graveyard recursion using Crucible of Worlds, Ramunap Excavator, and Life from the Loam. It translates this massive mana and land velocity into game-ending board states using token generators like Titania, Protector of Argoth, Scute Swarm, and Lumra, Bellow of the Woods, or explosive spells like Scapeshift. The deck closes games around Turn 6 by overrunning the table with Craterhoof Behemoth or Finale of Devastation, backed by comprehensive protection including Sylvan Safekeeper, Clever Concealment, and Grand Abolisher.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Argoth, Sanctum of Nature
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cultivator Colossus
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Echoing Deeps
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flagstones of Trokair
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pir's Whim
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Riftstone Portal
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Seasons Past
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Titania, Voice of Gaea
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zuran Orb