Glissa, Stealer of Souls

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Casual Elves Ramp Shaman Zombie

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Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Detection Tower
• 11x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Gilt-Leaf Palace
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Necroblossom Snarl
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wirewood Lodge
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Revenge of the Hunted
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Sylvan Tutor
• 1x Three Visits

Instant (6)

• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Vines of Vastwood
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (20)

• 1x Audacity
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Boar Umbra
• 1x Eldrazi Conscription
• 1x Epic Proportions
• 1x Gaea's Embrace
• 1x Giant Inheritance
• 1x Gigantiform
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Instill Energy
• 1x Lure
• 1x Mythic Proportions
• 1x Prodigious Growth
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Rune of Might
• 1x Spider Umbra
• 1x Unnatural Growth
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Vow of Wildness
• 1x Wild Growth

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Brass Knuckles
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x O-Naginata
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Commander (1)

Creature (17)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Immaculate Magistrate
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Seeker of Skybreak
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Voyaging Satyr

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Sideboard

Artifact (45)

• 1x Avarice Amulet
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Bloodforged Battle-Axe
• 1x Bonesplitter
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Chariot of Victory
• 1x Civic Saber
• 1x Colossus Hammer
• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Executioner's Capsule
• 1x Explorer's Scope
• 1x Fleetfeather Sandals
• 1x Forebear's Blade
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Grappling Hook
• 1x Grimoire of the Dead
• 1x Hammer of Ruin
• 1x Haunted Cloak
• 1x Hero's Heirloom
• 1x Horned Helm
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mask of Griselbrand
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Nemesis Mask
• 1x Ogre's Cleaver
• 1x Pathway Arrows
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Ring of Kalonia
• 1x Rosethorn Halberd
• 1x Sanctuary Blade
• 1x Scythe of the Wretched
• 1x Sigil of Distinction
• 1x Sorcerer's Wand
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Viridian Longbow
• 1x Vorpal Sword
• 1x Wand of Orcus

Creature (31)

• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Elvish Herder
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Joraga Warcaller
• 1x Lim-Dul the Necromancer
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Oak Street Innkeeper
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Quirion Elves
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Scion of Darkness
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sisters of Stone Death
• 1x Tajuru Preserver
• 1x Tempting Licid
• 1x Thornweald Archer
• 1x Timberwatch Elf
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Wellwisher
• 1x Wirewood Channeler
• 1x Wolfir Silverheart

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator
• 1x Garruk, Caller of Beasts
• 1x Garruk, Unleashed
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Nissa, Genesis Mage

Instant (3)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Summoner's Pact

Enchantment (26)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Bonds of Mortality
• 1x Cartouche of Strength
• 1x Colossification
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Dragon Fangs
• 1x Elvish Guidance
• 1x Eternal Thirst
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Gift of the Deity
• 1x Heartbeat of Spring
• 1x Keen Sense
• 1x Overgrowth
• 1x Phyresis
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Primal Rage
• 1x Sadistic Glee
• 1x Setessan Training
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Talons of Wildwood
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Untamed Hunger
• 1x Vampiric Link

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Alluring Scent
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Roar of Challenge
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Taunting Challenge
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Land (3)

• 1x Foul Orchard
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary

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Golgari was my first favourite colour in magic. Deathtouch was my first favourite mechanic. I still remember the day I created my first death touch/first strike creature. This is cool!

And then I found Glissa.

Glissa "Lures" them or pings opponent's creatures with Thornbite Staff to their deaths, where they experience a Grave Betrayal, or fall into a Mimic Vat, or Lim-Dul the Necromancer brings their souls over to the dark side. Stealing creatures, black style!

Glissa brings artifacts back, so I've suited her up with some good ones like Shadowspear and Inquisitor's Flail. First strike deathtouch makes trample so effective, and Grave Betrayal uses deterrence as a form of trample. Go ahead and block me, I steal your creatures.

Umbras and the usual hexproof suspects protect Glissa from too much harm, but she's so cheap, if you kill her, she's right back at ya with the next Aura or re-attached artifact.

The deck is a little slow, turn 6-7 kill. I'm sometimes tempted to slow it down with interesting Golgari creatures like Creakwood Liege or Lathril, Blade of the Elves.

Black and Green are so into Birth and Death. In this deck, mostly death.

Mostly your death.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 13 Mythic Rares 39 - 51 Rares 21 - 28 Uncommons 19 - 30 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.66
Tokens	Beast 3/3 B, Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Emblem Garruk, Apex Predator, Emblem Garruk, Caller of Beasts, Emblem Garruk, Unleashed, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Plant 0/2 G, Zombie 2/2 B