by Richard Rowell, Gaming Successfully Staff
Gisela and Bruna are two of the trio of Legendary “Powerpuff Girls” first featured in Avacyn Restored. Both have become very popular in Commander, and Gisela saw Standard play at one time. We’ve already seen the third Legendary Angel of the trio Sigarda in Shadows Over Innistrad. Now these two are mono-White creatures that do something that we’ve never seen before in Magic. As appears to be a theme in this set, if Gisela and Bruna are on the battlefield at the same time, they get to “meld” into a new creature called Brisela. I am definitely not making this up.
Let’s look at them individually first.
Let’s look at them individually first.
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Gisela, the Broken Blade is a 4 mana 4/3 Legendary Creature with flying, first strike, and lifelink. That’s pretty good on its own. But at the beginning of your end step, if you both own and control her and Bruna, the Fading Light, you get to exile them both and meld them into Brisela. But more on that in a minute.
Bruna, the Fading Light costs 7 mana to cast, but she’s a 5/7 with flying and vigilance, and has a really powerful ability. When Bruna enters the battlefield, you get to return a target Angel or Human creature from the graveyard to the battlefield. That is just as good as it sounds. This means you can bring Gisela, the Broken Blade back to the battlefield very easily if she died earlier on. So, now, we get to see what these two get to meld into.
Bruna, the Fading Light costs 7 mana to cast, but she’s a 5/7 with flying and vigilance, and has a really powerful ability. When Bruna enters the battlefield, you get to return a target Angel or Human creature from the graveyard to the battlefield. That is just as good as it sounds. This means you can bring Gisela, the Broken Blade back to the battlefield very easily if she died earlier on. So, now, we get to see what these two get to meld into.
These two Angel Horrors, clearly quite corrupted by Emrakul’s influence, become an Eldrazi Angel called Brisela, Voice of Nightmares. She’s a 9/10 with flying, first strike, vigilance, and lifelink. But she’s more than just a big beater. Brisela also has the ability to prevent your opponents from casting any spells that cost 3 mana or less. This includes most removal spells and completely shuts down many strategies.
Obviously, on paper, this trio looks extremely good. Gisela, the Broken Blade is probably good enough on her own to see play. Bruna, the Fading Light is well worth the 7 mana, too. It will be interesting to see if either of these two, or all three, become Standard-playable. The melding concept is quite fascinating. It will be quite interesting to see just how often these two will actually become Brisela. I know we’ll be seeing plenty of them in Commander.
Obviously, on paper, this trio looks extremely good. Gisela, the Broken Blade is probably good enough on her own to see play. Bruna, the Fading Light is well worth the 7 mana, too. It will be interesting to see if either of these two, or all three, become Standard-playable. The melding concept is quite fascinating. It will be quite interesting to see just how often these two will actually become Brisela. I know we’ll be seeing plenty of them in Commander.
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