life drain • (Grixis Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Lifegain

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Lifegain

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $0.49

Sol'kanar the Swamp King

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
Whenever a player casts a black spell, you gain 1 life.

Legendary Creature - Demon

$0.49 $0.25 $0.15

Commander

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Burn

Qty: 2 Price: $14.28

Ankh of Mishra

Whenever a land enters, this artifact deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

Artifact

$11.99 $8.78 $7.32

Underworld Dreams

Whenever an opponent draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment

$2.29 $2.24 $1.13

Burn

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Counters

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35

Wall of Limbs

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

, Sacrifice this creature: Target player loses X life, where X is this creature's power.

Creature - Zombie Wall

$0.35 $0.31 $0.15

Counters

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Drain

Qty: 8 Price: $70.48

Bloodchief Ascension

At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.

Enchantment

$27.99 $21.34 $18.59

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

$15.99 $14.75 $10.39

Epicure of Blood

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature - Vampire

$0.35 $0.30 $0.15

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

$1.29 $0.62 $0.54

Marauding Blight-Priest

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature - Vampire Cleric

$0.39 $0.30 $0.15

Sanguine Bond

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.

Enchantment

$7.49 $5.43 $5.15

Starscape Cleric

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
This creature can't block.
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature - Cleric Bat

$1.99 $0.83 $0.42

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

$14.99 $8.87 $9.37

Drain

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Draw

Qty: 9 Price: $145.51

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

$13.99 $10.51 $9.18

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

$16.99 $10.51 $10.78

Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant

$2.79 $0.56 $0.31

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

$6.99 $4.46 $4.16

Greed

, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment

$0.59 $0.33 $0.15

Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays

Enchantment

$89.99 $69.59 $67.68

Scrawling Crawler

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact - Construct Phyrexian

$10.99 $6.39 $5.15

Vampiric Rites

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

Enchantment

$0.39 $0.17 $0.15

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

$2.79 $3.36 $1.55

Draw

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Evasion

Qty: 1 Price: $5.49

Filth

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control a Swamp, creatures you control have swampwalk.

Creature - Incarnation

$5.49 $4.68 $4.01

Evasion

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Finisher

Qty: 1 Price: $0.99

Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.36 $0.15

Finisher

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Land

Qty: 30 Price: $230.90

Blood Crypt

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Swamp Mountain

$9.99 $---- $----

Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.

: Add

Land

$2.99 $1.43 $1.21

Cabal Coffers

: Add

for each Swamp you control.

Land

$34.99 $28.57 $25.98

Cabal Stronghold

: Add

for each basic Swamp you control.

Land

$22.99 $12.37 $11.88

Command Tower

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land

$0.79 $0.25 $0.18

Crumbling Necropolis

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, or

Land

$0.99 $0.34 $0.28

Island

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Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $---- $----

Leechridden Swamp

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: Add

.)
This land enters tapped.

: Each opponent loses 1 life. Activate only if you control two or more black permanents.

Land - Swamp

$1.29 $1.12 $0.86

Mountain

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Basic Land - Mountain

$0.49 $---- $----

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$6.49 $4.18 $4.26

Steam Vents

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.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Island Mountain

$9.99 $---- $----

Stormcarved Coast

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.

: Add

Land

$4.99 $2.38 $2.31

Sulfur Falls

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain.

: Add

Land

$0.59 $0.20 $0.15

Swamp

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: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $---- $----

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Legendary Land

$59.99 $55.48 $50.30

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

, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land Enchantment - Saga Urza's

$44.99 $38.60 $34.80

Witch's Cottage

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: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Swamps.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land - Swamp

$1.49 $0.40 $0.15

Xander's Lounge

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: Add

, or

.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land - Island Swamp Mountain

$20.99 $14.48 $13.12

Land

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Lifegain

Qty: 9 Price: $106.84

Bloodthirsty Aerialist

Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature - Vampire Rogue

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Bloodthirsty Conqueror

Flying, deathtouch
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature - Knight Vampire

$49.99 $36.65 $31.26

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

$8.99 $4.92 $4.25

Demon's Horn

Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may gain 1 life.

Artifact

$0.79 $1.20 $0.46

Diamond Mare

As this creature enters, choose a color.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen color, you gain 1 life.

