Lick my Lich...

Commander / EDH*

CommanderFun

Creature (13)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Death's Shadow
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Peacekeeper
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Zur the Enchanter *f-etch*

Land (36)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Forest
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Undiscovered Paradise
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath

Enchantment (20)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Cadaverous Bloom
• 1x City of Solitude
• 1x Delaying Shield
• 1x Delusions of Mediocrity
• 1x Dream Halls
• 1x Illusions of Grandeur
• 1x Lich
• 1x Pariah
• 1x Peace of Mind
• 1x Penance
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Second Chance
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Squandered Resources
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Transcendence
• 1x Wheel of Sun and Moon
• 1x Words of Worship

Artifact (6)

• 1x Ivory Tower
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tainted Sigil
• 1x Zuran Orb

Instant (11)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Commandeer
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Foil
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Eureka
• 1x Gaea's Balance
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Show and Tell
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Vindicate

Unknown (1)

• 1x Verdant Catacomb

Commander (1)

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Creature (1)

• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Empyrial Armor
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Soul Echo

Artifact (3)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Mox Diamond

Instant (5)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Disrupting Shoal
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Voidslime

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Wargate

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"Lich! You... You messed Billy up! You just wanna mess me all up! Mess everyone up!" - Finn ( from the show "Adventure Time" in epsiode "The Lich")

Don't be fooled by the commander; This is a Lich EDH deck. Essentially the idea is to become immortal by setting up ways to work around Lich's negative effect of sacrificing permanents and force opponents to try and remove it on its own... if they can ;). Because you're also giving Lich shroud, Indestructibility, or bringing it right back after they think its gone for certain! Once that's done, Lich turns your life total into your instrument to gain insane draw advantage (Healing Salve becomes an Ancestral Recall for example). Its not uncommon for you to have your whole library in your hand with this deck. You also get to ignore supposed "disadvantages" of cards that cause you to lose life. Here's a nice lichy-list for you so you can see what kind of crazy shenanigans you can get into with this card:

• Lich + Ad Nauseam (put your deck in your hand... and then watch your opponents cower in Death's Shadow)
• Lich + Delaying Shield (invulnerability)
• Lich + Words of Worship (lots of draw)
• Lich + Children of Korlis /Tainted Sigil (draw equal to your life total the turn you play Lich)
• Lich + Pariah/ Pariah's Shield + Some creature (Several options here. My favorites: Phyrexian Obliterator = make them sac permanents instead, Stuffy Doll = someone else takes the damage and invulnerability)

Survival:

• Platinum Angel / Transcendence (If Lich goes down, these will keep you alive while having below 0 health)
• Angel's Grace (In case someone sends Lich to the graveyard... probably follow up with Second Sunrise so you're not dead at the end of the turn)
• Fountain Watch / Greater Auramancy (shroud for Lich... nuff said)
• Tel-Jilad Stylus , Mangara of Corondor and Oblation - Great removal but also can save you from losing if someone targets your Lich by keeping it from going to the graveyard.
• Forsaken Wastes + Transcendence (the back up plan... but don't play Forsaken Wastes unless you have to exile Lich to stay alive. Then you just need to wait till you're the last one standing while people's life dwindles... you don't worry about all the damage anymore either)

Offensive:

• Empyrial Armor/Empyrial Plate (Make something really big after all that draw advantage)
• Lich + Death's Shadow (He's already a 13/13 for 1, but then he gets stronger the more you lose life from other cards! The best target for Orzhov Charm 's 3rd ability... I've had this guy at 200/200 before)
• Psychosis Crawler + draw engines or attack after having large hand size (same goes for Kagemaro, First to Suffer )
• Death Cloud + Rain of Filth + Sudden Sunrise (a surprise alternate win con. Be wary of using Sudden Sunrise as you may need it to get Lich back to stay alive after using Angel's Grace )
• Lich + Repay in Kind (The easiest win? or the easiest way to get rid of counterspells?)

Other Important Mentions:

• Crucible of Worlds - If you start sacrificing permanents, then this helps you get those permanents back. It also combos well with Zuran Orb for draw, Armageddon and Catastrophe to stall the game, easier to recover from Rain of Filth, and fetch lands and sac lands such as Flagstones of Trokair , Lake of the Dead, Strip Mine, and Wasteland.
• Penance - this card is very underrated and is very important to the deck. What you really want is the cost. Essentially you pick any black permanent on the board (whether it can deal damage to you or not) and you can legally pay the cost which is putting cards back on top of your library. This is the greatest assurance that you will not draw yourself out and also helps you negotiate your hand-size problems to avoid discarding/exiling cards from Death Cloud or other situations. (it also is great for setting up miracle cards, though I don't use any).

Suggestions are encouraged and VERY much appreciated. And, of course, don't forget to +1 if you've got an itch for the Lich!

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 63 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	3.38
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	The Lich, 121196