Liliana's Contract

Liliana's Contract

Mana Cost: {3}{B}{B}

Type: Enchantment

Oracle Text:
When this enchantment enters, you draw four cards and you lose 4 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control four or more Demons with different names, you win the game.

Power/Toughness: -/-

Rarity: rare

Prints: View all prints (1) →

Expansion: Secret Lair Drop

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Character Background

Liliana’s Contract reads like a compact bargain: four cards now for four life and a one-card alternate win later, so it naturally supports a value-to-combo game plan—stall and draw until you can assemble a lethal Demon suite. Thematically it’s pure Liliana: immediate power at a personal cost, then a dark, inevitability-driven payoff if you command four uniquely named Demons. Practically, build around cheating or recurring big Demons—Entomb + Reanimate lines, reanimation staples, and Demonic Tutor-style tutors make the Contract reliably findable, while cards that recur creatures from graveyards or cheat them into play (reanimation, sacrifice recursion) are excellent synergies. Because names must differ, diversify your top end rather than overloading on token generators. Protect the enchantment and your Demon board with countermagic or sacrifice outlets, and include some lifegain or tempo plays to stabilize the four-life hit. In short: a midrange/control shell that morphs into a concise Demon-combo finisher.

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