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Glissa Sunslayer

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Elf · {1}{B}{G} · Black/Green commander

First strike, deathtouch Whenever Glissa Sunslayer deals combat damage to a player, choose one — • You draw a card and lose 1 life. • Destroy target enchantment. • Remove up to three counters from target permanent.

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What Glissa Sunslayer 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 · deals_damageWhenever Glissa Sunslayer deals combat damage to a player, choose one —
• Keyword · first strikefirst strike
• Keyword · deathtouchdeathtouch

What a Glissa Sunslayer deck needs

Plays as commander connects — value modes. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• protection for Glissa (her evasion is built in)
• answers she cannot give (creatures, artifacts)
• card draw and mana

The Glissa Sunslayer deck plan

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

• 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 9× 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
• 12× Refill your hand
• 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Glissa Sunslayer

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.

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