Liliana's Defeat
Hour of Devastation 68 • uncommon
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Collector number
- 68
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Kieran Yanner
- Market price
- $0.33
What it does
Destroy target black creature or black planeswalker. If that permanent was a Liliana planeswalker, her controller loses 3 life.
"All the power you have gathered for yourself, Liliana, I can take away."— Nicol Bolas
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Liliana's Defeat was released in the 2017 Magic: The Gathering expansion Hour of Devastation, a set focused on the climactic battle between the planeswalker Nicol Bolas and the Gatewatch on the plane of Amonkhet. The card represents a pivotal narrative moment where the necromancer Liliana Vess faces her own darker impulses and the oppressive influence of Bolas. Mechanically, it serves as a color-hate card, designed to provide specific defensive utility against black spells and creatures within the game's competitive environment.
The card’s illustration was created by Aleksi Briclot, a prolific artist known for his definitive work on several iconic planeswalker designs. Briclot utilized a dramatic, high-contrast style to capture the intensity of the confrontation, emphasizing the tension between Liliana’s signature purple magic and the oppressive golden aesthetic of Bolas’s influence. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional tool for sideboard strategies in Standard and Modern formats, noted for its thematic resonance with the overarching story arc of the Amonkhet block.
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