Glissa the Traitor: A Touch of Death

Commander / EDH* Artifact BG (Golgari)

dana.roach

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 6x Forest
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Strip Mine
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Instant (8)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy *f-pre*
• 1x Back to Nature
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Deglamer
• 1x Heroic Intervention *f-pre*
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Unravel the Aether
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC

Artifact (22)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 1x Executioner's Capsule
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Horizon Spellbomb
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Nemesis Mask
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Triangle of War
• 1x Urza's Bauble
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Viridian Longbow
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Ancient Stirrings
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

Creature (18)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Bone Picker
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Isareth the Awakener *f-pre*
• 1x Ochran Assassin
• 1x Ohran Viper
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Tetzimoc, Primal Death
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Thorn of the Black Rose
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x NecropotenceGC
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sylvan Library

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Deathtouch tribal lead by Glissa the Traitor

I'm limiting myself to only creatures and planeswalkers with deathtouch or that produce deathtouch tokens. Obviously I could just run goodstuff and probably make the deck better, but then I'm one of those guys who runs just goodstuff in EDH. I'd have to grow out a ponytail and get those ugly bowling shirts with anime girls on them and stop using deodorant; it's just too much work.

Joking aside, there's noting wrong with generic goodstuff. It just doesn't particularly interest in me in the one format where you can actually do something goofy and interesting and still play effectively. I've seen those metas where everyone has the "every white deck gets a Sun Titan, Reveillark and Karmic Guide! Every green deck has to run Eternal Witness and Sakura-Tribe Elder and Acidic Slime! I need a Solemn Simulacrum for every deck!" mindset. That sounds like the dullest meta with the dullest people imaginable. As such I generally set up specific rules for my decks and build within the framework of those rules. I find the decks and game and wins all much more satisfying as a result, plus it bakes in an a self-imposed cap on the EDH arms race that eventually results in most metas.

The deck is set up for long-range wins. I'm an unattractive target for a bunch of reasons, so my goal is to be the last cockroach left alive. There's no true combo here, though there's obviously a lot of synergy between things like Executioner's Capsule / Triangle of War and Glissa.

I'm open to any and all suggestions, providing they don't deviate from my rules:

1. No creature or planeswalker without something deathtouch affiliated ( Ogre Slumlord makes deathtouch tokens for example though he doesn't have it, Vraska the Unseen and Ohran Viper have the equivalent of deathtouch, etc.)

2. Nothing infinite in terms of combo.

Notes on specific cards:

• Tangle Wire and Smokestack were part of the deck for awhile, and both were reasonably effective, but I also felt both were reasonably annoying. I'm not married to that idea though and would always re-add them should a compelling argument be made.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Monarch Emblem, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Commander, Commander, Decks I want, EDH / COMMANDER