Gisela, the Broken Blade

Melds with:

Bruna, the Fading Light  Flip  Meld

Melds to:

Brisela, Voice of Nightmares  Flip  Meld  Meld
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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
Pioneer Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Gisela, the Broken Blade

Legendary Creature — Angel Horror

Flying, first strike, lifelink

At the beginning of your end step, if you both own and control this creature and a creature named Bruna, the Fading Light  Flip  Meld, exile them, then meld them into Brisela, Voice of Nightmares  Flip  Meld  Meld.

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CrazyDanPsycho on Giada, Font of Awesomeness

1 week ago

I have just realized it's been a while since I've responded to your suggestions, and for that, I apologize! Here we go!

DarkKiridon: I would love to put Gisela, the Broken Blade  Meld in here! However, I don't own one currently, and she's just a bit out of my price range atm...great suggestion, and one I will definitely look into acquiring at some point.

BenTim: Faith's Reward I believe I own, and need to find it and throw it in. Emeria Shepherd would be fantastic in this deck, and I need to acquire one, asap! (lol)

Venum: Conjurer's Closet would be super fun to blink the angels that entered early and only had a few +1/+1 counters, buffing them further! I like the idea. I'll have to look into it...thanks!

BenTim: Yep, answered your posts seperately, cuz I can. :-D

I feel that there will always be room to change and ugrade this deck. The tribal banners and such would be wonderful additions. Again, thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into them as I can.

DarkKiridon on

1 week ago

I don’t have any advice other than if you don’t use Bruna, I still think Gisela, the Broken Blade  Meld is decent.

kirbysan on [Primer] Helming the Host of Heaven *Update*

1 year ago

AngelPrince13

When you drop Aurelia's Vindicator as a disguise you're paying 3 generic for a 2/2 non angel, non flying body. Then you flip it up for 4X to target X creatures. So at minimum you're paying 8 mana to disguise and flip to target 1 creature. If you're only looking for a stat line then sure it could beat Gisela, the Broken Blade  Meld but most people don't run it for the stats, they run it for the meld ability. The only real difference between the 2 is you're swapping first strike for ward 2. I've only melded Gisela twice and people see it coming a mile away so they use single target removal and prevent the meld from happening.

There have been quite a few 3 drop angels released in the past year so I've been pulling angels that are just bodies. I usually want them to have 1 extra ability. If you compare a 4 drop Aurelia to any of the following it pales in comparison due to the lack of extra abilities.

Archangel of Tithes

Battle Angels of Tyr

Firemane Commando

Linvala, Keeper of Silence

Serra Paragon

Angel of Jubilation

In the end it comes down to power level. My original list was close to this one and I won a ton of games when Giada was first released. Since then the store's power level has jumped several levels and you won't keep a board state past turn 5. Giada is also a lightning rod for cheap removal so you'll need some form of protection or be prepared to cast her for 8 mana. If you're still able to have good games with a basic angel aggro deck then that's great but if your pod begins the arms race then be prepared to be outclassed.

Profet93 on Get off my Lawn - Stax [Primer]

1 year ago

indieinside -I'm glad I was able to provide you with meaningful feedback for your colorless deck. While this deck is not in my wheelhouse, I hope I can help

In your draw section, none of that is actually draw. You desperately need more draw IMO. You have a decent amount of anti-synergy with your artifacts and creatures. I like your nullrod, perhaps a Karn, the Great Creator for redundancy should you wish? Or even swap out null for karn to allow you to run artifact ramp yourself and not use a dork like Birds of paradise?

Regarding maximizing your commander's ability, I recommend the following....

survival of the fittest - Tutor (for...)

Gisela, the Broken Blade  Meld - Throw into the grave with survival and tutor for....

Bruna, the Fading Light  Meld - Which you cast to bring gisela which merges into...

Brisela, Voice of Nightmares  Meld  Meld - Which in conjunction with your commander severely limit's their abilities to play spells.

Should you go the above route, a potential inclusion would be Loyal Retainers - Toss expensive creature in grave with survival, use retainers to recur.

Sun Titan - Recursion (works with fetchlands too)

Final thoughts - You need to buckle down and observe what your meta's primary cards are. For mine, it was ETB's more than activated abilities and built my control/hatebears/stax decks as such. Some anti-synergy is fine but from my limited perspective, it's too much. You really need more draw as well, especially given your low avg CMC. Hope these suggestions helped. Looking forward to your response.

Gidgetimer on Soulbonding with card:Brisela, voice of …

2 years ago

If Brisela, Voice of Nightmares  Meld  Meld dies in this scenario, you will return Bruna, the Fading Light  Meld and Gisela, the Broken Blade  Meld as separate creatures at the beginning of your next upkeep.

712.21c If an effect can find the new object that a melded permanent becomes as it leaves the battlefield, it finds both cards. (See rule 400.7.) If that effect causes actions to be taken upon those cards, the same actions are taken upon each of them.

Example: Otherworldly Journey is an instant that reads “Exile target creature. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner’s control with a +1/+1 counter on it.” A player casts Otherworldly Journey targeting Chittering Host, a melded permanent. Chittering Host is exiled. At the beginning of the next end step, Midnight Scavengers and Graf Rats are both returned to the battlefield, each with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Example: False Demise is an Aura with the ability “When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control.” A Chittering Host enchanted by False Demise dies. The triggered ability returns both Midnight Scavengers and Graf Rats to the battlefield.

Example: Mimic Vat is an artifact that reads, in part, “Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you may exile that card.” A Chittering Host dies. As Mimic Vat’s triggered ability resolves, its controller makes a single choice and both cards that represented Chittering Host are either exiled or not.

FatFreddiesCat on Soulbonding with card:Brisela, voice of …

2 years ago

If I have melded Bruna, the Fading Light  Meld and Gisela, the Broken Blade  Meld into Brisela, Voice of Nightmares  Meld  Meld, can I soul bond her with Breathkeeper Seraph and return her to the battlefield as Brisela at the beginning of my next upkeep if she dies?

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