The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride

BGGolgari{3}{B}{G}$4.01
Legendary Creature — Frog Horror Mount
The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride card art

Trample, haste Whenever The Gitrog deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice a creature that saddled it this turn. If you do, draw X cards, then put up to X land cards from your hand onto the battlefield tapped, where X is the sacrificed creature's power. Saddle 1

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How The Gitrog decks play in EDH

The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride is a Golgari commander in black and green costing 3BG, and its legendary creature - frog horror mount line shapes the whole deck around it. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The payoff is combat damage, so evasion and extra-combat effects matter more than raw power. The cards below are the ones The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.

Most-played cards

20 cards · about $42.67

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Ramp (1)

Intrepid Stablemaster
Intrepid Stablemaster
$0.20

Card draw (3)

Shakedown Heavy
Shakedown Heavy
$0.32
Outcaster Trailblazer
Outcaster Trailblazer
$1.84
Spelunking
Spelunking
$3.35

Creatures (14)

Ghalta the Unstoppable
Ghalta the Unstoppable
$0.42
Mirkwood Pathmaker
Mirkwood Pathmaker
$0.20
Tom, Bert, and William
Tom, Bert, and William
$0.37
Relic Golem
Relic Golem
$0.19
Pugnacious Hammerskull
Pugnacious Hammerskull
$0.67
Lupine Prototype
Lupine Prototype
$0.25
Nessian Boar
Nessian Boar
$0.30
Tiller Engine
Tiller Engine
$19.69
Hunted Bonebrute
Hunted Bonebrute
$0.29
Sheltering Ancient
Sheltering Ancient
$1.79
Daemogoth Titan
Daemogoth Titan
$1.17
Yargle and Multani
Yargle and Multani
$2.26
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
$1.00
Tireless Provisioner
Tireless Provisioner
$2.40

Synergy & payoffs (2)

Dancing from Dark to Dawn
Dancing from Dark to Dawn
$5.68
Part in Friendship
Part in Friendship
$0.28

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The Gitrog deck questions

What colours can I use in a The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride deck?

The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride has a Golgari colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.

What are the best cards for The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride?

The cards played most often in The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride decks include Dancing from Dark to Dawn, Ghalta the Unstoppable, Mirkwood Pathmaker. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.

How much does a The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride deck cost?

The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $42.67 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.

Can I build a The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride deck from cards I already own?

Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.

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