Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Gitrog)

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Ferocious Landfall Lands Rock Sacrifice Stompy Theme/Gimmick

Chino90

Creature (34)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Daemogoth Titan
• 1x Daemogoth Woe-Eater
• 1x Disciple of Freyalise  ^Flip
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Goldvein Hydra
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
• 1x Hunted Bonebrute
• 1x Hunted Horror
• 1x Iridescent Vinelasher
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
• 1x Outcaster Trailblazer
• 1x Phyrexian Soulgorger
• 1x Railway Brawler
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Rotting Regisaur
• 1x Scute Swarm
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Shakedown Heavy
• 1x Sheltering Ancient
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Tiller Engine
• 1x Tireless Provisioner
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Wall of Blood
• 1x Yargle and Multani
• 1x Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Bridgeworks Battle  ^Flip
• 1x Mandate of Abaddon
• 1x Nature's Lore

Land (39)

• 1x Arid Archway
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Festering Gulch
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 4x Forest
• 1x Hashep Oasis
• 1x Haunted Mire
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riveteers Overlook
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shifting Woodland
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Slitherbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Strip Mine
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Talon Gates of Madara
• 1x The Black Gate
• 1x Underground Mortuary
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Viridescent Bog
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Commander (1)

Instant (10)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Revitalizing Repast  ^Flip
• 1x Smuggler's Surprise
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Tear Asunder
• 1x Tyvar's Stand

Artifact (9)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x The Skullspore Nexus
• 1x Thought Vessel

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Retreat to Hagra
• 1x Spelunking
• 1x Unnatural Growth

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Honest Rutstein

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Maybeboard

Creature (39)

• 1x Ancient Stone Idol
• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
• 1x Bighorner Rancher
• 1x Boggart Trawler  ^Flip
• 1x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1x Colossal Rattlewurm
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dread Defiler
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Grim Wanderer
• 1x Halana, Kessig Ranger
• 1x Honest Rutstein
• 1x Hulking Raptor
• 1x Kura, the Boundless Sky
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Mosswood Dreadknight
• 1x Nantuko Mentor
• 1x Owlbear Shepherd
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 2x Ruthless Technomancer
• 1x Sacellum Godspeaker
• 1x Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1x Scourge of Nel Toth
• 1x Scute Swarm
• 1x Sheltering Ancient
• 1x Shriekwood Devourer
• 1x Springheart Nantuko
• 1x Stone-Seeder Hierophant
• 1x Syr Faren, the Hengehammer
• 1x Tanuki Transplanter
• 1x Territory Culler
• 1x Trailtracker Scout
• 1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
• 1x Vaultborn Tyrant

Land (9)

• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Ebon Stronghold
• 1x Havenwood Battleground
• 1x Hickory Woodlot
• 1x Necroblossom Snarl
• 1x Peat Bog
• 1x Promising Vein
• 1x The Black Gate
• 1x Volatile Fault

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Hardy Outlander
• 1x Monstrous Vortex
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Retreat to Hagra

Instant (5)

• 1x Collective Resistance
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Destined / Lead
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Winds of Qal Sisma

Artifact (7)

• 1x Altar of the Wretched  ^Flip
• 1x Brass Knuckles
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vorpal Sword
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Roar of Challenge
• 1x Threats Undetected
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Visions of Dominance

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa of Shadowed Boughs

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Amusing power-matters deck that wins through combat damage with big creatures, landfall pinging, and Jarad's ability. This deck explodes as early as turn 3 and leaves an incredibly solid manabase for you to reset your board in case of a board wipe or Gitrog's removal. It also has protection and recursion, so it's difficult to remove your threats.

An interesting aspect of the deck is that most of its beaters/sac fodder creatures have certain drawback that compensates for their low cost and high power. By sacrificing them, one can circumvent that setback and get ridiculous value out of them.

I am also trying to maintain a slight "desert" flavor. A neat trick I accidentally found is bouncing back MH3´s MDFC lands to my hand with Arid Archway to use them for their non-land effect later.

