Wizards of the Coast has used Liliana as a preconstructed-deck headliner more often than almost any other planeswalker, a pattern that stretches back years and spans several entirely different product lines. That history is worth tracing for anyone collecting around the character specifically.
Not every appearance works the same way, though. Some precons built an entire planeswalker deck around a Liliana-exclusive card, while others simply included an existing Liliana printing as part of a themed Commander deck.
This guide walks through the confirmed, real precons that have featured a Liliana card, in roughly chronological order, so collectors chasing precon-exclusive printings know exactly what to look for.
None of the printings covered here are speculative - each one is a documented, real product you can verify and track down.
Amonkhet's 2017 Planeswalker Decks featured Liliana, Death Wielder as a precon-exclusive card, giving new players a ready-to-play introduction to the character alongside a Gideon-themed counterpart deck. This was one of the earliest precon-specific Liliana printings.
Planeswalker Decks from this era were built specifically for newer players, meaning Death Wielder's design leaned toward straightforward, easy-to-understand abilities rather than competitive complexity.
Core Set 2019 continued the Planeswalker Deck format with Liliana, the Necromancer as its exclusive card, following the same beginner-friendly design philosophy as the Amonkhet version before it. This printing is often grouped with other niche-tier Liliana cards in broader rankings of the character.
Collectors specifically assembling a complete set of precon-exclusive Liliana printings consider this one a must-have entry alongside Death Wielder.
Core Set 2021's Planeswalker Deck brought Liliana, Death Mage as its headline exclusive card, part of a wave of planeswalker decks released that year. This precon also included several other exclusive cards built specifically for the deck, including Liliana's Scorn and Liliana's Scrounger.
This remains one of the more complete precon-exclusive Liliana packages, since it bundled multiple themed cards around the headline planeswalker rather than just the one card.
Starter Commander, a set of five preconstructed Commander decks released in December 2022, included Liliana, Untouched by Death as part of the Grave Danger deck, built around commanders Gisa and Geralf. This is a genuinely different kind of appearance from the earlier Planeswalker Decks, since Liliana here is a supporting card rather than the deck's namesake.
Grave Danger's graveyard-and-Zombie theme made Liliana, Untouched by Death a natural fit alongside the deck's commander pair, reinforcing the deck's core strategy rather than standing apart from it.
Cards like Liliana, Death Wielder and Liliana, the Necromancer were never available in regular booster packs, making the precon itself the only original source for these specific printings. That exclusivity gives them a distinct collector appeal separate from their competitive power level.
Because these decks targeted newer players rather than competitive ones, print runs were often substantial, which keeps most precon-exclusive Liliana cards relatively affordable compared to chase mythics from the same era.
Collectors chasing every precon appearance should prioritize the Planeswalker Deck exclusives first, since those cards exist nowhere else, before adding Liliana, Untouched by Death from Starter Commander to round out the set. All four cards are confirmed, real printings with no ambiguity about their origin.
Keeping sealed or near-mint copies of each precon's exclusive card organized together makes for a satisfying, genuinely complete collecting project with a clear finish line.
Liliana's character design - mono-Black, death-and-graveyard themed, visually distinctive - translates cleanly into the kind of straightforward, easy-to-grasp mechanics that precon products built for newer players need. That makes her a reliably good fit whenever Wizards designs a new beginner-facing planeswalker product.
Her ongoing popularity as one of Magic's most recognizable original characters likely plays a role too, since precon products built to introduce new players to planeswalkers benefit from using a character with existing name recognition. That combination of mechanical simplicity and brand recognition explains why she's appeared across several distinct precon product lines rather than just one.
It also means future Planeswalker Deck-style products, should Wizards revisit the format, remain a reasonable bet to feature her again, continuing a pattern that's held steady across multiple years and several different Magic sets.
Amonkhet, Core Set 2019, and Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Decks each featured a unique, precon-exclusive Liliana card.
Yes, Liliana, Untouched by Death appeared as a supporting card in Starter Commander's Grave Danger deck.
Not especially - these decks targeted newer players and had substantial print runs.
No confirmed official precon has used a Liliana card as its headline commander.
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