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◇ Catalog #153

Nefarious Lich

ody·#153·rare·foil

Illus. Jerry Tiritilli

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wishlisted

Oct '01

25 yr ago

Value

$23.56+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $23 · low $21

NM$22.6

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$21–$24modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $23low $0.19range 12247.4%n 46

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #14,540 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$23

Nonfoil$3.64

Gameplay

Enchantment

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.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 2

2004-10-04wotc

This card will not prevent you from losing the game due to zero or less life.

2004-10-04wotc

If you were going to gain life and you also have a replacement that can turn card drawing into life gain on the battlefield, you can gain life by using the Lich to turn the original life gain into card drawing, and then using the other replacement to turn a card draw into life gain. Nefarious Lich will not replace the life gain with a card draw again because it has already acted on this event.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $22.56. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.19 and $23.46 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ODY — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #153 of *Odyssey*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2001 Odyssey release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {B}{B}{B}{B} (4 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #14,540 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jerry Tiritilli. Rarix catalogs 111 other cards credited to this artist.