Liliana's Standard Bearer

Liliana's Standard Bearer card image

Liliana's Standard Bearer: Creature - Zombie Knight, March of the Machine Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Zombie Knight
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/1
Rarity
Rare
Set
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
Released
2023-04-21
Collector number
255
Artist
Josh Hass
Commander rank
5,873 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flash

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About Liliana's Standard Bearer

Liliana's Standard Bearer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 255 in that set, with art by Josh Hass. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/1 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 5 sets, from Core Set 2021 (2020) to March of the Machine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flash

When this creature enters, draw X cards, where X is the number of creatures that died under your control this turn.

The purple banner of the House of Vess is a symbol of death wherever it's flown.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (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 Liliana's Standard Bearer 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 Liliana's Standard Bearer

Liliana's Standard Bearer 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) #845Rare2025
Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #87Rare2022
Core Set 2021 (M21) #110Rare2020
Core Set 2021 (M21) #299Rare2020
Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #110pRare2020
Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #110sRare2020

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Liliana's Standard Bearer.

  • The value of X is determined only as the triggered ability resolves. If Liliana's Standard Bearer dies while that ability's on the stack, it will count itself.

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