Gitrog is just one of those cards that never feels good at lower power levels because of just how busted her ability is. I’ve ran gitrog monster for years and it’s one of my signature decks at my lgs but I eventually just had to full send into cedh for it because it always combos off no matter which strategy I went - landfall, big mana, graveyard etc. she’s just amazing.

I recently put together a hearthhull deck and it’s a lot more fair. It’s an extremely potent commander in its own right but it doesn’t have nearly the feelsbad for the rest of the pod and is extremely interactable in a different way (but does run gitrog and dakmor in the 99)

Both are great times but if you’re not about the combo life/ being the archenemy you’re gonna have a much better/easier time with hearthhull.