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Lich's Mastery

Dominaria (DOM)

{3}{B}{B}{B}

Legendary Enchantment

Hexproof You can't lose the game. Whenever you gain life, draw that many cards. Whenever you lose life, for each 1 life you lost, exile a permanent you control or a card from your hand or graveyard. When Lich's Mastery leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.
Plays as
Card DrawLifegain Payoff
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal

Used in 44 known combosEDHREC #7,812

Versions

2 printings · from $1.02

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Rulings

5 · latest Apr 27, 2018
  • WotCApr 27, 2018

    If you run out of other permanents, cards in hand, and cards in graveyard, you’ll have to exile Lich’s Mastery itself and lose the game.

  • WotCApr 27, 2018

    If you’re dealt more damage than you have cards to exile, you’ll just exile everything you can.

  • WotCApr 27, 2018

    While you can’t lose the game, your opponents can still win the game if an effect says so.

  • WotCApr 27, 2018

    While you control Lich’s Mastery, your life total still changes. Lich’s Mastery’s effects don’t replace the life gain or life loss.

  • WotCApr 27, 2018

    You don’t have to exile all the cards from one place. For example, if a source deals 5 damage to you, you may exile one permanent, two cards from hand, and two cards from your graveyard.