Lich
Enchantment
You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
If you would gain life, draw that many cards instead.
Whenever you're dealt damage, sacrifice that many nontoken permanents. If you can't, you lose the game.
When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose the game.
Legal in
Legacy, Vintage, Commander
Rulings (9)
You can lose life and take damage, and thereby have a negative life total, while Lich is on the battlefield.
2004-10-04
If you have multiple Lich cards on the battlefield, you must sacrifice a permanent for each damage done to you for each Lich. This is because the sacrifice is a triggered ability. But you only draw one card for each life gained regardless of how many Liches you have. This is because the draw is a replacement effect and not a triggered one. You lose if any one of the Liches leaves the battlefield.
2004-10-04
If you take more than one damage at a time, sacrifice the permanents for that damage simultaneously. This allows you to sacrifice both a creature and any Aura that is on it all at once.
2004-10-04
You can't pay life, just like any player at less than one life can't pay life. You can pay zero life if you want.
2004-10-04