Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Open the Helvault (PHEL) #209 · Mythic · Legendary Creature — Angel

Mana cost: {4}{R}{W}{W}

Flying, first strike
If a source would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, that source deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead.
If a source would deal damage to you or a permanent you control, prevent half that damage, rounded up.

Power/toughness 5/5 · Illustrated by Jason Chan · Released April 28, 2012

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.15 USD (1.4%) to $10.89 USD; low $10.74 USD, high $10.89 USD.

Printings

  1. Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #211 (MKC) · Mythic · 2024 · $5.73 USD
  2. Commander Masters #338 (CMM) · Rare · 2023 · $5.58 USD
  3. Commander Masters #579 (CMM) · Rare · 2023 · $19.66 USD etched
  4. Commander Masters #682 (CMM) · Rare · 2023 · $6.16 USD
  5. The List #AVR-209 (PLST) · Mythic · 2021 · $5.93 USD
  6. Secret Lair Drop #218 (SLD) · Mythic · 2021 · $11.79 USD
  7. Commander Anthology Volume II #9 (CM2) · Mythic · 2018 · $5.51 USD foil
  8. Masters 25 #204 (A25) · Mythic · 2018 · $6.82 USD
  9. Commander 2015 #219 (C15) · Mythic · 2015 · $5.40 USD
  10. Avacyn Restored #209 (AVR) · Mythic · 2012 · $6.02 USD
  11. Open the Helvault #209 (this printing) · Mythic · 2012 · $10.89 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2018-03-16 · wotc — Gisela doubles damage dealt to opponents and permanents your opponents control from any source, including sources controlled by those opponents.
  2. 2018-03-16 · wotc — If damage dealt by a source you control is being divided or assigned among multiple permanents an opponent controls or among an opponent and one or more permanents they control simultaneously, divide the original amount and double the results. For example, if you attack with a 5/5 creature with trample and your opponent blocks with a 2/2 creature, you can assign 2 damage to the blocker and 3 damage to the defending player. These amounts are then doubled to 4 and 6 damage, respectively. You can't double the damage to 10 first and then assign 2 to the creature and 8 to the player.
  3. 2018-03-16 · wotc — If multiple replacement effects would modify how damage would be dealt, the player being dealt damage (or the controller of the permanent being dealt damage) chooses the order in which to apply those effects.

Played in these commander decks

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  2. Queen Marchesa · in 52% of 50 decks
  3. Firesong and Sunspeaker · in 30% of 47 decks
  4. Dihada, Binder of Wills · in 29% of 49 decks
  5. Ruhan of the Fomori · in 10% of 49 decks

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