Most of the Gisela and Aurelia decks that I've seen have been equipment-centric voltron decks focused on Sunforger. I decided I wanted to take a different approach and build a deck that is instead dedicated to controlling the combat phase and using different effects to either give you infinite combat phases or one-turn kill your opponents. I opted for Gisela over Aurelia as the general because Gisela makes the OTK goal much easier to achieve, while Aurelia only offers one additional combat phase each turn and doesn't get you to infinite without additional help.
There are a number of cards that I'm considering as meta-dependent additions, but I'm not sure what I would cut for any of these cards: Pyroblast Red Elemental Blast Lightning Helix Warleader's Helix Comeuppance Assemble the Legion
Also, if I were to put in any of these cards besides Assemble the Legion, I would most certainly put Sunforger in, just to make sure I could get to them at the opportune moment.
1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Creatures
1x Legion Loyalist
1x Serra Ascendant
1x Grand Abolisher
1x Archetype of Aggression
1x Aven Mindcensor
1x Frontline Medic
1x Heliod, God of the Sun
1x Hero of Bladehold
1x Hero of Oxid Ridge
1x Iroas, God of Victory
1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1x Odric, Master Tactician
1x Archon of Justice
1x Thundermaw Hellkite
1x Urabrask the Hidden
1x Angelic Skirmisher
1x Aurelia, the Warleader
1x Hellkite Charger
1x Sun Titan
1x Dragon Mage
1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
1x Reya Dawnbringer
1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Planeswalkers
1x Ajani Steadfast
1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
Artifacts
1x Mana Crypt
1x Glaring Spotlight
1x Mana Vault
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Sol Ring
1x Grim Monolith
1x Lightning Greaves
1x Swiftfoot Boots
1x Chromatic Lantern
1x Darksteel Ingot
1x Hammer of Purphoros
1x Sword of Feast and Famine
1x Sword of Light and Shadow
1x Thran Dynamo
1x Eldrazi Monument
1x Gilded Lotus
1x Akroma's Memorial
1x Land Tax
1x Blind Obedience
1x Aggravated Assault
1x Stranglehold
1x True Conviction
Instants
1x Path to Exile
1x Swords to Plowshares
1x Aurelia's Fury
1x Boros Charm
1x Chaos Warp
1x Master Warcraft
1x Return to Dust
1x Savage Beating
Sorceries
1x Bonfire of the Damned
1x Shattering Spree
1x Vandalblast
1x Wheel of Fortune
1x Wrath of God
1x Reforge the Soul
1x Waves of Aggression
1x Austere Command
Lands
1x Ancient Tomb
1x Arcane Lighthouse
1x Arid Mesa
1x Bloodstained Mire
1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1x Cavern of Souls
1x Clifftop Retreat
1x Command Tower
1x Flooded Strand
1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
1x Marsh Flats
6x Mountain
1x Myriad Landscape
9x Plains
1x Plateau
1x Rugged Prairie
1x Sacred Foundry
1x Scalding Tarn
1x Temple of the False God
1x Temple of Triumph
1x Windswept Heath
1x Wooded Foothills
There are a number of cards that I'm considering as meta-dependent additions, but I'm not sure what I would cut for any of these cards:
Pyroblast
Red Elemental Blast
Lightning Helix
Warleader's Helix
Comeuppance
Assemble the Legion
Also, if I were to put in any of these cards besides Assemble the Legion, I would most certainly put Sunforger in, just to make sure I could get to them at the opportune moment.
Thought and opinions are welcome, as always.
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