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Anje's Madness
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $180.54
Salt Sum: 26.03
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $1.29
Anje Falkenrath

Haste {T}, Discard a card: Draw a card. Whenever you discard a card, if it has madness, untap Anje Falkenrath.

Creature
Anje Falkenrath (c19) 37
1

Artifact

Quantity: 5Price: $4.17
Armillary Sphere

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Armillary Sphere: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Armillary Sphere (c19) 209
1
Grimoire of the Dead

{1}, {T}, Discard a card: Put a study counter on Grimoire of the Dead. {T}, Remove three study counters from Grimoire of the Dead and sacrifice it: Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. They're black Zombies in addition to their other colors and types.

Artifact
Grimoire of the Dead (c19) 213
1
Key to the City

{T}, Discard a card: Up to one target creature can't be blocked this turn. Whenever Key to the City becomes untapped, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Key to the City (c19) 216
1
Rakdos Locket

{T}: Add {B} or {R}. {B/R}{B/R}{B/R}{B/R}, {T}, Sacrifice Rakdos Locket: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Rakdos Locket (c19) 220
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (c19) 221
1

Creature

Quantity: 32Price: $62.94
Anje's Ravager

Anje's Ravager attacks each combat if able. Whenever Anje's Ravager attacks, discard your hand, then draw three cards. Madness {1}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Anje's Ravager (c19) 22
1
Archfiend of Ifnir

Flying Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Archfiend of Ifnir (pakh) 78
1
Archfiend of Spite

Flying Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to Archfiend of Spite, that source's controller loses that much life unless they sacrifice that many permanents. Madness {3}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Archfiend of Spite (c19) 14
1
Asylum Visitor

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand, you draw a card and you lose 1 life. Madness {1}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Asylum Visitor (c19) 103
1
Big Game Hunter

When Big Game Hunter enters the battlefield, destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. It can't be regenerated. Madness {B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Big Game Hunter (c19) 106
1
Blazing Rootwalla

{R}: Blazing Rootwalla gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn. Madness {0} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Blazing Rootwalla (mh2) 404
1
Bloodhall Priest

Whenever Bloodhall Priest enters the battlefield or attacks, if you have no cards in hand, Bloodhall Priest deals 2 damage to any target. Madness {1}{B}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Bloodhall Priest (c19) 188
1
Bloodmad Vampire

Whenever Bloodmad Vampire deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Madness {1}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Bloodmad Vampire (soi) 146
1
Bone Miser

Whenever you discard a creature card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Whenever you discard a land card, add {B}{B}. Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.

Creature
Bone Miser (plst) C19-15
1
Gixian Puppeteer

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. When Gixian Puppeteer dies, return another target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Gixian Puppeteer (bro) 328
1
Glint-Horn Buccaneer

Haste Whenever you discard a card, Glint-Horn Buccaneer deals 1 damage to each opponent. {1}{R}, Discard a card: Draw a card. Activate only if Glint-Horn Buccaneer is attacking.

Creature
Glint-Horn Buccaneer (m20) 141
1
Grave Scrabbler

Madness {1}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.) When Grave Scrabbler enters the battlefield, if its madness cost was paid, you may return target creature card from a graveyard to its owner's hand.

Creature
Grave Scrabbler (c19) 117
1
Incorrigible Youths

Haste Madness {2}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Incorrigible Youths (psoi) 166
1
Irencrag Pyromancer

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, Irencrag Pyromancer deals 3 damage to any target.

Creature
Irencrag Pyromancer (j22) 559
1
Jaxis, the Troublemaker

{R}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a token that's a copy of another target creature you control. It gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery. Blitz {1}{R} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)

Creature
Jaxis, the Troublemaker (snc) 425
1
Keeper of Secrets

First strike, haste Symphony of Pain — Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, Keeper of Secrets deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to target opponent.

Creature
Keeper of Secrets (40k) 78
1
Kitchen Imp

Flying, haste Madness {B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Kitchen Imp (mh2) 343
1
Markov Baron

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Lifelink Other Vampires you control get +1/+1. Madness {2}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Markov Baron (mat) 14
1
Muck Drubb

Flash When Muck Drubb enters the battlefield, change the target of target spell that targets only a single creature to Muck Drubb. Madness {2}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Muck Drubb (plc) 76
1
Nalfeshnee

Flying Whenever you cast a spell from exile, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy. If it's a permanent spell, the copy gains haste and "At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this permanent." (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Creature
Nalfeshnee (clb) 632
1
Necrogoyf

Necrogoyf's power is equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card. Madness {1}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Necrogoyf (mh2) 451
1
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion

Trample Whenever Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, you may discard any number of cards. If you do, draw that many cards and add that much {R}. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Creature
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion (war) 140
1
Olivia, Mobilized for War

Flying Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may discard a card. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, it gains haste until end of turn, and it becomes a Vampire in addition to its other types.

Creature
Olivia, Mobilized for War (sld) 699
1
Revolutionist

When Revolutionist enters the battlefield, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Madness {3}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Revolutionist (mh2) 139
1
Ruthless Sniper

Whenever you cycle or discard a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

Creature
Ruthless Sniper (akh) 105
1
Shadowgrange Archfiend

When Shadowgrange Archfiend enters the battlefield, each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures they control. You gain life equal to the greatest power among creatures sacrificed this way. Madness—{2}{B}, Pay 8 life. (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Shadowgrange Archfiend (voc) 22
1
Skophos Reaver

As long as it's your turn, Skophos Reaver gets +2/+0. Madness {1}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Skophos Reaver (mh2) 140
1
Solemn Simulacrum

When Solemn Simulacrum enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. When Solemn Simulacrum dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Solemn Simulacrum (c19) 222
1
Surly Badgersaur

Whenever you discard a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on Surly Badgersaur. Whenever you discard a land card, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, Surly Badgersaur fights up to one target creature you don't control.

Creature
Surly Badgersaur (c20) 57
1
Syr Konrad, the Grim

Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad, the Grim deals 1 damage to each opponent. {1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Syr Konrad, the Grim (eld) 107
1
Vampire Socialite

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) When Vampire Socialite enters the battlefield, if an opponent lost life this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on each other Vampire you control. As long as an opponent lost life this turn, each other Vampire you control enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Vampire Socialite (mid) 249
1
Voldaren Pariah

Creature
Voldaren Pariah // Abolisher of Bloodlines (emn) 111Voldaren Pariah // Abolisher of Bloodlines (emn) 111
1

Enchantment

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Animate Dead

Enchant creature card in a graveyard When Animate Dead enters the battlefield, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it. Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.

Enchantment
Animate Dead (plst) EMA-78
1
Curse of Fool's Wisdom

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player draws a card, they lose 2 life and you gain 2 life. Madness {3}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Enchantment
Curse of Fool's Wisdom (c19) 16
1
Hedonist's Trove

When Hedonist's Trove enters the battlefield, exile target opponent's graveyard. You may play lands from among cards exiled with Hedonist's Trove. You may cast spells from among cards exiled with Hedonist's Trove. You can't cast more than one spell this way each turn.

Enchantment
Hedonist's Trove (c19) 119
1
Oppression

Whenever a player casts a spell, that player discards a card.

Enchantment
Oppression (wot) 32
1
The Eldest Reborn

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. II — Each opponent discards a card. III — Put target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment
The Eldest Reborn (c19) 131
1

Instant

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Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (c19) 136
1
Dark Withering

Destroy target nonblack creature. Madness {B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Instant
Dark Withering (plst) C19-110
1
Fiery Temper

Fiery Temper deals 3 damage to any target. Madness {R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Instant
Fiery Temper (c19) 142
1
Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terminate (pls) 128
1
Thrill of Possibility

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards.

Instant
Thrill of Possibility (one) 151
1
Violent Eruption

Violent Eruption deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets. Madness {1}{R}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Instant
Violent Eruption (c19) 154
1

Land

Quantity: 37Price: $76.57
Blightstep Pathway

Land
Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway (plst) KHM-252Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway (plst) KHM-252
1
Blood Crypt

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) As Blood Crypt enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Blood Crypt (plst) DIS-171
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (c19) 237
1
Dragonskull Summit

Dragonskull Summit enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Dragonskull Summit (e01) 93
1
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (mic) 173
1
Foreboding Ruins

As Foreboding Ruins enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, Foreboding Ruins enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Foreboding Ruins (soi) 272
1
Geier Reach Sanitarium

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Land
Geier Reach Sanitarium (c19) 246
1
Mortuary Mire

Mortuary Mire enters the battlefield tapped. When Mortuary Mire enters the battlefield, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Mortuary Mire (c19) 260
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mid) 274
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mid) 275
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (unf) 238
2
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (unf) 243
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (one) 265
4
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (ltr) 269
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (lci) 290
1
Rakdos Carnarium

Rakdos Carnarium enters the battlefield tapped. When Rakdos Carnarium enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Land
Rakdos Carnarium (c19) 266
1
Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{B}{R}, {T}: Each player discards a card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace (c19) 269
1
Sanctum of Eternity

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Return target commander you own from the battlefield to your hand. Activate only during your turn.

