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Glissa, Herald of Predation

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Elf

At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one —
• Incubate 2 twice. (To incubate 2, create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
• Transform all Incubator tokens you control.
• Phyrexians you control gain first strike and deathtouch until end of turn.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{B}{G}
Color identity
BG
Rarity
rare
Set
March of the Machine Promos
Price
$0.33
EDHREC rank
#9707
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Glissa, Herald of Predation card art
Glissa, Herald of Predation puts a free proliferate trigger on every combat damage — and if you're running artifacts, she staples a second free trigger on top via infect synergies and sacrifice fodder like Krark-Clan Ironworks. The cost is four mana for a 3/3 with no built-in protection, which means she needs a deck built around her to justify the slot; Vishgraz, the Doomhive shows exactly what that looks like.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Vishgraz, the Doomhive

Vishgraz, the Doomhive

23.0% of decks · synergy 0.22

Vishgraz, the Doomhive floods the board with toxic creatures and wants every poison counter doubled down — Glissa, Herald of Predation's combat-damage proliferate trigger does exactly that, turning each swing into a board-wide poison accelerator that Vishgraz's token army enables repeatedly.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Glissa, Herald of Predation does her real work — the format's longer game gives her proliferate engine time to compound, and she's a viable general or a 99 piece in any toxic or artifact sacrifice shell. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer she's legal but essentially irrelevant; four mana for a 3/3 with conditional triggers doesn't clear the bar in formats where the game ends before the engine assembles. Vintage has the raw power to abuse her artifact synergies in a single turn, but she's not a card those decks are looking for. Oathbreaker offers a niche home in a poison-focused build, though the format's lower starting life total makes the poison-counter gameplan more viable than usual.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Glissa, Herald of PredationBreath of FuryFervor

Glissa, Herald of PredationBreath of FuryFervor

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Glissa, Herald of PredationBreath of FuryAnger

Glissa, Herald of PredationBreath of FuryAnger

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Glissa, Herald of PredationBreath of FuryMass Hysteria

Glissa, Herald of PredationBreath of FuryMass Hysteria

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.33 bulk tier

At $0.33, Glissa, Herald of Predation is pure bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or in a bulk lot. Bulk rares with genuine Commander applications sometimes stabilize around this floor rather than dropping further, but there's no meaningful upside pressure here given her narrow archetype.

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