![]() ![]() My first deck, a Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist combo deck, preyed on the absence of interaction and was essentially a pile of ramp, card draw and win conditions. These decks were performing really well, since the amount of removal that our playgroup runs in decks is low (I was guilty of this as well). In the past few years I have been playing a lot of solitaire-type decks. Short answer: I built this deck because I wanted to play something fair, interactive and combat-oriented again. Why have I built the deck in this particular way? You can also build an effective version of Liesa on a budget I will provide one such decklist in the Budget section. You could go for a midrange build were she functions as a threat and damage-dealer, but you can also build her as a punisher, lifegain and angel-demon tribal type of deck. ![]() Liesa herself gains you a bunch of life back every time she connects and I am playing some efficient lifelink threats alongside her.īecause Liesa is relatively open-ended you can build a deck with her in several different ways, which probably adds to her popularity. Paying her tax and some life yourself is not the end of the world. The deal becomes even sweeter because you essentially do not have to pay commander tax, which means that if she gets killed you can bring her back pretty easily. Add to that a potent tax-y ability, and your opponent's life points will start dropping pretty quickly. She filled a gap in the Orzhov selection of feasible commanders: she is a great proactive beatstick that does not need much work! A five mana 5/5 flier with lifelink is a pretty good deal. ![]() People seem to agree with me - although she was only released a short while back in the November 2020 Commander Legends set, Liesa is currently the 2nd-most popular Orzhov commander leading 3011 decklists on Archidekt at the time of editing (). Add some cool art and an interesting name, and you have a legendary with a lot of EDH-potential. What makes Liesa attractive to me is the fact that she is just a really solid and efficient creature. I have been looking for the right commander and I think that commander is the newly printed Liesa, Shroud of Dusk. My goal now is to build a single deck that I can modify a bit on the spot and have alternative decklists available, so I have something that I can play at most tables. Now that I am 27 my priorities in life have shifted a bit, although I still enjoy playing MTG and EDH in particular. I sold and traded away most of my cards and decks. This year I made the decision to clean up my Magic: The Gathering collection. In the past few years I have played Nissa, Vastwood Seer (green combo), Ezuri, Claw of Progress (small creatures) Tuvasa the Sunlit/Estrid the Masked (enchantress), Mayael the Anima (fatties) and Atalya, Samite Master (lifegain). I feel most comfortable in EDH when it comes to green-based strategies. Putting together a nice list around a theme, commander or playgroup's power level is great. It is a lot of fun to play with friends or drop into a pod with new people. I am not sure if it does, but what EDH did for me was open up the more social aspects of MTG. Initially, I was not sure whether EDH would satisfy my competitive needs. It took a long time before I dived into the format that would end up becoming my favourite. Maybe I will pick up Standard again when I finish my study and get a job. The covid-19 pandemic is also making things a bit tough when it comes to paper-based play. Standard is getting rather expensive and trading cards away in anticipation of rotations became a bit of a chore. ![]() After playing Standard for a few years I made the decision to give up on the format. I also have a soft spot for decks that are not necessarily super-meta (like Ixalan Merfolk, which turned out to be a pretty strong deck in most metas). Played all types of decks during my Standard journey, but (grindy) midrange decks like BG Delirium are what really do it for me. When I started studying about five years later I discovered a game store in the city I had moved to, and dived into the Standard format during Theros Block. This went on until I reached the age of 15. I used to have a neat mono-red Goblin aggro list that I would play. Learned how to play from the neighbour's kids and later I started playing, trading and buying singles in a game store in town. Like many people casual kitchen-table magic was the first thing I played. I have been playing MTG off and on since Onslaught (2002). My name is Vera Elizabeth/LaHistorica and I am a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Let me introduce myself briefly before I dive into everything Liesa. ![]()
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