Liliana's Steward
Creature — Zombie
, Sacrifice this creature: Target opponent discards a card. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #17875
Liliana's Steward trades itself for an opponent's hand card — a discard effect stapled to a creature that replaces itself as a sacrifice outlet. The cost is that it does nothing the turn it enters unless you already have a sac outlet ready, which makes it a role-player rather than a staple, and that role is narrow enough to matter only in dedicated Liliana, Heretical Healer builds.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Liliana, Heretical Healer
Liliana, Heretical Healer flips off any non-token creature dying, so Liliana's Steward feeds the flip trigger while stripping a card from an opponent's hand — two relevant actions from one creature that was always going to die anyway.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Liliana's Steward is a niche inclusion — the discard effect hits only one opponent at a table of four, which undercuts its value considerably outside of dedicated aristocrats or Liliana, Heretical Healer shells. Pauper is the friendlier home: discard at common is genuinely scarce, and the body at least blocks or feeds an altar. In Legacy, Pioneer, and Modern, Liliana's Steward is too slow and too low-impact to compete with purpose-built discard suites, and it sees essentially no play in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Liliana's Steward is firmly bulk — a pick-it-out-of-a-box card. That price is stable because demand is limited to niche Commander builds and occasional Pauper lists; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Liliana, Heretical Healer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.