tatgm by tyonnafinney

Format: Commander

Commander: Thalia and The Gitrog Monster

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Abzan deck is an aggressive midrange landfall strategy piloted by Thalia and The Gitrog Monster. The game plan leverages the commander's built-in Exploration effect to accelerate mana, while simultaneously taxing opponents by forcing their creatures and nonbasic lands to enter tapped. The deck converts excess lands and sacrificial fodder into recurring card draw through attack triggers and graveyard synergies. Mid-game turns focus on establishing scalable token generators like The Necrobloom, Titania, Protector of Argoth, and Avenger of Zendikar, alongside value engines such as The Gitrog Monster and Conduit of Worlds. Victory is achieved by overwhelming the table through wide creature boards buffed by Beastmaster Ascension, Loyal Guardian, or Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest, supported by indirect life drain from Mirkwood Bats and Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim. The deck exhibits steady resilience through graveyard recursion, maintaining high board presence while grinding opponents down.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aragorn and Arwen, Wed
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Augur of Autumn
• 1 Avenger of Zendikar
• 1 Beastmaster Ascension
• 1 Beledros Witherbloom
• 1 Beorn's Hospitality
• 1 Beseech the Queen
• 1 Birthing Ritual
• 1 Bitter Triumph
• 1 Blossoming Sands
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Call Damage Control
• 1 Centaur Vinecrasher
• 1 Conduit of Worlds
• 1 Creosote Heath
• 1 Dakmor Salvage
• 1 Darksteel Plate
• 1 Deceptive Landscape
• 1 Demonic Gifts
• 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1 Essenceknit Scholar
• 1 Eusocial Engineering
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Flora Colossus
• 1 For the Common Good
• 8 Forest
• 1 Forum of Amity
• 1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
• 1 Frog Butler
• 1 Giant's Boulder
• 1 Great Arashin City
• 1 Helping Hand
• 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1 Karametra, God of Harvests
• 1 Khalni Garden
• 1 Lord Dregg, Insect Invader
• 1 Lotus Cobra
• 1 Loyal Guardian
• 1 Maestros Theater
• 1 Make Your Move
• 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 1 Mirrormind Crown
• 1 Mossborn Hydra
• 1 Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Norn's Annex
• 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
• 1 Old-Growth Troll
• 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1 Part in Friendship
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 6 Plains
• 1 Putrefy
• 1 Quina, Qu Gourmet
• 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
• 1 Ramunap Excavator
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Restless Prairie
• 1 Sapling Nursery
• 1 Scouring Swarm
• 1 Settle the Wreckage
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Swallower
• 1 Springbloom Druid
• 1 Surge of Salvation
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1 Temple of Malady
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
• 1 The Gitrog Monster
• 1 The Necrobloom
• 1 Tifa Lockhart
• 1 Tireless Provisioner
• 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1 Torens, Fist of the Angels
• 1 Vanquish the Horde
• 1 Vibrant Cityscape
• 1 Witherbloom Charm
• 1 Zombify