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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) 444Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate (mh3) 444

Commander

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Stensian Sanguinist
Whenever you attack, target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player this combat, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate (soc) 29

Creature

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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 (pdsk) 95p
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 (ths) 89
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

Drain

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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
Black Market Connections
At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
Enchantment
Black Market Connections (lcc) 181
Curse of Vengeance
Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player casts a spell, put a spite counter on this Aura.
When enchanted player loses the game, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is the number of spite counters on this Aura.
Enchantment - Aura Curse
Curse of Vengeance (c16) 12
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 (j25) 114
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
Necrodominance
Skip your draw step.
At the beginning of your end step, you may pay any amount of life. If you do, draw that many cards.
Your maximum hand size is five.
If a card or token would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
Legendary Enchantment
Necrodominance (mh3) 102
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 (ice) 154
Survival Cache
You gain 2 life. Then if you have more life than an opponent, draw a card.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Survival Cache (roe) 48
The One Ring
Indestructible
When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.
: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.
Legendary Artifact
The One Ring (ltr) 246
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

Draw

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Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (som) 61

Finisher

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Arcane Lighthouse
: Add
.
,
: Until end of turn, creatures your opponents control lose hexproof and shroud and can't have hexproof or shroud.
Land
Arcane Lighthouse (c14) 59
Bleachbone Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control a Plains or a Swamp.
Land
Bleachbone Verge (dft) 250
Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (c14) 285
Brightclimb Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway (znr) 259Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway (znr) 259
Cabal Coffers
,
: Add
for each Swamp you control.
Land
Cabal Coffers (hop) 132
Caves of Koilos
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Caves of Koilos (soc) 365
City of Brass
Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add one mana of any color.
Land
City of Brass (2x2) 321
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (c20) 264
Desolate Mire
,
: Add
.
Land
Desolate Mire (pip) 146
Eclipsed Steppe
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Swamp
Eclipsed Steppe (soc) 53
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (otc) 293
Fetid Heath
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Fetid Heath (soc) 372
Godless Shrine
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Swamp
Godless Shrine (rna) 248
Isolated Chapel
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Isolated Chapel (dmr) 249
Mana Confluence
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Marsh Flats
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Marsh Flats (mh2) 437
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (mh2) 481
Reflecting Pool
: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.
Land
Reflecting Pool (shm) 278
Scavenger Grounds
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.
Land - Desert
Scavenger Grounds (c20) 306
Scrubland
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Plains Swamp
Scrubland (3ed) 286
Shadowy Backstreet
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Land - Plains Swamp
Shadowy Backstreet (mkm) 268
Shattered Sanctum
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shattered Sanctum (sos) 260
Silent Clearing
, Pay 1 life: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Silent Clearing (mh1) 246
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (mh2) 485
Tainted Field
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Land
Tainted Field (clb) 919
Turbulent Moor
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless your opponents control eight or more lands.
Land - Plains Swamp
Turbulent Moor (soc) 56
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (uma) 254
Vault of Champions
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Vault of Champions (cmm) 436

Land

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Beacon of Immortality
Double target player's life total. Shuffle Beacon of Immortality into its owner's library.
Instant
Beacon of Immortality (5dn) 6
Blood Tithe
Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Blood Tithe (m11) 84
Blood Tribute
Kicker—Tap an untapped Vampire you control. (You may tap a Vampire you control in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)
Target opponent loses half their life, rounded up. If this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Blood Tribute (zen) 81
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Creature - Knight Vampire
Bloodthirsty Conqueror (fdn) 58
Case of the Uneaten Feast
Whenever a creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
To solve — You've gained 5 or more life this turn. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — Sacrifice this Case: Creature cards in your graveyard gain "You may cast this card from your graveyard" until end of turn.
Enchantment - Case
Case of the Uneaten Feast (mkm) 10
Celestial Mantle
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.
Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, double its controller's life total.
Enchantment - Aura
Celestial Mantle (zen) 6
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 (tsp) 8
Congregate
Target player gains 2 life for each creature on the battlefield.
Instant
Congregate (usg) 8
Debt to the Deathless
Each opponent loses two times X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Debt to the Deathless (dgm) 64
Exquisite Blood
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.
Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (avr) 102
Gonti's Machinations
Whenever you lose life for the first time each turn, you get
. (You get an energy counter. Damage causes loss of life.)
Pay
, Sacrifice this enchantment: Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Enchantment
Gonti's Machinations (aer) 63
Invincible Hymn
Count the number of cards in your library. Your life total becomes that number.
Sorcery
Invincible Hymn (ala) 14
Resolute Archangel
Flying
When this creature enters, if your life total is less than your starting life total, it becomes equal to your starting life total.
Creature - Angel
Resolute Archangel (m15) 28
Serra Ascendant
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
As long as you have 30 or more life, this creature gets +5/+5 and has flying.
Creature - Human Monk
Serra Ascendant (m11) 28
Shard of the Nightbringer
Flying
Drain Life — When this creature enters, if you cast it, target opponent loses half their life, rounded up. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Creature - C'tan
Shard of the Nightbringer (40k) 55
Tainted Sigil
, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain life equal to the total life lost by all players this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Artifact
Tainted Sigil (arb) 83

Lifegain

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Flawless Maneuver
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Flawless Maneuver (cmm) 24
Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant
When you have 30 or more life, flip Rune-Tail.
Legendary Creature - Monk Fox
Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence (sok) 27

Protection

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Wall of Blood
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Pay 1 life: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Blood (mrd) 82

Pump

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Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (mb2) 179
Expedition Map
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Artifact
Expedition Map (zen) 201
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
Mox Amber
: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.
Legendary Artifact
Mox Amber (dom) 224
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (znc) 120
Weathered Wayfarer
,
: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if an opponent controls more lands than you.
Creature - Human Cleric Nomad
Weathered Wayfarer (ons) 59

Ramp

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Netherborn Altar
, Put a soul counter on this artifact: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone. Then you lose 3 life for each soul counter on this artifact.
Artifact
Netherborn Altar (c20) 45
Revival
Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Revival // Revenge (rvr) 241
Sins of the Past
Until end of turn, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Exile Sins of the Past.
Sorcery
Sins of the Past (rav) 106

Recursion

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Boggart Trawler
When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.
Creature - Goblin
Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog (mh3) 243Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog (mh3) 243
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
Dismember
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
Instant
Dismember (f12) 4
Dusk
Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.
Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (drc) 65
Erebos's Intervention
Choose one —
• Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.
• Exile up to twice X target cards from graveyards.
Instant
Erebos's Intervention (thb) 94
Fell the Mighty
Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.
Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (c14) 7
Heliod's Intervention
Choose one —
• Destroy X target artifacts and/or enchantments.
• Target player gains twice X life.
Instant
Heliod's Intervention (otc) 81
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 (mmq) 162
Soul-Guide Lantern
When this artifact enters, exile target card from a graveyard.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile each opponent's graveyard.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Soul-Guide Lantern (thb) 237
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (v13) 2
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 (mh3) 412

Removal

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Dauthi Voidwalker
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.
Creature - Rogue Dauthi
Dauthi Voidwalker (tdc) 176
Grafdigger's Cage
Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield.
Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.
Artifact
Grafdigger's Cage (dka) 149

Stax

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Ranger-Captain of Eos
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with mana value 1 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sacrifice this creature: Your opponents can't cast noncreature spells this turn.
Creature - Human Soldier Ranger
Ranger-Captain of Eos (mh1) 21
Vampiric Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 108
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
Deathtouch
Boast —
: Target player searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)
Legendary Creature - Demon Rogue
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire (khm) 115
Wishclaw Talisman
This artifact enters with three wish counters on it.
,
, Remove a wish counter from this artifact: Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. An opponent gains control of this artifact. Activate only during your turn.
Artifact
Wishclaw Talisman (fdn) 617

Tutor

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Ad Nauseam
Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may repeat this process any number of times.
Instant
Ad Nauseam (ala) 63
Alhammarret's Archive
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.
Legendary Artifact
Alhammarret's Archive (c21) 233
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (clb) 298
Athreos, God of Passage
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to white and black is less than seven, Athreos isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you own dies, return it to your hand unless target opponent pays 3 life.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Athreos, God of Passage (jou) 146
Authority of the Consuls
Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Authority of the Consuls (kld) 5
Axis of Mortality
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have two target players exchange life totals.
Enchantment
Axis of Mortality (xln) 3
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 (gtc) 6
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
Bolas's Citadel
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Legendary Artifact
Bolas's Citadel (plg21) 3
Cabal Ritual
Add
.
Threshold — Add
instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Instant
Cabal Ritual (tor) 51
Caustic Bronco
Whenever this creature attacks, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. You lose life equal to that card's mana value if this creature isn't saddled. Otherwise, each opponent loses that much life.
Saddle 3 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Snake Horse Mount
Caustic Bronco (otj) 82
Charismatic Conqueror
Vigilance
Whenever an artifact or creature an opponent controls enters untapped, they may tap that permanent. If they don't, you create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.
Creature - Vampire Soldier
Charismatic Conqueror (lcc) 70
Cosmos Elixir
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if your life total is greater than your starting life total. Otherwise, you gain 2 life.
Artifact
Cosmos Elixir (khm) 237
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
Crypt Incursion
Exile all creature cards from target player's graveyard. You gain 3 life for each card exiled this way.
Instant
Crypt Incursion (dgm) 23
Defacing Duskmage
Deathtouch
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Warlock Dog
Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit (soc) 45
Deification
As this enchantment enters, choose a planeswalker type.
Planeswalkers you control of the chosen type have hexproof.
As long as you control a creature, if damage dealt to a planeswalker you control of the chosen type would result in all loyalty counters on it being removed, instead all but one of those counters are removed.
Enchantment
Deification (mat) 2
Demonic Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (uma) 93
Evra, Halcyon Witness
Lifelink
: Exchange your life total with Evra's power.
Legendary Creature - Avatar
Evra, Halcyon Witness (plst) DOM-16
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Artifact
Fellwar Stone (moc) 356
Gift of Doom
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has deathtouch and indestructible.
Morph—Sacrifice another creature. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
As this Aura is turned face up, you may attach it to a creature.
Enchantment - Aura
Gift of Doom (c19) 17
Grafdigger's Cage
Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield.
Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.
Artifact
Grafdigger's Cage (dka) 149
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
Invasion of Dominaria
(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When this Siege enters, you gain 4 life and draw a card.
Battle - Siege
Invasion of Dominaria // Serra Faithkeeper (mom) 21Invasion of Dominaria // Serra Faithkeeper (mom) 21
Kambal, Consul of Allocation
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Kambal, Consul of Allocation (2x2) 237
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 (soc) 218
Kokusho, the Evening Star
Flying
When Kokusho dies, each opponent loses 5 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
Kokusho, the Evening Star (ima) 95
Misfortune Teller
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, create a 2/2 black Rogue creature token. If it was a land card, create a Treasure token. Otherwise, you gain 3 life.
Creature - Human Warlock
Misfortune Teller (otc) 141
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
Night's Whisper
You draw two cards and lose 2 life.
Sorcery
Night's Whisper (ddm) 68
Nightcreep
Until end of turn, all creatures become black and all lands become Swamps.
Instant
Nightcreep (dis) 49
Parker Luck
At the beginning of your end step, two target players each reveal the top card of their library. They each lose life equal to the mana value of the card revealed by the other player. Then they each put the card they revealed into their hand.
Enchantment
Parker Luck (spm) 60
Path to Exile
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Instant
Path to Exile (cma) 19
Pox Plague
Each player loses half their life, then discards half the cards in their hand, then sacrifices half the permanents they control of their choice. Round down each time.
Sorcery
Pox Plague (sos) 94
Profane Procession
: Exile target creature. Then if there are three or more cards exiled with Profane Procession, transform it.
Legendary Enchantment
Profane Procession // Tomb of the Dusk Rose (rix) 166Profane Procession // Tomb of the Dusk Rose (rix) 166
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 (sld) 7066
Recruiter of the Guard
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with toughness 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Soldier
Recruiter of the Guard (mh3) 266
Renounce
Sacrifice any number of permanents. You gain 2 life for each permanent sacrificed this way.
Instant
Renounce (mmq) 42
Repay in Kind
Each player's life total becomes the lowest life total among all players.
Sorcery
Repay in Kind (roe) 125
Reverse the Sands
Redistribute any number of players' life totals. (Each of those players gets one life total back.)
Sorcery
Reverse the Sands (chk) 41
Rings of Brighthearth
Whenever you activate an ability, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay
. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Artifact
Rings of Brighthearth (cmr) 335
Riot Control
You gain 1 life for each creature your opponents control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn.
Instant
Riot Control (dgm) 6
Saw in Half
Destroy target creature. If that creature dies this way, its controller creates two tokens that are copies of that creature, except their power is half that creature's power and their toughness is half that creature's toughness. Round up each time.
Instant
Saw in Half (unf) 88
Saw in Half
Destroy target creature. If that creature dies this way, its controller creates two tokens that are copies of that creature, except their power is half that creature's power and their toughness is half that creature's toughness. Round up each time.
Instant
Saw in Half (blc) 113
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
Scourge of the Skyclaves
Kicker

When you cast this spell, if it was kicked, each player loses half their life, rounded up.
Scourge of the Skyclaves's power and toughness are each equal to 20 minus the highest life total among players.
Creature - Demon
Scourge of the Skyclaves (znr) 122
Sensei's Divining Top
: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
: Draw a card, then put this artifact on top of its owner's library.
Artifact
Sensei's Divining Top (2x2) 314
Sorin Markov
+2: Sorin Markov deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.
−3: Target opponent's life total becomes 10.
−7: You control target player during that player's next turn.
Legendary Planeswalker - Sorin
Sorin Markov (zen) 111
Sorin the Mirthless
+1: Look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card and put it into your hand. If you do, you lose life equal to its mana value.
−2: Create a 2/3 black Vampire creature token with flying and lifelink.
−7: Sorin deals 13 damage to any target. You gain 13 life.
Legendary Planeswalker - Sorin
Sorin the Mirthless (vow) 131
Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
During your turn, creatures and planeswalkers you control have lifelink.
+2: Sorin deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.
−X: Return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a Vampire in addition to its other types.
Legendary Planeswalker - Sorin
Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord (war) 217
Sphere of Safety
Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays
for each of those creatures, where X is the number of enchantments you control.
Enchantment
Sphere of Safety (dsc) 104
Syphon Soul
Syphon Soul deals 2 damage to each other player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Sorcery
Syphon Soul (ons) 176
Talisman of Hierarchy
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (lcc) 315
Tempting Contract
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent may create a Treasure token. For each opponent who does, you create a Treasure token.
Artifact
Tempting Contract (c21) 78
Tomik, Wielder of Law
Affinity for planeswalkers (This spell costs
less to cast for each planeswalker you control.)
Flying, vigilance
Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, that opponent loses 3 life and you draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Tomik, Wielder of Law (soc) 333
Tree of Perdition
Defender
: Exchange target opponent's life total with this creature's toughness.
Creature - Plant
Tree of Perdition (ecc) 49
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 (rix) 88
Tymna the Weaver
Lifelink
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, you may pay X life, where X is the number of opponents that were dealt combat damage this turn. If you do, draw X cards.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Tymna the Weaver (c16) 48
Unstoppable Slasher
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, they lose half their life, rounded up.
When this creature dies, if it had no counters on it, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with two stun counters on it.
Creature - Zombie Assassin
Unstoppable Slasher (dsk) 294
Vault of the Archangel
: Add
.
,
: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.
Land
Vault of the Archangel (tdc) 410
Vexilus Praetor
Flash
Vigilance
Aegis of the Emperor — Commanders you control have protection from everything.
Creature - Warrior Custodes
Vexilus Praetor (40k) 19
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 (dst) 159
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

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33 pips - 21 cards
28 mana - 26 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 7 cards
59 pips - 39 cards
39 mana - 35 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 7 cards
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0 mana - 7 cards
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7 mana - 6 cards
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