Calculating Lich

Creature — Zombie Wizard

Menace

Whenever a creature attacks one of your opponents, that player loses 1 life.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (11)

GrimlockVIII on Birdemic

6 months ago

Yooo awesomedude20, found another card that pairs great with the goaded crows. Calculating Lich triggers whenever any creature attacks one of your opponents, not just creatures you control.

Pheardemons on Mishra's Relentless Horde

2 years ago

Gleeock - I see where Captive Audience could work, but I don't think I'm going to include it in this list. Despite how much I love that card in a different deck I have. I forgot all about Calculating Lich and I think I own one. I'll definitely look into that. Bitterblossom and Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs were both cards I was looking at taking out because Bitterblossom is so slow and Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs relies on my opponents. Most likely they won't attack me until they can pay or get rid of it. I'll keep that in mind as I playtest as well. Shiny Impetusand Curse of Opulence were both considered but I thought they were a bit too slow for the slow. I might do Professional Face-Breaker if I decide to add in some more ramp in that form.

Gleeock on Mishra's Relentless Horde

2 years ago

Maybe Captive Audience. Calculating Lich for political redundancy. Though, mana value is still an issue. Shiny Impetus is a pretty aggressive ramp, that works as pseudo problem-removal. Curse of Opulence is more of the same.

Crow_Umbra on Isshin Goad

2 years ago

If you want to go the Goad route with Isshin, I highly recommend checking out Death Kiss and Calculating Lich.

Necrosis24 on Karazikar Discussion

3 years ago

I think a really strong card for this deck would be Words of Waste seeing as this deck will likely be built with cards like Fumiko the Lowblood you will be drawing quite a few cards so you can instead get rid of your opponents' hands and control the board easier.

Other cards to consider are: Fiendish Duo, Calculating Lich, Frenzied Saddlebrute, Frontier Warmonger, Kardur, Doomscourge

You can also use Conjurer's Closet to utilize that ETB a bit more.

This is all I got off the top of my head EDH Rec is always a good source for cards you might've missed.

Gleeock on Useful additions for thantis, the …

4 years ago

For my build Beledros Witherbloom will be amazing (but I do polymorph into 7 cmc things with stuff like Divergent Transformations - not everyone is running a side-polymorph gig like me. Witch's Clinic will actually be a windmill-slap in land for me (& it sounds like you have one) - because, again, lifelink on thantis when she gets bigger per attacking creature is pretty great. IMO Shiny Impetus is ramp that forces aggression which I think is great... If anything I usually get 1 mana any color from it (usually more though) & also force a surprising amount of dmg - I find it to be more thematic in the deck than Cultivate . Clackbridge Troll is a large threat where either people tap him down & I'm happy with 3 life & a card, or someone is taking a good ding, which also makes me happy. Massacre Wurm has done work for me. Journey to Eternity  ^Flip usually gets forgotten & recursion on a land has won me games. Calculating Lich is a pet card that I like. Rampage of the Clans is one of my favorite instant sweepers that converts the board into vanilla attackers (sounds bad) but there are plenty of times where I hit a point that I just want the field to have creatures... Also has won me the game with Purphuros, God of the Forge

impostocaus on Kurter the magnificent recurro the 3rd

4 years ago

king-saprolingi do really like the recommendations like Erratic Portal , Genesis Chamber , & Calculating Lich ... btw that i dident even knew existed and i love it.

king-saproling on Kurter the magnificent recurro the 3rd

4 years ago

You might like these: Blade of Selves , Flamerush Rider , Splinter Twin , Erratic Portal , Oni of Wild Places , Mimic Vat , Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor , Genesis Chamber , Infernal Genesis , Calculating Lich , Fiendish Duo , Black Market , Dictate of the Twin Gods