The Hands of Time by Imposhibible

Format: Commander

Commander: Liesa, Shroud of Dusk

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Stax and Group Slug build commanded by Liesa, Shroud of Dusk. The primary strategy constricts opponent tempo using Rule of Law pieces, tapped-permanent taxes, and artifact ability locks, while steadily grinding down life totals with passive spellcast penalties. Liesa, Shroud of Dusk serves as both a 5/5 flying lifelink clock and an inescapable tax engine that bypasses commander tax by paying life. The deck closes games around Turn 7 by combining symmetric life-halving effects (Fraying Omnipotence, Dire Fleet Ravager, Rush of Dread) with end-step loss multipliers like Wound Reflection and Archfiend of Despair. While the deck possesses remarkable commander resilience and dense functional redundancy, its reliance on natural draws and sparse instant-speed removal leaves it vulnerable to well-timed mass exile sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aettir and Priwen
  • 1 Angelic Arbiter
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Ankh of Mishra
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Assault Intercessor
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caustic Bronco
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charitable Levy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dire Fleet Ravager
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fraying Omnipotence
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Kataki, War's Wage
  • 1 Keen Duelist
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Loxodon Gatekeeper
  • 1 Mai, Scornful Striker
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Pox
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rodolf Duskbringer
  • 1 Rug of Smothering
  • 1 Rush of Dread
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Scourge of the Skyclaves
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shard of the Nightbringer
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temporal Extortion
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Tomik, Wielder of Law
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wound Reflection