Lich
Limited Edition Alpha 113 • rare
- Set
- Limited Edition Alpha
- Collector number
- 113
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- black mana black mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Daniel Gelon
- Market price
- $964.50
What it does
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.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lich was released in 1993 as part of the Limited Edition Alpha set, the inaugural print run for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. Created by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast, the game was designed to blend the strategic depth of hobby games with the addictive collectibility of baseball cards. Lich occupies a unique place in this debut set as a high-risk, high-reward enchantment that fundamentally alters the game's losing condition, reflecting the experimental and often volatile mechanics characteristic of the game's early development period.
The card's iconic, unsettling illustration was provided by Christopher Rush, one of the most prolific and celebrated artists in the game's history. Rush utilized his signature dark, atmospheric style to capture the morbid essence of the lich archetype, leaning into the gothic fantasy aesthetic that defined the visual identity of early Magic sets. While the card is often cited by players for its complex and challenging gameplay interaction, Rush’s artwork remains the definitive representation of the subject, widely appreciated by long-time collectors for its contribution to the game’s formative visual language.
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