Liesa, Forgotten Archangel

Liesa, Forgotten Archangel

Legendary Creature — Angel

Mana cost: {2}{W}{W}{B}

How we read this card

Flying, lifelink
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, return that card to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

triggered — brings a card back

If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: a nontoken creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a nontoken creature dies, a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

an Angel enters the battlefield — 354 cards in the game can cause this (Liesa is one).

When Liesa, Forgotten Archangel enters:

  1. Bishop of Wings — gains you 4 life
  2. Youthful Valkyrie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Seraph Sanctuary — gains you 1 life
  4. Righteous Valkyrie — gains you that creature's toughness life

an Angel creature it applies animate to — 357 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Angelic Armaments — Angelic Armaments gives Liesa, Forgotten Archangel life as a creature

356 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Liesa is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Liesa, Forgotten Archangel:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Liesa is one).

When Liesa, Forgotten Archangel gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

84 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Liesa is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Liesa, Forgotten Archangel:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Shriveling Rot, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  2. Ayara, First of Locthwain — When you sacrifice another black creature to Ayara, First of Locthwain, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  3. Foot Chopper — When a creature dies thanks to Foot Chopper, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  4. Blasting Station — When you sacrifice a creature to Blasting Station, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  5. Tainted Aether — When a creature dies thanks to Tainted Aether, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  6. Lethal Vapors — When a creature dies thanks to Lethal Vapors, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  7. Grave Peril — When a creature dies thanks to Grave Peril, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  8. Spreading Plague — When a creature dies thanks to Spreading Plague, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  9. Hot Soup — When a creature dies thanks to Hot Soup, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  10. Cracked Skull — When a creature dies thanks to Cracked Skull, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back

2,759 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Liesa is one).

When Liesa, Forgotten Archangel attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

117 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Liesa is one).

When Liesa, Forgotten Archangel attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Saw — sacrifices a creature

184 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Liesa is one).

  1. Tide of War — When Liesa, Forgotten Archangel blocks, Tide of War sacrifices a creature

27 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Liesa is one).

When Liesa, Forgotten Archangel enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  7. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

302 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Liesa is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Liesa, Forgotten Archangel enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

45 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.