Is Liliana, Heretical Healer Flip usefull in Modern?
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Posted on Oct. 25, 2015, 5:41 p.m. by Chandrian
It's pretty simple, I got a Liliana, Heretical Healer Flip and was wondering if there are any competitive or semi-competitive sacrifice decks that make use of this Liliana?
Well Liliana of the Veil is kind of expensive... so would you consider the flipwalker Liliana a budget alternative?
And are there even decent sacrifice decks in modern?
October 25, 2015 5:53 p.m.
zyphermage says... #4
Eh for that mana cost id be fine with running Vampire Nighthawk instead.
October 25, 2015 5:58 p.m.
InfiniteParadoX says... #5
The reason Liliana of the Veil is expensive is the same as Tarmogoyf. there IS no alternative.
October 25, 2015 5:59 p.m.
JANKYARD_DOG says... #6
Took 2nd at a modern FNM with Tribute to Liliana (2nd @ FNM 10/23/15). Worked well for me.
October 25, 2015 6:07 p.m.
lemmingllama says... #7
Liliana, Heretical Healer Flip sees play as a 1-of in the Abzan Company lists that are looking to combo, as well as in some Aristocrats lists.
October 25, 2015 6:28 p.m.
Mj3913 That looks like a very nice deck. I'll definitely borrow stuff from it while building my own sac deck.
October 25, 2015 6:30 p.m.
You're going to have to put in some work to really make her stand out, but I see potential for her to do alright in a brew that fits her well. I think her walker abilites are awesome, and she's good as a creature herself, so yeah, you could work with her. I've thought about it.
October 25, 2015 11:21 p.m.
I would just echo what lemmingllama said, Melira Company lists will play her as a one of value creature they can use to disrupt/combo out/out value. Sometimes the random Aristocrats list, which is tier two fringe played. So overall see sees very limited play in Modern, but there are a couple decks if you're interested in building them.
October 26, 2015 2:44 p.m.
I ran Liliana, Heretical Healer Flip in my Abzan Return to the Ranks deck, which is an aristocrats build, and it under preformed. It's not good in attrition decks, because Liliana of the Veil is obviously better. And it's just too slow for aristocrats, at least the current builds of it.
Which means that if you have copies of her, I would suggest trading/selling before the market catches up with the popular opinion that she's not that great in Standard Aristocrats either
October 28, 2015 10:09 a.m.
BrandonJamesCAC says... #12
She and Mini Gideon
Pair very well with Bob & Thalia
Arvail says... #2
No, not really. Liliana of the Veil is simply more consistent and powerful.
October 25, 2015 5:49 p.m.