Liliana's Triumph
Instant
Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you control a Liliana planeswalker, each opponent also discards a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4290
Liliana's Triumph makes every opponent sacrifice a creature for two mana — and if you control a Liliana planeswalker, each opponent discards a card on top of that. The edict effect alone earns its slot; the bonus makes it one of the most efficient black spells in Commander.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Liliana, Heretical Healer
Liliana, Heretical Healer almost always has her planeswalker side on the battlefield, which means Liliana's Triumph consistently triggers the discard rider — turning a two-mana edict into a two-mana edict plus a wheel of forced discard across the table.
Toshiro Umezawa
Toshiro Umezawa's ability lets you flashback instants when creatures die, and Liliana's Triumph is a prime target — opponents sacrificing into your graveyard recursion loop means you can recast it for free whenever a creature dies in combat.
Tergrid, God of Fright
Tergrid, God of Fright steals permanents opponents sacrifice, so Liliana's Triumph becomes a two-mana edict that hands you whatever they were forced to give up — exactly the kind of tempo swing Tergrid's whole gameplan is built around.
Vren, the Relentless
Vren, the Relentless cares about opponents losing resources, and Liliana's Triumph fits cleanly into that shell as cheap, instant-speed pressure that doubles as a discard trigger when Vren or another Rat planeswalker is on board.
Vincent Valentine
Vincent Valentine transforms into a planeswalker, which turns on the Liliana's Triumph discard bonus — making it a two-for-one removal spell the moment Vincent flips, at a cost low enough that it's almost always worth including.
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 Triumph is a staple: two-mana instants that force a sacrifice from each opponent are rare, and the discard rider is trivially enabled in any deck running Liliana planeswalkers. In competitive 1v1 formats like Legacy and Modern, the card sees fringe play in Liliana-heavy black shells where the edict is a clean answer to hexproof or indestructible threats, though it competes with more direct removal options at the same cost. Pioneer gives it a similar niche role without the same density of broken threats it would need to beat out alternatives consistently. Oathbreaker is arguably its second-best home after Commander — running Liliana's Triumph as a signature spell for a Liliana planeswalker guarantees the discard bonus fires every time.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Liliana's Triumph isn't loaded here — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Historically it sits in the $1–3 range, cheap enough that it's an easy include in any black Commander deck that can trigger the planeswalker bonus even occasionally.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Liliana, Heretical Healer
- Toshiro Umezawa
- Tergrid, God of Fright
- Vren, the Relentless
- Vincent Valentine
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.