Glissa the Traitor: Metal Rock

Commander / EDH Stefouch

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Covid Update —Oct. 19, 2020

One year has passed without a major update, mostly due to the lack of playtesting during the worldwide pandemic.

This new update brings back cards from previous deck's versions.

+Oracle of Mul Daya, −Ulvenwald Hydra: Oracle is back, thanks to Jumpstart bringing a new reprint.
+Scapeshift, −Traverse the Ulvenwald: Scapeshift is back! Insane with Field of the Dead.
+Sudden Spoiling, −Beast Within: Sudden Spoiling is back. Testing!
+Soul-Guide Lantern, −Nihil Spellbomb: Upgrade.
+Plaguecrafter, −Fleshbag Marauder: Upgrade.
+Lightning Greavesfoil, −Nissa, Vastwood Seer  Flip: Glissa needs more protection.
+Damnation, −The Gitrog Monster: The list needed an extra cheap boardwipe.
+Command Beacon, +Llanowar Wastes, −Marsh Flats, −Polluted Delta: Two fetches have been cut (from 6 to 4 total) to free room for a new utility land (Command Beacon, testing) and another color fixing land (Llanowar Wastes).

Skullclamped says... #1

Hey great deck! Been really enjoying piloting it, a few questions, is your move away from artifacts the main reason you don’t run as many eggs like Conjurer's Bauble/Urza's Bauble?

What do you think of some of the new cards from the new sets?

Soul-Guide Lantern a better Scrabbling Claws

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove additional Exploration and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth to turn on Cabal Coffers

Nylea's Intervention capable of grabbing multiple utility lands and land combos

Castle Locthwain in the event you fail to find loam and cycling lands

Some other considerations: Plaguecrafter over Fleshbag Marauder

Scrap Trawler for more resiliency

February 24, 2020 9:21 p.m.

Stefouch says... #2

@Skullclamped
Thank you for your upvote! Let me answer your questions:

Conjurer's Bauble/Urza's Bauble: I've already 4 eggs that cantrip. It feels almost enough. Still, I would like to find a free slot in the deck to add a 5th egg (Urza's Bauble). I didn't try a heavy egg version with more of them and Salvaging Station (SS) along because I've already an artifact deck with SS.

Soul-Guide Lantern: This can even be an upgrade to Nihil Spellbomb. Play both in graveyard metas.

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove: I don't play Wayward Swordtooth so I won't play the Dryad for its sole first ability. But the second ability might be interesting, except it's on a weak permanent type. With Cabal out, it'll be killed on sight. And I've already multiple access to Urborg: tutors and opponents.

Nevertheless, both abilities on the same creature might worth a test in place for Nissa, Vastwood Seer.

Nylea's Intervention: The card is good. But it won't make the cut here because I'm already struggling to find a cut for Scapeshift.

Castle Locthwain: No, it's bad. and multiple life to draw a single card is too much for my taste.

Plaguecrafter: Yes, it's an upgrade for Fleshbag Marauder. It wasn't changed in this list because of personal nonsense reasons about the art of the card.

Scrap Trawler: Never tested here, but I've the feeling I don't have enough artifacts in this list to make it shine. It can recur only lesser CMC artifacts, which reduces by a lot the number of time this can work.

March 2, 2020 9:52 a.m.