Ghoulcaller Gisa Reaches 8.6 Times Its Usual Weekly Deck Count

Ghoulcaller Gisa reached 568 new decks in the week ending November 6, 2026, about 8.6 times its usual week on EDHREC, while Giada, Font of Hope and Ghalta, Primal Hunger reached roughly 3.0 and 4.1 times their respective baselines. All three commanders began accelerating in September, and their recent lists now include new cards from the Reality Fracture release.

The latest week extended an existing rise rather than starting one. Giada, Font of Hope increased from 1,252 to 1,339 decks, Ghalta, Primal Hunger from 531 to 545, and Ghoulcaller Gisa from 477 to 568. EDHREC defines each usual-week baseline as the median of the 12 weeks before the last month.

The Rise Began Before Release

The first clear acceleration across all three weekly series came between September 18 and September 25, 2026. Giada, Font of Hope rose from 475 to 631 decks, Ghalta, Primal Hunger from 138 to 240, and Ghoulcaller Gisa from 83 to 201.

Wizards' Reality Fracture preview schedule put the debut on September 8, 2026, and release on October 2, 2026. The deckbuilding rise therefore began during previews, before players could obtain the released cards. Counts climbed further in the week ending October 2, reaching 1,121, 370 and 310 respectively.

The release also coincided with Foundations Commander. Wizards' Commander deck announcement says those decks released alongside Reality Fracture; EDHREC associates Calling All Angels with Giada, Font of Hope, Tramplesaurus Rex with Ghalta, Primal Hunger, and Wretched Ranks with Ghoulcaller Gisa.

Giada, Font of Hope Has the Broadest New-Card Adoption

Giada, Font of Hope has the largest weekly total of the three: EDHREC's commander page records 1,339 decks against a usual 445 for the week ending November 6, 2026. Its leading themes are Angels, lifegain and +1/+1 counters, and its most-adopted new card serves all three.

New in Reality Fracture, out since October 2, 2026, Lyra, Archangel of Dawn is a three-mana Angel that puts a +1/+1 counter on each Angel you control whenever you gain life. It appears in 4,792 of 8,798 decks built since it came out, more than half that group.

Lyra, Archangel of Dawn

Legendary Creature — Angel Knight

Flying Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each Angel you control.

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We see Lyra, Archangel of Dawn as the cleanest fit among these three commanders' leading additions: it rewards the same overlap of themes that already defines the deck. Lyra Dawnbringer appears in 89% of Giada, Font of Hope decks and Righteous Valkyrie in 84%, so the new Angel joins a heavily established creature base.

The other leading additions reinforce that creature-type commitment. Ob Nixilis, the Ascended appears in 2,734 of 8,470 eligible decks, while Kindred Judgment appears in 1,950 of 8,516. The latter is a seven-mana sweeper that lets you choose Angels and destroy creatures of other types.

Ghalta, Primal Hunger Adds Another Trample Payoff

EDHREC's Ghalta figures put Ghalta, Primal Hunger at 545 decks against a usual 134 for the week ending November 6, 2026. Ramp, aggro and stompy lead its themes, ahead of Dinosaurs, and Ghalta the Unstoppable is its most-used new addition at 1,427 of 3,328 decks built since release.

New in Reality Fracture on October 2, 2026, Ghalta the Unstoppable is a nine-mana Elder Dinosaur discounted by your greatest creature power, with trample for itself and your other creatures. With an 8-power creature on the battlefield, you can cast it for and give the rest of your attackers trample before combat.

Ghalta the Unstoppable

Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur

This spell costs less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. Trample Other creatures you control have trample.

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Roiling Canopy follows at 479 of 3,184 decks, and Hexhaven Invigorator at 460 of 3,328. The former gives a creature +3/+3 when a Forest enters under your control, provided you control at least five other Forests. The latter costs and turns damage dealt to it into land cards entering tapped. These additions reward different parts of the same plan: developing lands and attacking with large creatures.

Ghoulcaller Gisa Rises Fastest With Less New-Card Uptake

EDHREC's Ghoulcaller Gisa figures show the largest relative increase, from a usual 66 decks to 568 in the week ending November 6, 2026. But its leading new addition, Avacyn, Angel of Horror, appears in only 255 of 3,019 decks built since it came out. Lich's Relic follows at 148 of 3,008, then Multiply by Zero at 84 of 3,008.

New in Reality Fracture Commander on October 2, 2026, Avacyn, Angel of Horror costs eight mana and returns your nontoken creatures that die to the battlefield at the next end step. It supports the deck's reanimator and aristocrats themes rather than its leading creature type.

Avacyn, Angel of Horror

Legendary Creature — Angel

Flying, deathtouch Whenever Avacyn or another nontoken creature you control dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.

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Zombies still lead Ghoulcaller Gisa's theme counts at 523 decks, followed by tokens at 434; Death Baron appears in 83% of its decks and Lord of the Accursed in 82%. Avacyn, Angel of Horror offers recovery for nontoken creatures, but none for tokens. That restriction matters in a deck whose second-largest theme is tokens.