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Custodi Lich

{3}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie Cleric

NCCNew Capenna Commander#244rare

"Keeping order is a task too important to relinquish in death." —Abrado, Custodi priest

Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Bastien L. Deharme
Found in
Streets of New Capenna Commander Deck Obscura Operation Minimal Packaging · Streets of New Capenna Commander Deck Obscura Operation
Printings3EDHREC rank#9,736
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

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

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever you become the monarch, target player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
4/2
Plays as:
Becomes MonarchSacrifice Removal
Market · per finishspark updated 43m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+5.7%
$0.37
$0.19 low$0.12 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.37· across 3 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

4 · latest Aug 23, 2016
  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Abilities that trigger whenever you “become the monarch” trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. “At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card” and “Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch.”

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.