The Gitrog Monster

The Gitrog Monster

Legendary Creature — Frog Horror

Mana cost: {3}{B}{G}

How we read this card

Deathtouch
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice The Gitrog Monster unless you sacrifice a land.

triggered —

triggered —

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

static —

Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere, draw a card.

triggered — draws you 1 card

What we read on this card

Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, sacrifice a land, a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, play a land, draw a card.

Cares about: an upkeep, a land goes to a graveyard, a land to sacrifice.

Works well with

a land is played — 50 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

When a land plays a land thanks to The Gitrog Monster:

  1. Infernal Sovereign — draws you 1 card
  2. The Endstone — draws you 1 card
  3. Horn of Greed — makes a player draw 1 card
  4. Pangosaur — triggers
  5. City of Traitors — sacrifices itself

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Frog enters the battlefield — 69 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

  1. Valley Mightcaller — When The Gitrog Monster enters, Valley Mightcaller puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a land is sacrificed — 222 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

When a land is sacrificed thanks to The Gitrog Monster:

  1. Baloth Prime — makes a token
  2. Scouring Swarm — makes a token

a land in a graveyard — 278 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

  1. Zask, Skittering Swarmlord — The Gitrog Monster puts cards into the graveyard that Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can bring back
  2. Turntimber Sower — The Gitrog Monster puts cards into the graveyard that Turntimber Sower can bring back
  3. Dredger's Insight — When The Gitrog Monster is in the graveyard, Dredger's Insight can bring it back
  4. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — When The Gitrog Monster is in the graveyard, Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest can bring it back
  5. Deadbridge Chant — The Gitrog Monster puts cards into the graveyard that Deadbridge Chant can bring back
  6. Pull Through the Weft — The Gitrog Monster puts cards into the graveyard that Pull Through the Weft can bring back
  7. Conduit of Worlds — The Gitrog Monster puts cards into the graveyard that Conduit of Worlds can bring back
  8. Dread Tiller — The Gitrog Monster puts cards into the graveyard that Dread Tiller can bring back
  9. Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst — When The Gitrog Monster is in the graveyard, Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring it back
  10. Retrieve — The Gitrog Monster puts cards into the graveyard that Retrieve can bring back

89 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 279 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

When a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The Gitrog Monster:

  1. Vastwood Zendikon — brings a card back
  2. Nissa's Zendikon — brings a card back
  3. Corrupted Zendikon — brings a card back
  4. Dingus Egg — deals 2 damage

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a land goes to a graveyard — 293 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this.

  1. Skola Grovedancer — When a land hits the graveyard thanks to The Gitrog Monster, Skola Grovedancer gains you 1 life
  2. Crawling Sensation — When a land hits the graveyard thanks to The Gitrog Monster, Crawling Sensation makes a token
  3. Tainted Aether — When a creature or land hits the graveyard thanks to Tainted Aether, The Gitrog Monster draws you 1 card
  4. Spiked Ripsaw — When a Forest hits the graveyard thanks to Spiked Ripsaw, The Gitrog Monster draws you 1 card
  5. Excavating Anurid — When a land hits the graveyard thanks to Excavating Anurid, The Gitrog Monster draws you 1 card
  6. Rancid Earth — When a land hits the graveyard thanks to Rancid Earth, The Gitrog Monster draws you 1 card
  7. Cabal Pit — When Cabal Pit hits the graveyard, The Gitrog Monster draws you 1 card
  8. Centaur Garden — When Centaur Garden hits the graveyard, The Gitrog Monster draws you 1 card
  9. Haven of the Spirit Dragon — When Haven of the Spirit Dragon hits the graveyard, The Gitrog Monster draws you 1 card
  10. Edgewall Inn — When Edgewall Inn hits the graveyard, The Gitrog Monster draws you 1 card
  11. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord — When a Swamp hits the graveyard thanks to Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, The Gitrog Monster draws you 1 card
  12. Lazotep Quarry — When a Desert hits the graveyard thanks to Lazotep Quarry, The Gitrog Monster draws you 1 card

240 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 900 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

When you sacrifice The Gitrog Monster:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 902 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

When you sacrifice The Gitrog Monster:

  1. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  2. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  3. Plumb the Forbidden — copies a spell
  4. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  6. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk — makes 2 tokens
  7. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Prowling Geistcatcher — exiles it

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 1,547 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

When The Gitrog Monster is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  4. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  5. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  6. Ruthless Technomancer — can bring it back
  7. Forum Necroscribe — can bring it back
  8. The Deck of Many Things — can bring it back
  9. Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette — can bring it back
  10. Sibsig Muckdraggers — can bring it back

538 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 1,547 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

When The Gitrog Monster dies:

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  2. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  3. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  4. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  5. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  6. Gate to the Afterlife — gains you 1 life
  7. Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner — makes a token
  8. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  9. Body Launderer — draws and discards
  10. Nightmare Shepherd — exiles it

33 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 1,567 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

  1. Shriveling Rot — When The Gitrog Monster dies, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness

281 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,787 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When The Gitrog Monster leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 6,618 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When The Gitrog Monster attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

86 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 7,436 cards in The Gitrog Monster's colors can cause this (The Gitrog Monster is one).

  1. Dinosaur Egg — When The Gitrog Monster enters, Dinosaur Egg puts a counter on itself

228 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.