Gitrog - Frog Rock

Commander / EDH Control Rock Stax

TheAlmightyThorax

Land (45)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 9x Forest
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x High Market
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Strip Mine
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tower of the Magistrate
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Veil

Creature (20)

• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Turntimber Sower
• 1x Vampire Hexmage

Instant (8)

• 1x Constant Mists
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Realms Uncharted
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Exploration
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Squandered Resources
• 1x Sylvan Library

Commander (1)

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Raven's Crime
• 1x Restore
• 1x Splendid Reclamation *f-pre*
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Artifact (4)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Winter Orb
• 1x Zuran Orb

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Maybeboard

Artifact (3)

• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Winter Orb
• 1x Winter Orb

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Gaea's Blessing

Instant (3)

• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Savage Summoning

Land (2)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Dakmor Salvage

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This is my attempt at a Gitrog control/Rock build that does not feature a combo as its primary win condition. I have been enamored with the frog monster since it was first spoiled, and this deck has made it through many iterations since SOI to reach its current state.

This current build looks to keep the table in check with various stax and hand control effects while simply burying opponents with card advantage. My meta is primarily multiplayer (not a lot of interest in duel commander), very blue-heavy, and has a lot of counter-based control, greedy mana bases, and slow-moving combos, so this build is intended to act as cop to some degree in this meta while featuring abilities that are difficult to interact with (i.e., lots of powerful utility lands).

I think that this build in a lot of ways plays like Nath stax builds -- plenty of symmetrical discard, plenty of ways to slow down the early turns of the game, Death Cloud as a possible finisher, etc. Where Nath looks to break symmetry with mana rocks or dorks, however, I've had a lot of success in breaking symmetry just by having plenty of additional land drops and plenty of lands to abuse these abilities. With our commander on board, this strategy of breaking symmetry also results in generating a not insignificant amount of card advantage.

This current build is still pretty new to me, and I'm sure there are plenty of areas for improvement. Edits will be plentiful, and comments and suggestions are very welcome! While budget isn't necessarily a huge concern, it will probably be a while before I find myself in possession of a Bayou or the fast mana rocks (i.e., Mox Diamond or Mana Crypt).

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.80
Tokens	Elemental 5/3 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Marit Lage, Plant 0/1 G, Zombie 2/2 B