Liliana's Indignation
Sorcery
Mill X cards. Target player loses 2 life for each creature card put into your graveyard this way.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #18864
Liliana's Indignation mills X cards and drains each opponent for each creature milled — stapled to a discard outlet that can also target opponents. Outside of a dedicated reanimator or self-mill shell that runs Liliana, Heretical Healer as commander, the payoff rarely justifies the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Liliana, Heretical Healer
Liliana, Heretical Healer flips off any nontoken creature dying, and Liliana's Indignation feeds that engine directly — milling creatures into the graveyard sets up reanimation targets while the drain closes games faster than the combat step alone.
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, Liliana's Indignation is a niche piece in self-mill and reanimator builds where the drain adds up across three opponents and the milled creatures become fuel rather than loss. Outside that shell it's too slow and conditional to earn a slot. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's strictly outclassed — those formats have faster, more reliable win conditions than a sorcery-speed mill-and-drain at variable mana. Oathbreaker is its best non-Commander home, specifically under a Liliana planeswalker where the thematic and mechanical fit align.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Liliana's Indignation is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a dollar box without hesitation. Don't expect that floor to move; niche sorceries with narrow applications rarely see meaningful price spikes outside a dedicated reprint or a sudden spike in Liliana, Heretical Healer's Commander popularity.
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Mentioned
- Liliana, Heretical Healer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.