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Baba Lysaga, Night Witch
, Sacrifice up to three permanents: If there were three or more card types among the sacrificed permanents, each opponent loses 3 life, you gain 3 life, and you draw three cards.
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock
Baba Lysaga, Night Witch (clb) 266

Commander

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Darkmoss Bridge
This land enters tapped.
Indestructible
: Add
or
.
Artifact Land
Darkmoss Bridge (dsc) 269
Darksteel Citadel
Indestructible
: Add
.
Artifact Land
Darksteel Citadel (fdc) 300
Dryad Arbor
(This land isn't a spell, it's affected by summoning sickness, and it has "
: Add
.")
Creature Land - Dryad Forest
Dryad Arbor (dsc) 273
Fang of Shigeki
Deathtouch
Creature Enchantment - Snake Ninja
Fang of Shigeki (neo) 183
Haywire Mite
When this creature dies, you gain 2 life.
, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.
Creature Artifact - Insect
Haywire Mite (soc) 349
Liquimetal Coating
: Target permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn.
Artifact
Liquimetal Coating (cm2) 197
Liquimetal Torque
: Add
.
: Target nonland permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn.
Artifact
Liquimetal Torque (brc) 145
Myr Retriever
When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature Artifact - Myr
Myr Retriever (fdc) 274
Stonecoil Serpent
Reach, trample, protection from multicolored
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature Artifact - Snake
Stonecoil Serpent (soc) 356
Tree of Tales
: Add
.
Artifact Land
Tree of Tales (dsc) 319
Vault of Whispers
: Add
.
Artifact Land
Vault of Whispers (j25) 780

2 Typal

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (frc) 20
Lich's Relic
When this Equipment enters, you may pay
. When you do, for each opponent, destroy up to one target creature or planeswalker that player controls.
Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lich's Relic (fra) 57
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (frc) 21

Artifact

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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 (ltc) 352

Copy

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Eternal Witness
When this creature enters, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human Shaman
Eternal Witness (m3c) 227
Gloomshrieker
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
When this creature enters, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
If this creature would die, exile it instead.
Creature Enchantment - Beast Cat
Gloomshrieker (neo) 219
Nyx Weaver
Reach
At the beginning of your upkeep, mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
, Exile this creature: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature Enchantment - Spider
Nyx Weaver (tdc) 298
World Shaper
Whenever this creature attacks, you may mill three cards.
When this creature dies, return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
World Shaper (otc) 214

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 (dsk) 95

Drain

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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 (msc) 155

Enchantment

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Ornithopter
Flying
Creature Artifact - Thopter
Ornithopter (dmr) 233

Evasion

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Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (msc) 793
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
Heroic Intervention
Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Heroic Intervention (pip) 202
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

Instant

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Abrupt Decay
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less.
Instant
Abrupt Decay (mm3) 146
Assassin's Trophy
Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Instant
Assassin's Trophy (grn) 152
Force of Vigor
If it's not your turn, you may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments.
Instant
Force of Vigor (mh1) 164
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 (ema) 108

Interaction

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Blinkmoth Nexus
: Add
.
: This land becomes a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land.
,
: Target Blinkmoth creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Land
Blinkmoth Nexus (2xm) 311
Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
Boseiju, Who Endures
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
Cabal Coffers
,
: Add
for each Swamp you control.
Land
Cabal Coffers (mh2) 301
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (frc) 22
Deathcap Glade
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Deathcap Glade (sos) 253
Drownyard Temple
: Add
.
: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Land
Drownyard Temple (tdc) 359
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (frc) 70
Glacial Chasm
Cumulative upkeep—Pay 2 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When this land enters, sacrifice a land.
Creatures you control can't attack.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.
Land
Glacial Chasm (ice) 353
Inkmoth Nexus
: Add
.
: This land becomes a 1/1 Phyrexian Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying and infect until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Land
Inkmoth Nexus (mbs) 145
Llanowar Wastes
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Llanowar Wastes (soc) 383
Mishra's Factory
: Add
.
: This land becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
: Target Assembly-Worker creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Land
Mishra's Factory (dmr) 251
Mishra's Foundry
: Add
.
: This land becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
,
: Target attacking Assembly-Worker gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Land
Mishra's Foundry (bro) 265
Mutavault
: Add
.
: This land becomes a 2/2 creature with all creature types until end of turn. It's still a land.
Land
Mutavault (clb) 903
Overgrown Tomb
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Swamp Forest
Overgrown Tomb (trk) 289
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (plg20) 1
Restless Cottage
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
: This land becomes a 4/4 black and green Horror creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
Whenever this land attacks, create a Food token and exile up to one target card from a graveyard.
Land
Restless Cottage (woe) 258
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (trk) 321
Twilight Mire
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Twilight Mire (soc) 418
Undergrowth Stadium
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Undergrowth Stadium (tmc) 80
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
Woodland Cemetery
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest.
: Add
or
.
Land
Woodland Cemetery (soc) 424

