Dominating Licid
Creature — Licid
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: This creature loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay to end this effect.
You control enchanted creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Exodus
- Price
- $1.68
- EDHREC rank
- #21590
Dominating Licid turns a three-mana blue creature into a repeatable Act of Treason — pay one blue, tap it, and it becomes an Aura that steals any target creature for as long as you keep it attached. The catch is opportunity cost: the Licid itself stops being a blocker or attacker, and your opponent can break the lock the moment you can't pay to keep it enchanting.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Dominating Licid earns its slot — blue decks that generate large amounts of mana or untap effects can loop the ability repeatedly, stealing blockers before a combat attack or grabbing utility creatures at will. It pairs especially well with commanders that care about tapping permanents or controlling opposing boards, since the Licid's detach trigger returns it to the battlefield ready to move again. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but completely unplayed; the formats move too fast for a three-mana creature whose theft requires an additional mana each upkeep to sustain. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Dominating Licid could see fringe play, again only in dedicated blue-mana-generation shells.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.68 cheap tier
At $1.68, Dominating Licid sits in the budget range where the question is playability, not price. It's an old card with low reprint pressure and narrow appeal, so the price is stable — don't expect it to spike, but don't expect it to fall much lower either.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.