MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #22

Custodi Lich

DIGITAL ONLY

pz2·#22·rare·foil

Illus. Bastien L. Deharme

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '16

9 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,563 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.60

Nonfoil$0.60

Gameplay

Creature — Zombie Cleric

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever you become the monarch, target player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

"Keeping order is a task too important to relinquish in death." —Abrado, Custodi priest

4/2

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 4

2016-08-23wotc

Abilities that trigger whenever you “become the monarch” trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.

2016-08-23wotc

The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.

2016-08-23wotc

If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PZ2 — 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 #22 of *Treasure Chest*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2016 Treasure Chest release.

Card type: Creature — Zombie Cleric, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{B}{B} (5 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #9,563 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Bastien L. Deharme. Rarix catalogs 299 other cards credited to this artist.