Ghoulcaller Gisa Zombie Tokens

Commander / EDH Mono-Black Reanimator Theme/Gimmick Tokens Zombie

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Fodder (18)

• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Blood Scrivener
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu

Mana (13)

• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Gilded Lotus

Land (36)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 27x Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sacrifice (3)

• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain

Win (1)

• 1x Shepherd of Rot

Control (16)

• 1x Graf Harvest
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Curse of Disturbance
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Vizier of the Scorpion
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Token (15)

• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Graf Harvest
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Curse of Disturbance
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Army of the Damned

Anthem (8)

• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Liliana's Devotee
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Recursion (5)

• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Zombie Master
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Commander (1)

Draw (16)

• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Blood Scrivener
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Utility (13)

• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Vizier of the Scorpion
• 1x Zombie Master
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Overseer of the Damned

Combo (2)

• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Zombie Master

Tutor (1)

• 1x Demonic Tutor

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Anthem (4)

• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Liliana's Mastery
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Caged Sun

Other (1)

• 1x Fallen Ideal

Fodder (1)

• 1x Risen Executioner

Mana (1)

• 1x Caged Sun

Draw (1)

• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Token (1)

• 1x Liliana's Mastery

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The basic idea is to keep making tokens and win with attrition. I took out all the major combo pieces (no infinite) and just focused on making zombies using the ability of Gisa, if your going to win it is through making a zombie.

When I look at a zombie card or a card for sacrificing, I factor the following:

• Is there recursion and what price does it cost to bring the creature back. Most resurrection involve sacrifice, which reduces the potential.

• Power and toughness, the power needs to be on par with the casting cost unless it is greater than the casting cost.

• Does the ability in any shape or way help Gisa produce more zombies?

I try to keep a third of the deck dedicated to zombie fodder and tokens to make sure the horde stays alive. The rest of the deck is geared towards attrition and sustaining mana.

First we start off with building the mana, I put explosive low drop mana spells such that you jump start your zombie making. Towards the higher part of the curve I put in pieces that have duel functions rather than just mana sources.

Thanks to recent sets, draw is built into the act of making a zombies. You will be rewarded draw when your making zombies with Gisa. The deck sustains itself when we run into draw engines due to the control that got added in. If you can't draw, then top decking may yield slow turns until the end game.

Utility includes the control needed to hold off combo and other aggro decks for the most part, you can lock the board depending on the state of things. We use deathtouch, sacrifice, life loss, menace, and Contamination to shutdown combo players.

Fodder, anthem, and token producing is the key to making a swarm of zombies with Gisa ability. Out of the three, fodder has to be the highest amount. If you don't have any zombie you want to sacrifice with Gisa then your just sitting there dead in the water. That being said, you will need help with your token producing via alternate effects, like Endless Ranks of the Dead. The two go hand and hand with more emphasis on fodder. The anthem part is the trickest, you do not want just a vanilla anthem effect. You need to have your anthem do more than just their designed effect, Bad Moon is a bad anthem where as zombie dad is a good one.

I made of the mistake of thinking you need a lot of anthem, but realistically you will probably pull on average 1-2 a game. A good place to cut is the anthem section if you have to many like I did, went from 12 to 10.

To keep up with my build philosophy, there is a way to kill everyone at the table by using the kill switch. Making the game a complete draw is low in odds, but it is possible.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.09
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, The Monarch, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B, Zombie Knight 2/2 B
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