Thalia and Gitrog by Raiynex

Format: Commander

Commander: Thalia and The Gitrog Monster

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a midrange Abzan lands-and-tokens value deck helmed by Thalia and The Gitrog Monster. The commander supplies an extra land drop, a mild stax tax (opponents' creatures and nonbasic lands enter tapped), and repeatable card advantage on attack via a sacrifice outlet. The 99 leans into landfall payoffs (Scute Swarm, Felidar Retreat, Springheart Nantuko), go-wide token engines (Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Elspeth, Storm Slayer, Ophiomancer, Caretaker's Talent), and classic combat finishers (Craterhoof Behemoth, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Westvale Abbey). There are no infinite combo lines; the deck wins through overwhelming board presence, edict pressure (Dictate of Erebos, Braids, Arisen Nightmare), and large Genesis Wave dumps. High land count and ramp support the commander's extra drops while the interaction suite keeps the table honest long enough for the board to take over.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Archon of Valor's Reach
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1 Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Caretaker's Talent
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Charismatic Conqueror
• 1 Collective Resistance
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conduit of Worlds
• 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1 Crop Rotation
• 1 Dalkovan Packbeasts
• 1 Damn
• 1 Darksteel Mutation
• 1 Deceptive Landscape
• 1 Decorum Dissertation
• 1 Dictate of Erebos
• 1 Drownyard Temple
• 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Eternal Witness
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Felidar Retreat
• 1 Festering Thicket
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 6 Forest
• 1 Genesis Wave
• 1 Germination Practicum
• 1 Ghost Quarter
• 1 Golgari Rot Farm
• 1 Hammers of Moradin
• 1 Idol of Oblivion
• 1 Ironwill Forger
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Knight of the White Orchid
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Loran of the Third Path
• 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1 Morbid Opportunist
• 1 Null Elemental Blast
• 1 Ophiomancer
• 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1 Orzhov Basilica
• 1 Path to Exile
• 5 Plains
• 1 Poison Dart Frog
• 1 Price of Fame
• 1 Promise of Loyalty
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Reprieve
• 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1 Scattered Groves
• 1 Scurry of Squirrels
• 1 Scute Swarm
• 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1 Springheart Nantuko
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Sungrass Prairie
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
• 1 Tocasia's Welcome
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Tragic Slip
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Umbral Expanse
• 1 Urza's Cave
• 1 Vicious Rivalry
• 1 Welcoming Vampire
• 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
• 1 Woodland Cemetery