Grolnok, the Omnivore | Self-Milling Frogs | Commander | EDH | Budget | Cut-Rate Commander

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Cut-Rate Commander - Episode 38 - Featuring Grolnok, the Omnivore
The Spawn of the Gitrog monster joins us today in the latest build of Cut-Rate Commander - aiming to chew through our deck and win us the game in doing so, while getting us a whole lot of value along the way.
Striving to make the most out of commanders abilities to turn frogs into additional mill sources, we'll be running plenty of frogs and psuedo-frogs (changlings) and Grolnoks toadies to get that extra mill as they swing in, in addition to running more traditional sources of ramp, all geared towards chewing through our deck as quickly as possible while Gronlok takes those milled cards and turns them into a second had for us with no limit from exile. From there, we just need to stick a self-mill wincon on the field and protect it from destruction or recur if its destroyed, and it will only be a matter of time before our deck is all milled away and our opponents croak.
Let me know if the comments below if you agree with my choices and/or what you would add to the deck instead. Also, let me know know who you would like to see next by voting on in the comments on the three choices of commander listed at the end of the video.
Decklist - www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4550...
All art used is copyright of Wizards of the Coast

[@tobiasschwehr7315]

I would suggest putting ley Line of anticipation and Alchemist's Refuge, so that we have all time access to our cards in exile

[@GrazzetMTG]

Good suggestions - being able to cast at flash speed is always a powerful ability to have access to!

[@4oWhat]

Would love to see a vid about how you go around building your decks from the ground up, what are the things you look out for when building a deck

[@GrazzetMTG]

I wouldn't be against making something like this when I have a bit more time.

[@JohnFerrerAkaEric]

Slogurk is also a very good add, a 1UG 3/3 with trample that gets a +1/+1 counter. I also went in a slightly different direction for my deck where I focused on land drops and playing as many lands as possible while still self milling using cheap expendable frogs to be able to play one of a few creatures whose power and toughness are equal to the number of lands I have ending with a card that turns all of my creatures into said big creature as a kill shot like Augmenter Pugilist (back side) or infinite reflection. With enough creature tokens, I've dealt as much as 500 damage in a go.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Sounds like a good alternate take, since Grolnok will definitely get us more than enough lands to make use of lands matter payoffs, which makes additional and drop ramp sources even better. Good suggestion!

[@100legobits]

do u happen to have a deck list for that? (i love frogggy)

[@JohnFerrerAkaEric]

@@100legobits it hasn't been updated in a bit but anyway here's wonderwall: Commander 1 Grolnok, the Omnivore (VOW) 238 Deck 1 A-Druid Class (AFR) 180 13 Snow-Covered Forest (KHM) 285 1 Ancient Greenwarden (ZNR) 178 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (THB) 169 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking (M21) 173 1 Explore (JMP) 393 1 Wayward Swordtooth (RIX) 150 1 Oracle of Mul Daya (JMP) 415 1 Nylea, Keen-Eyed (THB) 185 1 Parcelbeast (IKO) 199 1 Lurking Predators (JMP) 410 1 Vizier of the Menagerie (AKR) 224 1 Realmwalker (KHM) 188 1 Rashmi, Eternities Crafter (KLR) 202 1 Kasmina's Transmutation (WAR) 57 1 Augur of Autumn (MID) 168 1 Merfolk Branchwalker (XLN) 197 1 Ixalli's Diviner (XLN) 192 1 Path of Discovery (RIX) 142 1 The Bears of Littjara (KHM) 205 1 Universal Automaton (MH1) 235 1 Bloodline Pretender (KHM) 235 1 Maskwood Nexus (KHM) 240 1 Masked Vandal (KHM) 184 1 Faceless Agent (J21) 1 1 Ascendant Spirit (KHM) 43 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild (ZNR) 179 1 Otherworldly Gaze (MID) 67 1 Unnatural Growth (MID) 206 1 Ulvenwald Hydra (JMP) 439 1 Beanstalk Giant (ELD) 149 1 Cultivator Colossus (VOW) 195 1 Iceberg Cancrix (MH1) 54 1 Barkchannel Pathway (KHM) 251 1 Spirit of the Aldergard (KHM) 195 1 Lotus Cobra (ZNR) 193 1 Tireless Provisioner (MH2) 180 1 Ruin Crab (ZNR) 75 1 Wall of Lost Thoughts (RNA) 59 1 Deathbonnet Sprout (MID) 181 1 Excavated Wall (STX) 255 14 Snow-Covered Island (KHM) 279 1 Spark Double (WAR) 68 1 Froghemoth (AFR) 184 1 Scute Swarm (ZNR) 203 1 Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar (DAR) 174 1 Augmenter Pugilist (STX) 147 1 Quandrix Cultivator (STX) 218 1 Slogurk, the Overslime (MID) 242 1 Wand of Vertebrae (GRN) 242 1 Giant's Grasp (KHM) 384 1 Rhonas the Indomitable (AKR) 213 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger (BFZ) 15 1 Desecrated Tomb (M19) 230 1 Gaea's Blessing (DAR) 161 1 Tyrite Sanctum (KHM) 272 1 Arboreal Grazer (WAR) 149 1 Frogify (ELD) 47 1 Arcane Signet (ELD) 331 1 Elvish Rejuvenator (M19) 180 1 The Great Henge (ELD) 161 1 Altar of the Pantheon (THB) 231 1 Mistwalker (KHM) 68 1 Oglor, Devoted Assistant (Y22) 20 1 Croaking Counterpart (MID) 215 1 Crawling Infestation (VOW) 193 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc (XLN) 191 1 Hinterland Harbor (DAR) 240 1 Dreamroot Cascade (VOW) 262 1 Botanical Sanctum (KLR) 281 1 Vineglimmer Snarl (STX) 274 1 Breeding Pool (RNA) 246 1 Metallic Mimic (KLR) 251 1 Boseiju, Who Endures (NEO) 266

