Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer: Legendary Creature - Human Cleric, Magic Origins. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 2/3
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Magic Origins (ORI)
- Released
- 2015-07-17
- Collector number
- 106
- Artist
- Karla Ortiz
- Commander rank
- 4,453 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Lifelink, Transform
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black legendary creature from Magic Origins (ORI), a core set released in July 2015. It is collector number 106 in that set, with art by Karla Ortiz. It costs {1}{B}{B} (one generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/3 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 7 sets, from Magic Origins (2015) to Pioneer Masters (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.65 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Lifelink
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, exile Liliana, Heretical Healer, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.65 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #96 | Mythic | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #ORI-106 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Commander Collection: Black (CC2) #1 | Mythic | 2022 |
| From the Vault: Transform (V17) #14 | Mythic | 2017 |
| Magic Origins Promos (PORI) #106s | Mythic | 2015 |
| San Diego Comic-Con 2015 (PS15) #106 | Mythic | 2015 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, newest first.
- You can control two of this permanent, one front-face up and the other back-face up, at the same time.
- For more information on double-faced cards, see the Shadows over Innistrad mechanics article (http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/shadows-over-innistrad-mechanics).
- The back face of a double-faced card doesn’t have a mana cost. A double-faced permanent with its back face up has a converted mana cost equal to the converted mana cost of its front face. Each back face has a color indicator that defines its color.
- A Magic Origins planeswalker that enters the battlefield because of the ability of its front face will enter with loyalty counters as normal.
- In some rare cases, a spell or ability may cause one of these five cards to transform while it’s a creature (front face up) on the battlefield. If this happens, the resulting planeswalker won’t have any loyalty counters on it and will subsequently be put into its owner’s graveyard.
- If a double-faced card is manifested, it will be put onto the battlefield face down (this is also true if it’s put onto the battlefield face down some other way). Note that “face down” is not synonymous with “with its back face up.” A manifested double-faced card is a 2/2 creature with no name, mana cost, creature types, or abilities. While face down, it can’t transform. If the front face of a manifested double-faced card is a creature card, you can turn it face up by paying its mana cost. If you do, its front face will be up. A double-faced card on the battlefield can’t be turned face down.
- A double-faced card enters the battlefield with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up.
- The converted mana cost of a double-faced card not on the battlefield is the converted mana cost of its front face.
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