Thalia and the Gitrog Monster by Jessestemple

Format: Commander

Commander: Thalia and The Gitrog Monster

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Thalia and The Gitrog Monster leads an Abzan Lands deck that grinds down opponents by disrupting their tempo and overwhelming them with landfall triggers. The commander slows down opposing boards with its stax passive while functioning as a land accelerator and card-draw engine when attacking. The deck generates insurmountable value by cycling lands between the battlefield and graveyard with cards like Ramunap Excavator and Conduit of Worlds. Winning lines focus on massive token production from Avenger of Zendikar, Scute Swarm, and Rampaging Baloths, closed out by combat overrun effects such as Overwhelming Stampede or Sylvan Awakening.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Charm
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Anafenza, the Foremost
  • 1 Ancestral Communion
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aura Fracture
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Brokers Hideout
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deceptive Landscape
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dig Up
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Erinis, Gloom Stalker
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Knight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Frogantua
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solid Ground
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Awakening
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Boulder, Ready to Rumble
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Titania, Nature's Force
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Ulvenwald Hydra
  • 1 Undergrowth Champion
  • 1 Undergrowth Recon
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Zuran Orb