Nefarious Lich
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
OdysseyODY · #153
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 1.52 € · ★ 12.09 € · 11.27 $ · ★ 21.24 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Black
Card text
If damage would be dealt to you, exile that many cards from your graveyard instead. If you can't, you lose the game. If you would gain life, draw that many cards instead. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Jerry Tiritilli
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2001-10-01
Rulings
If you were going to gain life and you also have a replacement that can turn card drawing into life gain on the battlefield, you can gain life by using the Lich to turn the original life gain into card drawing, and then using the other replacement to turn a card draw into life gain. Nefarious Lich will not replace the life gain with a card draw again because it has already acted on this event.
This card will not prevent you from losing the game due to zero or less life.