Thalia and Gitrog by McHailmary

Format: Commander

Commander: Thalia and The Gitrog Monster

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 69

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Abzan Stax and Lands list commanded by Thalia and The Gitrog Monster. It leverages format-tier acceleration and premier tutors to establish early mana dominance and layer asymmetric stax pieces onto the table. The commander immediately slows down opposing tempo by forcing all opposing creatures and nonbasic lands to enter tapped, while enabling double land drops and card draw on every attack. The deck converts this resource disparity into a hard win by assembling the Dark Depths and Thespian's Stage combo to summon a 20/20 flying indestructible Marit Lage, establishing recurring land destruction with Strip Mine and Crucible of Worlds, or overrunning the table with Field of the Dead zombie swarms and Finale of Devastation. Backed by targeted removal, land-based protection via Sylvan Safekeeper, and resilient graveyard recursion, the deck systematically suffocates opposing strategies while closing the game in short order.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Reclaimer
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Knight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Crypt
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician