GreenLegendary Creature — Ox Mole MutantGroundchuck & Dirtbag
Mana value6Rank#11,274
The Commander
Trample
Whenever you tap a land for mana, add .
Guide
Gameplan
Cast Groundchuck & Dirtbag, then flood the board with mana by tapping lands that each produce an extra , effectively doubling your land output. Dump that mana into huge X-spells, hydras, and overwhelming green threats, then close the game with trampling fatties or a single explosive turn. You're a mono-green ramp deck that uses the commander as a mana engine rather than a beater.
Strengths
- Massive mana acceleration — every land tap adds an extra , doubling land-based mana production
- Mono-green consistency: easy fixing, deep ramp/draw, and no color-screw
- Trample makes the commander a real threat if you do attack
- Synergizes beautifully with untap effects, land animation, and extra land drops
Weaknesses
- All your acceleration lives on the commander, so removal sets you back hard
- No built-in card advantage or interaction; you must supply it from the 99
- Green's typical struggles with flyers, board wipes, and noncreature problems
- Six mana before it does anything, and the bonus only applies to lands (not rocks/dorks)
Key Cards
- Nyxbloom Ancient — Stacks with the commander so each land taps for even more, enabling absurd one-turn mana totals.
- Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger — Doubles land mana while taxing opponents, turning your already-doubled lands into a flood of green.
- Genesis Wave — With doubled land mana you can cast it for an enormous X and dump your whole deck onto the battlefield.
- Castle Garenbrig — Taps for six green toward creatures and gets doubled, providing an explosive mana spike.
- Finale of Devastation — A scalable tutor-plus-finisher that turns your huge mana into a lethal, trampling army.
- Heroic Intervention — Cheap protection for the commander and your board against the removal and wraths that punish you.
Upgrade Path
Lean into mana doublers (Nyxbloom Ancient, Vorinclex, Mana Reflection) and untap engines (Sword of the Paruns, Kiora's Follower) to build toward infinite mana, then add reliable mana sinks like Walking Ballista or Finale of Devastation as deterministic outlets. Improve protection (Heroic Intervention, Tamiyo's Safekeeping) and recursion (Eternal Witness, Roar of the Wurm) so a single board wipe or commander kill doesn't end your game. Tighten the curve with green's best ramp and tutors (Worldly Tutor, Sylvan Library, Carpet of Flowers) to ensure the commander lands early and is immediately backed by a payoff.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Resolve a massive Genesis Wave or Finale of Devastation to flood the board and swing for lethal
- ▸Generate near-infinite mana with untap loops and sink it into an X-spell like Hydroid larva or Walking Ballista
- ▸Beat down with trampling hydras and stompy creatures buffed by overflow mana
- ▸Overrun-style finishers (Craterhoof Behemoth, Pathbreaker Ibex) turning a wide board into a one-shot kill
Archetypes
- Big Mana Ramp — The commander doubles land output, fueling enormous X-spells and high-cost bombs faster than almost anything in green.
- Hydras/Fatties — Excess mana naturally pours into scalable hydras and trampling creatures that the commander helps push through.
- Lands Matter — Extra land drops, land untappers, and manlands all multiply the value of each tap under the commander.
- Combo (Mana-fueled) — Untap loops with cards like Nyxbloom Ancient and Sword of the Paruns can generate infinite mana to spill into a finisher.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (G), by popularity.
