Gisa, Glorious Resurrector is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
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.)
Complete guide
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector offers a unique way to turn your opponents' losses into your gains by intercepting their creatures on the way to the graveyard. Instead of letting them rest in peace, Gisa exiles them and raises them as a temporary, decayed army during your next upkeep. It is a powerful tool for resource denial and aggression in the black color identity.
The Power of Exile
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector features a replacement effect that changes how your opponents' creatures leave the battlefield. If an opponent's creature would die, it is exiled instead. Because the creatures never actually reach the graveyard, 'When this creature dies' abilities do not trigger. This makes Gisa an excellent counter to death-trigger strategies while preparing your own board state for the next turn.
Resurrection and Decayed
At the beginning of your upkeep, Gisa triggers to return all creature cards she has exiled to the battlefield under your control. Every creature returned this way gains the decayed keyword. This means they cannot block, and if you choose to attack with them, they must be sacrificed at the end of the combat phase. Note that Gisa does not provide haste, so these creatures usually have to wait a turn before they can strike.
Replacement Priority
A common mistake involves multiple exile effects. If an opponent's creature would die while both Gisa and another replacement effect (like Rest in Peace) are active, the controller of the creature chooses which effect applies. If they choose the other effect, the creature is not 'exiled with Gisa,' and her upkeep ability will not see that card to return it.
When to Deploy Gisa
Gisa is best played when you have ways to destroy your opponent's creatures immediately or when you expect a board wipe. Since her resurrection ability triggers at the start of your upkeep, you want her on the battlefield before your opponents' creatures start hitting the bin. Protect her well, as her upkeep trigger only checks for cards exiled by her specific instance on the battlefield.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf an opponent's Solemn Simulacrum would die while you control Gisa, Glorious Resurrector, it is exiled instead. Because it never dies, the opponent does not get to draw a card. During your next upkeep, the Golem enters the battlefield under your control, letting YOU search for a basic land. It gains decayed, so if you attack with it later, you will sacrifice it at the end of combat.
Roaming ThroneIf you control Roaming Throne with 'Human' or 'Wizard' chosen, Gisa's upkeep ability will trigger twice. The first trigger resolves and puts all currently exiled cards onto the battlefield. However, since those cards are no longer in exile when the second trigger resolves, the second trigger will typically do nothing unless new creatures were somehow exiled in between triggers.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Gisa does not grant haste to the creatures that are returned to the battlefield, so you normally won't be able to attack with them the turn they are returned.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Because creatures controlled by opponents aren't dying due to Gisa's replacement effect, any "when [this creature] dies" triggered abilities those creatures have won't trigger.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Once a creature with decayed attacks, it will be sacrificed at end of combat, even if it no longer has decayed at that time.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature your opponent controls would die and more than one effect would cause it to be exiled, that opponent chooses which one to apply. If the creature is exiled due to some other replacement effect, it will not be returned to the battlefield with Gisa.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
Decayed does not grant haste. Creatures with decayed that enter the battlefield during your turn may not attack until your next turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Decayed represents a static ability and a triggered ability. "Decayed" means "This creature can't block" and "When this creature attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat."
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
Decayed does not create any attacking requirements. You may choose not to attack with a creature that has decayed.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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