Josu Vess, Lich Knight

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Josu Vess, Lich Knight: Legendary Creature - Zombie Knight, Foundations Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Zombie Knight
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
4/5
Rarity
Rare
Set
Foundations Commander (FDC)
Released
2026-10-02
Collector number
107
Artist
Tyler Jacobson
Commander rank
7,216 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Kicker, Menace
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Josu Vess, Lich Knight

Josu Vess, Lich Knight is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary creature from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 107 in that set, with art by Tyler Jacobson. It costs {2}{B}{B} (two generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 4/5 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Dominaria (2018) to Foundations Commander (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Kicker {5}{B} (You may pay an additional {5}{B} as you cast this spell.)

Menace

When Josu Vess enters, if he was kicked, create eight 2/2 black Zombie Knight creature tokens with menace.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Josu Vess, Lich Knight by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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

Other printings of Josu Vess, Lich Knight

Josu Vess, Lich Knight has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #253Rare2023
Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #82Rare2022
Dominaria United Commander (DMC) #113Rare2022
Dominaria (DOM) #95Rare2018
Dominaria Promos (PDOM) #95sRare2018

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Josu Vess, Lich Knight, newest first.

  • If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
  • If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
  • If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
  • If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
  • The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
  • To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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