---
name: "Nefarious Lich"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "153"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jerry Tiritilli"
oracle_id: "d79e8ec4-b44b-4598-991c-7781dab55868"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nefarious-lich-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
If damage would be dealt to you, exile that many cards from your graveyard instead. If you can't, you lose the game.
If you would gain life, draw that many cards instead.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lich](/printing/lich-lea.md) — Enchantment
2. [Lich's Mastery](/printing/lichs-mastery-pdom.md) — Legendary Enchantment
3. [Lich's Tomb](/printing/lichs-tomb-dst.md) — Artifact
4. [Lich's Duel Mastery](/printing/lichs-duel-mastery-mb2.md) — Legendary Enchantment
5. [Underrealm Lich](/printing/underrealm-lich-grn.md) — Creature — Zombie Elf Shaman
6. [Forsaken Wastes](/printing/forsaken-wastes-wc97.md) — World Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #153
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jerry Tiritilli
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`