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Glissa, the Traitor

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Elf

First strike, deathtouch
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{B}{G}{G}
Color identity
BG
Rarity
mythic
Set
From the Vault: Lore
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#9333
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Glissa, the Traitor card art
Glissa, the Traitor is a three-mana 3/3 first strike deathtouch that converts every opposing creature death into a free artifact recursion trigger — and since deathtouch makes every block fatal, you manufacture those deaths constantly. The cost is that she does nothing the turn she enters and needs a board of artifacts to recur, but pair her with something like Grave Pact and she pulls so far ahead that Glissa Sunslayer looks like the budget version.

Best Commanders

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Glissa Sunslayer

Glissa Sunslayer

13.8% of decks · synergy 0.12

Glissa Sunslayer decks run Glissa, the Traitor as a secondary engine — Sunslayer handles counters and enchantment removal while the Traitor recycles the artifacts that keep enabling attacks, giving the deck two overlapping threat axes that demand separate answers.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Glissa, the Traitor is a legitimate build-around: black-green artifact recursion is a real archetype with powerful combo lines, and her stat line is threatening enough that opponents have to answer her or lose card advantage every combat. In Legacy and Vintage she's legal but too slow for formats where the graveyard is exploited at instant speed before a three-mana creature can even attack. Modern is her ceiling in constructed — she's theoretically playable in artifact-heavy midrange, but three mana for a creature with no immediate impact rarely clears the bar. Commander is where she belongs, full stop.

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Price Context

Current price

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Current price data isn't available for Glissa, the Traitor, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest number before buying. She's had multiple printings which historically keeps her accessible, and given her status as a named Commander archetype staple, she tends to sit in the $2–5 range — worth picking up whenever she's near the low end.

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