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Snail's Soft Stax and Group Slug Emporium
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Blood artist

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Assault Intercessor

First strike, menace Chainsword — Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.

Creature
Assault Intercessor (40k) 104
Blood Artist

Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Blood Artist (dsc) 132
Falkenrath Noble

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Falkenrath Noble (dsc) 140
Gimli, Counter of Kills

Trample Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, Gimli deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.

Creature
Gimli, Counter of Kills (ltr) 312
Hissing Iguanar

Whenever another creature dies, you may have this creature deal 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.

Creature
Hissing Iguanar (2x2) 113
Liability

Whenever a nontoken permanent is put into a player's graveyard from the battlefield, that player loses 1 life.

Enchantment
Liability (mmq) 144
Massacre Wurm

When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.

Creature
Massacre Wurm (dsc) 147
Mayhem Devil

Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Mayhem Devil (dsc) 225
Pain Distributor

Menace Whenever a player casts their first spell each turn, they create a Treasure token. Whenever an artifact an opponent controls is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.

Creature
Pain Distributor (moc) 33
Patron of the Nezumi

Rat offering (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant by sacrificing a Rat and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed Rat. Mana cost includes color.) Whenever a permanent is put into an opponent's graveyard, that player loses 1 life.

Creature
Patron of the Nezumi (cm2) 72
Poison-Tip Archer

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Whenever another creature dies, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Poison-Tip Archer (blc) 256
Rage Thrower

Whenever another creature dies, this creature deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.

Creature
Rage Thrower (isd) 157
Spiteful Prankster

During your turn, this creature has first strike. Whenever another creature dies, this creature deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.

Creature
Spiteful Prankster (j22) 606
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 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 (dsc) 158

Blood artist

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Other soft stax

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Aerial Extortionist

Flying Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it. Whenever another player casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card.

Creature
Aerial Extortionist (mkc) 54
Aven Mindcensor

Flash Flying If an opponent would search a library, that player searches the top four cards of that library instead.

Creature
Aven Mindcensor (clb) 688
Heartwood Storyteller

Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, each of that player's opponents may draw a card.

Creature
Heartwood Storyteller (tsr) 209

Other soft stax

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Slug - nonbasic lands

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Anathemancer

When this creature enters, it deals damage to target player equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls. Unearth {5}{B}{R} ({5}{B}{R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Anathemancer (arb) 33
Burning Earth

Whenever a player taps a nonbasic land for mana, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Burning Earth (m14) 130
Price of Progress

Price of Progress deals damage to each player equal to twice the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.

Instant
Price of Progress (plst) EXO-95
Primal Order

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of nonbasic lands they control.

Enchantment
Primal Order (5ed) 318
Sunspine Lynx

Players can't gain life. Damage can't be prevented. When this creature enters, it deals damage to each player equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.

Creature
Sunspine Lynx (blb) 155

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Discard engine

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Angrath, the Flame-Chained

+1: Each opponent discards a card and loses 2 life. −3: Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step if it has mana value 3 or less. −8: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of cards in their graveyard.

Planeswalker
Angrath, the Flame-Chained (rix) 152
Bottomless Pit

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card at random.

Enchantment
Bottomless Pit (sth) 51
Creeping Dread

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player discards a card. Each opponent who discarded a card that shares a card type with the card you discarded loses 3 life. (Players reveal the discarded cards simultaneously.)

Enchantment
Creeping Dread (soi) 104
Cunning Lethemancer

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player discards a card.

Creature
Cunning Lethemancer (ala) 69
Gibbering Descent

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses 1 life and discards a card. Hellbent — Skip your upkeep step if you have no cards in hand. Madness {2}{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.)

Enchantment
Gibbering Descent (fut) 66
Herald of Anguish

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Flying At the beginning of your end step, each opponent discards a card. {1}{B}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Creature
Herald of Anguish (brc) 108
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger

When Kroxa enters, sacrifice it unless it escaped. Whenever Kroxa enters or attacks, each opponent discards a card, then each opponent who didn't discard a nonland card this way loses 3 life. Escape—{B}{B}{R}{R}, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

Creature
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger (thb) 221
Liliana, Waker of the Dead

+1: Each player discards a card. Each opponent who can't loses 3 life. −3: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard. −7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste."

Planeswalker
Liliana, Waker of the Dead (m21) 108
Necrogen Mists

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card.

