Gitrog County Municipal Lake Dredge Appraisal

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Combo Dredge Infinite Combo Multiplayer

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Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bazaar of Baghdad
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 2x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Creature (19)

• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Noose Constrictor
• 1x Putrid Imp
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Wild Mongrel

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Duress
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Gaea's Blessing
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Artifact (8)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Instant (18)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Darkblast
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Rain of Filth
• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Oblivion Crown
• 1x Squandered Resources
• 1x Sylvan Library

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Creature (5)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper

Instant (3)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Noxious Revival

Artifact (4)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Scroll Rack

Enchantment (1)

• 1x City of Solitude

Land (3)

• 1x Cabal Pit
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Hickory Woodlot

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Thoughtseize

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This is my dredge-based Commander deck. This effort began in 2014, with the goal of fitting Bazaar of Baghdad into an EDH deck of some sort. I chose Karador, Ghost Chieftain as my commander and named the deck "Helcomb County Municipal Lake Dredge Appraisal" after a series of hilarious sketch comedy videos published by The Onion. Later that same year, a far superior creature to serve as commander of a dredge-based deck would be released: Sidisi, Brood Tyrant. But it was too late! I'd already gone with Karador. And in two years, we got another awesome choice: The Gitrog Monster. I didn't immediately adapt the deck to use a new commander, but I did throw the frog into my deck and had some fun with Dakmor Salvage.

Following the unbanning of Protean Hulk, I started to become pretty jaded about playing my Karador deck. I'd updated the deck, but I found myself at a crossroads: take the dredge stuff out and make the deck a better Karador deck going all in on sacrifice loops or change my commander to The Gitrog Monster. As noted in one of the updates, I took the deck apart and used many of the components to build a Pattern-Rector deck for the Canadian Highlander format.

At long last, I've revived this deck as a fully-fledged Gitrog Dredge combo monstrosity. By now, this is an archetype that has been explored more by others, so my list probably isn't very useful just yet. But I'm tentatively planning on keeping this thing around, so that might change eventually...

Date added	10 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.89
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G
Folders	maybe decks, Loam, Interesting Commander Decks