The Depths of the Gitrog

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Landfall Lands Reanimator

ChaseyK

Land (38)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blighted Fen
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 7x Forest
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Radiant Fountain
• 1x Riveteers Overlook
• 1x Shifting Woodland
• 3x Snow-Covered Forest
• 2x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Urza's Cave
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Case of the Locked Hothouse
• 1x Exploration
• 1x On the Trail
• 1x Squandered Resources
• 1x Sylvan Library

Creature (23)

• 1x Aftermath Analyst
• 1x Ancient Greenwarden
• 1x Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Elvish Reclaimer
• 1x Loamcrafter Faun
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Oriq Loremage
• 1x Perennial Behemoth
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scute Swarm
• 1x Sowing Mycospawn
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Timeless Witness
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Wight of the Reliquary

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Awaken the Woods
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Pillage the Bog
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Summer Bloom
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Collective Resistance
• 1x Constant Mists
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Grapple with the Past
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Realms Uncharted
• 1x Reclaim
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping

Artifact (7)

• 1x Conduit of Worlds
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Zuran Orb

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Land (1)

• 1x Underground Mortuary

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A Dark Depths combo deck led by The Gitrog Monster.

The goal of the deck it to get out Marit Lage as quickly as possible. To do that, there are a number of land tutors in the deck (Sylvan Scrying, Sowing Mycospawn, even Urza's Cave) that get Dark Depths out of the library onto the battlefield.

Now we just have to get those ice counters off it. But paying the 30 total mana for that is not Plan A, B or C in this deck. Instead, we can use Thespian's Stage to make a copy of Depths without the counters, putting that 20/20 flying indestructible horror onto the field.

From there, you let it run wild, but even if Marit Lage is exiled or dealt with in some way, Dark Depths will still be in the graveyard, where land reanimators can just bring it (and Thespian's) back to make a new token.

While Marit is the primary beater, it's not the only way the deck can do damage. Gitrog allows for some meaty landfall triggers, so cards like Titania, Protector of Argoth, Rampaging Baloths and Scute Swarm are able to go wide and/or tall, filling the board with elementals, beasts and insects.

But with the team up of Gitrog and any type of Crucible of Worlds effect (of which there are five), a whole host of fun land combos become available to you. Sac and reanimate Bojuka Bog to wipe out multiple players' graveyards, get a lifegain engine going with Radiant Fountain, trigger Field of the Dead multiple times per turn to create an army of zombie tokens, ramp out all your basics with Escape Tunnel or use Wasteland to eliminate any and every problematic non-basic land (I cut Strip Mine because it seemed too mean.)

Date added	1 year
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.71
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Elemental 5/3 G, Forest Dryad 1/1 G, Insect 1/1 G, Marit Lage, Plot, Timeless Witness 4/4 B, Zombie 2/2 B