Liesa, Gains, Drains, and Taxes

Commander / EDH Extort Lifelink Sacrifice WB (Orzhov)

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Land (40)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Castle Locthwain *f-pre*
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Forsaken Sanctuary
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 7x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Creature (24)

• 1x Agent of Masks
• 1x Angelic Field Marshal
• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Blood Seeker
• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Loyal Subordinate
• 1x Loyal Unicorn
• 1x Nightshade Harvester
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Tithe Drinker
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Artifact (8)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Isolation Cell
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Ill-Gotten Inheritance
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sunbond

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Skull Storm
• 1x Urza's Ruinous Blast
• 1x Vindicate

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kaya, Orzhov Usurper

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The aim of the deck is to win by causing as much drain damage as possible, while making it harder for enemies to cast or keep anything. Liesa by her very nature is going to attract a lot of negative attention in the form of removal, but that's okay because commander tax doesn't apply to her in the conventional manner! Instead all we have to do is prove our devotion to her with a little bit of life for each time we've cast her. All of the life gain in the deck helps offset this, as well as helping us not to care about Liesa draining us for 2 for every spell we cast. Since we can cast our commander more often than others, we can make great use out of Skull Storm to get maximum sacrifices and life cuts.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.30
Tokens	Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Spirit 1/1 WB, Monarch Emblem, Treasure