Gisela + heartless hidetsugu = victory
@vantha
I disagree. Yes, you can play Aurelia sooner than Gisela, but she is more likely to die in combat (it takes 4 damage to kill her, whereas with Gisela it takes 10). The same is true for the rest of your creatures. On top of that Aurelia strictly benefits you in combat damage, whereas Gisela also doubles damage from spells, artifacts, planeswalkers, and direct damage dealt by creatures.
I have to give it to Gisela.
Posted By:
Ianplaysmagic
(8/22/2013 4:45:53 PM)
With this card, I maintain the GAARA strategy
Gisela
Archangel of Thune
Angel of Serenity
Razia
Angelic Skirmisher
Throw in some Assemble the Legions, Gleam of Battles, Path of Bravery, Cathars Crusades, Captain of the Watches, and other soliders like Tajic, Odric, and various Boros soliders and you have one of the most annoying decks in history!
Weaknesses: Control Decks, "Death at Turn 4" Decks
LONG LIVE THE LEGION!!!
Posted By:
DraculeAkamu
(8/25/2013 7:52:18 PM)
A lot of people are posting about combos with her. That's great, but look, she's essentially a 10/10 first strike flyer for seven mana all by her lonesome. So, basically everything else is just extra. The longer I think about this card the more I want one.
Posted By:
Thornhillforge
(8/31/2013 7:31:27 PM)
Epic combooossss
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Heartless Hidetsugu enchanted with a lifelink ability in some way.
or throw in Pariah's Shield + Stuffy Doll +
Other double damage cards;
Furnace of Rath + Gratuitous Violence
SO MANY WIN CONDITIONS IN A GISELA EDH!!!! OVER 9000!!!
Posted By:
PGS_Reflection
(10/13/2013 11:44:05 AM)
@ vantha Yeah, Aurelia is probably a better angel overall, what with titan and sword triggers. But, Gisela is less color intensive and in formats where this card is going to see play, (EDH) it has a similar impact on the board the turn it comes into play. You are going to have creatures that are attacking them that turn and those are going to get her bonuses. It's effect is Praetor-esque and at 7 mana, that's really where you want to be at. This, while it stays on the field, essentially cuts your opponents' life totals in half, makes their creatures more fragile, doubles your life total, and makes your creatures twice as big. Your opponent's creature has to be a Lord of Extinction to trade favorably against you in combat and that is devistating. It's like a Super-Elesh Norn and it really effects more then just your turn, unlike Aurelia, the Warleader.
p.s. i love how aggressive r/w angels are.
Posted By:
Ligerman30
(10/26/2013 11:29:58 PM)
With her out your Little Girl can now finally destroy Khalni Garden's token!
Also, Pyrohemia.
Posted By:
ElliotSternberg
(11/14/2013 11:28:34 AM)
her + Aurelia, the Warleader + World at war + curse of the bloodletting = insta win :D
Posted By:
CG_ZERO
(12/26/2013 10:18:11 PM)
This card reminds me of a game:
There are two closed envelopes with money in them. One has twice the amount of money that the other has. You open one, and then you choose whether to keep the money or pick the other one. The game is strange because it's hard to figure out, mathematically, which choice is better.
If you pick the other(closed) enveloped, then there is a 50% chance there will be twice as much money in it and a %50 percent chance there will be half as much money in it. On average, the other envelope has 125% as much money as the first. If you pick the other envelope first, the math works out the same way.
That makes the game very confusing.
This card is a lot simpler: you stack all damage in your favor and win very quickly.
Posted By:
BagOfBags
(1/1/2014 3:47:04 PM)
So does gisela prevent my creatures.from becoming and 1damage from Olivia?
Posted By:
David.O
(1/6/2014 10:55:05 PM)
It's a very well designed card. As new player I could easily understand her power, but her high CMC in traditionally aggro colors required me to get better at the game before I could use it.
Posted By:
xlebec
(2/4/2014 2:57:54 PM)