Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer

Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric // Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

Mana cost: {1}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Lifelink
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, exile Liliana, Heretical Healer, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

triggered —

triggered — blinks a permanent

triggered —

triggered — makes a token

Each player discards a card.

activated +2 —

Return target nonlegendary creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield.

activated −X — brings a card back

You get an emblem with that ability

activated −8 — gets an emblem

Whenever a creature dies, return it to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: exile a card, anything leaves the battlefield, put anything onto the battlefield, transform anything, create a Zombie creature token, put a Zombie creature token onto the battlefield, discard a card, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard.

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

Works well with

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 312 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Way of the Deathbringer — Way of the Deathbringer gives Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer an extra ability

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

a Cleric enters the battlefield — 722 cards in the game can cause this (Liliana is one).

  1. Cleric of Life's Bond — When Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer enters, Cleric of Life's Bond gains you 1 life

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Zombie enters the battlefield — 795 cards in the game can cause this (Liliana is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer:

  1. Noxious Ghoul — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Geralf, the Fleshwright — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Wayward Servant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Champion of the Perished — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Mummy Paramount — gets +1/+1
  6. Unconventional Tactics — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Binding Mummy — taps a creature or artifact

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

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer:

  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.

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Liliana is one).

When Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  6. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  10. Currency Converter — exiles it

52 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 (Liliana is one).

When Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer 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 is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Liliana is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer:

  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. Ayara, First of Locthwain — When you sacrifice another black creature to Ayara, First of Locthwain, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself
  2. Foot Chopper — When a creature dies thanks to Foot Chopper, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself
  3. Blasting Station — When you sacrifice a creature to Blasting Station, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself
  4. Saw — When a creature dies thanks to Saw, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself
  5. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — When Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder dies, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself
  6. Skittering Horror — When Skittering Horror dies, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself
  7. Skittering Skirge — When Skittering Skirge dies, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself
  8. Skittering Monstrosity — When Skittering Monstrosity dies, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself
  9. Blood Funnel — When a creature dies thanks to Blood Funnel, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself
  10. Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed — When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed dies, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself

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

put a creature into a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian — Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer can bring back
  2. Professor Onyx — Professor Onyx puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer can bring back
  3. Necron Deathmark — Necron Deathmark puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer can bring back
  4. Dokuchi Silencer — Dokuchi Silencer puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer can bring back
  5. Witch-king of Angmar — Witch-king of Angmar puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer can bring back
  6. Notorious Assassin — Notorious Assassin puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer can bring back
  7. The Death of Gwen Stacy — The Death of Gwen Stacy puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer can bring back
  8. Lethal Scheme — Lethal Scheme puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer can bring back
  9. Sinister Concoction — Sinister Concoction puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer can bring back
  10. Bitter Triumph — Bitter Triumph puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer can bring back

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

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Liliana is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Liliana is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer makes a Zombie token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Liliana is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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

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

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Liliana is one).

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — When Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer is cast, God-Eternal Oketra makes a token

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