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Lich

Enchantment, BBBB (4)
As Lich enters the battlefield, your life total becomes 0.

You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.

If you would gain life, draw that many cards instead.

Whenever you're dealt damage, sacrifice that many permanents.

When Lich leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.
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Illus. Daniel Gelon

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

  • 10/4/2004: If you have multiple Lich cards on the battlefield, you must sacrifice a permanent for each damage done to you for each Lich. This is because the sacrifice is a triggered ability. But you only draw one card for each life gained regardless of how many Liches you have. This is because the draw is a replacement effect and not a triggered one. You lose if any one of the Liches leaves the battlefield.
  • 10/4/2004: If you take more than one damage at a time, sacrifice the permanents for that damage simultaneously. This allows you to sacrifice both a creature and any Aura that is on it all at once.
  • 10/4/2004: You can't pay life, just like any player at less than one life can't pay life. You can pay zero life if you want.
  • 10/4/2004: The phrase "When Lich leaves the battlefield, you lose the game" is an absolute statement. Note that you will normally lose when Lich leaves the battlefield as a State-Based Action before you can take any actions because your life total is normally zero or less while you control Lich. If you have a positive life total or are otherwise prevented from losing due to a zero life total, this triggered ability will cause you to lose the game anyway.
  • 10/4/2004: If an opponent steals control of Lich and no other effect prevents you from losing with a life total of zero, you will lose the game due to a zero life total as a State-Based Action before you can take any actions. The last sentence doesn't apply in this case since the Lich didn't leave the battlefield.
  • 10/4/2004: If an opponent steals control of Lich, their life total does not change. The life total changes for a player only when it enters the battlefield under that player's control.
  • 10/4/2004: You can lose life and take damage, and thereby have a negative life total, while Lich is on the battlefield.

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy
Banned in Extended, Standard, MTGO Classic

Printings (3/3) Unlimited Edition (Rare)
Limited Edition Beta (Rare)
Limited Edition Alpha (Rare)


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