Happy holidays, everyone! And for the first review in awhile, why not take a look at this little Liliana card that people seem to like.
OK, that’s a bit of an understatement. Liliana of the Veil is perhaps the very best card in the set, and she’s everywhere right now. With cards like Unburial Rites, Think Twice, and other fine cards with the Flashback mechanic in the format, discarding a card is not that bad for a +1 effect. Not to mention that with aforementioned Unburial Rites you can bring back a massive creature from the graveyard that you just ditched with her ability.
Her -2 ability is actually very useful, as well. Considering how inexpensive Liliana is, she’s very likely out on Turn three, and if your opponent is having some trouble setting up a board presence it’s possible you’ll force your opponent to sacrifice their only creature, or one of only two or three. Technically, it’s actually “target player sacrifices a creature” which can make her fun in multi-player formats early game.
Of course, what makes Liliana the game changing card that she is revolves around her -6 ability. Forcing your opponent to put all the cards that he or she controls into two separate piles and decide which permanent will live or die is one of the most difficult strategic decisions to make. If you make the piles correctly, you can pretty much say, minus 6, win target game. Since it’s all permanents, including lands, you can murder an opponent’s mana base, too, regardless of which pile they choose, if done correctly.
The most amazing part of Liliana, though, beyond her ultimate ability, is that she’s only a 1BB planeswalker, with the same converted mana cost and starting loyalty (three) as good old friend Jace Beleren. She’s going to be a part of the Standard format for a long time.
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