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Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Legendary Creature — Angel · {4}{R}{W}{W} · Red/White commander

Flying, first strike If a source would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, that source deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead. If a source would deal damage to you or a permanent you control, prevent half that damage, rounded up.
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What Gisela, Blade of Goldnight actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

What a Gisela, Blade of Goldnight deck needs

Plays as damage doubler. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

The Gisela, Blade of Goldnight deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

Best cards for Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch

  1. Akroma's Will4 mana
  2. Glaring Spotlight1 mana
  3. Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
  4. Iroas, God of Victory4 mana
  5. The Wind Crystal4 mana
  6. Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
  7. Inquisitorial Rosette2 mana
  8. Crash Through1 mana

A repeatable source of damage — a commander that adds to each damage event wants many small events, not one big one

  1. Impact Tremors2 mana
  2. Shivan Gorge0 mana
  3. Coruscation Mage2 mana
  4. Descent into Avernus3 mana
  5. Warleader's Call3 mana
  6. Ramunap Ruins0 mana
  7. Agate Instigator2 mana
  8. Arabella, Abandoned Doll2 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  4. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  5. Generous Gift3 mana
  6. Erode1 mana
  7. Unwanted Remake1 mana
  8. Angelic Ascension2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Open the Armory2 mana
  2. Enlightened Tutor1 mana
  3. Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
  4. Templar Knight2 mana
  5. Idyllic Tutor3 mana
  6. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  7. Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
  8. Loyal Tutor1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  2. Wrath of God4 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Chain Reaction4 mana
  5. Day of Judgment4 mana
  6. Street Spasm1 mana
  7. Shatter the Sky4 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  3. Skullclamp1 mana
  4. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  5. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  6. The One Ring4 mana
  7. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  8. Vexing Bauble1 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  3. Bastion Protector3 mana
  4. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  5. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  6. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  7. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  8. Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Boros Signet2 mana
  3. Palladium Myr3 mana
  4. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  5. Chrome Mox0 mana
  6. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  7. Mox Diamond0 mana
  8. Mana Vault1 mana

Combos with Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Gisela, Blade of Goldnight is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

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