Lich

Lich

Enchantment

Mana cost: {B}{B}{B}{B}

How we read this card

As this enchantment enters, you lose life equal to your life total.

static —

You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
If you would gain life, draw that many cards instead.

static — draws you that many cards

Whenever you're dealt damage, sacrifice that many nontoken permanents. If you can't, you lose the game.

triggered —

triggered —

When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose the game.

triggered —

Causes: make a player lose life, draw a card, sacrifice a nontoken permanent, a nontoken permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a player loses the game.

Cares about: anything is dealt damage, a permanent to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Lich, it draws you cards

a player loses the game — 41 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

  1. Stunning Reversal — When Lich makes a player lose the game, Stunning Reversal draws you 7 cards

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

a nontoken permanent is sacrificed — 108 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Lich:

  1. Skittering Precursor — makes a token
  2. Evendo Brushrazer — exiles a card from your library

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

a permanent is sacrificed — 109 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Lich:

  1. Scavenger's Talent — mills a card
  2. Sandbender Scavengers — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Popular Egotist — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Blood Aspirant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Slaughter-Priest of Mogis — gets +2/+0
  6. Merchant of Venom — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Sorcerer's Broom — makes a token
  8. Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz — gains you 2 life
  9. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a permanent in a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

  1. Cosmic Rebirth — Lich puts cards into the graveyard that Cosmic Rebirth can bring back
  2. Starving Revenant — Lich fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  3. Yuna's Decision — Lich puts cards into the graveyard that Yuna's Decision can bring back
  4. Squirming Emergence — Lich puts cards into the graveyard, and Squirming Emergence gets bigger
  5. Hologram Stalker — Lich puts cards into the graveyard that Hologram Stalker can bring back
  6. Badlands Revival — Lich puts cards into the graveyard that Badlands Revival can bring back
  7. Urborg Repossession — Lich puts cards into the graveyard that Urborg Repossession can bring back
  8. Return of the Mole Man — Lich puts cards into the graveyard, and Return of the Mole Man gets bigger
  9. Puca's Covenant — Lich puts cards into the graveyard that Puca's Covenant can bring back
  10. Trystan's Command — Lich puts cards into the graveyard that Trystan's Command can bring back

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

a nontoken permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

When Lich is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Jinxed Ring — deals 1 damage
  2. Liability — makes a player lose 1 life

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 174 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

When Lich is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Kothophed, Soul Hoarder — draws you 1 card
  2. Last Laugh — deals 1 damage
  3. Aetherworks Marvel — adds 1 mana
  4. Patron of the Nezumi — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a nontoken permanent leaves the battlefield — 313 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

  1. Genku, Future Shaper — When Lich leaves the battlefield, Genku, Future Shaper makes a token

a permanent leaves the battlefield — 315 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

When Lich leaves the battlefield:

  1. Super Shredder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nefarious Imp — scries

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

When Lich makes a player lose life:

  1. The Master of Lake-town — mills a card
  2. Intermediate Chirography — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Vilis, Broker of Blood — draws you that many cards
  4. Vengeful Warchief — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Wax-Wane Witness — gets +1/+0
  6. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  7. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  8. Lich's Mastery — triggers
  9. Lich's Tomb — sacrifices a permanent
  10. Gonti's Machinations — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

  1. Death to Our Enemies — When Death to Our Enemies is sacrificed thanks to Lich, it deals 7 damage
  2. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Lich, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

  1. Hallowed Haunting — When Lich is cast, Hallowed Haunting makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — When Lich is cast, Daxos the Returned puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — When Lich is cast, Tatsunari, Toad Rider makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — When Lich is cast, Sythis, Harvest's Hand gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — When Lich is cast, Sigil of the Empty Throne makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — When Lich is cast, Dawnhart Geist gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — When Lich is cast, Herald of the Pantheon gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — When Lich is cast, Kami of Transience puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — When Lich is cast, Argothian Enchantress draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — When Lich is cast, Mesa Enchantress draws you 1 card

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Lich enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

  1. Aether Syphon — When Lich makes a player draw a card, Aether Syphon mills a card

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

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Lich is one).

Lich puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — can bring back
  2. It That Betrays — can bring back
  3. Nazgûl Battle-Mace — can bring back

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

deal damage to anything — 19,812 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Dark Bargain — When Dark Bargain is dealt damage, Lich sacrifices a permanent
  2. Jinxed Choker — When Jinxed Choker is dealt damage, Lich sacrifices a permanent
  3. Jade Monolith — When Jade Monolith is dealt damage, Lich sacrifices a permanent
  4. Mana Vault — When Mana Vault is dealt damage, Lich sacrifices a permanent
  5. Ashes to Ashes — When Ashes to Ashes is dealt damage, Lich sacrifices a permanent
  6. Sorrow's Path — When Sorrow's Path is dealt damage, Lich sacrifices a permanent
  7. City of Brass — When City of Brass is dealt damage, Lich sacrifices a permanent
  8. Ancient Tomb — When Ancient Tomb is dealt damage, Lich sacrifices a permanent
  9. Grand Coliseum — When Grand Coliseum is dealt damage, Lich sacrifices a permanent
  10. Tarnished Citadel — When Tarnished Citadel is dealt damage, Lich sacrifices a permanent

19,802 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.