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Lich

Lich

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Limited Edition Beta

#114 · EN · Rare · 1993-10-04

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Lich

{B}{B}{B}{B}

Enchantment

As this enchantment enters, you lose life equal to your life total. You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. If you would gain life, draw that many cards instead. Whenever you're dealt damage, sacrifice that many nontoken permanents. If you can't, you lose the game. When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose the game.

Artist: Daniel Gelon

Color identity: B

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Data snapshot 2026-10-22. Not live offers.

Use in a combo · Use in a deck

Editions & versions

8 printings across 7 editions. Choose a printing to view its artwork and details.

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Combos using this card

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Lich\'s Confinement

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Lich\'s Tree

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Infinite With Lich!

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Fixed Lich-in With Life

lich-in with Life

Turn 1 13/13

Insta-death!

Broken Already

Feel my Death

Endless Rats and 1 Life With Lich

Lich FTW

The cycle of life

not a combo just a fun mix of cards (:

To win or not to win FTW!

to win or not to win

Another Lich Combo

God hates you all

Swith life with opponent and win

Best Lich Combo (to my knowledge)

Format legality
Standardnot legal
Futurenot legal
Historicnot legal
Timelessnot legal
Gladiatornot legal
Pioneernot legal
Modernnot legal
Legacylegal
Paupernot legal
Vintagelegal
Pennynot legal
Commanderlegal
Oathbreakerlegal
Standardbrawlnot legal
Brawlnot legal
Competitivebrawlnot legal
Alchemynot legal
Paupercommandernot legal
Duellegal
Oldschoollegal
Premodernnot legal
Predhlegal
Tlrnot legal
Rulings

2011-01-01 The last ability will cause you to lose the game even if you somehow manage to have a life total greater than 0 at the time the Lich is put into the graveyard or if some other effect would prevent you from losing for having 0 life. If, on the other hand, some effect such as that from Platinum Angel says that you can't lose the game then even the last ability of the Lich cannot cause you to do so. The ability will just resolve and the game will continue as normal.

2010-08-15 Note that usually you will have 0 or less life at the time Lich leaves the battlefield causing you to lose as a State-Based Action before the last ability can even go on the stack.

2010-08-15 The last ability will cause you to lose the game even if you somehow manage to have a life total greater than 0 at the time the Lich leaves the battlefield or if some other effect would prevent you from losing for having 0 life. If, on the other hand, some effect such as that from Platinum Angel says that you can't lose the game then even the last ability of the Lich cannot cause you to do so. The ability will just resolve and the game will continue as normal.

2004-10-04 If an opponent steals control of Lich and no other effect prevents you from losing with a life total of zero, you will lose the game due to a zero life total as a State-Based Action before you can take any actions. The last sentence doesn't apply in this case since the Lich didn't leave the battlefield.

2004-10-04 If an opponent steals control of Lich, their life total does not change. The life total changes for a player only when it enters under that player's control.

2004-10-04 If you have multiple Lich cards on the battlefield, you must sacrifice a permanent for each damage done to you for each Lich. This is because the sacrifice is a triggered ability. But you only draw one card for each life gained regardless of how many Liches you have. This is because the draw is a replacement effect and not a triggered one. You lose if any one of the Liches leaves the battlefield.

2004-10-04 If you take more than one damage at a time, sacrifice the permanents for that damage simultaneously. This allows you to sacrifice both a creature and any Aura that is on it all at once.

2004-10-04 You can lose life and take damage, and thereby have a negative life total, while Lich is on the battlefield.

2004-10-04 You can't pay life, just like any player at less than one life can't pay life. You can pay zero life if you want.

Current Oracle text is shown for every printing.