Glissa, the Beseiged by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Creator: Psyga315

Commander: Glissa, the Traitor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Golgari ramp and artifact-attrition list headed by Glissa, the Traitor. The core engine leverages an extensive suite of low-cost mana elves, mana rocks, and rituals to deploy mana production far ahead of curve. By Turn 3, the deck reliably generates 5 or more mana, setting up large Midrange plays and recursive artifact loops. Its primary win route revolves around deploying massive artifact beaters, most notably Blightsteel Colossus, or utilizing sweeping attrition pieces such as Massacre Wurm and Black Sun's Zenith to clear enemy boards while triggering Glissa to recur fallen utility artifacts. However, the list suffers from minimal card draw engines, virtually no stack-based protection, and zero artifact tutors, forcing it to rely on natural draws to discover its game-ending bombs. Once resolved, high-power infect and living weapons close out opponents across sequential combat turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bonehoard
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contested War Zone
  • 1 Copper Myr
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Fangren Marauder
  • 1 Festering Thicket
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Glissa, the Traitor
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Haunted Mire
  • 1 Hissing Quagmire
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Leaden Myr
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Tribe
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mirrorworks
  • 1 Mortarpod
  • 1 Moss Diamond
  • 1 Myr Sire
  • 1 Myr Turbine
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Phyrexian Crusader
  • 1 Phyrexian Rager
  • 1 Phyrexian Revoker
  • 1 Piston Sledge
  • 1 Plague Myr
  • 1 Praetor's Counsel
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Somberwald Sage
  • 1 Sphere of the Suns
  • 1 Spine of Ish Sah
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Thopter Assembly
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Viridian Corrupter
  • 1 Viridian Emissary
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery