Gisela, Blade of Goldnight - Burn Baby Burn, Boros Inferno...
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Created Jan 27, 2018
Updated May 22, 2018
Created Jan 27, 2018
Updated May 22, 2018
Commander
Burn
Main Board (99)
Creature (19)
Enchantment (6)
Basic Land (35)
14
Mountain
5
Plains
1
Plateau
Artifact (10)
1
Sol Ring
Instant (15)
Sorcery (12)
Planeswalker (2)
Creature (19)
Enchantment (6)
Basic Land (35)
14
Card Details
Artifact (10)
Instant (15)
Sorcery (12)
Planeswalker (2)
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Gisela is my attempt at bringing a burn themed deck to Commander. By utilizing some spellslinger synergies, damage doublers, and cards that deal incidental damage to my opponents for various things they want to, the deck is able to slowly peck away at opposing life totals.
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Posted Feb 1, 2018I'm also quite fond of Runeflare Trap, just because that sort of card draw is more common in commander.
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Posted Feb 2, 2018Acidic Soil is an excellent suggestion. I like that it hits all players, and there are some players who will die on the spot for their ramping greed...
I'm less thrilled about this due to the cost even given the potential cost savings of the Trap cost. I would prefer to just run Sudden Impact (which is not something I've considered before, but will think about).
Heartless Hidetsugu is basically an instant-kill with Gisela, as-is Malignus. My preference would be to avoid cards like that.
I don't like Magmaquake because it doesn't hit players; if it doesn't hit players it needs to deal a lot more damage for a lot less.
Akroma's Memorial is interesting; I've basically used Pro-Red granting Swords for protecting creatures as part of my equipment package, but I can see adding Akroma's Memorial as well.
Thanks for the feedback everyone.
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Posted Feb 3, 2018I'll admit that I usually only run it alongside looting effects so that I can get rid of it in games where I know I won't get the discount.
A few more suggestions, then!
-Repercussion (I see you have Spitemare/Reckoner already; is this too close to an instakill combo?)
-Inferno/Fault Line (they look pretty bad until you realize they're instants. Then they're only mostly bad
-Pyrohemia is always popular
-Arcbond (depending on how many big creatures are in your meta.)
Note that if you cast it on an enemy creature one of your guys is hitting with Gisela out, the damage to that creature will be doubled, then arcbond's damage based off of that damage will also be doubled.
for that matter, Boros Fury-Shield and Deflecting Palm can both be good. Arcbond is the only one that hits everyone though.
-Howl of the Horde is the one doubling (tripling!) spell I almost always run; raid is usually not hard to trigger.