Havengul Lich

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Havengul Lich: Creature - Zombie Wizard, Starter Commander Decks. 1: You may cast target creature card in a graveyard this turn. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{U}{B}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Zombie Wizard
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
231
Artist
James Ryman
Commander rank
6,107 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Havengul Lich

Havengul Lich is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue and black creature from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 231 in that set, with art by James Ryman. It costs {3}{U}{B} (three generic, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Dark Ascension (2012) to Shadows of the Past (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.68 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

{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.

Fusing intelligence with the power of undeath requires inspiration of the darkest kind.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.68 (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 Havengul Lich by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Havengul Lich

Havengul Lich has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #859Mythic2025
Shadows of the Past (SIS) #63Mythic2023
Commander 2017 (C17) #173Mythic2017
Dark Ascension (DKA) #139Mythic2012

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Havengul Lich, newest first.

  • 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.
  • Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • If you don’t cast the creature card that turn, Havengul Lich won’t gain any of its abilities.

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