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Glissa, Herald of Predation
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Elf · {3}{B}{G} · Black/Green commander
At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one —
• Incubate 2 twice. (To incubate 2, create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
• Transform all Incubator tokens you control.
• Phyrexians you control gain first strike and deathtouch until end of turn.
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What Glissa, Herald of Predation actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · beginning_of_combatAt the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one —
What a Glissa, Herald of Predation deck needs
Plays as phyrexian typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- Phyrexians and incubate cards (it makes and transforms Incubators each combat)
The Glissa, Herald of Predation deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 24× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 8× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
Best cards for Glissa, Herald of Predation
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.
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Phyrexian Walker0 mana
- Venerated Rotpriest1 mana
- Cankerbloom2 mana
- Blightbelly Rat2 mana
- Myr Convert2 mana
- Plague Myr2 mana
- Zenith Chronicler2 mana
- Bilious Skulldweller1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
- Extinction Event4 mana
- Vicious Rivalry4 mana
- Endemic Plague4 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Golgari Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Joraga Treespeaker1 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Wrenn and Seven5 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Rampant Frogantua3 mana
- Field of the Dead0 mana
- Fountainport0 mana
Combos with Glissa, Herald of Predation
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Glissa, Herald of Predation is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Glissa, Herald of Predation + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Clock Of Omens + Strionic Resonator8 decks
- Glissa, Herald of Predation + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Clock Of Omens + Lithoform Engine5 decks
- Glissa, Herald of Predation + Breath Of Fury + Urabrask The Hidden2 decks
- Glissa, Herald of Predation + Breath Of Fury + Concordant Crossroads1 decks
- Glissa, Herald of Predation + Breath Of Fury + Mass Hysteria1 decks
- Glissa, Herald of Predation + Breath Of Fury + Anger1 decks