Calculating Lich

Calculating Lich: Creature - Zombie Wizard, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost: {4}{B}{B}
Mana value: 6
Type: Creature - Zombie Wizard
Colour identity: Black (B)
Power / toughness: 5/5
Rarity: Mythic
Set: Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Released: 2022-06-10
Collector number: 742
Artist: Antonio José Manzanedo
Commander rank: 13,566 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords: Menace

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About Calculating Lich

Calculating Lich is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 742 in that set, with art by Antonio José Manzanedo. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.71 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Menace

Whenever a creature attacks one of your opponents, that player loses 1 life.

"We share a common enemy. Does that not make us friends?"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.71 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Calculating 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 Calculating Lich

Calculating Lich has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Printing	Rarity	Year
Game Night 2019 (GN2) #3	Mythic	2019

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Calculating Lich is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

Party Time (CLB), led by Nalia de'Arnise