Glissa Low power

Format: Commander

Commander: Glissa, the Traitor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Golgari artifact deck uses Glissa, the Traitor as both a value engine and a lethal board control tool. By pairing Glissa's first strike and deathtouch with pinging equipment like Thornbite Staff and Viridian Longbow, the deck turns any damage into immediate creature destruction. Each destroyed creature triggers Glissa to return an artifact from the graveyard to hand, creating an engine that recycles cantrip baubles, sacrifice removal, and mana rocks. Token-gifting cards like Genesis Chamber, Forbidden Orchard, and Akroan Horse ensure opponents always have creatures to target, feeding Glissa even against creature-light decks. As the engine dominates the board, the deck transitions to a lethal finish using massive artifact-scaling threats like Cranial Plating, Nettlecyst, and Panther Robot, supported by life drain from Ultron the Annihilator. Dense ramp and redundant recursion grant the deck strong resilience, letting it rebuild easily if interrupted.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acorn Catapult
  • 1 Akroan Horse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbound Condor
  • 1 Arcbound Ravager
  • 1 Argentum Masticore
  • 1 Armix, Filigree Thrasher
  • 1 Barbed Servitor
  • 1 Beast of Burden
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Broodheart Engine
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chromatic Sphere
  • 1 Chromatic Star
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Conjurer's Bauble
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Demonic Junker
  • 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
  • 1 Executioner's Capsule
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Genesis Chamber
  • 1 Glissa, the Traitor
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heaped Harvest
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Imotekh the Stormlord
  • 1 Ingenuity Engine
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lich's Relic
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Mycosynth Golem
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Nihil Spellbomb
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Panther Robot
  • 1 Refurbished Familiar
  • 1 Semblance Anvil
  • 1 Slagstone Refinery
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvok Replica
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Ultimo, Civilization's End
  • 1 Ultron the Annihilator
  • 1 Ultron's Auxiliary
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Vat of Rebirth
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Viridian Longbow
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine