Gitrog man.
Gitrog man is a 100-card Commander deck led by The Gitrog Monster in the Golgari color identity (black/green), played 3 times with a 67% win rate. TableCommander estimates this deck at bracket 4 — optimized / high-power.
The mainboard runs 25 creatures, 12 instants, 11 sorceries, 6 artifacts, 5 enchantments, 1 planeswalker, and 40 lands, averaging 2.38 mana value across non-land cards. 82% of non-land cards cost 3 mana or less; 8% cost 5 or more.
Notable inclusions: 2 game changers (Glacial Chasm and Crop Rotation), 3 fast mana (Dark Ritual, Elvish Spirit Guide, and Wild Growth), and 2 cheap tutors (Summoner's Pact and Entomb). This deck is currently Commander-legal on TableCommander.
COMMANDER
CommanderPLANESWALKER(1)
CREATURE(24)
ARTIFACT(6)
ENCHANTMENT(5)
INSTANT(12)
SORCERY(11)
LAND(40)
7×
3×
TOKENS(7)
100
Total
25
Creatures
35
Spells
40
Lands
B4
Bracket
3
Games
2
Wins
67%
Win Rate
Why bracket 4? — Optimized
2 early two-card combos: Glacial Chasm + Icetill Explorer, The Gitrog Monster + Dakmor Salvage
A two-card infinite combo cheap enough to assemble and win in the early game (data from Commander Spellbook). Bracket 3 decks are expected not to run these; any means Bracket 4.
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CURVE
0
2
1
15
2
18
3
14
4
6
5
4
6
1
7+
0
COLORS
B
1524%
G
4876%
COMBOS
22
Combos
2
Early
2
2-Card
20
3+ Card
0
Game-Ending
The Gitrog Monster+Dakmor SalvageearlyInfinite self-mill, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
The Gitrog Monster+Dakmor SalvageearlyPrerequisites
- You have a number of cards in hand that is above your maximum hand size.
Steps
- Proceed to your cleanup step, and discard Dakmor Salvage and any other card(s) as needed down to your maximum hand size.
- The Gitrog Monster triggers, causing you to mill two cards and return Dakmor Salvage from your graveyard to your hand.
- Repeat, as you will still be over your maximum hand size and will be required to discard again.
Icetill Explorer+Glacial ChasmearlyPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Icetill Explorer+Glacial ChasmearlyPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, allowing you to choose not to pay the cost and sacrifice it instead.
- Repeat.
Ramunap Excavator+Azusa, Lost but Seeking+Glacial ChasmPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Ramunap Excavator+Azusa, Lost but Seeking+Glacial ChasmPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, allowing you to choose not to pay the cost and sacrifice it instead.
- Repeat.
Crucible of Worlds+Azusa, Lost but Seeking+Glacial ChasmPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Crucible of Worlds+Azusa, Lost but Seeking+Glacial ChasmPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, allowing you to choose not to pay the cost and sacrifice it instead.
- Repeat.
Exploration+Ramunap Excavator+Glacial ChasmPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Exploration+Ramunap Excavator+Glacial ChasmPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, allowing you to choose not to pay the cost and sacrifice it instead.
- Repeat.
Exploration+Crucible of Worlds+Glacial ChasmPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Exploration+Crucible of Worlds+Glacial ChasmPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, allowing you to choose not to pay the cost and sacrifice it instead.
- Repeat.
Ramunap Excavator+Oracle of Mul Daya+Glacial ChasmPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Ramunap Excavator+Oracle of Mul Daya+Glacial ChasmPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, allowing you to choose not to pay the cost and sacrifice it instead.
- Repeat.
Azusa, Lost but Seeking+Glacial Chasm+Life from the LoamPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Azusa, Lost but Seeking+Glacial Chasm+Life from the LoamPrerequisites
- You control at least one additional land.
- You are able to play a land this turn.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Pass the turn.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice it.
- If Life from the Loam is in your graveyard, during your draw step, choose to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand instead of drawing a card.
- Cast Life from the Loam by paying 1G, returning Glacial Chasm and at least one other land from your graveyard to your hand.
- Play any land except Glacial Chasm.
- Repeat.
Azusa, Lost but Seeking+Glacial Chasm+Conduit of WorldsPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Azusa, Lost but Seeking+Glacial Chasm+Conduit of WorldsPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, allowing you to choose not to pay the cost and sacrifice it instead.
- Repeat.
Ramunap Excavator+Glacial Chasm+The Gitrog MonsterPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Ramunap Excavator+Glacial Chasm+The Gitrog MonsterPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability and The Gitrog Monster's first ability trigger.
- Resolve The Gitrog Monster trigger, sacrificing Glacial Chasm.
- Resolve the Glacial Chasm trigger, choosing not to pay and doing nothing as Glacial Chasm is no longer on the battlefield.
- Repeat.
Zuran Orb+Ramunap Excavator+Glacial ChasmPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Zuran Orb+Ramunap Excavator+Glacial ChasmPrerequisites
- You control at least one additional land.
