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Commander / EDH WB (Orzhov)

thegreatwizard

Land (39)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 4x Snow-Covered Plains
• 19x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x Withering Wisps
• 1x Wound Reflection

Creature (15)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Fate Unraveler
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Kunoros, Hound of Athreos
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Seizan, Perverter of Truth
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Ankh of Mishra
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Instant (4)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Sorcery (1)

• 1x Winds of Abandon

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mindcrank

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This is my take on a "Death & Taxes" style deck led by the new Liesa, Shroud of Dusk from Commander: Legends. The basic strategy is to drain your opponents' life totals with Liesa and cards like Ankh of Mishra , while keeping your life total high enough to outlast your opponents. Finish them off with an Exsanguinate effect once you have whittled their life down low enough. Maintain your own life total by attacking with Liesa or by using effects like Bloodchief's Ascension.

Most of the spells in the deck are black, to take advantage of Jet Medallion , Crypt Ghast , and Cabal Coffers (although Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth is still included to maximize these effects). For this reason, there are 19 Swamps and only a few Plains, but it isn't too hard to get necessary white mana, since you never really need more than two white sources in a game. In addition to the 10 white-producing lands, there are quite a few ways to search up lands as well as a couple mana rocks that help with fixing.

It is generally best to just cast your commander as soon as you have 5 mana because it is usually the most effective way to deal your opponents damage. It hurts you too, but lifelink on a 5/5 body helps to negate that. Don't worry about Liesa dying either, since you can always cast her for 5 mana, although it may cost you a few life.

This deck is still a work in progress, so I would appreciate any suggestions or ideas. Please let me know what you think!

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Monarch Emblem, Treasure