Enchantment
Necrogen Mists (mrd) 69
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) 93
Neheb, the Worthy

First strike Other Minotaurs you control have first strike. As long as you have one or fewer cards in hand, Minotaurs you control get +2/+0. Whenever Neheb deals combat damage to a player, each player discards a card.

Creature
Neheb, the Worthy (akh) 203
Oppression

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

Enchantment
Oppression (plst) USG-143
Pain Magnification

Whenever an opponent is dealt 3 or more damage by a single source, that player discards a card.

Enchantment
Pain Magnification (plst) DIS-121
Rankle, Master of Pranks

Flying, haste Whenever Rankle deals combat damage to a player, choose any number — • Each player discards a card. • Each player loses 1 life and draws a card. • Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Rankle, Master of Pranks (otc) 148
Sire of Insanity

At the beginning of each end step, each player discards their hand.

Creature
Sire of Insanity (dgm) 104
Stronghold Rats

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each player discards a card.

Creature
Stronghold Rats (tsr) 142

Discard engine

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Armored Scrapgorger

This creature gets +3/+0 as long as it has three or more oil counters on it. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Whenever this creature becomes tapped, exile target card from a graveyard and put an oil counter on this creature.

Creature
Armored Scrapgorger (one) 158
Ashnod's Harvester

Whenever this creature attacks, exile target card from a graveyard. Unearth {1}{B} ({1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature Artifact
Ashnod's Harvester (bro) 117
Deadeye Tracker

{1}{B}, {T}: Exile two target cards from an opponent's graveyard. This creature explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Deadeye Tracker (xln) 99
Deathrite Shaman

{T}: Exile target land card from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color. {B}, {T}: Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life. {G}, {T}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.

Creature
Deathrite Shaman (mb2) 81
Emperor of Bones

At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target card from a graveyard. {1}{B}: Adapt 2. Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, put a creature card exiled with this creature onto the battlefield under your control with a finality counter on it. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Emperor of Bones (mh3) 90
Graveyard Trespasser

Creature
Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton (mid) 104Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton (mid) 104
Immersturm Predator

Flying Whenever this creature becomes tapped, exile up to one target card from a graveyard and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Creature
Immersturm Predator (khm) 214
Intrepid Paleontologist

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {2}: Exile target card from a graveyard. You may cast Dinosaur creature spells from among cards you own exiled with this creature. If you cast a spell this way, that creature enters with a finality counter on it. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)

Creature
Intrepid Paleontologist (lci) 193
Keen-Eyed Curator

As long as there are four or more card types among cards exiled with this creature, it gets +4/+4 and has trample. {1}: Exile target card from a graveyard.

Creature
Keen-Eyed Curator (blb) 181
Klothys, God of Destiny

Indestructible As long as your devotion to red and green is less than seven, Klothys isn't a creature. At the beginning of your first main phase, exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a land card, add {R} or {G}. Otherwise, you gain 2 life and Klothys deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Creature Enchantment
Klothys, God of Destiny (plst) THB-220
Lazav, Wearer of Faces

Whenever Lazav attacks, exile target card from a graveyard, then investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, you may have Lazav become a copy of a creature card exiled with it until end of turn.

Creature
Lazav, Wearer of Faces (mkm) 216
Lion Sash

{W}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a permanent card, put a +1/+1 counter on this permanent. Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on this Equipment. Reconfigure {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Lion Sash (neo) 26
Lochmere Serpent

Flash {U}, Sacrifice an Island: This creature can't be blocked this turn. {B}, Sacrifice a Swamp: You gain 1 life and draw a card. {U}{B}: Exile five target cards from an opponent's graveyard. Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Lochmere Serpent (eld) 195
Lord Skitter, Sewer King

Whenever another Rat you control enters, exile up to one target card from an opponent's graveyard. At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."

Creature
Lord Skitter, Sewer King (woe) 97
Mastermind Plum

Whenever Mastermind Plum attacks, exile up to one target card from a graveyard. If an artifact card was exiled this way, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you cast a spell, if mana from a Treasure was spent to cast it, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Mastermind Plum (clu) 3
Pharika, God of Affliction

Indestructible As long as your devotion to black and green is less than seven, Pharika isn't a creature. {B}{G}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Its owner creates a 1/1 black and green Snake enchantment creature token with deathtouch.

