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Dralnu, Lich Lord

Dralnu, Lich Lord

Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard

Dralnu wants a deck that casts lots of instant and sorcery spells. It also works in a deck built around Wizards or Zombies.

  • Mana cost3 genericblueblack
  • Blue, Black ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 3
  • RarityRare

If damage would be dealt to Dralnu, sacrifice that many permanents instead.

tap: Target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Dralnu, Lich Lord

Picked for what they do in Dralnu's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Dralnu's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Dralnu, Lich Lord

explain how Dralnu works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

"Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

Dralnu may be one of the permanents you sacrifice while applying its replacement effect.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

If any of the sacrificed permanents would deal or be dealt damage at the same time as Dralnu, they deal or are dealt damage at the same time that they're sacrificed. Any abilities of the sacrificed permanents that would trigger on that damage don't trigger, but abilities of other permanents that trigger on that damage do.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

If Dralnu would be dealt more damage than the number of permanents you control, instead you sacrifice all permanents you control.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

If you cast a spell with flashback, you can't pay any alternative costs such as overload costs. You can pay additional costs such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell with flashback.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

If you cast an instant or sorcery with {X} in its mana cost this way, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and pay that cost.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Mar 2021

You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

14 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Dralnu, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryUBPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue, B for black. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.SpellslingerSpellslinger decks cast lots of instants and sorceries, one-time spells, and play creatures that reward every spell you cast. Instants and sorceries take effect once and then go to your graveyard, and an instant can even be cast during another player's turn.Open the Spellslinger pageFlashback EnablerLets you cast instants and sorceries out of your graveyard, so spells you have already used become resources again. Snapcaster Mage, Past in FlamesOpen the Flashback Enabler pageAlternative CostLets you cast a spell by paying some other cost instead of its mana cost, like life, a card from your hand, or nothing at all.Open the Alternative Cost pageRecursionBrings cards back from the graveyard: to your hand, to the battlefield, or letting them be cast again from where they lie. Eternal Witness, Reanimate, VictimizeOpen the Recursion page