Lich 30A

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

Card

id	1885
artist	Daniel Gelon
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asciiName
attractionLights
availability	paper
boosterTypes
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	B
colorIndicator
colors	B
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	18086
edhrecSaltiness	0.45
faceConvertedManaCost
faceFlavorName
faceManaValue
faceName
finishes	nonfoil
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frameEffects
frameVersion	2015
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	0
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint	1
isReserved	1
isStarter	1
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{B}{B}{B}{B}
manaValue	4
name	Lich
number	110
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText
otherFaceIds
power
printings	2ED, 30A, CED, CEI, LEA, LEB, ME4
promoTypes
rarity	rare
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp	oval
setCode	30A
side
signature
sourceProducts	{'nonfoil': ['01c557c2-326c-555b-a9b9-eb0d64425356']}
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subtypes
supertypes
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
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variations	85f7bb9a-8a1a-5204-b7e9-a910db4a77e5
watermark
setName	30th Anniversary Edition

Identifiers

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Legalities

id	1885
alchemy
brawl
commander
duel
future
gladiator
historic
legacy
modern
oathbreaker
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny
pioneer
predh
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timeless
uuid	e1e58f1d-866a-50ed-8577-219ddb541594
vintage

Purchase URLs

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cardKingdomEtched
cardKingdomFoil
cardmarket
tcgplayer	https://mtgjson.com/links/1f7f45ef54b685bc
tcgplayerEtched
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Foreign Data (per language)

No foreign data.

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.