Lich Please

Commander / EDH Tokens WUB (Esper) Zombie

gin93r

Creature (25)

• 1x Blood Scrivener
• 1x Bone Miser
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Exquisite Archangel
• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Grave Scrabbler
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Lich Lord of Unx
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Nantuko Husk
• 1x Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant
• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Scourge of Nel Toth
• 1x Shepherd of Rot
• 1x The Scarab God
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Wayward Servant

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Dark Salvation
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x From Under the Floorboards
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Land (34)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 6x Island
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 6x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Watery Grave

Artifact (10)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Absorb
• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Empty the Pits
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Overrule
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Stunning Reversal
• 1x Tale's End
• 1x Trickbind

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Delaying Shield
• 1x Lich
• 1x Lich's Mastery
• 1x Nefarious Lich
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Rooftop Storm
• 1x Zombie Infestation

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Creature (4)

• 1x Magus of the Mirror
• 1x Noxious Ghoul
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Walking Ballista

Instant (1)

• 1x Supreme Will

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Reverse the Sands

Artifact (2)

• 1x Lich's Tomb
• 1x Soul Conduit

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Axis of Mortality
• 1x Rhystic Study

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I wanted to build a deck around Lich since some consider it one of the worst cards in the game. It's hard to base an EDH deck around one card, but this is what I came up with. I've only play tested it so far (no real games) but it's super fun to play. In this deck, Lich combos well with anything that gives you a benefit in exchange for loss of life. Cards like Graveborn Muse , Undead Augur , etc. Just have to be careful you can save yourself with cards like Lich's Mirror or Stunning Reversal if you're not able to counter any Lich removal. Note that Angel's Grace will not work here since your life total is below 1.

Lich's Mastery and Nefarious Lich are similar to Lich but work differently. You can use Angel's Grace , Stifle , etc. to save yourself from losing the game if they're removed. Lich's Mastery doesn't synergize as well since it's downside works on loss of life rather than damage but it still works very well and is on theme. Nefarious Lich is essentially a lich without being put at 0 life. Though you can still lose for having 0 or less life.

Win Cons (other than zombie tokens to face):

Lich + Repay in Kind

Phyrexian Altar + Gravecrawler + Tormod, the Desecrator + Shepherd of Rot

Phyrexian Altar + Gravecrawler + Tormod, the Desecrator + Wayward Servant

Varina Combos

Varina, Lich Queen + Lich

Varina, Lich Queen + Lich's Mastery

Varina, Lich Queen + Nefarious Lich

Varina, Lich Queen + Bone Miser

Varina, Lich Queen + From Under the Floorboards

Varina, Lich Queen + Lich + Words of Worship

Ways to get MOAR ZOMBIES

Phyrexian Altar + Gravecrawler + Tormod, the Desecrator

Bone Miser + Zombie Infestation

Zombie Infestation + From Under the Floorboards

Other

Lich + Delaying Shield

There are more combos and I'm still tweaking a bit. The Madness mechanic works very well with Varina so I might add in Gisa's Bidding and/or Grave Scrabbler . Revenge of Ravens could work really well with the Lich cards too.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 10 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.33
Tokens	Copy Clone, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Wizard 1/1 UB