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Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
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Liesa, Shroud of Dusk

{2}{W}{W}{B}

Legendary Creature — Angel

Rather than pay {2} for each previous time you've cast this spell from the command zone this game, pay 2 life that many times.

Flying, lifelink

Whenever a player casts a spell, they lose 2 life.

...dangerously chic...

5 / 5

FlyingLifelink
Set
Secret Lair Drop (SLD #1961)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
5
Released
2025-05-19
Artist
Craig Drake
EDHREC rank
#5,629
Colour identity
{B}{W}
Finishes
Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.80
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Kambal, Consul of Allocation 73 %+59.9 %
  2. Authority of the Consuls 61 %+44.2 %
  3. Soul Warden 59 %+42.2 %
  4. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose 61 %+41.2 %
  5. Sanguine Bond 59 %+40.3 %
  6. Blind Obedience 55 %+38.8 %
  7. Suture Priest 49 %+36.8 %
  8. Soul's Attendant 48 %+35.9 %
  9. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel 45 %+35.7 %
  10. Exquisite Blood 48 %+33.1 %
  11. Mai, Scornful Striker 34 %+31.6 %
  12. Drana and Linvala 38 %+30.8 %
  13. Exsanguinate 44 %+30.1 %
  14. Well of Lost Dreams 36 %+29.5 %
  15. Bloodchief Ascension 33 %+29.0 %
  16. Marauding Blight-Priest 41 %+28.7 %
  17. Exemplar of Light 35 %+28.4 %
  18. Rhox Faithmender 33 %+28.4 %
  19. Serra Ascendant 34 %+28.0 %
  20. Debt to the Deathless 38 %+27.9 %
  21. Painful Quandary 31 %+27.8 %
  22. Enduring Tenacity 40 %+27.8 %
  23. Resplendent Angel 31 %+27.1 %
  24. Phyrexian Arena 55 %+26.6 %
  25. Heliod's Intervention 31 %+26.5 %
  26. Vizkopa Guildmage 32 %+26.1 %
  27. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 32 %+25.8 %
  28. Fumigate 33 %+25.7 %
  29. Indulging Patrician 30 %+25.2 %
  30. Aetherflux Reservoir 32 %+24.1 %
  31. Archangel of Thune 27 %+22.4 %
  32. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 33 %+22.3 %
  33. Rug of Smothering 23 %+22.1 %
  34. Valkyrie Harbinger 25 %+22.1 %
  35. Bloodthirsty Conqueror 31 %+22.0 %
  36. Angel of Vitality 24 %+21.2 %
  37. Righteous Valkyrie 26 %+21.1 %
  38. Ghostly Prison 36 %+20.1 %
  39. Lightning Greaves 39 %+19.9 %
  40. Bolas's Citadel 32 %+19.4 %
  41. Kunoros, Hound of Athreos 21 %+18.9 %
  42. Alhammarret's Archive 22 %+18.5 %
  43. Seraph Sanctuary 22 %+18.3 %
  44. Pristine Talisman 23 %+18.2 %
  45. Sign in Blood 35 %+17.0 %
  46. Angelic Accord 18 %+16.4 %
  47. Farewell 27 %+16.3 %
  48. Scoured Barrens 38 %+16.2 %
  49. Cliffhaven Vampire 20 %+16.0 %
  50. Toxic Deluge 33 %+15.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Plains 98 %0.0 %
  2. Swamp 97 %-0.4 %
  3. Sol Ring 89 %+5.4 %
  4. Command Tower 89 %+2.8 %
  5. Arcane Signet 84 %+4.6 %
  6. Kambal, Consul of Allocation 73 %+59.9 %
  7. Swords to Plowshares 73 %+9.5 %
  8. Isolated Chapel 69 %+1.2 %
  9. Orzhov Signet 64 %+11.3 %
  10. Caves of Koilos 63 %+5.5 %
  11. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose 61 %+41.2 %
  12. Authority of the Consuls 61 %+44.2 %
  13. Path to Exile 60 %+10.4 %
  14. Talisman of Hierarchy 59 %+6.1 %
  15. Soul Warden 59 %+42.2 %
  16. Godless Shrine 59 %+6.8 %
  17. Sanguine Bond 59 %+40.3 %
  18. Blind Obedience 55 %+38.8 %
  19. Phyrexian Arena 55 %+26.6 %
  20. Anguished Unmaking 54 %+11.9 %
  21. Suture Priest 49 %+36.8 %
  22. Fetid Heath 48 %+5.1 %
  23. Exquisite Blood 48 %+33.1 %
  24. Vault of Champions 48 %+8.6 %
  25. Soul's Attendant 48 %+35.9 %
  26. Tainted Field 47 %-2.4 %
  27. Bojuka Bog 46 %+1.7 %
  28. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel 45 %+35.7 %
  29. Shattered Sanctum 45 %+4.5 %
  30. Exsanguinate 44 %+30.1 %
  31. Orzhov Basilica 44 %+5.7 %
  32. Damn 43 %+11.1 %
  33. Despark 42 %+12.2 %
  34. Marauding Blight-Priest 41 %+28.7 %
  35. Enduring Tenacity 40 %+27.8 %
  36. Temple of Silence 40 %+1.2 %
  37. Lightning Greaves 39 %+19.9 %
  38. Scoured Barrens 38 %+16.2 %
  39. Debt to the Deathless 38 %+27.9 %
  40. Vault of the Archangel 38 %+5.9 %
  41. Drana and Linvala 38 %+30.8 %
  42. Shineshadow Snarl 37 %-5.6 %
  43. Ghostly Prison 36 %+20.1 %
  44. Well of Lost Dreams 36 %+29.5 %
  45. Smothering Tithe 36 %+15.6 %
  46. Exemplar of Light 35 %+28.4 %
  47. Sign in Blood 35 %+17.0 %
  48. Swiftfoot Boots 35 %+10.0 %
  49. Marsh Flats 34 %+4.6 %
  50. Serra Ascendant 34 %+28.0 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2020-11-10

    Liesa's first ability applies only to the "commander tax." If there are any other additional costs to cast Liesa, those costs must be paid as normal.

  • 2020-11-10

    Liesa's first ability isn't optional. You can't choose to pay mana to cover the "commander tax," even if you have that mana available.

  • 2020-11-10

    Liesa's last ability will resolve before the spell that caused it to trigger.

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