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Tormented Hero: PDH
Deck Size: 100
Pauper EDH
Est deck cost: $50.40
Salt sum: 24.62
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Commander

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Tormented Hero

This creature enters tapped. Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Creature
Tormented Hero (f14) 5

Commander

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Counters

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Essence Infusion

Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. It gains lifelink until end of turn.

Sorcery
Essence Infusion (stx) 69
Sadistic Glee

Enchant creature Whenever a creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Sadistic Glee (tmp) 153

Counters

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Drain

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Epicure of Blood

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Epicure of Blood (j22) 411
Marauding Blight-Priest

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Marauding Blight-Priest (j22) 439

Drain

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Draw

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Aphotic Wisps

Target creature becomes black and gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Draw a card.

Instant
Aphotic Wisps (shm) 55
Bladebrand

Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Bladebrand (mid) 87
Blood Pact

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Instant
Blood Pact (mid) 88
Casting of Bones

Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, draw three cards, then discard one of them.

Enchantment
Casting of Bones (all) 44a
Crushing Disappointment

Each player loses 2 life. You draw two cards.

Instant
Crushing Disappointment (stx) 68
Demon's Due

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Demon's Due (snc) 75
Infernal Scarring

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has "When this creature dies, draw a card."

Enchantment
Infernal Scarring (m21) 105
Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Night's Whisper (moc) 259
Nighthaze

Target creature gains swampwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) Draw a card.

Sorcery
Nighthaze (roe) 118
Phyrexian Rager

When this creature enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Phyrexian Rager (moc) 265
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 (moc) 267
Scourgemark

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted creature gets +1/+0.

Enchantment
Scourgemark (ths) 105
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (scd) 107

Draw

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Enchantment

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Banewasp Affliction

Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, that creature's controller loses life equal to its toughness.

Enchantment
Banewasp Affliction (ala) 65
Dark Favor

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, you lose 1 life. Enchanted creature gets +3/+1.

Enchantment
Dark Favor (m14) 92
Mourning

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-0. {B}: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Mourning (inv) 111
Unholy Strength

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.

Enchantment
Unholy Strength (dvd) 47

Enchantment

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Evasion

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Grisly Transformation

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted creature has intimidate. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

Enchantment
Grisly Transformation (plst) BNG-74
Gruesome Deformity

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has intimidate. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

Enchantment
Gruesome Deformity (isd) 103

Evasion

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Instant

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Coat with Venom

Target creature gets +1/+2 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Instant
Coat with Venom (plst) DTK-91
Cruel Feeding

Strive — This spell costs {2}{B} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Any number of target creatures each get +1/+0 and gain lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Instant
Cruel Feeding (jou) 64
Ebony Charm

Choose one — • Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. • Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard. • Target creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Instant
Ebony Charm (mir) 120
Fevered Strength

Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Fevered Strength (all) 50a
Lash of Thorns

Target creature gets +2/+1 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.

Instant
Lash of Thorns (eld) 92
Midnight Charm

Choose one — • Midnight Charm deals 1 damage to target creature and you gain 1 life. • Target creature gains first strike until end of turn. • Tap target creature.

Instant
Midnight Charm (plc) 74
Rouse

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 2 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Instant
Rouse (mmq) 157
Virulent Swipe

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. 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.)

Instant
Virulent Swipe (plst) IMA-113

Instant

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Land

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Radiant Fountain

When this land enters, you gain 2 life. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Radiant Fountain (c21) 310
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (ths) 240

Land

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Lifegain

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Alchemist's Gift

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains your choice of deathtouch or lifelink until end of turn. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Instant
Alchemist's Gift (m21) 87
Basilica Screecher

Flying Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Creature
Basilica Screecher (gtc) 58
Blood Tithe

Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery
Blood Tithe (m11) 84
Eternal Thirst

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has lifelink and "Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature." (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Enchantment
Eternal Thirst (jmp) 229
Vampiric Link

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

Enchantment
Vampiric Link (plc) 92

Lifegain

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Protection

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Abnormal Endurance

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."

Instant
Abnormal Endurance (m19) 85
Armor of Shadows

Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Armor of Shadows (clb) 112
Ashnod's Intervention

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand."

Instant
Ashnod's Intervention (bro) 85
Boon of Erebos

Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Regenerate it. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Boon of Erebos (ths) 80
Demonic Gifts

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control."

Instant
Demonic Gifts (j22) 398
Demonic Vigor

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When enchanted creature dies, return that card to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Demonic Vigor (plst) DOM-85
Fake Your Own Death

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control and you create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Fake Your Own Death (snc) 79
Feign Death

Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it."

Instant
Feign Death (afr) 103
Kaya's Ghostform

Enchant creature or planeswalker you control When enchanted permanent dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment
Kaya's Ghostform (war) 94
Necromancer's Magemark

Enchant creature Creatures you control that are enchanted get +1/+1. If a creature you control that's enchanted would die, return it to its owner's hand instead.

Enchantment
Necromancer's Magemark (gpt) 53
Professor's Warning

Choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. • Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Professor's Warning (stx) 84
Rush of Vitality

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage dealt by that creature also causes its controller to gain that much life, and it can't be destroyed by damage or effects that say "destroy.")

Instant
Rush of Vitality (kld) 99
Soul Channeling

Enchant creature Pay 2 life: Regenerate enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Soul Channeling (mmq) 163
Supernatural Stamina

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."

Instant
Supernatural Stamina (2x2) 93
Undying Evil

Target creature gains undying until end of turn. (When it dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Instant
Undying Evil (dka) 77
Undying Malice

Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it."

Instant
Undying Malice (vow) 134
Unhallowed Pact

Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment
Unhallowed Pact (ddr) 64
Unholy Indenture

Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Enchantment
Unholy Indenture (m20) 119
Unnatural Endurance

Devoid (This card has no color.) Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Regenerate it.

Instant
Unnatural Endurance (ogw) 80

Protection

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Ramp

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Bonder's Ornament

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {4}, {T}: Each player who controls a permanent named Bonder's Ornament draws a card.

Artifact
Bonder's Ornament (c20) 67

Ramp

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Recursion

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Disentomb

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Disentomb (m13) 89
Unearth

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sorcery
Unearth (2x2) 96

Recursion

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Removal

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Arms of Hadar

Creatures target player controls get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Sorcery
Arms of Hadar (clb) 113
Complete Disregard

Devoid (This card has no color.) Exile target creature with power 3 or less.

Instant
Complete Disregard (bfz) 90
Corrupt

Corrupt deals damage to any target equal to the number of Swamps you control. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

Sorcery
Corrupt (bro) 88
Parasitic Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever enchanted creature attacks, its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Parasitic Impetus (clb) 140
Tendrils of Corruption

Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

Instant
Tendrils of Corruption (tsr) 145
Twisted Embrace

Enchant artifact or creature you control When this Aura enters, destroy target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +1/+1.

Enchantment
Twisted Embrace (neo) 125
Vanquish the Weak

Destroy target creature with power 3 or less.

Instant
Vanquish the Weak (mom) 129

Removal

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