Demilich
Creature — Skeleton Wizard
This spell costs 
less to cast for each instant and sorcery spell you've cast this turn.
Whenever this creature attacks, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. Copy it. You may cast the copy.
You may cast this card from your graveyard by exiling four instant and/or sorcery cards from your graveyard in addition to paying its other costs.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos
- Price
- $1.35
- EDHREC rank
- #15892
Demilich can cost as little as zero mana in a spell-heavy deck, enters attacking, and recasts instants and sorceries from your graveyard just by connecting — that's an absurd amount of value stapled to a 4/3 hexproof body. If you're running a deck that casts four or more spells a turn, Demilich is an auto-include.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Demilich slots cleanly into any spellslinger build — Magecraft triggers, storm lines, and Izzet-style tempo decks all want a free threat that doubles as a graveyard engine. In Legacy and Vintage, the card has seen fringe play in Reanimator-adjacent shells and Dredge lists where filling the graveyard with instants and sorceries is trivial, making Demilich effectively free while threatening to rebuild your hand. Modern is where Demilich has made the clearest competitive impact, serving as a finisher in UR Murktide-style decks that already churn through spells at a high rate. Pioneer is legal but the format's spell density rarely hits the threshold where Demilich becomes efficient enough to compete with the removal suite it faces.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.35 cheap tier
At $1.35, Demilich is firmly in the bulk-rare tier despite being a genuinely powerful card, which makes it one of the better pickups at its price point. Supply from its original printing has kept the price suppressed, and it's unlikely to spike unless a new Commander precon or competitive list drags it back into the spotlight.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.