Creature Enchantment
Pharika, God of Affliction (jou) 154
Restless Cottage

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. {2}{B}{G}: 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
Scavenging Ooze

{G}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Scavenging Ooze (dsc) 196
Selesnya Eulogist

{2}{G}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard, then populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Creature
Selesnya Eulogist (c19) 35
Territorial Kavu

Domain — Territorial Kavu's power and toughness are each equal to the number of basic land types among lands you control. Whenever this creature attacks, choose one — • Discard a card. If you do, draw a card. • Exile up to one target card from a graveyard.

Creature
Territorial Kavu (mh2) 216
Veteran Survivor

Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, exile up to one target card from a graveyard. As long as there are three or more cards exiled with this creature, it gets +3/+3 and has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Creature
Veteran Survivor (dsk) 40
Withered Wretch

{1}: Exile target card from a graveyard.

Creature
Withered Wretch (scd) 120

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Ancient Runes

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of artifacts they control.

Enchantment
Ancient Runes (tmp) 161
Blood Seeker

Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may have that player lose 1 life.

Creature
Blood Seeker (dsc) 77
Cemetery Gatekeeper

First strike When this creature enters, exile a card from a graveyard. Whenever a player plays a land or casts a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

Creature
Cemetery Gatekeeper (vow) 148
Harsh Mentor

Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land on the battlefield, if it isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

Creature
Harsh Mentor (dsc) 165
Immolation Shaman

Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land that isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 1 damage to that player. {3}{R}{R}: This creature gets +3/+3 and gains menace until end of turn.

Creature
Immolation Shaman (rna) 106
Rampaging Ferocidon

Menace Players can't gain life. Whenever another creature enters, this creature deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.

Creature
Rampaging Ferocidon (dsc) 167
Vile Consumption

All creatures have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay 1 life."

Enchantment
Vile Consumption (inv) 285

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Enters tapped

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Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

As long as Archelos is tapped, other permanents enter tapped. As long as Archelos is untapped, other permanents enter untapped.

Creature
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic (dmc) 140
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 (plst) KLD-5
Blind Obedience

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.) Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment
Blind Obedience (rvr) 9
Dauntless Dismantler

Artifacts your opponents control enter tapped. {X}{X}{W}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy each artifact with mana value X.

Creature
Dauntless Dismantler (lci) 8
False Floor

This artifact enters tapped. Creatures enter tapped. {2}, {T}, Exile this artifact: Exile all untapped creatures. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
False Floor (ncc) 82
Frozen Aether

Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment
Frozen Aether (plst) PLC-54
Imposing Sovereign

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Creature
Imposing Sovereign (m14) 22
Kinjalli's Sunwing

Flying Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Creature
Kinjalli's Sunwing (lcc) 130
Kismet

Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment
Kismet (6ed) 27
Loxodon Gatekeeper

Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Creature
Loxodon Gatekeeper (plst) RAV-25
Manglehorn

When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact. Artifacts your opponents control enter tapped.

Creature
Manglehorn (plst) AKH-175
Orb of Dreams

Permanents enter tapped.

Artifact
Orb of Dreams (bok) 156
Root Maze

Artifacts and lands enter tapped.

Enchantment
Root Maze (10e) 292
Thalia and The Gitrog Monster

First strike, deathtouch You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Creatures and nonbasic lands your opponents control enter tapped. Whenever Thalia and The Gitrog Monster attacks, sacrifice a creature or land, then draw a card.

Creature
Thalia and The Gitrog Monster (mom) 255
Thalia, Heretic Cathar

First strike Creatures and nonbasic lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Creature
Thalia, Heretic Cathar (emn) 46
Uphill Battle

Creatures played by your opponents enter tapped.

Enchantment
Uphill Battle (mmq) 222
Urabrask the Hidden

Creatures you control have haste. Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Creature
Urabrask the Hidden (clb) 811

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Rule of Law

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Arcane Laboratory

Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn.

Enchantment
Arcane Laboratory (plst) 7ED-60
Archon of Emeria

Flying Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn. Nonbasic lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Creature
Archon of Emeria (mb2) 4
Deafening Silence

Each player can't cast more than one noncreature spell each turn.

Enchantment
Deafening Silence (mb2) 9
Eidolon of Rhetoric

Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn.

Creature Enchantment
Eidolon of Rhetoric (j22) 54
Ethersworn Canonist

Each player who has cast a nonartifact spell this turn can't cast additional nonartifact spells.

