Gisela Burn

Format: Commander

Commander: Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a Boros big-mana combo-burn strategy helmed by Gisela, Blade of Goldnight. The primary game plan revolves around accelerating mana quickly during the opening turns using a dense suite of artifact ramp. Once 6-7 mana is online by Turn 5, the deck deploys a damage multiplier—either Gisela from the command zone or redundant alternatives like Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, Furnace of Rath, and Fiery Emancipation. On Turn 6, the deck converts this asymmetric damage amplification into an immediate table kill by resolving massive burn spells such as Crackle with Power, Earthquake, Heartless Hidetsugu, or Repercussion combined with Blasphemous Act. Symmetrical damage wipes are turned completely one-sided, burning out all three opponents in a single burst while protecting the pilot through Gisela's damage prevention. The list protects its critical turn with silence effects and free redirection spells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Earthquake
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiendish Duo
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Flame Rift
  • 1 Furnace of Rath
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Heartless Hidetsugu
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 March of Otherworldly Light
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Molten Disaster
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Price of Progress
  • 1 Pyromancer's Goggles
  • 1 Reconstruct History
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sisay's Ring
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Star Compass
  • 1 Stonespeaker Crystal
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunbaked Canyon
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune