Gisela, Blade of Goldknight has the ability to double damage to opponents and half damage to you. This easily puts a target on your back as soon as Gisela hits the field, or even when you play anything threatening that would work with her. This is a small downside. Using cards like lightning greaves and swiftfoot boots, you can ensure that your commander is safe. The goal isnt really to Voltron or even attack with Gisela that much. The deck is a lot more fun than that! The goal is to get any of these cards out: Stuffy Doll, Boros Reckoner, Spitemare, and/or Coalhauler Swine. Then, use things like Gratuitous Violence, Dictate of the Twin Gods, Gisela, Blade of Goldknight, Insult, and/or Furnace of Rath to double things up. Since the Creatures mentioned previously all have an ability that puts damage from them towards other players as well, you obviously want it to take damage. Using cards like even a simple flame slash can do wonders. With Gisela in play, your creature would take only 2 damage, but throw the doubled 4 at an opponent. This isnt that powerful. But it gets better. With Furnace of Rath, the simple flame slash does 8 to your creature! The creature then throws it at an opponent, but doubled! So a simple ONE MANA flame slash turns into a deal 16 damage to target player. In this scenario, the creature could possibly die, but the deck has even more to help that possibility out. Darksteel Plate and Indestructibility can help make sure your key creatures dont hit the graveyard. Loxodon Warhammer, True Conviction, and Basilisk Collar can gain life off of the damage they throw. Dawn Charm and Boros Charm can also safe a creature if needed. The rest of the deck falls into place, functioning as filler cards to make the deck work. Lightning Axe, Lightning Bolt, and Flame Slash are quick bursts of damage that with enough doubling could finish a low enemy. Earthquake, Magmaquake, Blasphemous Act, Molten Disaster, and Star of Extinction are the main finishers that could hit multiple damage-back creatures of yours as well as board wipes, making them versatile as well. Worship makes sure your earthquakes and molten disasters dont end up killing you as well. Pariah, Pariahs Shield, and Saving Grace do as well, but with the added bonus of soaking up even more damage with the creatures and throwing even more back at the opponents. Sunforger can search up the Boros Charm and Dawn Charm to protect things if needed, but can also get the small damage flingers like lightning bolt or flame slash. Cards like Vandalblast, Austere Command, Dualcaster Mage, Wear/Tear and Staff of Nin are for value and dealing with threats. Chandras Ignition, Warstorm Surge is a unique card that can do some damage if you have Gisela or Anya to use it with. Speaking of which, Anya, Merciless Angel and Malignus are great creatures with lots of power to help block or finish off a game. Comeuppance and Deflecting Palm turn into really powerful spells with double damage, doing a massive chunk of damage to an opponent. Obviously cards like chromatic lantern, boros signet, etc. are ramp to get to the 7 mana cost commander of 4-5 mana cost damage doublers. Senseis Diving Top helps filter the cards you need. Repercussion has great potential in the deck with Gisela out. Doing a whole of the damage to you that it normally would and a massive quadruple the damage to an opponent! Although this is more aimed towards damaging your opponents creatures, it is still along the same principles. Hallow can save you from yourself if really need be, or can save you from a similar strategy from an opponent. Harsh Mentor is filler and doesnt do that much, but with double damage effects, can rack up points against opponents with a lot of activated abilities. Neheb can gain you tons of mana to pump into an earthquake, or to just play out your hand, or a highly expensive commander. Lastly, the only land worth noting something besides color fixing, would be rogues passage, which allows for one last push to finish off a low and maybe protected opponent. Maybeboard is budget substitutes or cards that if you have would be fine in the deck.
