Everybody Loves Hypnotoad - The Gitrog [[Primer]]

Commander / EDH Ender666666

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First Draft of Primer OFFICIALLY Complete! —May 15, 2016

And there was great rejoicing!!!!

Please take a look through the primer, and feel free to let me know anything that isn't clear, any typos, or anything you feel might have been left out.

fatality292 says... #1

+1 - building my own at the moment so like that you've put effort into explaining your land Base - look forward to your explanation of combos and other choices :)

May 11, 2016 12:14 p.m.

I really like the deck Ender666666, +1 from me. If you want some help on your primer I just finished my EDH Stax Primer on my Glissa, the Traitor deck, feel free to check it out.

What is your opinion of Seedborn Muse and Winding Canyons?

May 11, 2016 1:35 p.m.

Ender666666 says... #3

Thanks. Yeah, I have hit a little bit of writer's block in fleshing out the primer. I'll finish it soon, I hope.

As far as Seedborn Muse and Winding Canyons go, they are both great cards, and I might consider adding them at some point. I'm just not sure if the deck really needs them, and I'm not sure what I'd cut to make room. Any suggestions?

May 11, 2016 2:17 p.m.

For Winding Canyons I'd cut a basic or Command Tower and depending on how much value you get out of Skirge Familiar, the muse might be able to ramp more. I do see how it is used to cycle lands but I like the Seedborn Muse because it counters Winter Orb, Static Orb, Tangle Wire, etc.

May 11, 2016 3:08 p.m.

Ender666666 says... #5

Skirge Familiar is key to one of the combos. It generates infinite mana with Gitrog in play when you pitch Dakmor Salvage

May 11, 2016 3:21 p.m.

Oh ok, I didn't see the combo with Dakmor Salvage at first. The only card that sticks out to me as a possible cut is Geth's Verdict. I would remove it for Innocent Blood if you still want sacrifice removal or Seedborn Muse.

May 11, 2016 3:42 p.m.

Ender666666 says... #7

I guess I really need that primer after all... Geth's Verdict and Exsanguinate are the two spells you use the infinite mana for to win. Essentially, you dredge Dakmor Salvage back into your hand, and draw off of any incidental lands that hit the graveyard when dredging. Kozilek, Butcher of Truth will reshuffle your graveyard into your library. You go until you draw one or both of those black spells, then drain away for the kill. With Geth's Verdict, you'd loop a ton of times until you cast and redraw it enough times to kill everyone. Best part is that if someone counters you, you just do it again until they run out of answers, and you win.

May 11, 2016 4:44 p.m.

Oh my god I see it now, thanks for explaining that all to me. I'm so conditioned to combos like High Tide, artifacts, or Phyrexian Altar shenanigans that I never thought that out. That is actually a incredibly sick combo. I always run Exsanguinate and go infinite off it sometimes but I've never seen it used like that. I wish I could +1 again haha.

Yeah a primer would be nice, or at least making a combo list. I have a few combo decks so I'm used to slapping bullet points on. It looks like you have a few in here so it would be helpful.

My primer isn't like a lot of others on the site as I made it sort of like a card database and deckbuilding guide, but Its more a primer on playing the entire strategy of stax as apposed to building around someone as glorious as hypnotoad.

May 11, 2016 5:18 p.m.

Huge Futurama fan. Huge Gitrog fan.

+1 From me and in my favorites folder. :)

May 11, 2016 8:01 p.m.

Ender666666 says... #10

Thanks TheBoraxKid!

May 11, 2016 11:24 p.m.

Ender666666 says... #11

Perfect_Phyrexia I have added info into the Primer for Creatures and Artifacts

May 12, 2016 5:36 p.m.

Stumpboss says... #12

May 12, 2016 5:45 p.m.

Stumpboss says... #13

Ignore my last comment, didn't see you had it in there :P

May 12, 2016 5:47 p.m.

Ender666666 says... #14

Heh Stumpboss, no worries... I've done the same thing too.

I'm wondering if having more mass removal might not make sense. I'm considering cutting Worm Harvest and/or something else, to add in Black Sun's Zenith and/or Death Cloud. Can anyone who plays Gitrog weigh in here and give their opinion?

May 12, 2016 6:52 p.m.

Ender666666 says... #15

I'm going to keep Worm Harvest, and cut Pack Rat and a Forest in order to add Black Sun's Zenith and Death Cloud and see how that goes. Unfortunately it'll make my curve ugly... Oh well.

May 12, 2016 7:09 p.m.