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Marchesa
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Commander

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Marchesa, the Black Rose

Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Other creatures you control have dethrone. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Marchesa, the Black Rose (2x2) 248

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Anthem

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Rising of the Day

Creatures you control have haste. Legendary creatures you control get +1/+0.

Enchantment
Rising of the Day (ltr) 427

Anthem

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Board Wipe

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Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (lcc) 216
Wave Goodbye

Return each creature without a +1/+1 counter on it to its owner's hand.

Sorcery
Wave Goodbye (lcc) 79

Board Wipe

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Counters

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Drana, Liberator of Malakir

Flying, first strike Whenever Drana, Liberator of Malakir deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on each attacking creature you control.

Creature
Drana, Liberator of Malakir (lcc) 193
Feast on the Fallen

At the beginning of each upkeep, if an opponent lost life last turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Feast on the Fallen (m15) 96
Iron Apprentice

Iron Apprentice enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. When Iron Apprentice dies, if it had counters on it, put those counters on target creature you control.

Creature Artifact
Iron Apprentice (neo) 248
Taurean Mauler

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Taurean Mauler (fdn) 633
The Ozolith

Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith. At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.

Artifact
The Ozolith (iko) 237
Thran Vigil

Whenever one or more artifact and/or creature cards leave your graveyard during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Thran Vigil (bro) 114
Thundering Raiju

Haste Whenever Thundering Raiju attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then Thundering Raiju deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of modified creatures you control other than Thundering Raiju. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

Creature
Thundering Raiju (neo) 166
Unspeakable Symbol

Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Enchantment
Unspeakable Symbol (scg) 79

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Drain

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Fell Beast of Mordor

Flying Devour 1 (As this enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This creature enters with that many +1/+1 counters on it.) Whenever Fell Beast of Mordor enters or attacks, target opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Fell Beast of Mordor (ltc) 513
Gray Merchant of Asphodel

When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Creature
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (ths) 89

Drain

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Draw

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Baleful Strix

Flying, deathtouch When Baleful Strix enters, draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Baleful Strix (otc) 215
Bloodtracker

Flying {B}, Pay 2 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on Bloodtracker. When Bloodtracker leaves the battlefield, draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Bloodtracker (lcc) 186
Midnight Reaper

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, this creature deals 1 damage to you and you draw a card.

Creature
Midnight Reaper (rvr) 86
Nasty End

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, draw three cards instead.

Instant
Nasty End (ltr) 416
Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (cc2) 4
Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Read the Bones (ths) 101
River Kelpie

Whenever River Kelpie or another permanent enters from a graveyard, draw a card. Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, draw a card. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature
River Kelpie (c19) 93
Sage of Fables

Each other Wizard creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it. {2}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card.

Creature
Sage of Fables (lcc) 169
Scorn-Blade Berserker

Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.) {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.

Creature
Scorn-Blade Berserker (mom) 124
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (m15) 114
Vampiric Rites

{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Enchantment
Vampiric Rites (bfz) 124
Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Village Rites (gn3) 64
Witch-king, Sky Scourge

Flying Whenever you attack with one or more Wraiths, exile the top X cards of your library, where X is their total power. You may play those cards this turn. Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Witch-king, Sky Scourge (ltc) 511

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Finisher

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Herald of Secret Streams

Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them can't be blocked.

Creature
Herald of Secret Streams (xln) 59
Scourge of the Throne

Flying Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever Scourge of the Throne attacks for the first time each turn, if it's attacking the player with the most life or tied for most life, untap all attacking creatures. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Creature
Scourge of the Throne (ltc) 225
Uncivil Unrest

Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.) If a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.

Enchantment
Uncivil Unrest (moc) 35

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Land

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Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 420
Crumbling Necropolis

Crumbling Necropolis enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Land
Crumbling Necropolis (ltc) 302
Darkwater Catacombs

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (otc) 282
Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Drowned Catacomb (otc) 290
Fetid Pools

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Fetid Pools enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Fetid Pools (otc) 296
Foreboding Ruins

As Foreboding Ruins enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, Foreboding Ruins enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Foreboding Ruins (ltc) 310
Frostboil Snarl

As Frostboil Snarl enters, you may reveal an Island or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, Frostboil Snarl enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Frostboil Snarl (ltc) 312
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 280
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (ltr) 269
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (ori) 250
Seething Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice Seething Landscape: Search your library for a basic Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {U}{B}{R} ({U}{B}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Seething Landscape (mh3) 225
Smoldering Marsh

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) Smoldering Marsh enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Smoldering Marsh (ltc) 332
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 285
Temple of Deceit

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Deceit (fdn) 697
Temple of Epiphany

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Epiphany (fdn) 699
Temple of Malice

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Malice (fdn) 701
The Black Gate

As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}, {T}: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.

