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Nefarious Lich

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

Enchantment

ODYOdyssey#153rare
Foil
Border
black
Frame
1997
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 11000
Illustrator
Jerry Tiritilli
Found in
Odyssey MTGO Redemption · Odyssey MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings1CombosIn 12
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
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.

Plays as: Card Draw

Market · per finishspark updated 11h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$3.69
$1.90 low$1.10 gap
Foil+0.0%
$22.56
$15.00 low$2.50 gap
Cheapest playable copy$3.69· across 1 printing

Rulings

2 · latest Oct 4, 2004 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    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.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    This card will not prevent you from losing the game due to zero or less life.

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