Gitrog by Phase0ut

Format: Commander

Commander: The Gitrog Monster

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari Lands midrange engine centered on The Gitrog Monster. The deck utilizes dense 1-2 CMC ramp and land tutors to reliably deploy Gitrog on Turn 4, immediately unlocking additional land drops and turning land sacrifices into continuous card advantage. Graveyard recursion tools such as Crucible of Worlds, Ramunap Excavator, and Life from the Loam provide sustainable fuel for the engine. On Turn 5, the deck transitions into a decisive win attempt by converting land velocity into massive token swarms via Titania, Protector of Argoth, Scute Swarm, Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer, Ayula's Influence, or a high-impact Scapeshift. Over the subsequent turn cycle, these armies overwhelm opponents with combat damage or life drain from Retreat to Hagra and Ob Nixilis, the Fallen. Strong asymmetric attrition through recursive Strip Mine and defensive protection via Glacial Chasm and Sylvan Safekeeper solidify the deck's resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Ayula's Influence
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Elvish Reclaimer
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 14 Forest
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hour of Promise
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Iridescent Vinelasher
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nissa's Pilgrimage
  • 1 Nylea's Intervention
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pir's Whim
  • 1 Pitiless Carnage
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Reap and Sow
  • 1 Reprocess
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 Roiling Regrowth
  • 1 Sapling Nursery
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Squandered Resources
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 World Shaper
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Zuran Orb