---
name: "Liliana's Defeat"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "HOU"
set_name: "Hour of Devastation"
collector_number: "68"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kieran Yanner"
oracle_id: "7c8b38b3-b808-4ad8-b4e5-39e216063ff6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lilianas-defeat-hou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Liliana's Defeat
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target black creature or black planeswalker. If that permanent was a Liliana planeswalker, her controller loses 3 life.

> *"All the power you have gathered for yourself, Liliana, I can take away."
—Nicol Bolas*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Liliana, Death Mage](/printing/liliana-death-mage-plst.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana
2. [Lich's Caress](/printing/lichs-caress-m19.md) — Sorcery
3. [Liliana, the Necromancer](/printing/liliana-the-necromancer-m19.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana
4. [Liliana, Death Wielder](/printing/liliana-death-wielder-ecc.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana
5. [Extinguish the Light](/printing/extinguish-the-light-dmu.md) — Instant
6. [Liliana's Scorn](/printing/lilianas-scorn-m21.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Hour of Devastation (HOU) #68
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kieran Yanner
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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