Land
The Black Gate (ltc) 80
Underground River

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Underground River deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Underground River (otc) 338

Land

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Protection

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Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (otc) 260
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (clb) 339

Protection

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (lcc) 299
Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (cmm) 368
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice Commander's Sphere: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (lcc) 301
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (ice) 120
Fain, the Broker

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. {T}, Remove a counter from a creature you control: Create a Treasure token. {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying. {3}{B}: Untap Fain, the Broker.

Creature
Fain, the Broker (c21) 40
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (dmr) 232
Sneak Attack

{R}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Enchantment
Sneak Attack (dmr) 139
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (nec) 161
Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Solemn Simulacrum (fdn) 257
Talisman of Creativity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. Talisman of Creativity deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (m3c) 308
Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Talisman of Dominance deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (mkc) 242
Talisman of Indulgence

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Talisman of Indulgence deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (dsc) 254

Ramp

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Recursion

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Victimize

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

Sorcery
Victimize (cmr) 157

Recursion

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Removal

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Bitter Triumph

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Bitter Triumph (lci) 91
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (pw24) 7
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (cmm) 81
Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (ltc) 200
Flame of Anor

Choose one. If you control a Wizard as you cast this spell, you may choose two instead. • Target player draws two cards. • Destroy target artifact. • Flame of Anor deals 5 damage to target creature.

Instant
Flame of Anor (ltr) 203
Flayer of the Hatebound

Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever Flayer of the Hatebound or another creature enters from your graveyard, that creature deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Creature
Flayer of the Hatebound (dka) 89
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (ogw) 59
Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terminate (cma) 195
Withering Torment

Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Withering Torment (dsk) 124

Removal

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Sac Outlet

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Carrion Feeder

Carrion Feeder can't block. Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Carrion Feeder.

Creature
Carrion Feeder (mh1) 81
Immersturm Predator

Flying Whenever this creature becomes tapped, exile up to one target card from a graveyard and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Creature
Immersturm Predator (khm) 214
Kethek, Crucible Goliath

At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonlegendary creature card with lesser mana value, put it onto the battlefield, then put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Kethek, Crucible Goliath (one) 206
Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Haste Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Yahenni, Undying Partisan. Sacrifice another creature: Yahenni gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Yahenni, Undying Partisan (lcc) 214

Sac Outlet

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Theft

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Grave Betrayal

Whenever a creature you don't control dies, return it to the battlefield under your control with an additional +1/+1 counter on it at the beginning of the next end step. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

Enchantment
Grave Betrayal (rtr) 67
Mark of Mutiny

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Put a +1/+1 counter on it and untap it. That creature gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and {T} this turn.)

Sorcery
Mark of Mutiny (m13) 141
Mass Mutiny

For each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature that player controls until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Mass Mutiny (otc) 174

Theft

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Tutor

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Diabolic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Diabolic Tutor (m12) 92

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Sideboard

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Canonized in Blood

At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.) {5}{B}{B}, Sacrifice Canonized in Blood: Create a 4/3 white and black Vampire Demon creature token with flying.

Enchantment
Canonized in Blood (lci) 96
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (fdn) 262
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (mkc) 282
Sauron, the Lidless Eye

When Sauron, the Lidless Eye enters, gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. {1}{B}{R}: Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. Each opponent loses 2 life.

Creature
Sauron, the Lidless Eye (ltr) 288
Shelob, Dread Weaver

Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls dies, exile it. {2}{B}, Put a creature card exiled with Shelob, Dread Weaver into its owner's graveyard: Put two +1/+1 counters on Shelob. Draw a card. {X}{1}{B}: Put target creature card with mana value X exiled with Shelob onto the battlefield tapped under your control.

Creature
Shelob, Dread Weaver (ltc) 29

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Maybeboard

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Hagra Constrictor

Hagra Constrictor enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has menace. (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Creature
Hagra Constrictor (znr) 105
Juri, Master of the Revue

Whenever you sacrifice a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on Juri, Master of the Revue. When Juri dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Creature
Juri, Master of the Revue (cmr) 282
Satoru, the Infiltrator

Menace Whenever Satoru, the Infiltrator and/or one or more other nontoken creatures you control enter, if none of them were cast or no mana was spent to cast them, draw a card.

Creature
Satoru, the Infiltrator (otj) 230
Skatewing Spy

{5}{U}: Adapt 2. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put two +1/+1 counters on it.) Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

Creature
Skatewing Spy (rna) 52
Wizard Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) You have no maximum hand size. {2}{U}: Level 2 When this Class becomes level 2, draw two cards. {4}{U}: Level 3 Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Wizard Class (afr) 81

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