Custodi Lich
Custodi Lich: Creature - Zombie Cleric, New Capenna Commander. When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Zombie Cleric
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 4/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- New Capenna Commander (NCC)
- Released
- 2022-04-29
- Collector number
- 244
- Artist
- Bastien L. Deharme
About Custodi Lich
Custodi Lich is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from New Capenna Commander (NCC), a Commander product released in April 2022. It is collector number 244 in that set, with art by Bastien L. Deharme. It costs {3}{B}{B} (three generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/2 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Conspiracy: Take the Crown (2016) to New Capenna Commander (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.45 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-18).
Card text
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
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.45 (as of 2026-10-18).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Custodi Lich by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Custodi Lich
Custodi Lich has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Treasure Chest (PZ2) #22 | Rare | 2016 |
| Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #41 | Rare | 2016 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Custodi Lich, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. “At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card” and “Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch.”
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