Gisela Enchantress

Commander / EDH Control Enchantment RW (Boros)

CommanderSamuelson

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Cathedral of War
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• 11x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Elspeth Conquers Death
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x Pyrohemia
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x Underworld Breach

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Ondu Inversion  ^Flip
• 1x Reconstruct History
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Soulfire Eruption
• 1x Tragic Arrogance
• 1x Triumphant Reckoning
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Creature (12)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Archon of Coronation
• 1x Arena Rector
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Mila, Crafty Companion  ^Flip
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Planeswalker (6)

• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Instant (9)

• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip

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For a long time Boros has had the reputation of being boring and totally focused on combat. I built this deck to refute those notions. Many people look at Gisela and see the typical boring Boros commander, but I see her as very powerful prison spell, and a furnace of Rath on wings. While swinging with a pumped, double striking Gisela can be a potential win condition, this deck does not even need to turn a creature sideways to win. Pyrohemia is an insane card with Gisela's abilities. It deals double damage to all your opponents and their creatures, while Gisela prevents you and your creatures from taking any damage whatsoever. Goblin Bombardment allows you to sacrifice tokens for extra damage, or even sacrifice the rectors to tutor powerful cards into play. One extremely powerful enchantment to cheat out is Vicious Shadows. Playing a board wipe with Vicious Shadows in play can often kill a player. With Gisela out, it can maybe kill the table. People often bemoan the lack of card draw in Boros, but after years of playing these colors, I have found some solutions. To be successful in Boros, I have developed a motto I call the three Rs; rummaging, recursion, and revenge. If you use rummaging or wheel effects to pitch cards you don't need or can't cast at the moment, and then later recur those cards directly to the battlefield, not only have you gained card advantage, but you have often cheated mana costs. If you trigger Land Tax frequently, you will have plenty of lands to rummage away. Land Tax pairs best in this deck with Chandra, Flamecaller. Another neat trick is to play a wheel effect with Alms Collector in play. Humble Defector is an underrated card draw effect in red, but it is especially fantastic when you have Homeward Path in play.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.60
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Elemental 3/1 R, Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Lukka, Wayward Bonder, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 2/2 C, The Monarch, Treasure
Folders	Neat Decks