thalia gitrog by user8996894

Format: Commander

Commander: Thalia and The Gitrog Monster

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan lands midrange powerhouse commanded by Thalia and The Gitrog Monster. The deck's primary strategy centers on accelerating mana through extra land drops, using land tutors to find high-impact utility lands, and burying opponents under continuous card flow and asymmetric stax effects. The commander slows opposing tempo by forcing all opposing creatures and nonbasic lands to enter tapped, giving you ample time to establish land recursion engines with Crucible of Worlds, Ramunap Excavator, and Life from the Loam. Once your land engine is active, you assemble overwhelming win conditions such as Field of the Dead token swarms, Titania, Protector of Argoth Elementals, or the 20/20 flying indestructible Marit Lage from Dark Depths and Thespian's Stage. Backed by potent removal, graveyard hate, and protection from Sylvan Safekeeper, the deck grinds down opposing resources and finishes the table through decisive combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Echoing Deeps
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Elvish Reclaimer
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Flagstones of Trokair
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Horn of Greed
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Knight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Squandered Resources
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zuran Orb