Lich ME4

Other printings of "Lich": ME4 #89 30A #110 LEA #113 2ED #114 CED #114 CEI #114 LEB #114 30A #407

Card

id	52691
artist	Daniel Gelon
artistIds	63ac31a8-dd1a-4679-9f82-ece89429a084
asciiName
attractionLights
availability	mtgo
boosterTypes	default
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	B
colorIndicator
colors	B
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	18087
edhrecSaltiness	0.45
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finishes	nonfoil, foil
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frameVersion	1997
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	1
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly	1
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint	1
isReserved	1
isStarter
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{B}{B}{B}{B}
manaValue	4
name	Lich
number	89
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText	As Lich enters the battlefield, you lose life equal to your life total. 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 nontoken permanents. If you can't, you lose the game. When Lich is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose the game.
otherFaceIds
power
printings	2ED, 30A, CED, CEI, LEA, LEB, ME4
promoTypes
rarity	rare
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
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setCode	ME4
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text	As this enchantment enters, you lose life equal to your life total. 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 nontoken permanents. If you can't, you lose the game. When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose the game.
toughness
type	Enchantment
types	Enchantment
uuid	713acd73-d16f-5a8e-a836-038f97a5ba93
variations
watermark
setName	Masters Edition IV

Identifiers

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mtgoFoilId	38551
mtgoId	38550
multiverseId	202483
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Legalities

id	52691
alchemy
brawl
commander	Legal
duel	Legal
future
gladiator
historic
legacy	Legal
modern
oathbreaker	Legal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny
pioneer
predh	Legal
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timeless
uuid	713acd73-d16f-5a8e-a836-038f97a5ba93
vintage	Legal

Purchase URLs

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Foreign Data (per language)

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Rulings

date	text
2004-10-04	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.
2004-10-04	If an opponent steals control of Lich, their life total does not change. The life total changes for a player only when it enters under that player's control.
2004-10-04	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.
2004-10-04	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.
2004-10-04	You can lose life and take damage, and thereby have a negative life total, while Lich is on the battlefield.
2004-10-04	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.
2010-08-15	Note that usually you will have 0 or less life at the time Lich leaves the battlefield causing you to lose as a State-Based Action before the last ability can even go on the stack.
2010-08-15	The last ability will cause you to lose the game even if you somehow manage to have a life total greater than 0 at the time the Lich leaves the battlefield or if some other effect would prevent you from losing for having 0 life. If, on the other hand, some effect such as that from Platinum Angel says that you can't lose the game then even the last ability of the Lich cannot cause you to do so. The ability will just resolve and the game will continue as normal.
2011-01-01	The last ability will cause you to lose the game even if you somehow manage to have a life total greater than 0 at the time the Lich is put into the graveyard or if some other effect would prevent you from losing for having 0 life. If, on the other hand, some effect such as that from Platinum Angel says that you can't lose the game then even the last ability of the Lich cannot cause you to do so. The ability will just resolve and the game will continue as normal.