Land

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Bloodstained Mire
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (thb) 254
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) 248
Misty Rainforest
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 250
Nurturing Peatland
, Pay 1 life: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Nurturing Peatland (mh1) 243
Polluted Delta
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
Treasure Vault
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Create X Treasure tokens.
Artifact Land
Treasure Vault (afr) 261
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
Verdant Catacombs
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Verdant Catacombs (mh2) 260
Windswept Heath
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Windswept Heath (ktk) 248
Wooded Foothills
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Wooded Foothills (ktk) 249

Lands

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Exquisite Blood
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.
Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (lcc) 195
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Deathtouch
Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (dmu) 107

Lifegain

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Professor Onyx
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
+1: You lose 1 life. Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
−3: Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls.
−8: Each opponent may discard a card. If they don't, they lose 3 life. Repeat this process six more times.
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Professor Onyx (dsc) 153

Planeswalker

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Legolas's Quick Reflexes
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Untap target creature. Until end of turn, it gains reach, hexproof, and "Whenever this creature becomes tapped, it deals damage equal to its power to up to one target creature."
Instant
Legolas's Quick Reflexes (ltc) 493
Malakir Rebirth
Choose target creature. You lose 2 life. Until end of turn, that creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
Instant
Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111

Protection

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Birds of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Bird
Birds of Paradise (msc) 170
Delighted Halfling
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a legendary spell, and that spell can't be countered.
Creature - Citizen Halfling
Delighted Halfling (ltr) 158
Enduring Vitality
Vigilance
Creatures you control have "
: Add one mana of any color."
When Enduring Vitality 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 - Elk Glimmer
Enduring Vitality (dsk) 176
Seedborn Muse
Untap all permanents you control during each other player's untap step.
Creature - Spirit
Seedborn Muse (tdc) 268
Utopia Sprawl
Enchant Forest
As this Aura enters, choose a color.
Whenever enchanted Forest is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of the chosen color.
Enchantment - Aura
Utopia Sprawl (rvr) 159
Wild Growth
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional
.
Enchantment - Aura
Wild Growth (pip) 208

Ramp

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Animate Dead
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
Enchantment - Aura
Animate Dead (soc) 207
Crucible of Worlds
You may play lands from your graveyard.
Artifact
Crucible of Worlds (2x2) 303
Life from the Loam
Return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Dredge 3 (If you would draw a card, you may mill three cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)
Sorcery
Life from the Loam (tdc) 96
Ramunap Excavator
You may play lands from your graveyard.
Creature - Cleric Snake
Ramunap Excavator (m3c) 241
Reanimate
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Sorcery
Reanimate (fic) 282

Recursion

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Orcish Bowmasters
Flash
When this creature enters and whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, this creature deals 1 damage to any target. Then amass Orcs 1.
Creature - Archer Orc
Orcish Bowmasters (ltr) 103

Removal

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Bastion of Remembrance
When this enchantment enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Bastion of Remembrance (tle) 160
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
Marionette Apprentice
Fabricate 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.)
Whenever another creature or artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Human Artificer
Marionette Apprentice (mh3) 410
Skullclamp
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Skullclamp (msc) 210
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 (j25) 71

Sac Payoff

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Chain of Smog
Target player discards two cards. That player may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
Sorcery
Chain of Smog (plst) ONS-132

