Strike Force Glissa

Commander / EDH Artifact BG (Golgari)

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Creature (29)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Ambush Viper
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Deadly Recluse
• 1x Deathgaze Cockatrice
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Elf Replica
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Kessig Recluse
• 1x Liliana's Reaver
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Nekrataal
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Pharika, God of Affliction
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of Innistrad
• 1x Sylvok Replica
• 1x Thornweald Archer
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
• 1x Wasteland Viper
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator
• 1x Vraska the Unseen

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Arena
• 1x Blighted Fen
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 7x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Bonds of Mortality
• 1x Primal Rage

Artifact (24)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Executioner's Capsule
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Leonin Bladetrap
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Pathway Arrows
• 1x Predator, Flagship
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Scytheclaw
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Viridian Longbow
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Wolfhunter's Quiver

Instant (4)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Putrefy

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Demonic Collusion

Commander (1)

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Creature (1)

• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One

Land (1)

• 1x Twilight Mire

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The premise for this deck is to put every part of the commander card, Glissa, to maximum use. The obvious part for building for her is the artifact cycling power - the deck is stacked with artifacts that cycle for useful effects, ensuring she can generate a value engine over the course of the game.

Since her trigger requires creatures to die and she has deathtouch, this deck runs a suite of kill spells including creatures with ETB kill effects, along with a smaller suite of equipment which normally makes its wearers into pingers - with deathtouch, they become snipers. About half of the creatures in the deck, and a few token generators, provide ample targets for equipping. The deck runs a few mass removal artifacts to protect itself against go-wide plans, but it mostly leverages tactical removal to have strong political relevance until the late game.

A few of the cards are here specifically to help get over the top. Since Glissa's combination of first strike and deathtouch means she only ever needs to deal one damage per blocker, Nylea and Primal Rage help the deck to get through blockers, and with Batterskull, Opal Palace, and Nylea for the main pumps, she can potentially power through a commander kill in a few turns.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.43
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Beast 3/3 B, Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Garruk, Apex Predator, Enchantment Snake 1/1 BG, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B