Havengul Lich

Mana cost: {3}{U}{B}
Type: Creature — Zombie Wizard
Power / toughness: 4 / 4
Set: Shadows of the Past #63 (mythic)

{1}: 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.

Havengul Lich has 5 printings, first in Dark Ascension (2012). EDHREC ranks it #6,107 among Commander cards. It appears most in Gisa and Geralf decks (4,023 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 5 official rulings.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: not legal
modern: legal
pioneer: not legal
standard: not legal
brawl: legal

Public decks that run Havengul Lich

Arcane Wizardry - Commander 2017, led by Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Grave Danger - Starter Commander Decks, led by Gisa and Geralf

Commanders that run Havengul Lich most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

Often played with Havengul Lich

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2011-01-22: Havengul 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.
2011-01-22: If you don’t cast the creature card that turn, Havengul Lich won’t gain any of its abilities.
2013-04-15: 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.
2016-06-08: Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
2019-10-04: 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.