Sorcery

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Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
Ashaya's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control.
Nontoken creatures you control are Forest lands in addition to their other types. (They're still affected by summoning sickness.)
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild (dsc) 170
Awaken the Woods
Create X 1/1 green Forest Dryad land creature tokens. (They're affected by summoning sickness.)
Sorcery
Awaken the Woods (bro) 170
Pitiless Plunderer
Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature - Human Pirate
Pitiless Plunderer (fic) 281
Tireless Provisioner
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a Food token or a Treasure token. (Food is an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life." Treasure is an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature - Elf Scout
Tireless Provisioner (j25) 728
Tireless Tracker
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Human Scout
Tireless Tracker (eoc) 110

Token Creation

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Eldritch Evolution
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, where X is 2 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Exile Eldritch Evolution.
Sorcery
Eldritch Evolution (inr) 195

Tutor

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Demonic Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (uma) 93
Vampiric Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Vampiric Tutor (ema) 112

Tutors

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Sting, the Glinting Dagger
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has haste.
At the beginning of each combat, untap equipped creature.
Equipped creature has first strike as long as it's blocking or blocked by a Goblin or Orc.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Sting, the Glinting Dagger (ltr) 250

Untappers

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Instill Energy
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can attack as though it had haste.
: Untap enchanted creature. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn.
Enchantment - Aura
Instill Energy (5ed) 304
Nature's Chosen
Enchant creature you control
: Untap enchanted creature. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn.
Tap enchanted creature: Untap target artifact, creature, or land. Activate only if enchanted creature is white and untapped and only once each turn.
Enchantment - Aura
Nature's Chosen (all) 97
Patriar's Seal
: Add one mana of any color.
,
: Untap target legendary creature you control.
Artifact
Patriar's Seal (clb) 332
Thousand-Year Elixir
You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste.
,
: Untap target creature.
Artifact
Thousand-Year Elixir (c21) 271

Untapping

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Badgermole Cub
When this creature enters, earthbend 1. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)
Whenever you tap a creature for mana, add an additional
.
Creature - Mole Badger
Badgermole Cub (tla) 167
Beifong's Bounty Hunters
Whenever a nonland creature you control dies, earthbend X, where X is that creature's power. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put X +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)
Creature - Human Mercenary
Beifong's Bounty Hunters (tla) 209
Bow of Nylea
Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch.
,
: Choose one —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
• Bow of Nylea deals 2 damage to target creature with flying.
• You gain 3 life.
• Put up to four target cards from your graveyard on the bottom of your library in any order.
Legendary Artifact Enchantment
Bow of Nylea (plst) THS-153
Courser of Kruphix
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may play lands from the top of your library.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature Enchantment - Centaur
Courser of Kruphix (cmm) 888
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.
Creature Enchantment - Dryad Nymph
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (m3c) 225
Hangarback Walker
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.
,
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Hangarback Walker (soc) 348
Hope of Ghirapur
Flying
Sacrifice Hope of Ghirapur: Until your next turn, target player who was dealt combat damage by Hope of Ghirapur this turn can't cast noncreature spells.
Legendary Creature Artifact - Thopter
Hope of Ghirapur (plst) AER-154
Icetill Explorer
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
You may play lands from your graveyard.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, mill a card.
Creature - Scout Insect
Icetill Explorer (eoe) 192
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
Flying
Whenever a player sacrifices another permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Shaman Insect
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest (soc) 319
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
Phyrexian Tower
: Add
.
, Sacrifice a creature: Add
.
Legendary Land
Phyrexian Tower (mh3) 303
Tainted Wood
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Land
Tainted Wood (dsc) 305
Talisman of Resilience
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Resilience (dsc) 255
Thornbite Staff
Equipped creature has "
,
: This creature deals 1 damage to any target" and "Whenever a creature dies, untap this creature."
Whenever a Shaman creature enters, you may attach this Equipment to it.
Equip
Artifact Kindred - Equipment Shaman
Thornbite Staff (mor) 145

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28 mana - 24 cards
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25 mana - 23 cards
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Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Execute the Loop:"},{"insert":" Let the copy resolve, discard your hand, and choose to copy it targeting yourself again. Repeat this indefinitely to drain the entire table to zero on the stack."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Goldfishing Note:"},{"insert":" Just like with "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Witherbloom Apprentice"},{"insert":", this completely ignores the graveyard and creature combat. It is highly resilient because "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Professor Onyx"},{"insert":" is a Planeswalker, making her immune to standard creature removal like "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Snuff Out"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Swords to Plowshares"},{"insert":" before you start the chain."},{"attributes":{"blockquote":true},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The Sanguine Loop (Exquisite Blood + Drainer)"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Prerequisites:"},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Exquisite Blood"},{"insert":" on the battlefield. At least one of your payload cards on the battlefield: "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Bloodthirsty Conqueror"},{"insert":", or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Enduring Tenacity"},{"insert":". A way to cause an opponent to lose life OR a way for you to gain life (e.g., attacking, a tap land like "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Llanowar Wastes"},{"insert":" hitting an opponent, or activating "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Baba Lysaga"},{"insert":").\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Catalyst:"},{"insert":" Deal damage, cause life loss, or gain life. (Example: You tap "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Baba Lysaga"},{"insert":", sacrifice "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Dryad Arbor"},{"insert":" (Creature/Land) and "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Lich's Relic"},{"insert":" (Artifact) to drain the table for 3)."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Triggers:"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If an opponent loses life, "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Exquisite Blood"},{"insert":" triggers, gaining you that much life."},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If you gain life, "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Vito"},{"insert":" / "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Conqueror"},{"insert":" / "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Tenacity"},{"insert":" triggers, causing target opponent (or each opponent) to lose that much life."},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Execute the Loop:"},{"insert":" The life gain triggers the life loss, which triggers the life gain again. This creates an unstoppable, infinite feedback loop that instantly drops all opponents' life totals to zero."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Goldfishing Note:"},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Sheoldred, the Apocalypse"},{"insert":" does not go infinite with "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Exquisite Blood"},{"insert":" by itself because she relies on card draw, but she functions as a devastating value piece while you set up the true infinite loop."},{"attributes":{"blockquote":true},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The Baba Attrition Engine (Untappers + Multi-Type Fodder)"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"While not a true \"infinite\" loop, this is the deterministic value engine that grinds the table out if your primary combos get disrupted.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Prerequisites:"},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Baba Lysaga, Night Witch"},{"insert":" on the battlefield. A multi-type permanent (e.g., "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Inkmoth Nexus"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Haywire Mite"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Dryad Arbor"},{"insert":"). An untapper (e.g., "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Sting, the Glinting Dagger"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Nature's Chosen"},{"insert":", or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Thousand-Year Elixir"},{"insert":"). Recursion (e.g., "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Crucible of Worlds"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Ramunap Excavator"},{"insert":").\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Harvest:"},{"insert":" Tap "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Baba Lysaga"},{"insert":". Sacrifice a combination of permanents that equal at least 3 card types. (Example: Sacrifice "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Inkmoth Nexus"},{"insert":" after animating it to hit Artifact, Creature, and Land all at once)."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Drain:"},{"insert":" Baba's ability resolves. Each opponent loses 3 life, you gain 3 life, and you draw 3 cards."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Untap:"},{"insert":" Use your untapper to untap "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Baba Lysaga"},{"insert":". ("},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Sting"},{"insert":" does this automatically on each combat; "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Nature's Chosen"},{"insert":" can be activated)."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Recursion:"},{"insert":" Play the "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Inkmoth Nexus"},{"insert":" (or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Dryad Arbor"},{"insert":" / Artifact Land) directly from your graveyard using "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Crucible of Worlds"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Ramunap Excavator"},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Grind:"},{"insert":" Because you are drawing 3 cards per activation, you rapidly dig into your fast mana ("},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Dark Ritual"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Sol Ring"},{"insert":") and stack protection ("},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Heroic Intervention"},{"insert":"), allowing you to activate Baba 2-3 times per turn cycle while holding up interaction, slowly starving the table to death."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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