Licia, Sanguine Tribune

Licia, Sanguine Tribune card image

Licia, Sanguine Tribune: Legendary Creature - Vampire Soldier, Commander 2017. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{R}{W}{B}
Mana value
8
Type
Legendary Creature - Vampire Soldier
Colour identity
White, black and red (WBR)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Commander 2017 (C17)
Released
2017-08-25
Collector number
40
Artist
Magali Villeneuve
Commander rank
15,019 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
First strike, Lifelink
Commander
Can be your commander

Build around this card with Grover

About Licia, Sanguine Tribune

Licia, Sanguine Tribune is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white, black and red legendary creature from Commander 2017 (C17), a Commander product released in August 2017. It is collector number 40 in that set, with art by Magali Villeneuve. It costs {5}{R}{W}{B} (five generic, one white, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is white, black and red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Treasure Chest (2016) to Commander 2017 (2017). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.77 (normal finish, as of 2026-08-30).

Card text

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each 1 life you gained this turn.

First strike, lifelink

Pay 5 life: Put three +1/+1 counters on Licia. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn.

"I give my blood, my life, all I have in exchange for victory."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.77 (as of 2026-08-30).

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

Format legality

Legality of Licia, Sanguine Tribune by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Licia, Sanguine Tribune

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

PrintingRarityYear
Treasure Chest (PZ2) #65729Mythic2017

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Licia, Sanguine Tribune, newest first.

  • If Licia's last ability doesn't resolve once activated, it can't be activated again in the same turn.
  • Licia's first ability checks how much life you've gained during the turn, not what your life total is compared to what it was when the turn began. For example, if you start the turn at 30 life, gain 6 life during the turn, then lose 10 life later that turn, Licia still costs {6} less to cast.
  • Licia's first ability reduces only generic mana in its cost. It can't reduce the cost below {R}{W}{B}.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases (such as the "commander tax"), then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

Similar cards

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

In these precons

Licia, Sanguine Tribune is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

Explore Mana Grove