Land
Sanctum of Eternity (c19) 59
1
Smoldering Marsh

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) Smoldering Marsh enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Smoldering Marsh (scd) 319
1
Sulfurous Springs

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Sulfurous Springs deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Sulfurous Springs (dmu) 381
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (znr) 274
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mid) 272
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (vow) 273
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (neo) 297
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (unf) 237
2
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (unf) 242
2
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (bro) 282
2
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (bro) 283
1
Tainted Peak

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Peak (voc) 184
1
Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Land
Temple of the False God (c19) 280
1

Planeswalker

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Ob Nixilis Reignited

+1: You draw a card and you lose 1 life. −3: Destroy target creature. −8: Target opponent gets an emblem with "Whenever a player draws a card, you lose 2 life."

Planeswalker
Ob Nixilis Reignited (c19) 124
1
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 the Mirthless deals 13 damage to any target. You gain 13 life.

Planeswalker
Sorin the Mirthless (vow) 131
1

Sorcery

Quantity: 12Price: $7.62
Alms of the Vein

Target opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life. Madness {B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Sorcery
Alms of the Vein (soi) 98
1
Avacyn's Judgment

Madness {X}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.) Avacyn's Judgment deals 2 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets. If this spell's madness cost was paid, it deals X damage divided as you choose among those permanents and/or players instead.

Sorcery
Avacyn's Judgment (c19) 134
1
Beacon of Unrest

Put target artifact or creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. Shuffle Beacon of Unrest into its owner's library.

Sorcery
Beacon of Unrest (c19) 105
1
Biting Rain

All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. Madness {2}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Sorcery
Biting Rain (soi) 102
1
Call to the Netherworld

Return target black creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Madness {0} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Sorcery
Call to the Netherworld (c19) 108
1
Diabolic Tutor

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

Sorcery
Diabolic Tutor (m12) 92
1
Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Faithless Looting (cmm) 642
1
From Under the Floorboards

Madness {X}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.) Create three tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens and you gain 3 life. If this spell's madness cost was paid, instead create X of those tokens and you gain X life.

Sorcery
From Under the Floorboards (c19) 113
1
Mire in Misery

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or enchantment.

Sorcery
Mire in Misery (c19) 19
1
Murderous Compulsion

Destroy target tapped creature. Madness {1}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Sorcery
Murderous Compulsion (c19) 122
1
Nightmare Unmaking

Choose one — • Exile each creature with power greater than the number of cards in your hand. • Exile each creature with power less than the number of cards in your hand.

Sorcery
Nightmare Unmaking (c19) 20
1
Terminal Agony

Destroy target creature. Madness {B}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Sorcery
Terminal Agony (mh2) 215
1

Maybeboard

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Argentum Masticore

First strike, protection from multicolored At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Argentum Masticore unless you discard a card. When you discard a card this way, destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value less than or equal to the mana value of the discarded card.

Creature Artifact
Argentum Masticore (one) 393
1
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder

Artifact
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift (lci) 135Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift (lci) 135
1
Gorgon Recluse

Whenever Gorgon Recluse blocks or becomes blocked by a nonblack creature, destroy that creature at end of combat. Madness {B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Gorgon Recluse (c19) 116
1
Inti, Seneschal of the Sun

Whenever you attack, you may discard a card. When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature. It gains trample until end of turn. Whenever you discard one or more cards, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card until your next end step.

Creature
Inti, Seneschal of the Sun (lci) 156
1
Matzalantli, the Great Door

Artifact
Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core (lci) 387Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core (lci) 387
1
Molten Collapse

Choose one. If you descended this turn, you may choose both instead. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.) • Destroy target creature or planeswalker. • Destroy target noncreature, nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.

Sorcery
Molten Collapse (lci) 234
1
Moria Scavenger

Deathtouch, haste {T}, Discard a card: Draw a card. If the discarded card was a creature card, amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)

Creature
Moria Scavenger (ltc) 470
1
Nightshade Assassin

First strike When Nightshade Assassin enters the battlefield, you may reveal X black cards in your hand. If you do, target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Madness {1}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Nightshade Assassin (c19) 123
1
Restless Vents

Restless Vents enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. {1}{B}{R}: Until end of turn, Restless Vents becomes a 2/3 black and red Insect creature with menace. It's still a land. Whenever Restless Vents attacks, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

Land
Restless Vents (lci) 284
1
Sheoldred's Edict

Choose one — • Each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature. • Each opponent sacrifices a creature token. • Each opponent sacrifices a planeswalker.

Instant
Sheoldred's Edict (one) 108
1
Witch's Mark

You may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards. Create a Wicked Role token attached to up to one target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this Aura is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Sorcery
Witch's Mark (woe) 158
1
Zoyowa Lava-Tongue

Deathtouch At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, each opponent may discard a card or sacrifice a permanent. Zoyowa Lava-Tongue deals 3 damage to each opponent who didn't. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)

Creature
Zoyowa Lava-Tongue (lci) 312
1

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