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 we read on this card

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 — 37 cards in Liliana's colors can cause this.

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

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

a Zombie enters the battlefield — 509 cards in Liliana's colors 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. Champion of the Perished — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature leaves a graveyard — 645 cards in Liliana's colors 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. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  4. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  5. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  6. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0
  8. Soul Enervation — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a card is discarded — 641 cards in Liliana's colors can cause this (Liliana is one).

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

  1. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  2. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  3. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  4. Archfiend of Ifnir — puts a counter on a creature
  5. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  7. Horror of the Broken Lands — gets +2/+1
  8. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

life is gained — 642 cards in Liliana's colors can cause this (Liliana is one).

When Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer gains life:

  1. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  3. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  4. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel — surveils
  6. Enduring Tenacity — makes each opponent lose life equal to that much
  7. Nazar, the Velvet Fang — puts a feeding counter on itself
  8. Citizen V, Helmut Zemo — puts a counter on a Villain
  9. Bloodbond Vampire — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Leech Collector // Bloodletting — becomes prepared

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

anything leaves a graveyard — 955 cards in Liliana's colors 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. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  4. Fang, Fearless l'Cie — draws you 1 card
  5. Teval's Judgment — triggers

a nontoken creature dies — 1,237 cards in Liliana's colors 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. Boneshard Slasher — When Boneshard Slasher dies, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself

1,227 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

put a creature into a graveyard — 1,237 cards in Liliana's colors 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

1,227 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 726 cards in Liliana's colors can cause this (Liliana is one).

When Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer makes a Zombie token:

  1. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  2. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 1,393 cards in Liliana's colors can cause this (Liliana is one).

When Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer leaves the battlefield:

  1. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  2. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,418 cards in Liliana's colors can cause this (Liliana is one).

When Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer leaves the battlefield:

  1. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  2. Ninja Teen — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Traveling Plague — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

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

a card in a graveyard — 2,555 cards in Liliana's colors can cause this (Liliana is one).

  1. Heart-Shaped Herb — Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  2. Rescue from the Underworld — Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  3. Victimize — Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  4. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring back
  5. Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker — Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer puts cards into the graveyard that Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker can bring back
  6. Repentant Vampire — Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  7. Treacherous Vampire — Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  8. Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed — Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer puts cards into the graveyard that Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed can bring back
  9. Dauthi Voidwalker — Cards Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer would put into an opponent's graveyard are exiled by Dauthi Voidwalker instead, and it can play from among them
  10. Loot, the Anomaly — Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Loot, the Anomaly needs

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 2,555 cards in Liliana's colors can cause this (Liliana is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  4. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 3,967 cards in Liliana's colors can cause this (Liliana is one).

  1. Fire Nation Salvagers — When Fire Nation Salvagers enters thanks to Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, it puts a counter on a creature or Vehicle
  2. Author of Shadows — When Author of Shadows enters thanks to Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, it brings a card back
  3. Crabomination — When Crabomination enters thanks to Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, it exiles a card from an opponent's library

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