Liesa Life Drain

Commander / EDH Angels Lifelink Sacrifice WB (Orzhov)

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Land (34)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Emeria, Shattered Skyclave  ^Flip
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Opal Palace
• 4x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath

Removal (7)

• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Utter End

Wraths (3)

• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Wrath of God

WinCon (17)

• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Sun Titan

Draw (9)

• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Painful Lesson
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams
• 1x Stinging Study

Stax (5)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Opposition Agent

Tutor (4)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos

Commander (1)

Ramp (13)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Creatures (7)

• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Resplendent Angel
• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Doom Whisperer

Protection (3)

• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Teferi's Protection

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Other (7)

• 1x Mazemind Tome
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Revival / Revenge

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Liesa is a fun commander to play if you are a smart and handsome person who enjoys gaining and draining your opponent's life.

The main goal of this deck is to win through life gain or drain related combos, as those are the best combos in magic don't @ me. The variety of combos in the deck can be accessed with the tutor suite and protected with Grand Abolisher, Lightning Greaves, or Ranger-Captain of Eos. Sun Titan, a combo piece itself, can recur many of the combo pieces.

The Combos:

•Citadel + Reservoir + Top

•Sun Titan + Viscera Seer/Either Altar + Kaya's Ghostform + Blood Artist Effect (can also use Suture Priest and Vito for infinite ETB's)

•Blood + Bond/Vito

•Heliod/Archangel of Thune + Walking Ballista

But what should I tutor for you ask?

1. Ranger-Captain of Eos gets Ballista or Viscera Seer

2. Enlightened Tutor gets Ex Blood, S. Bond, Heliod, Ballista, Bastion, Ghostform, Citadel, or Top

3. Demonic or Vampiric Tutor get uh, anything you want. Kind of self-explanatory.

What should you do if all the combos are answered? Probably scoop. Just kidding, the deck can also win through sheer creature damage and Liesa's ability to shut out opponents ability to cast spells if they have gone too low on life.

Bolas's Citadel is a house by itself as well, just don't ever, EVER play it after you've played your land for turn already or you can easily get zero value from it.

Resplendent Angel, Serra Ascendant, Archangel of Thune, Bitterblossom, Crested Sunmare, and Luminarch's Ascension can each takeover games if unanswered. They provide reliable creature damage and good blockers.

The deck runs slightly more black sources than needed to be able to reliably cast Necropotence.

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To make the deck slightly more casual, remove Blood, Ballista, Top, and Ghostform and bring in any of the "Maybe" cards you see fit. Mangara and Command the Dreadhorde can either be awesome or terrible, but are still fun cards to play. Revenge can be an instant kill of one player with Vito or Bond on the field. Hatred and Unspeakable Symbol allow Liesa to Voltron kill with Commander damage, but are very vulnerable to interaction.

To make the deck more competitive, don't play it. It's not gonna beat a cEDH deck, so just chill out and have fun with it. If you want to Orzhov competitively, Tymna is right over there.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.76
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Angel Warrior 4/4 W, Elephant 3/3 G, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Horse 5/5 W, Human Soldier 1/1 W, On an Adventure, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Treasure