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Commander

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Sorin of House Markov
Lifelink
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, exile Sorin, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.
Legendary Creature - Human Noble
Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate (mh3) 245Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate (mh3) 245

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Drain

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Bloodletter of Aclazotz
Flying
If an opponent would lose life during your turn, they lose twice that much life instead. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Creature - Vampire Demon
Bloodletter of Aclazotz (lci) 92
Enduring Tenacity
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
When Enduring Tenacity dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It's an enchantment. (It's not a creature.)
Creature Enchantment - Snake Glimmer
Enduring Tenacity (dsk) 95
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent dealt combat damage this game by a creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.
Legendary Creature - Horror Halfling
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker (ltc) 26
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Creature - Zombie
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (thb) 99
Indulging Patrician
Flying
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, each opponent loses 3 life.
Creature - Vampire Noble
Indulging Patrician (tdc) 292
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Cleric
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose (m21) 127

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Draw

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Arguel's Blood Fast
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 5 or less life, you may transform Arguel's Blood Fast.
Legendary Enchantment
Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz (xln) 90Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz (xln) 90
Dark Confidant
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
Creature - Human Wizard
Dark Confidant (fin) 94
Darkstar Augur
Offspring
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
Creature - Bat Warlock
Darkstar Augur (blb) 90
Enlightened Confidant
Lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, surveil 1. If you put a card with mana value less than or equal to the amount of life you gained this turn into your graveyard this way, put that card into your hand.
Creature - Cleric Kor
Enlightened Confidant (fra) 5
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
Partner with Sam, Loyal Attendant
Vigilance
Whenever Frodo attacks, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, the Ring tempts you. Then if Frodo is your Ring-bearer and the Ring has tempted you two or more times this game, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Scout Halfling
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit (ltc) 2
Haliya, Guided by Light
Whenever Haliya or another creature or artifact you control enters, you gain 1 life.
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if you've gained 3 or more life this turn.
Warp
(You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Haliya, Guided by Light (eoe) 19
Keen Duelist
At the beginning of your upkeep, you and target opponent each reveal the top card of your library. You each lose life equal to the mana value of the card revealed by the other player. You each put the card you revealed into your hand.
Creature - Human Wizard
Keen Duelist (c21) 42
Lunar Convocation
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent loses 1 life.
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained and lost life this turn, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Enchantment
Lunar Convocation (blb) 223
Sanguine Indulgence
This spell costs
less to cast if you've gained 3 or more life this turn.
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Sorcery
Sanguine Indulgence (m21) 121
Scheming Silvertongue
Flying, lifelink
At the beginning of your second main phase, if you gained 2 or more life this turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood (sos) 99
The Gaffer
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Peasant Halfling
The Gaffer (ltc) 12
Well of Lost Dreams
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.
Artifact
Well of Lost Dreams (ltc) 291

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Finisher

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Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (fdn) 173
Midnight Snack
Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
, Sacrifice this enchantment: Target opponent loses X life, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Enchantment
Midnight Snack (fdn) 65

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Land

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Arid Archway
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. If another Desert was returned this way, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
: Add
.
Land - Desert
Arid Archway (otj) 252
Caves of Koilos
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Caves of Koilos (c21) 283
Desolate Mire
,
: Add
.
Land
Desolate Mire (fic) 386
Forlorn Flats
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent.
: Add
or
.
Land - Desert
Forlorn Flats (otj) 258
Guildless Commons
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Guildless Commons (cmm) 1003
Isolated Chapel
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Isolated Chapel (fic) 405
Leechridden Swamp
(
: Add
.)
This land enters tapped.
,
: Each opponent loses 1 life. Activate only if you control two or more black permanents.
Land - Swamp
Leechridden Swamp (dsc) 286
Orzhov Basilica
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Orzhov Basilica (drc) 164
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (ecl) 269
Shineshadow Snarl
As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shineshadow Snarl (fic) 422
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (m14) 241
Tainted Field
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Land
Tainted Field (lcc) 356