Creature Artifact
Ethersworn Canonist (mb2) 10
High Noon

Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn. {4}{R}, Sacrifice this enchantment: It deals 5 damage to any target.

Enchantment
High Noon (otj) 15
Phyrexian Censor

Each player can't cast more than one non-Phyrexian spell each turn. Non-Phyrexian creatures enter tapped.

Creature
Phyrexian Censor (mom) 31
Rule of Law

Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn.

Enchantment
Rule of Law (m20) 35

Rule of Law

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Curse of Wizardry

As this enchantment enters, choose a color. Whenever a player casts a spell of the chosen color, that player loses 1 life.

Enchantment
Curse of Wizardry (roe) 104
Eidolon of the Great Revel

Whenever a player casts a spell with mana value 3 or less, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

Creature Enchantment
Eidolon of the Great Revel (plst) JOU-94
Gleeful Arsonist

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, this creature deals damage equal to its power to that player. Undying (When this creature 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.)

Creature
Gleeful Arsonist (dsc) 27
Isolation Cell

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, that player loses 2 life unless they pay {2}.

Artifact
Isolation Cell (nph) 141
Kambal, Consul of Allocation

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Kambal, Consul of Allocation (2x2) 237
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk

Rather than pay {2} for each previous time you've cast this spell from the command zone this game, pay 2 life that many times. Flying, lifelink Whenever a player casts a spell, they lose 2 life.

Creature
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk (cmr) 286
Maddening Hex

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player casts a noncreature spell, roll a d6. This Aura deals damage to that player equal to the result. Then attach this Aura to another one of your opponents chosen at random.

Enchantment
Maddening Hex (mb2) 195
Mage Hunter

Whenever an opponent casts or copies an instant or sorcery spell, they lose 1 life.

Creature
Mage Hunter (stx) 76
Magebane Lizard

Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, this creature deals damage to that player equal to the number of noncreature spells they've cast this turn.

Creature
Magebane Lizard (otj) 134
Painful Quandary

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.

Enchantment
Painful Quandary (bro) 111
Pyrostatic Pillar

Whenever a player casts a spell with mana value 3 or less, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Pyrostatic Pillar (scg) 100
Rug of Smothering

Flying Whenever a player casts a spell, they lose 1 life for each spell they've cast this turn.

Creature Artifact
Rug of Smothering (clb) 336
Soot Imp

Flying Whenever a player casts a nonblack spell, that player loses 1 life.

Creature
Soot Imp (dvd) 37
Spellshock

Whenever a player casts a spell, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Spellshock (plst) EXO-104
Talion, the Kindly Lord

Flying As Talion enters, choose a number between 1 and 10. Whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value, power, or toughness equal to the chosen number, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.

Creature
Talion, the Kindly Lord (woe) 215

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Narset, Parter of Veils

Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn. −2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Planeswalker
Narset, Parter of Veils (mb2) 32
Notion Thief

Flash If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.

Creature
Notion Thief (znc) 96
Spirit of the Labyrinth

Each player can't draw more than one card each turn.

Creature Enchantment
Spirit of the Labyrinth (mb2) 20

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Fate Unraveler

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

Creature Enchantment
Fate Unraveler (dsc) 141
Kederekt Parasite

Whenever an opponent draws a card, if you control a red permanent, you may have this creature deal 1 damage to that player.

Creature
Kederekt Parasite (dsc) 144
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted

Whenever an opponent draws a card, Ob Nixilis deals 1 damage to that player. −2: Destroy target creature. Its controller draws two cards.

Planeswalker
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted (j22) 450
Phyrexian Tyranny

Whenever a player draws a card, that player loses 2 life unless they pay {2}.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Tyranny (2x2) 262
Razorkin Needlehead

This creature has first strike during your turn. Whenever an opponent draws a card, this creature deals 1 damage to them.

Creature
Razorkin Needlehead (dsk) 153
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Deathtouch Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life. Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.

Creature
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (dmu) 107
Spiteful Visions

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card. Whenever a player draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Spiteful Visions (dsc) 233
Underworld Dreams

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

Enchantment
Underworld Dreams (thb) 121

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Tabernacle

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Aura Flux

Other enchantments have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay {2}."

Enchantment
Aura Flux (ulg) 27
Energy Flux

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}."

Enchantment
Energy Flux (mb2) 161
Kataki, War's Wage

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {1}."

