---
name: "Liliana's Reaver"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Deathtouch"]
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "251"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Karl Kopinski"
oracle_id: "97332d4e-a55c-4e4f-9040-bf426a7c8e39"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lilianas-reaver-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Liliana's Reaver
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Keywords:** Deathtouch

## Oracle Text
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card and you create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tomebound Lich](/printing/tomebound-lich-m20.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
2. [Vengeful Pharaoh](/printing/vengeful-pharaoh-m12.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Liliana, Dreadhorde General](/printing/liliana-dreadhorde-general-fdn.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana
4. [Rottenheart Ghoul](/printing/rottenheart-ghoul-soi.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Raving Dead](/printing/raving-dead-c14.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Vile Entomber](/printing/vile-entomber-fdn.md) — Creature — Zombie Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #251
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Karl Kopinski

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2013-07-01)* If the player’s hand is empty when the triggered ability resolves, you’ll still put a Zombie token onto the battlefield.