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Lifegain

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Basilica Screecher
Flying
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Bat
Basilica Screecher (gtc) 58
Children of Korlis
Sacrifice this creature: You gain life equal to the life you've lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Creature - Human Cleric Rebel
Children of Korlis (tsr) 14
Creeping Bloodsucker
At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Creature - Vampire
Creeping Bloodsucker (j22) 21
Elenda, Saint of Dusk
Lifelink, hexproof from instants
As long as your life total is greater than your starting life total, Elenda gets +1/+1 and has menace. Elenda gets an additional +5/+5 as long as your life total is at least 10 greater than your starting life total.
Legendary Creature - Knight Vampire
Elenda, Saint of Dusk (fdn) 119
Kingpin's Pet
Flying
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Thrull
Kingpin's Pet (gtc) 173
Liliana the Faultless
Whenever another creature or planeswalker you control enters, you gain 1 life.
,
, Discard a card: Another target creature or planeswalker you control gains hexproof until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Liliana the Faultless (fra) 200
Lone Rider
First strike, lifelink
At the beginning of the end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, transform this creature.
Creature - Human Knight
Lone Rider // It That Rides as One (emn) 33Lone Rider // It That Rides as One (emn) 33
Rhox Faithmender
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
Creature - Monk Rhino
Rhox Faithmender (tdc) 128
Syndic of Tithes
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Human Cleric
Syndic of Tithes (plst) GTC-26
Thrull Parasite
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.
Creature - Thrull
Thrull Parasite (plst) GTC-81
Tithe Drinker
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Vampire
Tithe Drinker (dgm) 109

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Protection

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Blind Obedience
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.
Enchantment
Blind Obedience (rvr) 303
Blood Reckoning
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life.
Enchantment
Blood Reckoning (m13) 81
Flare of Fortitude
You may sacrifice a nontoken white creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Until end of turn, your life total can't change, and permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible.
Instant
Flare of Fortitude (mh3) 26
Restoration Magic
Tiered (Choose one additional cost.)
• Cure —
— Target permanent gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
• Cura —
— Target permanent gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 3 life.
• Curaga —
— Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 6 life.
Instant
Restoration Magic (fin) 30
Sanctum Lurker
When this creature enters, empower Jace 1.
Planeswalkers you control aren't put into their owners' graveyards for having 0 loyalty.
Planeswalkers you control have "[+2]: This planeswalker deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain 1 life."
Creature - Horror
Sanctum Lurker (fra) 64
Wail of the Nim
Choose one —
• Regenerate each creature you control.
• Wail of the Nim deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
Entwine
(Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
Instant
Wail of the Nim (mrd) 81

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (who) 239
Black Market
Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your first main phase, add
for each charge counter on this enchantment.
Enchantment
Black Market (pip) 183
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Artifact
Fellwar Stone (cmm) 382
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Lifelink
For each
in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana.
Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.
Legendary Creature - Horror Minion Phyrexian
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth (mh3) 274
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Legendary Creature - Rogue Halfling
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff (ltr) 213
Orzhov Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Orzhov Signet (otc) 261
Surveyor's Scope
, Exile this artifact: Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the number of players who control at least two more lands than you. Put those cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Artifact
Surveyor's Scope (cma) 232
Talisman of Hierarchy
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (fic) 365
The Wind Crystal
White spells you cast cost
less to cast.
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
,
: Creatures you control gain flying and lifelink until end of turn.
Legendary Artifact
The Wind Crystal (fin) 43

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Recursion

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Moseo, Vein's New Dean
Flying
When Moseo enters, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life."
Infusion — At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, return up to one target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Legendary Creature - Skeleton Bird Warlock
Moseo, Vein's New Dean (sos) 91

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Ajani, Strength of the Pride
+1: You gain life equal to the number of creatures you control plus the number of planeswalkers you control.
−2: Create a 2/2 white Cat Soldier creature token named Ajani's Pridemate with "Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this token."
0: If you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, exile Ajani and each artifact and creature your opponents control.
Legendary Planeswalker - Ajani
Ajani, Strength of the Pride (m20) 2
Flare of Malice
You may sacrifice a nontoken black creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.
Instant
Flare of Malice (mh3) 408
Grasp of Fate
When this enchantment enters, for each opponent, exile up to one target nonland permanent that player controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. (Those permanents return under their owners' control.)
Enchantment
Grasp of Fate (fdc) 32
Gumdrop Poisoner
Lifelink
When this creature enters, up to one target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Creature - Human Warlock
Gumdrop Poisoner // Tempt with Treats (woe) 93
Heliod's Intervention
Choose one —
• Destroy X target artifacts and/or enchantments.
• Target player gains twice X life.
Instant
Heliod's Intervention (otc) 81
Nightmare's Thirst
You gain 1 life. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Instant
Nightmare's Thirst (m19) 111
Oubliette
When this enchantment enters, target creature phases out until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. Tap that creature as it phases in this way. (Auras and Equipment phase out with it. While permanents are phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist.)
Enchantment
Oubliette (2xm) 100
Promise of Loyalty
Each player puts a vow counter on a creature they control and sacrifices the rest. Each of those creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control for as long as it has a vow counter on it.
Sorcery
Promise of Loyalty (blc) 148
Snuff Out
If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
Instant
Snuff Out (fic) 285
Stroke of Midnight
Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.
Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
Tragic Arrogance
For each player, you choose from among the permanents that player controls an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker. Then each player sacrifices all other nonland permanents they control.
Sorcery
Tragic Arrogance (msc) 144
Vanquish the Horde
This spell costs
less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Destroy all creatures.
Sorcery
Vanquish the Horde (msc) 146

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Germinate Recruits
Create X 2/2 colorless Wizard Soldier creature tokens named Cadet, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Instant
Germinate Recruits (fra) 9

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Basilica Guards
Defender
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Human Soldier
Basilica Guards (rvr) 7
Cauldron Familiar
When this creature enters, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Sacrifice a Food: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Cat
Cauldron Familiar (eld) 81
Charcoal Diamond
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add
.
Artifact
Charcoal Diamond (clb) 442
Clackbridge Troll
Trample, haste
When this creature enters, target opponent creates three 0/1 white Goat creature tokens.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, any opponent may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If a player does, tap this creature, you gain 3 life, and you draw a card.
Creature - Troll
Clackbridge Troll (eld) 84
Cunning Rhetoric
Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.
Enchantment
Cunning Rhetoric (otc) 129
Disenchant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Instant
Disenchant (m20) 14
Exemplar of Light
Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on this creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Angel
Exemplar of Light (fdn) 11
Griffin Aerie
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 2/2 white Griffin creature token with flying.
Enchantment
Griffin Aerie (plst) M21-22
Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles
Flying
Whenever Gwaihir attacks, target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn.
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 3/3 white Bird creature token with flying and "Whenever this token attacks, target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn."
Legendary Creature - Bird Noble
Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles (ltc) 417
Hissing Miasma
Whenever a creature attacks you, its controller loses 1 life.
Enchantment
Hissing Miasma (gpt) 51
Life Insurance
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token.
Enchantment
Life Insurance (ncc) 74
Marble Diamond
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add
.
Artifact
Marble Diamond (clb) 446
Marchesa's Decree
When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life.
Enchantment
Marchesa's Decree (plst) CN2-44
Markov Purifier
Lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may pay
. If you do, draw a card.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Markov Purifier (vow) 312
Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
Flying
Whenever you gain life, you may pay that much life. If you do, draw that many cards.
: Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel (frc) 10
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
+2: Each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
−2: Create a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying. You lose 2 life.
−8: You get an emblem with "
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain X life and draw X cards, where X is the sacrificed creature's power."
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath can be your commander.
Legendary Planeswalker - Nixilis
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath (cmm) 176
Pontiff of Blight
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Other creatures you control have extort. (If a creature has multiple instances of extort, each triggers separately.)
Creature - Cleric Zombie
Pontiff of Blight (clb) 768
Protection Racket
At the beginning of your upkeep, repeat the following process for each opponent in turn order. Reveal the top card of your library. That player may pay life equal to that card's mana value. If they do, exile that card. Otherwise, put it into your hand.
Enchantment
Protection Racket (ncc) 39
Redeem the Lost
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Clash with an opponent. If you win, return Redeem the Lost to its owner's hand. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on their choice of the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a greater mana value.)
Instant
Redeem the Lost (mor) 21
Revenge of Ravens
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Revenge of Ravens (eld) 104
Sanguine Bond
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (ltc) 208
Syndicate Heavy
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 4 or more life this turn, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Creature - Rogue Giant
Syndicate Heavy (clu) 47
Trespasser's Curse
Enchant player
Whenever a creature enchanted player controls enters, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment - Aura Curse
Trespasser's Curse (akh) 112
Vizkopa Confessor
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
When this creature enters, pay any amount of life. Target opponent reveals that many cards from their hand. You choose one of them and exile it.
Creature - Human Cleric
Vizkopa Confessor (gtc) 205
Witch of the Moors
Deathtouch
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice and you return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human Warlock
Witch of the Moors (otc) 152

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Deck stats

34 pips - 27 cards
25 mana - 25 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 3 cards
48 pips - 35 cards
31 mana - 31 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 5 cards
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