---
name: "Liability"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "144"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Christopher Moeller"
oracle_id: "65f1bebb-6441-4189-b6de-993ec9d24a59"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/liability-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Liability
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Whenever a nontoken permanent is put into a player's graveyard from the battlefield, that player loses 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Forsaken Wastes](/printing/forsaken-wastes-wc97.md) — World Enchantment
2. [Carnival of Souls](/printing/carnival-of-souls-uds.md) — Enchantment
3. [Lich](/printing/lich-lea.md) — Enchantment
4. [Liliana's Caress](/printing/lilianas-caress-m11.md) — Enchantment
5. [Wicked Visitor](/printing/wicked-visitor-woe.md) — Creature — Nightmare
6. [Grave Consequences](/printing/grave-consequences-jud.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #144
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Christopher Moeller
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`