---
name: "Lier, Disciple of the Drowned"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "TDC"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander"
collector_number: "157"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Ekaterina Burmak"
oracle_id: "f224db3d-cdd2-43f2-b625-4b861efa6449"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lier-disciple-of-the-drowned-tdc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

## Oracle Text
Spells can't be countered.
Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback. The flashback cost is equal to that card's mana cost.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [A-Lier, Disciple of the Drowned](/printing/a-lier-disciple-of-the-drowned-mid.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Katilda and Lier](/printing/katilda-and-lier-moc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human
3. [Snapcaster Mage](/printing/snapcaster-mage-inr.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Dralnu, Lich Lord](/printing/dralnu-lich-lord-tsr.md) — Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard
5. [Slickshot Lockpicker](/printing/slickshot-lockpicker-otj.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
6. [Iroh, Grand Lotus](/printing/iroh-grand-lotus-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Noble Ally

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #157
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Ekaterina Burmak

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2021-09-24)* If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.
- *(2021-09-24)* You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
- *(2021-09-24)* "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
- *(2021-09-24)* If you cast a spell with flashback, you can't pay any alternative costs such as overload costs. You can pay additional costs such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell with flashback.
- *(2021-09-24)* To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
- *(2021-09-24)* If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.