---
name: "Liesa, Forgotten Archangel"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Angel"
colors: ["B", "W"]
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Lifelink"]
set: "INR"
set_name: "Innistrad Remastered"
collector_number: "243"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dmitry Burmak"
oracle_id: "efcaadbe-24e3-4dfc-b08c-a910f003d427"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/liesa-forgotten-archangel-inr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{W}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Angel
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/5
- **Keywords:** Flying, Lifelink

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

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Valkyrie's Call](/printing/valkyries-call-fdn.md) — Enchantment
2. [Avenging Angel](/printing/avenging-angel-tpr.md) — Creature — Angel
3. [Exquisite Archangel](/printing/exquisite-archangel-paer.md) — Creature — Angel
4. [Liesa, Shroud of Dusk](/printing/liesa-shroud-of-dusk-prm.md) — Legendary Creature — Angel
5. [Angel of Fury](/printing/angel-of-fury-p02.md) — Creature — Angel
6. [Adarkar Valkyrie](/printing/adarkar-valkyrie-plst.md) — Snow Creature — Angel

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad Remastered (INR) #243
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dmitry Burmak
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`