Liesa: No Pain, No (Life)Gain

Commander / EDH Control Death and Taxes Exile Group Slug Lifelink Pillow Fort Primer Stax WB (Orzhov)

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Lands (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fell Mire  ^Flip
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 8x Plains
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Razorgrass Field  ^Flip
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Strip Mine
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions

Ramp (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Charitable Levy
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy

Punishment (16)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Creeping Bloodsucker
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Indulging Patrician
• 1x Isolation Cell
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Loyal Subordinate
• 1x Orcish Bowmasters
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Revenge of Ravens
• 1x Rug of Smothering
• 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1x Tainted Remedy
• 1x Wound Reflection

Card Advantage (11)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Trouble in Pairs
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Infinite Combos (5)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Enduring Tenacity
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Commander (1)

Interaction (12)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Damn
• 1x Despark
• 1x Farewell
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Stroke of Midnight
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Defense (9)

• 1x Bloodthirsty Blade
• 1x Forcefield
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Ghoulish Impetus
• 1x Parasitic Impetus
• 1x Redemption Arc
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Sphere of Safety

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Sideboard

Other (7)

• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Soot Imp
• 1x Spelltithe Enforcer
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Other (2)

• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

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{W}{B} Liesa, Shroud of Dusk {B}{W}

"Liesa, Bruna, Gisela, and Sigarda were angelic sisters who pre-existed Avacyn. The four archangel sisters defended humanity: Sigarda, who protected the living, Bruna, who protected the dead, Gisela, who fought monsters, and Liesa, who consorted with them."

This deck was originally Kambal, Consul of Allocation, but once I saw Liesa I fell in love. An orzhov angel is already super cool, plus she's the missing fourth sister from Innistrad, which is one of my favorite planes.

The Commander

Liesa, Shroud of Dusk is a 5/5 flying lifelink for 5. That's pretty good. She makes any player lose 2 life when they cast a spell. That's really good, her lifelink mitigates 5 spellcasts on your behalf over 2 turns! You use life to pay for commander tax instead of mana... VALUE LEVELS: ABSURD

In all seriousness, this isn't gonna be winning any games pre T5, but it's a very good commander for the slightly longer games.

The two big upsides (besides her main ability to drain 2) is that she has lifelink, and that you pay commander tax with life. I've found this deters people from wasting removal on her, since she'll be back next turn for the same {2}{W}{W}{B} you used the first time. Cheating mana costs, especially without access to {G} ramp, is always insanely valuable.

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Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 1 Mythic Rares 44 - 4 Rares 23 - 2 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	City's Blessing, Human 1/1 W, Orc Army, Monarch Emblem, Treasure
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