Creature Artifact - Horse

$---- $0.27 $0.15

Exquisite Blood

Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.

Enchantment

$44.99 $40.42 $36.47

Prism Ring

As this artifact enters, choose a color.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen color, you gain 1 life.

Artifact

$0.79 $0.35 $0.16

Staff of the Death Magus

Whenever you cast a black spell or a Swamp you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.41 $0.15

Tablet of the Guilds

As this artifact enters, choose two colors.
Whenever you cast a spell, if it's at least one of the chosen colors, you gain 1 life for each of the chosen colors it is.

Artifact

$0.59 $0.38 $0.15

Lifegain

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Protection

Qty: 4 Price: $78.26

Darkness

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant

$17.99 $15.49 $13.27

Painter's Servant

As this creature enters, choose a color.
All cards that aren't on the battlefield, spells, and permanents are the chosen color in addition to their other colors.

Creature Artifact - Scarecrow

$54.99 $51.83 $33.18

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$3.99 $2.20 $2.06

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

$1.29 $0.45 $0.26

Protection

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Ramp

Qty: 14 Price: $184.09

Arcane Signet

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.48 $0.39

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

$5.49 $3.73 $2.70

Commander's Sphere

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

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

$22.99 $15.16 $14.22

Dark Ritual

Add

Instant

$10.99 $7.25 $6.77

Expedition Map

, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact

$---- $---- $----

Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Artifact

$18.99 $14.42 $11.92

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

$1.99 $1.06 $0.77

Liliana of the Dark Realms

+1: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
−3: Target creature gets +X/+X or -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Swamps you control.
−6: You get an emblem with "Swamps you control have '

: Add

.'"

Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana

$13.99 $9.67 $7.97

Nightscape Familiar

Blue spells and red spells you cast cost

less to cast.

: Regenerate this creature.

Creature - Zombie

$0.69 $0.41 $0.23

Obelisk of Grixis

: Add

, or

Artifact

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.79 $1.35 $1.30

The Soul Stone

Indestructible

: Add

, Exile a creature you control: Harness The Soul Stone. (Once harnessed, its ∞ ability is active.)
∞ — At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Legendary Artifact - Infinity Stone

$99.99 $77.61 $82.78

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Artifact

$4.49 $2.40 $2.50

Ramp

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Removal

Qty: 18 Price: $127.52

Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant

$3.99 $1.72 $1.87

Bedevil

Destroy target artifact, creature, or planeswalker.

Instant

$0.79 $0.29 $0.15

Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant

$3.99 $2.15 $2.79

Countersquall

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life.

Instant

$0.99 $0.51 $0.48

Crosis's Charm

Choose one —
• Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
• Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
• Destroy target artifact.

Instant

$0.39 $0.62 $0.27

Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery

$23.99 $21.01 $19.90

Defile

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

Instant

$2.79 $2.11 $1.44

Essence Pulse

You gain 2 life. Each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.32 $0.19

Feed the Swarm

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

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.24 $0.15

Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$79.99 $63.43 $62.03

Go for the Throat

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Instant

$1.29 $0.28 $0.15

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$0.69 $0.32 $0.15

Pestilence

At the beginning of the end step, if no creatures are on the battlefield, sacrifice this enchantment.

: This enchantment deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

Enchantment

$2.29 $0.67 $0.50

Rakdos Charm

Choose one —
• Exile target player's graveyard.
• Destroy target artifact.
• Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Instant

$0.79 $0.39 $0.40

Royal Assassin

: Destroy target tapped creature.

Creature - Human Assassin

$0.69 $0.38 $0.15

Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant

$0.79 $0.34 $0.22

Villainous Wrath

Target opponent loses life equal to the number of creatures they control. Then destroy all creatures.

Sorcery

$0.79 $0.73 $0.15

Withering Torment

Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$2.29 $1.62 $1.29

Removal

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Stax

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35

Nightcreep

Until end of turn, all creatures become black and all lands become Swamps.

Instant

$0.35 $0.30 $0.16

Stax

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Tutor

Qty: 1 Price: $84.99

Demonic Tutor

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

Sorcery

$84.99 $69.17 $61.46

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $1,050.54

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 2.86Total Mana Value: 200.00

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Avg Mana Value: 2.86Total Mana Value: 200.00

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