Havengul Lich Price
5 printings · 5 sets · first printed 2012
Havengul Lich has been printed 5 times across 5 sets, first in 2012 and most recently in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is Starter Commander Decks #231 at $0.50, while the most expensive is Dark Ascension #139 at $5.51 — about 11× more. The median across 4 priced printings is $1.11. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 5x, including dedicated reprint sets like Shadows of the Past, Starter Commander Decks.
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Every Havengul Lich Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter Commander Decks #231 (M) Cheapest | 2022 | $0.50 | — |
| Commander 2017 #173 (M) | 2017 | $0.69 | $0.25 |
| Secret Lair Drop #859 (M) Foil | 2025 | $1.53 | $1.00 foil |
| Dark Ascension #139 (M) | 2012 | $5.51 | $5.50 foil |
| Shadows of the Past #63 (M) | 2023 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
: You may cast target creature card in a graveyard this turn. When you cast it this turn, this creature gains all activated abilities of that card until end of turn.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 5 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsHavengul Lich’s activated ability creates a delayed triggered ability that triggers when you cast the creature card. This triggered ability will go on the stack on top of the creature spell and will resolve before the creature spell will.
If you don’t cast the creature card that turn, Havengul Lich won’t gain any of its abilities.
Havengul Lich’s ability changes the zone you are permitted to cast the card from, not the times you are permitted to cast it. You can cast a creature card that has been targeted by Havengul Lich from the graveyard, but unless it has flash, you can only do so if it’s your main phase, the stack is empty, and you have priority.
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
Havengul Lich gains the activated abilities of the card as it existed in the graveyard while that card is still a spell on the stack.