Also, you don't always have to sac your creatures to Gitrog. You have to be strategic and decide when to beat face and when to sac for value.

Some card highlights/interactions:

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord is the hidden commander in this deck. Once the Gitrog monster has been identified as the value engine of the deck and starts getting targeted/removed, play jarad and sacrifice a big creature to deal the final blow to all your opponents. You can always discard it in case you have to reduce to maximum hand size, and return it to your hand by sacrificing lands, which you will have plenty. Comboes nastily with Wall of Blood.

The Skullspore Nexus fits perfectly in this deck, doing double duty by having a discounted mana value (you will always just pay 2 for it), doubling the power of the Gitrog or the sac fodder, and replacing the sacrificed creature for another token equally powerful.

Ghalta, Primal Hunger also usually just comes down for 2, and is a great beater and sac fodder.

Fanatic of Rhonas, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds and Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea will ramp for insane amounts of mana. And Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma will discount by 2 generic mana the cost of most of your creatures, which already have a low cost, leading to explosive turns.

Finally, an advantage of this deck is that its core is really budget-friendly, so you don't have to spend much on it. Of course it can be improved with CEDH cards like tutors and mana accelerators, but that's boring.

Cards uses

Most of them pull double duty:

Ramp: Birds of Paradise, Fanatic of Rhonas, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma, Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea, Nature's Lore, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, Tireless Provisioner, Lotus Cobra, Topiary Stomper, Colossal Rattlewurm, Lumra, Bellow of the Woods, Thought Vessel, Sol Ring, Arcane Signet

Beaters/Sac fodder: Daemogoth Titan, Daemogoth Woe-Eater, Hunted Bonebrute, Hunted Horror, Hunted Troll, Lumra, Bellow of the Woods, Phyrexian Soulgorger, Rotting Regisaur, Rhonas the Indomitable, Shakedown Heavy, Sheltering Ancient, Yargle and Multani, Wall of Blood, Colossal Rattlewurm, Topiary Stomper

Evasion: Shizo, Death's Storehouse, The Black Gate.

Pumps: Rhonas the Indomitable, Hashep Oasis, Spymaster's Vault, Tyvar's Stand, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma, Revitalizing Repast  .

Power-doubling: Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus, Unnatural Growth, Railway Brawler, and Skullspore Nexus.

Landfall drain/ping/value: Retreat to Hagra, Ob Nixilis, the Fallen, Field of the Dead, Lotus Cobra, Rampaging Baloths, Tireless Provisioner.

Land untapping: Amulet of Vigor, Spelunking, and Tiller Engine.

Draw: Outcaster Trailblazer, Nurturing Peatland, Disciple of Freyalise  , Mosswood Dreadknight, Gitrog Ravenous Ride, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds.

Recursion: Journey to Eternity  , Junji, the Midnight Sky, Malakir Rebirth  , Shifting Woodland.

Protection: Revitalizing Repast  , Plaza of Heroes, Lightning Greaves, Sylvan Safekeeper, Talon Gates of Madara, Tamiyo's Safekeeping, Tyvar's Stand, Smuggler's Surprise, and Heroic Intervention.

Removal: Bridgeworks Battle  , Assassin's Trophy, Fell the Profane  , Mandate of Abaddon, Tear Asunder, Basilisk Collar.

Hand-size increase: Decanter of Endless Water, Reliquary Tower, and Thought Vessel.

GY hate: Bojuka Bog, Boggart Trawler  .

Land hate: Strip Mine, Assassin's Trophy.

Life gain: Tireless Provisioner, Basilisk Collar.

Date added	1 month
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 1 Rares 22 - 1 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.13
Tokens	A Mysterious Creature, Beast 4/4 G, Centaur 3/3 G w/ Pro Black, Copy Clone, Dog 1/1 W, Fanatic of Rhonas 4/4 B, Food, Fungus Dinosaur, Insect 1/1 G, Iridescent Vinelasher 1/1 B, Plot, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B