---
name: "Havengul Lich"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Wizard"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "SCD"
set_name: "Starter Commander Decks"
collector_number: "231"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "James Ryman"
oracle_id: "1fb02bad-0d1f-437f-a269-f51cc19b280f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/havengul-lich-scd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
{1}: You may cast target creature card in a graveyard this turn. When you cast it this turn, this creature gains all activated abilities of that card until end of turn.

> *Fusing intelligence with the power of undeath requires inspiration of the darkest kind.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kheru Lich Lord](/printing/kheru-lich-lord-pktk.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
2. [Havengul Runebinder](/printing/havengul-runebinder-ddq.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Apprentice Necromancer](/printing/apprentice-necromancer-uma.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
4. [Coffin Queen](/printing/coffin-queen-tpr.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
5. [Emet-Selch of the Third Seat](/printing/emet-selch-of-the-third-seat-fic.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard
6. [Zul Ashur, Lich Lord](/printing/zul-ashur-lich-lord-fdn.md) — Legendary Creature — Zombie Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #231
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** James Ryman
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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