Glissa

Commander / EDH

Elvish_Preshley

Artifact (42)

• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Coercive Portal
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Eye of Doom
• 1x Grinning Totem
• 1x Horizon Spellbomb
• 1x Jester's Cap
• 1x Jester's Mask
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Plague Boiler
• 1x Possessed Portal
• 1x Powder Keg
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Shield of Kaldra
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Urza's Bauble
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Land (38)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 10x Forest
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Strip Mine
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Wirewood Lodge
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Commander (1)

Creature (19)

• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Scarecrone
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Sylvok Replica
• 1x Treasure Keeper
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

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Themes

Artifacts only

I wanted to restrict myself. Apart from the lands, Glissa, the Traitor is the only non-artifact in the deck.

Mass removal

Ratchet Bomb, Powder Keg, Engineered Explosives, Plague Boiler, Oblivion Stone, Nevinyrral's Disk, Coercive Portal

This is especially fun when Glissa, the Traitor is indestructible.

Locks

Possessed Portal or Mindslaver with Forbidden Orchard and Glissa, the Traitor

Win condition

Blightsteel Colossus almost always wins me the game. Making it unblockable would be even more powerful. But this deck isn't about sneaking in damage, it's about blasting our way through.

Kuldotha Forgemaster can help us set up the win condition.

Possible drops

Some mass removal?

Maybe the deck is better off with a bit less mass removal, making room for other cards.

Powder Keg only destroys artifacts and creatures. Ratchet Bomb and Engineered Explosives almost always seems like the better option.

Nevinyrral's Disk only destroys artifacts, creatures and enchantments and takes a turn before activation. Oblivion Stone, maybe even Plague Boiler, almost always seems like the better option.

Or spot removal?

• Because of the sweepersNoxious Gearhulk and Sylvok Replica don't have any targets. This is the reason Executioner's Capsule isn't in the deck although it has a lot of synergy with Glissa. Meteor Golem also could be in the deck, but has the same problem.

Possible additions

• Hangarback Walker: Need tot get this

• Vedalken Orrery: Good but it doesn't survive a sweep. Could make dropping a sweeper, like Nevinyrral's Disk, more successful for my next turn.

• Damping Sphere, Torpor Orb, Grafdigger's Cage, Lodestone Golem Could obstruct tactics

• Mirage Mirror, Sculpting Steel: Great if I could copy Blightsteel Colossus. Mirage Mirror can get around Nevinyrral's Disk's tapped into play effect.

• Armory Automaton: could unequip things like Darksteel Plate

• Sequestered Stash - anti-"graveyard spot removal", dredge effect

• Perilous Myr - Seems slow?

• Aligned Hedron Network Does this add something?

• Workshop Assistant - Do I really need another Junk Diver and Myr Retriever?

• Whip of Erebos - Life gain

• Filigree Familiar - Life gain and card draw

Date added	11 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.37
Tokens	Copy Clone, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Spirit 1/1 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink