Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Legendary Creature — Angel

Flying, first strike

If a source would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, that source deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead.

If a source would deal damage to you or a permanent you control, prevent half that damage, rounded up.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

capwner on Jewish Chinese Golems on the March

4 hours ago

Nice, I'm a big fan of Rokiric and I feel like I hardly see them build in EDH. Maybe consider Waves of Aggression for extra combats plus a recastable multicolor spell? Also Gisela, Blade of Goldnight is a pretty killer top end for any boros combat deck, does cost a lot of mana though. Maybe also Flowering of the White Tree?

Svinstvo on

9 months ago

Thank you for the tips DreadKhan.
The Demon of Dark Schemes sounds pretty dope TBH. Even if my little tokens don't have enough +1/+1 counters for whatever reason and die they at least boost the charges so the Demon can start ressing right away next turn. But on the other hand feels a little situational and roundabout. I will have to sit on that one for a bit I guess.

The Mitotic Slime on the other hand really caught my attention. I will totally add it in possibilities in maybeboard for sure. Continuous branching token creation sounds like a good match.

The Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose could be fun with Progenitus as far as I know Progenitus cannot be target of anything but Vito's activated ability is an area effect and not target so should be possible to make unblockable 10/10 lifelink with the double damage from Vito's passive. Combine that with Rafiq of the Many or Gisela, Blade of Goldnight and you got another one hit KO. But VERY unprobable one. Sounds good enough. HOWEVER, my secondary deck that I have in private is leftovers from this deck and it has stuff like Heroes Remembered,Souls of the Faultless,Agent of Masks and couple of lifelink creatures on its own. So I can reaaaally see Vito in the second deck for sure!

The Legacy Weapon seems simple and effective and fitting well into my deck so I will add that one for sure!

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I really think I have more than enough cards in the side and maybe already so now I need some counsel on what is completelly useless in those tabs and could be removed to tidy it up a bit. Obviously if there is still a card that is MUST HAVE and I do not have it listed I would like to see it. And then some help what cards are the most useless and could be replaced in the deck itself to make space for the new ones. Especially the 2 new tutors I have on the side now. Because those would help substantially if I have a 1 half of an one shot combo in the hand and need to fetch the other key part.

DemonDragonJ on Should I Put the New …

10 months ago

I would like to put Elsha, Threefold Master into my Numot, the Devastator EDH deck, but I am not certain which creature I should remove, to make room, for her; Gisela, Blade of Goldnight is very expensive, but she is one of my favorite creatures in the game, and she has great synergy with numerous other cards in this deck, including both version of Aurelia: Aurelia, the Warleader, and Aurelia, the Law Above. Medomai the Ageless is not the most powerful of creatures, but I always enjoy being able to take additional turns, and I can take even more, if I combine him with either True Conviction and/or the aforementioned Aurelia. Wall of Denial is merely a blocker, but it is an amazingly excellent one, so I would like to keep it, in that deck, as well, and Esper Sentinel is not essential to this deck's identity or strategy, but I would prefer to avoid raising its mana curve, if I can help it. I feel that I may not need to keep either Iroas, God of Victory *list* or Keranos, God of Storms in this deck, since reaching seven devotion to two colors is not always easy to achieve in a three-colored deck, and, between those two creatures, I believe that Keranos is the least essential to the deck, since the deck originally did not have a very strong central them, but it gradually has evolved to have a focus on combat, so Iroas is more essential to the deck's theme and strategy than is Keranos.

What does everyone else here say, about this? Should I put the new Elsha into my Numot deck, and, if so, what card should I remove to make room, for her? I certainly am eager to receive your feedback!

Spirits on Kaalia, Mirror Breaker EDH

10 months ago

matvone,

Agreed the Entomb + Animate Dead ({1}{B}{B}) is less mana intensive than the Buried Alive + Reanimate ({2}{B}{B}). It's much higher risk for sure, I thought about just using the Leonin Relic-Warder instead, but the extra mana slowed it down.

Gisela, Blade of Goldnight is a good pull out, along with Avacyn, Angel of Hope were both out from 2020-2024 but I decided to add a combat damage line back in, there both unnecessary angels in here.

Bogardan Hellkite lived in this deck forever, until the Orcish Bowmasters was printed, but it is a great alternative if the focus is the Worldgorger Dragon lines.

Red Dragon does the damage, but it doesn't have Flash so it's not really effective like Orcish Bowmasters or Bogardan Hellkite. Recruiter of the Guard and Imperial Recruiter are also great for finding the Orcish Bowmasters with the combo.

Love Kaalia combo, very cool matvone.

Profet93 on The Conjunction of the Spheres

1 year ago

Craeter

The max hand size from mirror is definitely helpful with all the value you can accrue. I'm unsure if the redundancy of max hand size is needed given you have praetors counsel and occasionally run out of steam.

I am not well versed in 5 color decks, but from my limited perspective, have you considered potentially swapping out Scion of Draco or Gisela, Blade of Goldnight? Both of them are kind of winmore as you need a lot of board presence for them to provide value. Have they been impactful in your games?

DemonDragonJ on How Can I Put Circle …

1 year ago

I am contemplating putting a copy of Circle of Flame into my Gisela, Blade of Goldnight EDH deck, but I am not certain what card I should remove to make room for it, if I should even put that card intro that deck.

Marshal's Anthem requires a significant investment of mana in order to produce a desirable result, so it is one candidate for replacement; Powerstone Minefield is a more powerful and riskier version of CoF, but Gisela shall ensure that it hurts my opponents more than it hurts me; and Gleam of Battle is rather expensive, in terms of mana, but its ability is undeniably useful, and Staff of Compleation can place additional +1/+1 counters on my creatures.

What does everyone else say, about my question? What card should I remove to make room for Circle of Flame in my Gisela deck, or do I not need to put it, there? I certainly would appreciate any advice that you may have to offer.

DemonDragonJ on Innistrad Remastered Speculation and Wishlist

1 year ago

Previews for Innistrad remastered have begun, so here is a link to what has been revealed, thus far; some of the cards are not surprising, such as Emrakul, the Promised End, Liliana of the Veil, Blood Artist, Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip, or Edgar Markov, but others are more so, such as Mass Hysteria, so I hope that the majority of the cards in this set are cards that players wish to be reprinted.

I hope that the original version of Avacyn, Avacyn, Angel of Hope shall be reprinted, along with Bruna, Light of Alabaster, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and Sigarda, Host of Herons, and it also would be nice to have either version of Liesa reprinted, as well.

I heard that the "slow lands" (i.e., Deathcap Glade, Sundown Pass, and so forth) may be reprinted, and it would be nice, but I still would prefer to see reprints of the enym-colored "check lands" (i.e., Hinterland Harbor, Isolated Chapel, and so forth), since the original printings of those cards are the only printings that feature the original artwork and are also available in foil.

What cards are other players, here, hoping to see, in this set?

DemonDragonJ on How Can I Put Sunhome …

1 year ago

I would like to put Sunhome Guildmage into these two EDH decks, but I am not certain what cards I should remove to make room, for it. For my Gisela, Blade of Goldnight deck, it shall be an easy decision to replace Boros Charm with the guildmage, but I am less certain about my Numot, the Devastator deck, since replacing the charm with the guildmage would leave that deck with one fewer card that would synergize with Whirlwind of Thought and Wandering Mind, so I could possibly replace another card, with the guildmage, instead.

What does everyone else say, about this? How can I put Sunhome Guildmage into these two decks? I certainly would appreciate any feedback that you are able to offer, on this subject.