I'm not exactly sure how this list will run. A huge amount of it is dedicated to mana production and lands, which I'm assuming I'll need since my curve tops so high.
I don't know if that's enough punch, though, given the other decks in my meta game. While sacrificing a Wurmcoil Engine and recurring it over and again is probably awesome, I can't be entirely certain that I'll always be able to do so. There's a Krenko and Ezuri deck in my meta game, as well, so I *could* run Coat of Arms, but I'd have to avoid dropping it when my wife is playing (Ezuri is her only deck, while the Krenko player only has it and Child of Alara). I'm figuring buff effects like Nightmare Lash and Lashwrithe would work well with Gisa's ability, though I'm not sure if I would have enough life to support both, so I chose Lashwrithe since it makes its own baby the first time it enters.
Does anybody have any advice for running Ghoulcaller Gisa? I had a very hard time cutting down the list since I just pulled all the cards I had out of my binders and boxes, with even more down below. I'd like to make it fairly competitive without having to lock my opponents down completely.
I like what you have going on. While my version will not lock out opponents, it will win the attrition matches. Also plenty of ways to get rid of the early threats.
in my last Gisa deck I really liked Shades like nantuko shade to boost and sac to Gisa. And wall of blood and Hatred worked as well. Should give them a try.
I'm feeling that I need to lower my curve substantially, but I also don't really want to run this like a tribal zombies deck in Commander (I'm already trying tribal with Kemba, Kha Regent and failing. Without the big, splashy effects, mono white is hard in Commander lol). I'm going to work on dropping my curve, and I'll see what zombies I have. I'm pretty certain I have all but the newest Lord, but I'm still unsure about running them.
I'm partial toWine of Blood and Iron. Get some big mana going, activate it two or three times on a creature with an already large power, produce 20 someodd zombies.
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1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
Creatures- 28
1x Gravecrawler
2x Nether Traitor
2x Nezumi Graverobber
2x Skirsdag High Priest
3x Liliana, Heretical Healer
3x Merciless Executioner
3x Fleshbag Marauder
3x Burnished Hart
3x Geralf's Messenger
3x Grim Haruspex
4x Hell's Caretaker
4x Solemn Simulacrum
4x Crypt Ghast
4x Graveborn Muse
5x Archfiend of Depravity
5x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
5x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
5x Archfiend of Depravity
5x Magus of the Coffers
6x Grave Titan
6x Wurmcoil Engine
6x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
6x Nirkana Revenant
6x Champion of Stray Souls
7x Sheoldred, Whispering One
7x Rune-Scarred Demon
7x Butcher of Malakir
2x Gate to Phyrexia
3x Attrition
3x Necropotence
3x Phyrexian Arena
3x Contamination
4x Grave Pact
5x Dictate of Erebos
5x Dawn of the Dead
5x Black Market
Artifacts- 14
1x Sol Ring
1x Expedition Map
1x Skullclamp
2x Swiftfoot Boots
2x Lightning Greaves
2x Jet Medallion
2x Thornbite Staff
2x Nim Deathmantle
3x Phyrexian Altar
3x Ashnod's Altar
3x Mimic Vat
3x Thousand-Year Elixir
4x Lashwrithe
4x Whip of Erebos
5x Gauntlet of Power
1x Vampiric Tutor
2x Demonic Tutor
3x Cruel Tutor
3x Corpse Dance
3x Victimize
3x Beseech the Queen
4x Damnation
4x Mutilate
5x Dark Petition
5x Living Death
Planeswalkers- 2
4x Liliana of the Dark Realms
5x Liliana Vess
Lands- 36
1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1x Cabal Coffers
1x Crypt of Agadeem
1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
1x Myriad Landscape
1x Thespian's Stage
1x Vesuva
1x Bojuka Bog
27x Swamp
I'm not exactly sure how this list will run. A huge amount of it is dedicated to mana production and lands, which I'm assuming I'll need since my curve tops so high.
Geralf's Messenger + Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar is a combo to end drawn out games. Gisa + Thornbite Staff + Phyrexian Altar is for the same purpose, but can only win during the combat step.
I don't know if that's enough punch, though, given the other decks in my meta game. While sacrificing a Wurmcoil Engine and recurring it over and again is probably awesome, I can't be entirely certain that I'll always be able to do so. There's a Krenko and Ezuri deck in my meta game, as well, so I *could* run Coat of Arms, but I'd have to avoid dropping it when my wife is playing (Ezuri is her only deck, while the Krenko player only has it and Child of Alara). I'm figuring buff effects like Nightmare Lash and Lashwrithe would work well with Gisa's ability, though I'm not sure if I would have enough life to support both, so I chose Lashwrithe since it makes its own baby the first time it enters.
Does anybody have any advice for running Ghoulcaller Gisa? I had a very hard time cutting down the list since I just pulled all the cards I had out of my binders and boxes, with even more down below. I'd like to make it fairly competitive without having to lock my opponents down completely.
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Some of the my favorite cards are Altar of Dementia and Phyrexian Dreadnought and Coffin Queen.
Here is a look at my current Ghoulcalling deck!
Cheers,
Jimmi
1 Carrion Feeder
1 Gravecrawler
1 Phyrexian Dreadnought
1 Blood Artist
1 Hunted Horror
1 Shepherd of Rot
1 Skirsdag High Priest
1 Cemetery Reaper
1 Coffin Queen
1 Death Baron
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Geralf's Messenger
1 Lord of the Undead
1 Phylactery Lich
1 Stronghold Assassin
1 Unbreathing Horde
1 Zombie Master
1 Abyssal Persecutor
1 Crypt Ghast
1 Desecration Demon
1 Falkenrath Noble
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Undead Warchief
1 Magus of the Coffers
1 Noxious Ghoul
1 Gempalm Polluter
1 Geth, Lord of the Vault
1 Grave Titan
1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
1 Reaper from the Abyss
Artifacts:16
1 Altar of the Brood
1 Sol Ring
1 Altar of Dementia
1 Mind Stone
1 Nim Deathmantle
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Thornbite Staff
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Phyrexian Altar
1 Door of Destinies
1 Lashwrithe
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Nightmare Lash
1 Whip of Erebos
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Caged Sun
1 Ghoulcaller's Chant
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Damnation
1 Army of the Damned
Instants:4
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Sudden Spoiling
1 Empty the Pits
1 Hatred
Enchantments:7
1 Attrition
1 Contamination
1 Curse of Shallow Graves
1 Necropotence
1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
1 Black Market
1 Grave Betrayal
Planeswalkers:1
1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
Lands:36
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Arcane Lighthouse
1 Barren Moor
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Crypt of Agadeem
1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
1 Lotus Vale
1 Mutavault
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1 Phyrexian Tower
1 Polluted Mire
1 Strip Mine
18 Swamp
1 Temple of the False God
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Unholy Grotto
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
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I like how you have Geth, Lord of the Vault in there, too! I have a Phyrexian Dreadnought I can add, as well.
I'm feeling that I need to lower my curve substantially, but I also don't really want to run this like a tribal zombies deck in Commander (I'm already trying tribal with Kemba, Kha Regent and failing. Without the big, splashy effects, mono white is hard in Commander lol). I'm going to work on dropping my curve, and I'll see what zombies I have. I'm pretty certain I have all but the newest Lord, but I'm still unsure about running them.
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