[@100legobits]

@@JohnFerrerAkaEric my hero

[@JohnFerrerAkaEric]

@@100legobits seriously let me know how it goes or any good changes you make. I'd love to hear it all!

[@jadeavenger2376]

ayyyyy here we gooo! Please do continue :)

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it and I'm not planning on stopping any time soon!

[@vess5218]

Legit started building an extremely similar deck to this the other day. Gonna use this video to help me improve my current list! Thanks!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it and hope it helps your build!

[@coffeedant7595]

Always top tier content!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you hear you think so!

[@noahbemont5263]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE

[@GrazzetMTG]

Hope it was worth the wait!

[@OverlyCriticalAnime]

There is a lot of creature copy effects in blue green that you can use and still be in budget. Even copying your commander can be good. Sure it will die but you still get the effects.

[@GrazzetMTG]

I can see this working nicely by focusing on cloning effects to get even more frogs onboard or even copies of our commander - especially on a higher budget with cards like Sakashima of a Thousand Faces and other cards that break the legendary rule to get permanent copies of Grolnok onboard. Good suggestion!

[@caynay]

Hey mate, awesome video! I‘m looking to build a frog based commander deck (doesnt need to be tribal, i really like the self mill idea!) do you have any additional cards you would put 2 years after releasing this video? Cheers and thanks for the awesome videos:)

[@xtincantanx]

Wow, this looks like a ton of fun. Plus I have a fair amount of these cards not being used. I’ll give it a try! Will you have a tcg or card kingdom affiliant link?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Happy to hear you think so and that you've got the cards on hand to give it a spin! I probably should get around to getting a TCG player affiliate link - Thanks for reminding me!

[@AdamKaiser1]

Woo!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Grolnok finds your cheers an acceptable offering.

[@jomai3739]

Do flashback cards have value in this deck? since they are not permanents, you wont be able to put a croak counter on it correct?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Flashback cards certainly have value, as Grolnok only exiles permanents - so we can get further value from our flashback cards as we mill them away (which is why this build has a handful of them).

[@_Pill]

F R O G

[@GrazzetMTG]

🐸

[@diegoa.2387]

If I attack a player with Fleet Swallower can I mill myself or do I have to mill the player I attack?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Its target player so you can select yourself. Hope that helps!

[@luiscordero9171]

Sweet deck. I vote for Geralf because I hate tribal decks besides Grolnok

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build and thanks for voting!

[@Galchoo1]

The Frogge's Spawn Demandeth Content! Lovecraft jokes aside, amazing cutrate episode as always! My vote goes to Geralf, because he and his sister pretty much go hand in hand nowadays, while Torrens is a bit too simple, and Odric is a bit too much of a travesty (holy shit, did they screw him up...) Day 166 of waiting for Grazzet's face reveal. What are your thoughts on the new Kamigawa set? I myself am feeling exhaustion out of all the MTG Content WotC has been throwing at us.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build and thanks voting! Regarding Kamigawa, I'm quite excited about it personally. The art looks gorgeous on those basic lands and some of the spoilers so far have been intriguing. While I can see there being a overload of content form WotC - It doesn't bother me too much since I'm doing content and have to stay on top of this anyway to incorporate it into future builds. Hopefully this set brings us some good legendries to build around too, which is what I'm most hyped for.

[@RescueAtlantis]

Hi - I'm newish to MTG, I played from 4th edition to visions and now. I would like to build a standard deck around this guy, but I believe the win conditions here aren't legal. Any recommendations/links you'd recommend I'd read up on? Thanks!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Sadly, I'm not playing a whole lot of standard these days - but I would recommend looking up builds on www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/standard#paper for some inspiration - though I do not think there currently is a market for Grolnok in standard sadly.