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Licia, Sanguine Tribune

Licia, Sanguine Tribune

Legendary Creature — Vampire Soldier

Licia wants a deck that gains life over and over and gets rewarded for it. It also works in a deck built around Life Pay Engine, Soldiers or Vampires.

  • Mana cost5 genericredwhiteblack
  • White, Black, Red ()
  • Power / toughness4 / 4
  • RarityMythic

This spell costs 1 generic less to cast for each 1 life you gained this turn.

First strike, lifelink

Pay 5 life: Put three +1/+1 counters on Licia. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn.

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Licia, Sanguine Tribune

Picked for what they do in Licia's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Licia'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 Licia, Sanguine Tribune

explain how Licia 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 25 Aug 2017

If Licia's last ability doesn't resolve once activated, it can't be activated again in the same turn.

Wizards of the Coast 25 Aug 2017

Licia's first ability checks how much life you've gained during the turn, not what your life total is compared to what it was when the turn began. For example, if you start the turn at 30 life, gain 6 life during the turn, then lose 10 life later that turn, Licia still costs {6} less to cast.

Wizards of the Coast 25 Aug 2017

Licia's first ability reduces only generic mana in its cost. It can't reduce the cost below {R}{W}{B}.

Wizards of the Coast 25 Aug 2017

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases (such as the "commander tax"), then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Licia, 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 glossaryWBRPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, B for black, R for red.LifegainLifegain decks gain life over and over and use cards that reward each gain with extra cards, creatures or damage to opponents. Everyone starts at 40 life in Commander, so the extra life also keeps you safe while you set up.Open the Lifegain pageLifegain PayoffTurns life gain into an actual effect: draining opponents, drawing cards, or growing creatures each time you gain life. Without one of these, gaining life mostly just delays things. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine BondOpen the Lifegain Payoff pageLife GainGains you life, once or over and over. Soul Warden, The Great Henge. In Commander life is something to spend, not just a cushion, and many of these cards also set off others that reward gaining life.Open the Life Gain pageLife Pay EngineCards that let you pay life instead of mana, or pay life for an extra effect, treating your life total as something to spend.Open the Life Pay Engine page