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Commander

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Valgavoth, Terror Eater
Flying, lifelink
Ward—Sacrifice three nonland permanents.
If a card you didn't control would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
During your turn, you may play cards exiled with Valgavoth. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
Legendary Creature - Elder Demon
Valgavoth, Terror Eater (dsk) 352

Commander

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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
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 (dsc) 142
Grievous Wound
Enchant player
Enchanted player can't gain life.
Whenever enchanted player is dealt damage, they lose half their life, rounded up.
Enchantment - Aura
Grievous Wound (dsk) 102
Marauding Blight-Priest
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Marauding Blight-Priest (fdn) 178
Wound Reflection
At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life they lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Enchantment
Wound Reflection (who) 223

Drain

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Draw

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Dark Tutelage
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.
Enchantment
Dark Tutelage (m11) 90
Dread Presence
Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one —
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.
Creature - Nightmare
Dread Presence (j22) 403
Nazar, the Velvet Fang
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever you gain life, put a feeding counter on Nazar.
Whenever Nazar attacks, you may remove three feeding counters from it. If you do, you draw three cards and you lose 3 life.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Warlock
Nazar, the Velvet Fang (j25) 43
Necropotence
Skip your draw step.
Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard.
Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.
Enchantment
Necropotence (ima) 98
Stinging Study
You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone.
Instant
Stinging Study (c21) 44
The Speed Demon
Flying, trample
Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.)
At the beginning of your end step, you draw X cards and lose X life, where X is your speed.
Legendary Creature - Demon
The Speed Demon (dft) 105
Twilight Prophet
Flying
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Twilight Prophet (mkc) 143
Unholy Annex
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card. If you control a Demon, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Otherwise, you lose 2 life.
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)
Enchantment - Room
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber (dsk) 118
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 (fic) 276

Finisher

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Land

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Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (pz1) 135
Cabal Coffers
,
: Add
for each Swamp you control.
Land
Cabal Coffers (mh2) 301
Cabal Stronghold
: Add
.
,
: Add
for each basic Swamp you control.
Land
Cabal Stronghold (dom) 238
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
: Add
.
,
: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)
Legendary Land
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (plst) THS-223
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (fic) 415
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (trk) 321
Urza's Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — This Saga gains "
: Add
."
II — This Saga gains "
,
: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost
or
, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land Enchantment - Saga Urza's
Urza's Saga (mh2) 259
Valgavoth's Lair
Hexproof
This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color.
: Add one mana of the chosen color.
Land Enchantment
Valgavoth's Lair (dsk) 271

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Lifegain

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Bloodbond Vampire
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Vampire Shaman Ally
Bloodbond Vampire (j22) 380
Bloodthirsty Aerialist
Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Vampire Rogue
Bloodthirsty Aerialist (j25) 409
Citizen V, Helmut Zemo
Lifelink
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each Villain you control.
Legendary Creature - Human Villain Noble
Citizen V, Helmut Zemo (msc) 650
Qarsi Revenant
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Renew —
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a flying counter, a deathtouch counter, and a lifelink counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Vampire
Qarsi Revenant (tdm) 86

Lifegain

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Mill

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Breach the Multiverse
Each player mills ten cards. For each player, choose a creature or planeswalker card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. Then each creature you control becomes a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
Sorcery
Breach the Multiverse (mom) 94
Dread Summons
Each player mills X cards. For each creature card put into a graveyard this way, you create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Sorcery
Dread Summons (drc) 90
Mindcrank
Whenever an opponent loses life, that player mills that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Artifact
Mindcrank (clb) 866
Sword of Body and Mind
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from green and from blue.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token and that player mills ten cards.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Sword of Body and Mind (2xm) 295
The Master of Lake-town
Deathtouch
Whenever a player loses life, that player mills that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)
When The Master of Lake-town dies, draw a card for each graveyard with seven or more cards in it.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
The Master of Lake-town (hob) 77

Mill

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Protection

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Ashnod's Intervention
Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand."
Instant
Ashnod's Intervention (bro) 85
Commander's Plate
Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has protection from each color that's not in your commander's color identity.
Equip commander

Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Commander's Plate (cmr) 305
Feign Death
Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it."
Instant
Feign Death (afr) 103
Not Dead After All
Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)
Instant
Not Dead After All (woe) 101
Supernatural Stamina
Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
Instant
Supernatural Stamina (cmm) 188
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
no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Swiftfoot Boots (msc) 216

Protection

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Ramp

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Ancient Cellarspawn
Each spell you cast that's a Demon, Horror, or Nightmare costs
less to cast.
Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast it was less than its mana value, target opponent loses life equal to the difference.
Creature Enchantment - Horror
Ancient Cellarspawn (dsc) 16
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (msc) 191
Blood Pet
Sacrifice this creature: Add
.
Creature - Thrull
Blood Pet (plst) TMP-109
Bontu's Monument
Black creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legendary Artifact
Bontu's Monument (drc) 124
Bubbling Muck
Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a Swamp for mana, that player adds an additional
.
Sorcery
Bubbling Muck (plst) UDS-54
Cabal Ritual
Add
.
Threshold — Add
instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Instant
Cabal Ritual (tor) 51
Crypt Ghast
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional
.
Creature - Spirit
Crypt Ghast (rvr) 322
Culling the Weak
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add
.
Instant
Culling the Weak (exo) 55
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (msc) 793
Geode Golem
Trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may cast your commander from the command zone without paying its mana cost. (You still pay any additional costs.)
Creature Artifact - Golem
Geode Golem (cmm) 386
Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
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
Master of Dark Rites
, Sacrifice another creature: Add
. Spend this mana only to cast Vampire, Cleric, and/or Demon spells.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Master of Dark Rites (lcc) 83
Nirkana Revenant
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional
.
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Vampire Shade
Nirkana Revenant (voc) 134
Sacrifice
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add an amount of
equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value.
Instant
Sacrifice (3ed) 126
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 211

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Recursion

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Veinwitch Coven
Menace
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Veinwitch Coven (soc) 228
Whip of Erebos
Creatures you control have lifelink.
,
: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Artifact Enchantment
Whip of Erebos (dsc) 159
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 (soc) 230

Recursion

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Removal

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Consuming Corruption
Consuming Corruption deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.
Instant
Consuming Corruption (mh3) 407
Day of Black Sun
Each creature with mana value X or less loses all abilities until end of turn. Destroy those creatures.
Sorcery
Day of Black Sun (tla) 94
Deadly Rollick
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Exile target creature.
Instant
Deadly Rollick (cmm) 147
Doom Blade
Destroy target nonblack creature.
Instant
Doom Blade (msc) 576
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 (tle) 257
Infernal Grasp
Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Infernal Grasp (soc) 216
Shredder's Technique
Sneak
(You may cast this spell for
if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step.)
Destroy target creature or enchantment. If an enchantment was destroyed this way, you lose 2 life.
Sorcery
Shredder's Technique (tmt) 77
Toxic Deluge
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (msc) 161
Withering Torment
Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Withering Torment (msc) 162

Removal

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Sac Outlet

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Altar of Dementia
Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Artifact
Altar of Dementia (mh1) 218

Sac Outlet

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Theft

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Brainstealer Dragon
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, exile the top card of each opponent's library. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.
Whenever a nonland permanent an opponent owns enters the battlefield under your control, they lose life equal to its mana value.
Creature - Dragon Horror
Brainstealer Dragon (otc) 127
Inside Information
Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play those cards this turn. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
Sorcery
Inside Information (hob) 76

Theft

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Tutor

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Scheming Symmetry
Choose two target players. Each of them searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top.
Sorcery
Scheming Symmetry (m20) 113

Tutor

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Tokens & Extras

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City's Blessing
Card
City's Blessing (tsoc) 29
Demon
Flying
Creature Token - Demon
Demon (tdsk) 9
Wicked
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
Enchantment Token - Aura Role
Wicked // Cursed (twoe) 17
Wolf
Creature Token - Wolf
Wolf (thob) 9
Zombie
Creature Token - Zombie
Zombie (tecc) 3

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