Lier, Disciple of the Drowned

Card text

Spells can't be countered.

Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback. The flashback cost is equal to that card's mana cost.

Beneath the waves, lost gods stir in their slumber.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.60 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of Lier, Disciple of the Drowned by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Lier, Disciple of the Drowned

Lier, Disciple of the Drowned has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Lier, Disciple of the Drowned, newest first.

• 2025-10-02 Lier's last ability allows you to cast adventurer cards in your graveyard as Adventures and omen cards in your graveyard as Omens using the flashback it grants. This is because the alternative characteristics of those cards are considered when determining whether or not those spells can legally be cast. Note that only the Adventure or Omen can be cast this way. For example, if you control Lier and you have Bonecrusher Giant in your graveyard, you can cast Stomp with flashback, but not Bonecrusher Giant.
• 2025-06-06 A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
• 2025-06-06 If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.
• 2025-06-06 You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
• 2025-06-06 "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
• 2025-06-06 To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
• 2025-06-06 If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.
• 2025-06-06 If you cast an instant or sorcery with {X} in its mana cost this way, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and pay that cost.

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