Art by Bastien L. Deharme
Commander deckB
Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
Flip Liliana early using cheap sacrifice fodder, then control the board with sweepers, discard, and an army of Liliana planeswalkers backed by proliferate and reanimation.
Asked for“Lilliana commander deck, planeswalker focused”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
1BBLegendary Creature — Human Cleric // Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Wayfarer's Bauble
1Artifact
Puts a Swamp into play for mana fixing and swamp-counting cards
Crypt Ghast
3BCreature — Spirit
Doubles mana from Swamps and provides extort life drain
Culling the Weak
BInstant
Turns a sacrificial creature into fast mana while flipping Liliana
Card Draw
10
Read the Bones
2BSorcery
Digs four cards deep to find answers or key planeswalkers
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Draws cards whenever creatures die on any player's turn
Midnight Reaper
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
Draws cards when non-token sacrifice creatures die
Grim Haruspex
2BCreature — Human Wizard
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures are sacrificed
Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
Play cards directly off the top of the library using life
Village Rites
BInstant
Cheap sacrifice outlet that draws two cards and flips Liliana
Removal
10
The Elderspell
BBSorcery
Destroys opposing planeswalkers and supercharges your own
Bloodchief's Thirst
BSorcery
Flexible cheap removal for creatures and planeswalkers
Threats/Wincons
24
Liliana of the Veil
1BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Iconic Liliana that forces symmetrical discard and sacrifice
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
4BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Draws cards, creates blockers, removes creatures, and has a devastating ultimate
Liliana, the Last Hope
1BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Provides creature recursion and win condition zombie swarm ultimate
Liliana Vess
3BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Repeatable Vampiric Tutor and mass reanimation ultimate
Liliana, Waker of the Dead
2BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Pressures hands, removes creatures, and finishes opponents
Liliana, Death's Majesty
3BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Makes zombie blockers, mills, and reanimates creatures
Liliana, Untouched by Death
2BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Mills, offers removal, and synergizes with zombie tokens
Liliana of the Dark Realms
2BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Tutors Swamps each turn and provides huge mana ramp ultimate
Professor Onyx
4BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Liliana in disguise, drains opponents on spellcasts and provides card advantage
Ugin, the Ineffable
6Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin
Cost reduction for artifacts, creates blocker tokens, and removes nonland permanents
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
3BBLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
Steals permanents discarded or sacrificed by your Liliana effects
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
1BLegendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue
Draws cards off discard effects and acts as a mana-sink win condition
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
Massive life drain that scales off heavy black devotion
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Punishes opponents' card draw and stabilizes life totals
Sheoldred, Whispering One
5BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Forces opponent sacrifices while reanimating your creatures each turn
Grave Titan
4BBCreature — Giant
Produces an army of blockers to defend your planeswalkers
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Wipes opposing utility creatures and drains opponents severely
Torment of Hailfire
XBBSorcery
Massive finisher fueled by mono-black mana acceleration
Rise of the Dark Realms
7BBSorcery
Reanimates all creatures from all graveyards for an instant win
The Chain Veil
4Legendary Artifact
Allows planeswalkers to activate their loyalty abilities an extra time
Contagion Engine
6Artifact
Proliferates loyalty counters twice per turn to fast-track ultimates
Utility
8
Fleshbag Marauder
2BCreature — Zombie Warrior
Forces all players to sacrifice a creature, immediately flipping Liliana
Plaguecrafter
2BCreature — Human Shaman
Hits creatures or planeswalkers while easily triggering Liliana's flip
Demon's Disciple
2BCreature — Human Cleric
Additional edict creature that enables Liliana to transform reliably
Innocent Blood
BSorcery
One-mana edict to clear early threats and trigger commander transformation
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
Cheap recursion to bring back valuable creatures from the graveyard
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Liliana or key utility creatures with shroud and haste
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Hexproof protection for your commander and key utility creatures
