Liesa, Shroud of Dusk pressures all players by taxing every spell cast with a 2 life drain, while the deck builds a web of symmetrical life-loss and lifegain triggers through death effects, creature enters, and damage doublers to widen the life total gap over time. A constellation of redundant effects — creatures that punish opponents whenever you gain life, creatures that drain when other creatures die, and enchantments that mirror life loss back at opponents — creates a self-reinforcing drain engine backed by fast mana, elite tutors, and interaction that operates at the highest level of the format. The primary win conditions are Aetherflux Reservoir, which converts a critical mass of life into lethal damage, and Bolas's Citadel, which chains spells off the top of the library to generate a near-infinite storm count with Aetherflux Reservoir and Sensei's Divining Top.

Liesa The Life Drainer decklist

• 8× Plains
• 12× Swamp
• Heliod's Intervention
• Arcane Signet
• Cauldron Familiar
• Bojuka Bog
• Blood Artist
• Dark Ritual
• Demonic Tutor
• Command Tower
• Exsanguinate
• Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• Path to Exile
• Land Tax
• Mana Vault
• Wrath of God
• Swords to Plowshares
• Teferi's Protection
• Thought Vessel
• Necropotence
• Sol Ring
• Soul Warden
• Reanimate
• Cabal Coffers
• Sensei's Divining Top
• Soul's Attendant
• Godless Shrine
• Toxic Deluge
• Vampiric Tutor
• Vindicate
• Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• Smothering Tithe
• Sanguine Bond
• Zulaport Cutthroat
• Mox Diamond
• Authority of the Consuls
• Mox Opal
• Silence
• Prismatic Vista
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Deadly Rollick
• Flawless Maneuver
• Grand Abolisher
• Suture Priest
• Despark
• Grim Monolith
• Exquisite Blood
• Mox Amber
• Bastion of Remembrance
• Imp's Mischief
• Vault of Champions
• Marauding Blight-Priest
• Urza's Saga
• Esper Sentinel
• Damn
• The Meathook Massacre
• Shattered Sanctum
• Black Market Connections
• Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• Loran of the Third Path
• The One Ring
• Sunfall
• Orcish Bowmasters
• Bloodletter of Aclazotz
• Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• Enduring Tenacity
• Bloodthirsty Conqueror
• Ayara, First of Locthwain
• Aetherflux Reservoir
• Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• Ancient Tomb
• Caves of Koilos
• Silent Clearing
• Isolated Chapel
• Bolas's Citadel
• Shineshadow Snarl
• Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• Vraan, Executioner Thane
• Guide of Souls
• Lotus Petal
• Ad Nauseam