Liliana's Mastery
Enchantment
Zombies you control get +1/+1.
When this enchantment enters, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #4620
Liliana's Mastery puts two 2/2 Zombies on the board and pumps every Zombie you control — all for five mana, which is the honest cost of doing that much work at once. In dedicated Zombie builds helmed by Ghoulcaller Gisa or Liliana, Heretical Healer, it's a staple: the anthem effect is permanent, the tokens are immediate, and the combination of both on a single card earns its slot cleanly.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Liliana, Heretical Healer
Liliana, Heretical Healer flips into a planeswalker by letting a nontoken creature die, and Liliana's Mastery feeds that engine directly — two fresh Zombies enter the moment it resolves, ready to be sacrificed or turned sideways under a permanent +1/+1 bonus.
Gisa and Geralf
Gisa and Geralf recur Zombies from the graveyard every turn, so Liliana's Mastery functions as both a board presence booster and a static lord that makes every recurred threat arrive slightly larger.
Ghoulcaller Gisa
Ghoulcaller Gisa converts a single creature into a swarm of 2/2s at instant speed, and Liliana's Mastery turns every one of those tokens into a 3/3 — the anthem effect scales with exactly the kind of wide board Ghoulcaller Gisa is trying to build.
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord rewards stacking Zombies for card draw and life drain triggers, so Liliana's Mastery pulling double duty as a token generator and a lord means it advances both the board state and the card-advantage engine simultaneously.
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver creates a Decayed Zombie whenever another Zombie dies, and Liliana's Mastery gives every one of those death-fodder tokens a free +1/+1 — suddenly each sacrifice target also threatens combat damage before it heads to the graveyard.
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 |
Liliana's Mastery is a Commander card through and through — five mana buys enough board impact in a multiplayer game where the anthem effect compounds across a wide Zombie army over multiple turns. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, five mana for two 2/2s and a static pump is simply too slow; Zombie tribal there relies on cheaper, faster payoffs and won't touch this. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal but functionally the same story — the card doesn't clear the efficiency bar those formats demand. Oathbreaker is the one competitive-adjacent format where it could appear in a Zombie-focused shell, though the same value concerns apply.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Ghoulcaller GisaThornbite StaffPhyrexian AltarLiliana's Mastery
Infinite colored mana; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers
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Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Liliana's Mastery is deep bulk — easy to acquire as a throw-in or cheap single without a second thought. Bulk enchantments at this price point rarely climb unless a new Zombie commander breaks into the mainstream, so treat this as a stable, low-cost staple rather than anything to stockpile.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.