The Lich is Back

Commander / EDH Combo Control Necropotence Pillow Fort WUB (Esper) Zombie

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Land (38)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 4x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Terminus

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Delaying Shield
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Illusions of Grandeur
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Lich
• 1x Lich's Mastery
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Phyrexian Unlife
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Solemnity
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Soul Echo
• 1x Zombie Infestation

Instant (14)

• 1x Absorb
• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Read the Runes
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander (1)

Creature (14)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Death's Shadow
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Peacekeeper
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Undead Gladiator
• 1x Zur the Enchanter *f-etch*

Artifact (9)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

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Based on CommanderFun's deck The Lich, just updated with newer cards and a few other tricks.

Powerful but fragile control deck built around Lich and Lich's Mastery. Also a low-key zombie tribal theme. Keep drawing cards, build up a zombie army to draw more cards, and go nuts with Necropotence and Ad Nauseam. Many ways to win, many ways to die. Be prepared for both cases.

Commander

• Varina, Lich Queen - There are many great choices for Esper commanders ( Zur the Enchanter , Oloro, Ageless Ascetic , and Sen Triplets to name a few) that work well for Lich, but this new Esper commander gives us a draw+discard ability AND creates creatures to protect yourself. Or you can attack with them to loot for more cards.

Combos/Card Functions

Lich combos

• Lich + Death's Shadow - The lower your life, the bigger it is.
• Lich + Repay in Kind - Cheap wincon. Everyone else dies and you win. Watch out for potential responses!
• Lich / Lich's Mastery + Necropotence - Oh look, my library ended up in my hand during my end step. Fancy that!
• Lich / Lich's Mastery + Ad Nauseam - Oh look, my life total's FAR into the negatives, but my library ended up in my hand. Fancy that!
• Lich / Lich's Mastery + Approach of the Second Sun - Cast Second Sun, put it seven cards down in your library, then... redraw it and 6 other cards? Find an opening to cast Second Sun again for GG.
• Lich + Lich's Mastery - Oh snap dude, WHAT ARE YOU DOING OMG >8{( (double or nothing on card draw and risk)

God Mode combos

• Lich + Delaying Shield - Avoid sacing permanents by taking life loss instead.
• Solemnity + Phyrexian Unlife - Take all the damage, sans the poison counters.
• Delaying Shield + Solemnity - Ruling from Gatherer: If a replacement effect (putting counters on Delaying Shield) allows a player to modify or replace an event (taking damage) by putting counters on an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land, that player may apply that replacement effect. Counters won’t be put on the object, but if the original event is entirely replaced, the original event won’t happen.
• Soul Echo + Delaying Shield - As long as one counter is on Soul Echo, you can have Delaying Shield trigger first to prevent echo counters from being removed. Soul Echo can also help prevent you from losing the game if Lich gets bounced back to your hand, gets exiled, or an opponent takes control of it from you.
• Solemnity + Glacial Chasm - Originally I used Glacial Chasm to help get my life total closer to zero while giving myself protection from damage, but there's a better usage when combined with Solemnity. Play the Chasm after you cast Solemnity so no age counters would be put on Chasm. You'll be unable to attack with creatures, but you'll have invulnerability from damage while having lots of time to build up an army or reach for your wincons.
• Solitary Confinement + Necropotence - Give yourself Shroud and God Mode. As long as you have cards to feed SC, almost nothing will touch you.

Single card functions

• Elixir of Immortality - Your 1up lifeline. Draw cards with any of the Lich effects, plus recycle your graveyard back into your library to start the drawing process all over again!
• Platinum Angel - Trust me, there's a lot of ways to lose the game, and tons of it are in this deck. This angel's got your back in such cases.
• Omniscience - When you've got lots of cards (or your library for that matter) in your hand, there's nothing stopping you from casting Repay in Kind and countering any and all responses to it with Forbid.
• Forbid - Reusable counterspell. Keep feeding your hand with card draws to keep the counterspell machinegun going.

Top Ranked	Achieved #31 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Knight 2/2 B
Folders	Commander, NEWER EDH DECKS (2018), Varina, Likes, #EDH, EDH, Decks to try, I really love this D, liek, Nette Ideen