Liesa's Host by cobaltwave

Format: Commander

Commander: Liesa, Forgotten Archangel

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 19

Deck overview

This is a general-power Orzhov lifegain and Angel-token deck. Its main plan is to establish Court of Grace, remain monarch, and turn repeated Angel tokens into a growing flying board with Righteous Valkyrie, Giada, Font of Hope, Lyra Dawnbringer, Intangible Virtue, and other lifegain payoffs. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel adds lifelink, recursion to hand, and opposing-creature exile, but she is expensive and is not an infinite engine. The deck has a solid collection of creature removal and some artifact and enchantment answers. Its main weaknesses are slow mana, many tapped lands, limited tutoring, and no stack interaction. A developed board can become threatening around turn 8, but the deck does not reliably convert that pressure into a three-player kill. It is better at incremental combat advantage and recovery from creature trades than at compact combo execution or hard denial.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ajani's Pridemate
• 1 Angel of Vitality
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1 Belladonna Took
• 1 Bishop of Wings
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Bruna, the Fading Light
• 1 Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin
• 1 Charming Prince
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Court of Grace
• 1 Cruel Celebrant
• 1 Daydream
• 1 Deadly Dispute
• 1 Disenchant
• 1 Eaten Alive
• 1 Eerie Gravestone
• 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
• 1 Erode
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Fatal Push
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Firja's Retribution
• 1 Fleshtaker
• 1 Forum of Amity
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Giada, Font of Hope
• 1 Gisela, the Broken Blade
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Harsh Annotation
• 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
• 1 Honor
• 1 Infernal Grasp
• 1 Insomnia, Crown City
• 1 Intangible Virtue
• 1 Leech Collector // Bloodletting
• 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1 Lightstall Inquisitor
• 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
• 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
• 1 Marble Diamond
• 1 Massacre Wurm
• 1 Orzhov Guildgate
• 14 Plains
• 1 Plumb the Forbidden
• 1 Requisition Raid
• 1 Restoration Angel
• 1 Return to the Ranks
• 1 Righteous Valkyrie
• 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1 Sanguine Syphoner
• 1 Scoured Barrens
• 1 Seam Rip
• 1 Serra Redeemer
• 1 Shambling Vent
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Slip On the Ring
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Starnheim Unleashed
• 11 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
• 1 Temple of Silence
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Valorous Stance
• 1 Vampiric Rites
• 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
• 1 Village Rites
• 1 Wanderbrine Preacher
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1 Youthful Valkyrie