Havengul Lich
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Starter Commander DecksSCD · #231
- Card type
- Creature — Zombie Wizard
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- 0.95 € · 0.49 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 4
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- Blue Black
Card text
: You may cast target creature card in a graveyard this turn. When you cast it this turn, this creature gains all activated abilities of that card until end of turn.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- James Ryman
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-12-02
Flavour text
Fusing intelligence with the power of undeath requires inspiration of the darkest kind.
Rulings
Havengul Lich’s activated ability creates a delayed triggered ability that triggers when you cast the creature card. This triggered ability will go on the stack on top of the creature spell and will resolve before the creature spell will.
If you don’t cast the creature card that turn, Havengul Lich won’t gain any of its abilities.
Havengul Lich’s ability changes the zone you are permitted to cast the card from, not the times you are permitted to cast it. You can cast a creature card that has been targeted by Havengul Lich from the graveyard, but unless it has flash, you can only do so if it’s your main phase, the stack is empty, and you have priority.
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
Havengul Lich gains the activated abilities of the card as it existed in the graveyard while that card is still a spell on the stack.
