Card
Havengul Lich
Mana cost {3}{U}{B}
{1}: You may cast target creature card in a graveyard this turn. When you cast it this turn, this creature gains all activated abilities of that card until end of turn.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 783 known combos. 5 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · DKA · #139
- Cheapest printing
- €0.78
- EDHREC salt
- 0.38
- Color identity
- Black, Blue
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
783 known combos.
- Havengul Lich + Ashnod's Altar
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook - Havengul Lich + Rooftop Storm + Ashnod's Altar
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Havengul Lich + Rooftop Storm + Phyrexian Altar
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2019-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
Havengul Lich gains the activated abilities of the card as it existed in the graveyard while that card is still a spell on the stack. - 2016-06-08 · Wizards of the Coast
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. - 2013-04-15 · Wizards of the Coast
Havengul Lich’s ability changes the zone you are permitted to cast the card from, not the times you are permitted to cast it. You can cast a creature card that has been targeted by Havengul Lich from the graveyard, but unless it has flash, you can only do so if it’s your main phase, the stack is empty, and you have priority. - 2011-01-22 · Wizards of the Coast
Havengul Lich’s activated ability creates a delayed triggered ability that triggers when you cast the creature card. This triggered ability will go on the stack on top of the creature spell and will resolve before the creature spell will. - 2011-01-22 · Wizards of the Coast
If you don’t cast the creature card that turn, Havengul Lich won’t gain any of its abilities.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast