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Ghoulcaller Gisa

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

{B}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Create X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
mythic
Set
Commander 2014
Price
$3.77
EDHREC rank
#2429
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Ghoulcaller Gisa card art
Ghoulcaller Gisa converts a single tapped creature into a flood of 2/2 Zombie tokens equal to that creature's power — the more you sacrifice, the faster the board fills. The setup cost is real: she's five mana, requires a tap and a sacrifice at sorcery speed, and dies to anything before you untap, but Thornbite Staff turns that liability into an engine and Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist makes her one of the most-included cards in the format.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist

Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist

62.0% of decks · synergy 0.57

Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist's ability rewards piling bones into the graveyard, and Ghoulcaller Gisa does exactly that while simultaneously fielding a Zombie army — the sacrifice loop feeds both halves of the engine at once.

02
Gisa, the Hellraiser

Gisa, the Hellraiser

40.6% of decks · synergy 0.36

Gisa, the Hellraiser already wants as many Zombies as possible hitting opponents, so Ghoulcaller Gisa functions as a repeatable mass-production line that keeps the board stocked between attacks.

03
Yargle and Multani

Yargle and Multani

36.2% of decks · synergy 0.35

Yargle and Multani's absurd 18 power means a single sacrifice trigger off Ghoulcaller Gisa can produce 18 Zombie tokens, making Gisa one of the most explosive payoffs in the deck.

04

Liliana, Heretical Healer

38.0% of decks · synergy 0.33

Liliana, Heretical Healer flips when a nontoken creature dies, so Ghoulcaller Gisa's mandatory sacrifice is a free Liliana trigger — you get tokens and a planeswalker activation from one activation.

05
The Scarab God

The Scarab God

33.9% of decks · synergy 0.30

The Scarab God rewards you for having Zombies in the graveyard and on the battlefield simultaneously, and Ghoulcaller Gisa supplies both halves by sacrificing creatures to generate a steady stream of new tokens.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the only format where Ghoulcaller Gisa is worth building around — she's a five-mana legendary who demands support pieces, and the 100-card singleton format gives you the space to assemble them. Legacy and Vintage are both legal on paper, but a sorcery-speed token generator with no immediate impact has no competitive application in either. Outside Commander, the closest home is Oathbreaker, where she can serve as the planeswalker's signature spell target in fringe zombie-token builds. Treat her as a Commander-exclusive card in practice.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

296 decks
Intruder AlarmGhoulcaller Gisa

Intruder AlarmGhoulcaller Gisa

Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$3.77 cheap tier

At $3.77, Ghoulcaller Gisa sits in the cheap tier — low enough that there's no reason to proxy her or hunt for a budget replacement. Demand is stable given her high inclusion rates across multiple popular commanders, so the price is unlikely to drop further.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.