Glissa, the Traitor

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Glissa, the Traitor: Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Zombie Elf, Mirrodin Besieged. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{B}{G}{G}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Zombie Elf
Colour identity
Black and green (BG)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Mirrodin Besieged (MBS)
Released
2011-02-04
Collector number
96
Artist
Chris Rahn
Commander rank
9,696 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Deathtouch, First strike
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Glissa, the Traitor

Glissa, the Traitor is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black and green legendary creature from Mirrodin Besieged (MBS), an expansion set released in February 2011. It is collector number 96 in that set, with art by Chris Rahn. It costs {B}{G}{G} (one black and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Mirrodin Besieged (2011) to From the Vault: Lore (2016). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.73 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

First strike, deathtouch

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

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.73 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Glissa, the Traitor by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Glissa, the Traitor

Glissa, the Traitor has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1217Mythic2023
From the Vault: Lore (V16) #5Mythic2016
Commander's Arsenal Oversized (OCM1) #3Mythic2012
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #39618Mythic2011
Magic Player Rewards 2011 (P11) #96Mythic2011
Mirrodin Besieged Promos (PMBS) #96★Mythic2011

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Glissa, the Traitor.

  • If an artifact you own and a creature an opponent controls go to the graveyard at the same time, you may choose that artifact card as the target of Glissa, the Traitor’s ability (even if they’re the same card: an artifact creature you own that an opponent controlled).

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