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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
#5,649
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 1.00
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 %+59.0 %
  2. Authority of the Consuls 62 %+44.1 %
  3. Soul Warden 59 %+41.3 %
  4. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose 60 %+40.3 %
  5. Sanguine Bond 58 %+39.5 %
  6. Blind Obedience 55 %+38.7 %
  7. Suture Priest 49 %+36.3 %
  8. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel 45 %+35.8 %
  9. Soul's Attendant 47 %+35.1 %
  10. Exquisite Blood 48 %+32.3 %
  11. Mai, Scornful Striker 34 %+32.1 %
  12. Drana and Linvala 37 %+30.5 %
  13. Exsanguinate 44 %+29.9 %
  14. Well of Lost Dreams 36 %+29.1 %
  15. Bloodchief Ascension 33 %+29.0 %
  16. Exemplar of Light 36 %+28.6 %
  17. Painful Quandary 31 %+28.2 %
  18. Marauding Blight-Priest 41 %+28.1 %
  19. Rhox Faithmender 32 %+27.6 %
  20. Serra Ascendant 34 %+27.5 %
  21. Enduring Tenacity 40 %+27.4 %
  22. Debt to the Deathless 38 %+27.4 %
  23. Resplendent Angel 31 %+27.4 %
  24. Phyrexian Arena 54 %+26.7 %
  25. Heliod's Intervention 30 %+25.7 %
  26. Vizkopa Guildmage 31 %+25.5 %
  27. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 32 %+25.3 %
  28. Fumigate 32 %+25.2 %
  29. Indulging Patrician 30 %+25.1 %
  30. Aetherflux Reservoir 31 %+23.1 %
  31. Archangel of Thune 27 %+22.3 %
  32. Rug of Smothering 23 %+22.1 %
  33. Valkyrie Harbinger 24 %+21.8 %
  34. Bloodthirsty Conqueror 31 %+21.5 %
  35. Righteous Valkyrie 26 %+21.5 %
  36. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 32 %+21.1 %
  37. Angel of Vitality 24 %+21.0 %
  38. Ghostly Prison 37 %+20.2 %
  39. Lightning Greaves 39 %+19.4 %
  40. Bolas's Citadel 32 %+18.6 %
  41. Seraph Sanctuary 22 %+18.4 %
  42. Kunoros, Hound of Athreos 20 %+18.2 %
  43. Pristine Talisman 23 %+17.5 %
  44. Alhammarret's Archive 22 %+17.5 %
  45. Sign in Blood 35 %+17.1 %
  46. Angelic Accord 18 %+16.4 %
  47. Farewell 27 %+16.0 %
  48. Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel 23 %+15.9 %
  49. Toxic Deluge 33 %+15.9 %
  50. Cliffhaven Vampire 20 %+15.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Plains 98 %-0.1 %
  2. Swamp 97 %-0.4 %
  3. Command Tower 89 %+2.8 %
  4. Sol Ring 89 %+5.3 %
  5. Arcane Signet 84 %+4.7 %
  6. Swords to Plowshares 73 %+9.5 %
  7. Kambal, Consul of Allocation 73 %+59.0 %
  8. Isolated Chapel 70 %+1.5 %
  9. Orzhov Signet 64 %+11.6 %
  10. Caves of Koilos 64 %+5.4 %
  11. Authority of the Consuls 62 %+44.1 %
  12. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose 60 %+40.3 %
  13. Path to Exile 60 %+10.3 %
  14. Talisman of Hierarchy 59 %+6.1 %
  15. Godless Shrine 59 %+6.8 %
  16. Soul Warden 59 %+41.3 %
  17. Sanguine Bond 58 %+39.5 %
  18. Blind Obedience 55 %+38.7 %
  19. Phyrexian Arena 54 %+26.7 %
  20. Anguished Unmaking 54 %+12.3 %
  21. Fetid Heath 49 %+5.3 %
  22. Suture Priest 49 %+36.3 %
  23. Vault of Champions 48 %+8.7 %
  24. Tainted Field 48 %-1.8 %
  25. Exquisite Blood 48 %+32.3 %
  26. Soul's Attendant 47 %+35.1 %
  27. Bojuka Bog 46 %+1.6 %
  28. Shattered Sanctum 46 %+4.4 %
  29. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel 45 %+35.8 %
  30. Exsanguinate 44 %+29.9 %
  31. Damn 43 %+11.3 %
  32. Orzhov Basilica 43 %+5.6 %
  33. Despark 42 %+12.4 %
  34. Marauding Blight-Priest 41 %+28.1 %
  35. Enduring Tenacity 40 %+27.4 %
  36. Temple of Silence 39 %+1.4 %
  37. Lightning Greaves 39 %+19.4 %
  38. Vault of the Archangel 38 %+6.1 %
  39. Scoured Barrens 38 %+15.5 %
  40. Debt to the Deathless 38 %+27.4 %
  41. Drana and Linvala 37 %+30.5 %
  42. Shineshadow Snarl 37 %-5.3 %
  43. Ghostly Prison 37 %+20.2 %
  44. Smothering Tithe 36 %+15.2 %
  45. Well of Lost Dreams 36 %+29.1 %
  46. Exemplar of Light 36 %+28.6 %
  47. Sign in Blood 35 %+17.1 %
  48. Marsh Flats 35 %+4.5 %
  49. Mai, Scornful Striker 34 %+32.1 %
  50. Swiftfoot Boots 34 %+9.8 %

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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