Tomebound Lich
Core Set 2020 219 • uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Collector number
- 219
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Cristi Balanescu
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then discard a card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Tomebound Lich was released in the Core Set 2020 expansion for Magic: The Gathering, arriving in July 2019. Designed as an uncommon creature card, it was crafted to provide synergy for graveyard-focused strategies, particularly those involving reanimation or discarding mechanics. Its mechanics reflect the traditional flavor of black-blue color pairings, emphasizing card selection and resource management through its ability to draw and discard cards upon attacking or blocking.
The card's striking illustration was created by artist Greg Opalacz, who depicted the lich entangled with a necrotic, pulsating book. The visual design leans into classic high-fantasy necromancy tropes, aiming to convey the sense of a scholar whose life force is tethered to forbidden knowledge. Upon release, the card was well-received by limited format players, who valued its utility in smoothing out card draws and fueling graveyard synergies throughout the competitive draft environment.
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