A humble Golgari commander has quietly become the hottest upgrade in Magic, and if you binned your Outlaws of Thunder Junction commons last year you might be kicking yourself. The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride has rocketed from around $1.30 to $5.30 in the days following the Secrets of Strixhaven release, a roughly 300% spike driven by one very keen audience: anyone unboxing the Witherbloom Pestilence precon.
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Set up your group for freeThe deck, led by the new mythic Dina, Essence Brewer, leans hard on the Strixhaven witchery loop of sacrificing creatures to draw cards, drain opponents, and grow your board with +1/+1 counters. Dina turns every sacrifice into a card, and her activated ability burns through more bodies for life and counters. The catch is that Pestilence is hungry for mana, and that is exactly where Gitrog earns its keep, sacrificing itself for card draw and a bonus land drop right when you need to keep the engine humming.
Multiple precon upgrade guides have been pushing Gitrog as a near-mandatory include, and the secondary market has noticed. The card was already pulling double duty in older lands-matter and Golgari sacrifice builds, so existing demand met a wave of new Dina pilots all at once.
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See how it worksIf you want one without paying the spike tax, check the picks bin at your local game shop before the next round of Commander reprints catches up. Or skip the chase and just play your precon out of the box, because Witherbloom Pestilence at $49.99 already brings the strongest singles value of the Strixhaven slate.
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Sources: Wargamer | EDHREC Precon Guide | Moxfield Decklist
