land ho by Heyman325

Format: Commander

Commander: Thalia and The Gitrog Monster

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan Landfall Midrange strategy piloted by Thalia and The Gitrog Monster. The game plan revolves around accelerating mana through 43 lands and low-cost ramp spells, deploying the commander by Turn 3 or 4 to establish asymmetric tempo control. The commander forces opponents' creatures and nonbasic lands to enter tapped while allowing an extra land drop and drawing cards on attack. The deck converts this resource velocity into overwhelming board pressure using landfall engines like Scute Swarm, Ob Nixilis, the Fallen, and Primeval Titan. Graveyard recursion from Conduit of Worlds and Takenuma, Abandoned Mire sustains land sacrifice triggers and rebuys key permanents. While the deck lacks fast combo finishes or countermagic, it grinds down opponents through compounding combat threats, life drain from Bastion of Remembrance, and targeted disruption like Swords to Plowshares and Archdruid's Charm, closing games reliably around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Adventuring Gear
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Archetype of Finality
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Band Together
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Botanical Plaza
  • 1 Breaker of Armies
  • 1 Brokers Hideout
  • 1 Cabaretti Courtyard
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Chocobo Racetrack
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commune with Beavers
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dawnbringer Cleric
  • 1 Druid of the Emerald Grove
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 1 Fang, Fearless l'Cie
  • 1 Flaming Fist
  • 1 Floriferous Vinewall
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fynn, the Fangbearer
  • 1 Ghastly Death Tyrant
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Goobbue Gardener
  • 1 Hall of Gemstone
  • 1 Indatha Crystal
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Moss Diamond
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Myrkul's Edict
  • 1 Natural Affinity
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Phyrexian Missionary
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Poison the Blade
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Primeval Titan
  • 1 Prishe's Wanderings
  • 1 Raised by Giants
  • 1 Reach the Horizon
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rites of Flourishing
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Sazh's Chocobo
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Semester's End
  • 1 Summon: Fenrir
  • 1 Summoner's Grimoire
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tender Wildguide
  • 1 Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 Tifa Lockhart
  • 1 Topaz Dragon // Entropic Cloud
  • 1 Ultima
  • 1 Uurg, Spawn of Turg
  • 1 Vanille, Cheerful l'Cie
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery