The Gitrog Monster

Legendary Creature — Frog Horror

Deathtouch

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this unless you sacrifice a land.

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere, draw a card.

Combos

• Borborygmos Enraged + Dakmor Salvage + The Gitrog Monster

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (45)

Rhadamanthus on Ketramose + Planar Void

2 months ago

TypicalTimmy has the right idea.

First, your understanding of Planar Void is correct. It's a triggered ability that triggers when the card goes to the graveyard. When the trigger resolves, the card moves from the graveyard to exile.

If something happens during the Cleanup step that requires a triggered ability to be put onto the stack or a state-based action to be performed, then the game will deal with those things in the normal way, including giving players priority to take actions, and will start another Cleanup step right after it. This will continue until the game finally gets through a Cleanup where none of these extra things needed to happen.

In your example this means if you discard any cards to get down to your max hand size during Cleanup, Planar Void will trigger, causing Ketramose, the New Dawn to trigger. The game will start another Cleanup, you will need to discard again because of the card you drew from Ketramose, and you will keep doing this until you lose from having 0 life or from trying to draw from an empty library.

It's interesting to note that a similar interaction with the Cleanup step is sometimes also used as a "feature" in The Gitrog Monster decks. This Ketramose/Planar Void interaction could also be used as a feature if you have something keeping you from losing the game in one or more of these ways (Angel's Grace, Phyrexian Unlife etc.).

514.3. Normally, no player receives priority during the cleanup step, so no spells can be cast and no abilities can be activated. However, this rule is subject to the following exception:
514.3a At this point, the game checks to see if any state-based actions would be performed and/or any triggered abilities are waiting to be put onto the stack (including those that trigger “at the beginning of the next cleanup step”). If so, those state-based actions are performed, then those triggered abilities are put on the stack, then the active player gets priority. Players may cast spells and activate abilities. Once the stack is empty and all players pass in succession, another cleanup step begins.

DarkKiridon on Froggies

2 months ago

MTGShiddur, The Gitrog Monster is not in this deck's color identity.

MTGShiddur on Froggies

2 months ago

The Gitrog Monster would be a good add here. LMK if you wanna borrow mine.

TheoryCrafter on Would you play a M:tG …

5 months ago

I concur with everything Balaam__ said except the lore. It's not that it's all bad in and of itself, it's that it rarely has a strong coordination with the lore of the cards and it's often one story or character decision that ends up ruining the whole thing. There have been some good stories, but more often than not they are the standalones, such as the Akroan Wrestling story or The Gitrog Monster story.

I'd also like to add that the gameplay of MMORPG would have to be similar enough to Magic:The Gathering to have the same feel, but different and original enough that pieces could not easily translate to one or the other. Otherwise you'll only have either players finding the MMORPG cheaper to play than the cards or old-school players such as myself rejecting the premise entirely 'cause why play online when yer already pretending to be a Planeswalker physically?

Doombeard1984 on The Bog of Eternal Stench

5 months ago

Hi there,

I too have a Dredge deck and thought I would offer my 2 pence worth (for what its worth lol).

So there is a couple dredge cards you may be missing, or may have considered and not put in.

1. Life from the Loam
2. Golgari Thug
3. Stinkweed Imp
4. Golgari Grave-Troll

Especially think Life from the Loam would be a really good include as you are wanting their to be lands in your graveyard, but you may need them out.

May as well also go for the whole group of Cycling lands (like Tranquil Thicket) as you will be able to trigger draws, which then let you dredge more.

The card I use as a commander could work in your 99 - The Mycotyrant. Gives you tokens for putting permanents in your graveyard. (Here is my deck if you fancy a little look Fungus, Among'us - Mycotyrant Dredge/Descend.

With Dakmor Salvage, if you have The Gitrog Monster and Skirge Familiar you can essentially have infinite {B} mana, as you discard the Salvage - in place of draw effect from Gitrog, Dredge Dakmor back to your hand netting 1 further card in your graveyard, and then can repeat as much as you wish.

Hope thats useful at least - And of course a thumbs up for 1. Being Golgari, and 2. Being Dredge

Drellino on

10 months ago

Hello! Did u ever try another version of this deck that includes The Necrobloom, The Gitrog Monster and Insidious Roots?

Drellino on

10 months ago

Hello! Did u ever try another version of this deck that includes The Necrobloom, The Gitrog Monster and Insidious Roots?

Crow_Umbra on Commander think tank

10 months ago

Based off the commanders you listed, as well as your budget/consistency concerns, it might make most sense to start off with one of the Two Color options listed before adding more. The various Black/Green options that you listed are all different enough strategies that they might not necessarily fit in each other's 99s.

I haven't played The Gitrog Monster as a commander, but I had it in the 99 of my Lord Windgrace deck. Even as a piece in the 99, Gitrog is really strong, and won't need super expensive investment to make it strong. Idk, Gitrog might be a good starting point as a commander, especially if you want to build more competitively.