Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put all creature cards exiled with Gisa onto the battlefield under your control. They gain decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2599
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector turns every opponent's graveyard into your army — creatures they lose come back under your control with decayed, letting you flood the board off their removal and board wipes. The cost is a four-mana 3/4 with no protection, which means she needs to survive a full turn cycle before you see a single body. Pair her with Horobi, Death's Wail and that waiting period collapses — anything targeting any creature on the board kills it instantly, and Gisa hoovers up everything that dies.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Horobi, Death's Wail
Horobi, Death's Wail turns every targeted spell or ability into a kill spell, which means the board empties fast and repeatedly — Gisa, Glorious Resurrector converts that constant stream of dying creatures into an army you didn't have to pay for.
Maha, Its Feathers Night
Maha, Its Feathers Night cares about opponents losing life and creatures, and Gisa, Glorious Resurrector feeds both sides of that equation — opponents lose creatures, you gain them as decayed tokens that can swing and die to trigger further payoffs.
Myrkul, Lord of Bones
Myrkul, Lord of Bones replaces dying nontoken creatures with enchantment copies, and Gisa, Glorious Resurrector ensures a steady pipeline of stolen creatures hitting the graveyard after attacking — the decayed drawback becomes the engine rather than the downside.
Toxrill, the Corrosive
Toxrill, the Corrosive covers the board in slug counters that kill creatures at end of turn, generating a reliable death trigger every single round that Gisa, Glorious Resurrector converts into stolen bodies before opponents can reclaim them.
Nalia de'Arnise
Nalia de'Arnise rewards you for running high-power creatures, and Gisa, Glorious Resurrector regularly drafts the biggest threats off opposing graveyards — whatever your opponents spent resources on, you get to attack with it next turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Gisa, Glorious Resurrector does her best work — three opponents means three graveyards full of potential fuel, and multiplayer board wipes are frequent enough that the decayed creatures pile up fast. In 1v1 formats like Legacy or Vintage she's legal but uncompetitive: four mana for a 3/4 that requires a full turn of patience doesn't clear the bar in formats defined by turn-two kills and Force of Will. Pioneer and Modern are similar stories — the card advantage is real but too slow and too fragile against the format's speed. Oathbreaker is the one other home worth mentioning, especially with a -X planeswalker in the signature slot that can kill creatures on demand and keep feeding her.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data for Gisa, Glorious Resurrector isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Given her Commander-specific appeal and narrow competitive application, she typically sits in the budget-to-mid range — worth picking up if you're building any black deck that runs board wipes or mass removal.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.