- Your life total is at least three.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Pass the turn.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, causing you to put an age counter on it and lose 2 life.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- Pass the turn.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers.
- Holding priority, activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing Glacial Chasm, causing you to gain two life.
- Resolve the Glacial Chasm trigger, doing nothing.
- Repeat.
Crucible of Worlds+Oracle of Mul Daya+Glacial ChasmPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Crucible of Worlds+Oracle of Mul Daya+Glacial ChasmPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, allowing you to choose not to pay the cost and sacrifice it instead.
- Repeat.
Zuran Orb+Crucible of Worlds+Glacial ChasmPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Zuran Orb+Crucible of Worlds+Glacial ChasmPrerequisites
- You control at least one additional land.
- Your life total is at least three.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Pass the turn.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, causing you to put an age counter on it and lose 2 life.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- Pass the turn.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers.
- Holding priority, activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing Glacial Chasm, causing you to gain two life.
- Resolve the Glacial Chasm trigger, doing nothing.
- Repeat.
Exploration+Glacial Chasm+Conduit of WorldsPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Exploration+Glacial Chasm+Conduit of WorldsPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, allowing you to choose not to pay the cost and sacrifice it instead.
- Repeat.
Crucible of Worlds+Glacial Chasm+The Gitrog MonsterPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Crucible of Worlds+Glacial Chasm+The Gitrog MonsterPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability and The Gitrog Monster's first ability trigger.
- Resolve The Gitrog Monster trigger, sacrificing Glacial Chasm.
- Resolve the Glacial Chasm trigger, choosing not to pay and doing nothing as Glacial Chasm is no longer on the battlefield.
- Repeat.
Oracle of Mul Daya+Glacial Chasm+Conduit of WorldsPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Oracle of Mul Daya+Glacial Chasm+Conduit of WorldsPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, allowing you to choose not to pay the cost and sacrifice it instead.
- Repeat.
Glacial Chasm+The Gitrog Monster+Conduit of WorldsPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
Glacial Chasm+The Gitrog Monster+Conduit of WorldsPrerequisites
- You control another land.
Steps
- Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard.
- When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
- Play any land from your graveyard.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability and The Gitrog Monster's first ability trigger.
- Resolve The Gitrog Monster trigger, sacrificing Glacial Chasm.
- Resolve the Glacial Chasm trigger, choosing not to pay and doing nothing as Glacial Chasm is no longer on the battlefield.
- Repeat.
The Gitrog Monster+Dakmor Salvage+Noose ConstrictorInfinite self-mill, Near-infinitely large creature until end of turn, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
The Gitrog Monster+Dakmor Salvage+Noose ConstrictorSteps
- Activate Noose Constrictor by discarding Dakmor Salvage.
- The Gitrog Monster's third ability triggers, causing you to mill two cards and return Dakmor Salvage from your graveyard to your hand.
- Resolve the Noose Constrictor ability, giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
- Repeat.
Putrid Imp+The Gitrog Monster+Dakmor SalvageInfinite self-mill, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
Putrid Imp+The Gitrog Monster+Dakmor SalvageSteps
- Activate Putrid Imp by discarding Dakmor Salvage.
- The Gitrog Monster's third ability triggers, causing you to mill two cards and return Dakmor Salvage from your graveyard to your hand.
- Resolve the Putrid Imp ability, giving it flying until end of turn.
- Repeat.
The Gitrog Monster+Dakmor Salvage+Oblivion CrownInfinite self-mill, Near-infinitely large creature until end of turn, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
The Gitrog Monster+Dakmor Salvage+Oblivion CrownSteps
- Activate the creature with Oblivion Crown attached by discarding Dakmor Salvage.
- The Gitrog Monster's third ability triggers, causing you to mill two cards and return Dakmor Salvage from your graveyard to your hand.
- Resolve the ability from step 1, giving the creature +1/+1 until end of turn.
- Repeat.
The Gitrog Monster+Skirge Familiar+Dakmor SalvageInfinite self-mill, Near-infinite black mana, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
The Gitrog Monster+Skirge Familiar+Dakmor SalvageSteps
- Activate Skirge Familiar by discarding Dakmor Salvage, adding B.
- The Gitrog Monster's third ability triggers, causing you to mill two cards and return Dakmor Salvage from your graveyard to your hand.
- Repeat.
The Gitrog Monster+Dakmor Salvage+Wild MongrelInfinite self-mill, Near-infinitely large creature until end of turn, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
The Gitrog Monster+Dakmor Salvage+Wild MongrelSteps
- Activate Wild Mongrel by discarding Dakmor Salvage.
- The Gitrog Monster's third ability triggers, causing you to mill two cards and return Dakmor Salvage from your graveyard to your hand.
- Resolve the Wild Mongrel ability, giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
- Repeat.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. “Early” two-card combos (cheap enough to win in the first few turns) put a deck at Bracket 4; other two-card combos are at home in Bracket 3.
Valid
Legality
This deck currently passes the commander checks.
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