---
name: "Lich"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LEA"
set_name: "Limited Edition Alpha"
collector_number: "113"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daniel Gelon"
oracle_id: "5b7515f2-7a5a-4e2a-9784-6cbacd768172"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lich-lea"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lich
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
As this enchantment enters, you lose life equal to your life total.
You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
If you would gain life, draw that many cards instead.
Whenever you're dealt damage, sacrifice that many nontoken permanents. If you can't, you lose the game.
When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose the game.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Nefarious Lich](/printing/nefarious-lich-ody.md) — Enchantment
2. [Lich's Tomb](/printing/lichs-tomb-dst.md) — Artifact
3. [Lich's Mastery](/printing/lichs-mastery-pdom.md) — Legendary Enchantment
4. [Lich's Duel Mastery](/printing/lichs-duel-mastery-mb2.md) — Legendary Enchantment
5. [Forsaken Wastes](/printing/forsaken-wastes-wc97.md) — World Enchantment
6. [Phyrexian Unlife](/printing/phyrexian-unlife-sld.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Limited Edition Alpha (LEA) #113
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daniel Gelon
- **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`