The Gitrog Monster by user5209542

Format: Commander

Commander: The Gitrog Monster

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 56

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered competitive Golgari combo deck helmed by The Gitrog Monster. The primary objective is to accelerate into the commander and assemble the iconic combo with Dakmor Salvage and a free discard outlet such as Putrid Imp, Noose Constrictor, or Skirge Familiar. Dredging Dakmor in response to Gitrog draw triggers repeatedly fills the graveyard and draws cards, recycling the library infinitely via Kozilek, Butcher of Truth. This loop produces arbitrary mana and lets the deck cast a lethal Torment of Hailfire or loop utility spells to close the game immediately. Backed by fast mana, black tutors, and protection spells like Veil of Summer, the deck consistently threatens instant-speed wins by Turn 4 while maintaining backup lines through Ad Nauseam and Life from the Loam.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Autumn's Veil
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Lake of the Dead
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Bloom
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Nissa's Pilgrimage
  • 1 Noose Constrictor
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Putrid Imp
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Realms Uncharted
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Scout
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Skirge Familiar
  • 1 Slaughter Pact
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Songs of the Damned
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Tectonic Edge
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Traverse the Ulvenwald
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will
  • 1 Zuran Orb