A true lich is hard to come by....... and by that I mean this card is hard to find, at least at an affordable price. Which is ironically appropriate.
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Most people are always excited by a new alternate-win condition - Lich is an alternate loss condition!
You can't help but love the muddled wording of the original (as well as the exclusion of that slightly important "you don't lose just yet" clause.) I seem to recall people trying to play this card on their opponents when it first made rounds.
MechaKraken
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Much too risky to play in today's metagame. The turn you drop this, the opponent will Path to Exile it, and there you are with 0 life =/.
That's the problem with the game today, creatures are being printed that are so powerful, removal is needed to contend with them. And because of the existence of removal, we can't have nice things like this to play =/
TezzieAgentOfWoona
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you can't gain life and it takes you down to 0, don't you sort of... lose when it leaves by default?
I guess they wanted to make sure, in case it phased out, maybe?
Ghostyman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ MechaKraken: This is not a creature. Path to Exile will not affect it.
TimCrockett
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Grandpa wishes he had a less bright lamp for those middle-of-the-night trips to the bathroom.
Ibn_Shisha
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wall of Text.
Callahan09
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's been said before... but this version of the card does not specify that you do not lose for having 0 or less life. Therefore, Richard Garfield trolled everyone with that giant wall of text which actually should have just said "You lose the game". Thanks for playing! When were the abilities officially corrected to specify what it does now? Even the picture of the Masters Edition IV "printing" has the original text. Therefore, the printed text on all versions of this card are all long-winded versions of "You lose the game." Only Oracle can tell you that you don't actually lose when playing this card.
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You can't help but love the muddled wording of the original (as well as the exclusion of that slightly important "you don't lose just yet" clause.) I seem to recall people trying to play this card on their opponents when it first made rounds.
That's the problem with the game today, creatures are being printed that are so powerful, removal is needed to contend with them. And because of the existence of removal, we can't have nice things like this to play =/
I guess they wanted to make sure, in case it phased out, maybe?
This is not a creature. Path to Exile will not affect it.