---
name: "Custodi Lich"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Cleric"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "244"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Bastien L. Deharme"
oracle_id: "0d95ee14-9ff0-4d7f-be56-361a500ce36f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/custodi-lich-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Custodi Lich
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/2

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
Whenever you become the monarch, target player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

> *« Maintenir l'ordre est une tâche trop importante pour être abandonnée dans la mort. »
—Abrado, prêtre des Custodi*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Palace Jailer](/printing/palace-jailer-ltc.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Palace Sentinels](/printing/palace-sentinels-plst.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Grave Venerations](/printing/grave-venerations-ecc.md) — Enchantment
4. [Marchesa's Decree](/printing/marchesas-decree-plst.md) — Enchantment
5. [Crown-Hunter Hireling](/printing/crown-hunter-hireling-cn2.md) — Creature — Ogre Mercenary
6. [Feast of Succession](/printing/feast-of-succession-cmm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #244
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Bastien L. Deharme
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`