Creature
Kataki, War's Wage (mb2) 148
Magus of the Tabernacle

All creatures have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {1}."

Creature
Magus of the Tabernacle (plc) 8
Pendrell Mists

All creatures have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {1}."

Enchantment
Pendrell Mists (wth) 47

Tabernacle

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Incomplete wipes

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Balancing Act

Each player chooses a number of permanents they control equal to the number of permanents controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Each player discards cards the same way.

Sorcery
Balancing Act (ody) 10
Disciple of Caelus Nin

When this creature enters, starting with you, each player chooses up to five permanents they control. All permanents other than this creature that weren't chosen this way phase out. Permanents can't phase in.

Creature
Disciple of Caelus Nin (brc) 21
Fall of the Thran

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Destroy all lands. II, III — Each player returns two land cards from their graveyard to the battlefield.

Enchantment
Fall of the Thran (plst) DOM-18
Keldon Firebombers

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices all lands they control except for three.

Creature
Keldon Firebombers (pcy) 94
Natural Balance

Each player who controls six or more lands chooses five lands they control and sacrifices the rest. Each player who controls four or fewer lands may search their library for up to X basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield, where X is five minus the number of lands they control. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles.

Sorcery
Natural Balance (mir) 231
Razia's Purification

Each player chooses three permanents they control, then sacrifices the rest.

Sorcery
Razia's Purification (rav) 224
Urza's Sylex

{2}{W}{W}, {T}, Exile Urza's Sylex: Each player chooses six lands they control. Destroy all other permanents. Activate only as a sorcery. When Urza's Sylex is put into exile from the battlefield, you may pay {2}. If you do, search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Urza's Sylex (bro) 40
Wave of Vitriol

Each player sacrifices all artifacts, enchantments, and nonbasic lands they control. For each land sacrificed this way, its controller may search their library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles.

Sorcery
Wave of Vitriol (cma) 165

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Ankh of Mishra

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

Artifact
Ankh of Mishra (6ed) 273
Barbflare Gremlin

First strike, haste Whenever a player taps a land for mana, if this creature is tapped, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced. Then that land deals 1 damage to that player.

Creature
Barbflare Gremlin (dsc) 26
Manabarbs

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Manabarbs (m12) 150
Nightshade Harvester

Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, that player loses 1 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Nightshade Harvester (dsc) 150
Polluted Bonds

Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Polluted Bonds (shm) 74
Zo-Zu the Punisher

Whenever a land enters, Zo-Zu deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

Creature
Zo-Zu the Punisher (dds) 41

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Aura of Silence

Artifact and enchantment spells your opponents cast cost {2} more to cast. Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Enchantment
Aura of Silence (plst) C15-60
Aven Interrupter

Flash Flying When this creature enters, exile target spell. It becomes plotted. (Its owner may cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost.) Spells your opponents cast from graveyards or from exile cost {2} more to cast.

Creature
Aven Interrupter (otj) 4
Chancellor of the Annex

You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, when each opponent casts their first spell of the game, counter that spell unless that player pays {1}. Flying Whenever an opponent casts a spell, counter it unless that player pays {1}.

Creature
Chancellor of the Annex (plst) NPH-6
Charitable Levy

Noncreature spells cost {1} more to cast. Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, put a collection counter on this enchantment. Then if there are three or more collection counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, draw a card, then you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Charitable Levy (mh3) 21
Damping Sphere

If a land is tapped for two or more mana, it produces {C} instead of any other type and amount. Each spell a player casts costs {1} more to cast for each other spell that player has cast this turn.

Artifact
Damping Sphere (dmr) 219
Dovin, Hand of Control

Artifact, instant, and sorcery spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast. −1: Until your next turn, prevent all damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target permanent an opponent controls.

Planeswalker
Dovin, Hand of Control (war) 229
Elspeth Conquers Death

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Exile target permanent an opponent controls with mana value 3 or greater. II — Noncreature spells your opponents cast cost {2} more to cast until your next turn. III — Return target creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +1/+1 counter or a loyalty counter on it.

Enchantment
Elspeth Conquers Death (plst) THB-13
Feroz's Ban

Creature spells cost {2} more to cast.

Artifact
Feroz's Ban (7ed) 295
Glowrider

Noncreature spells cost {1} more to cast.

Creature
Glowrider (lgn) 15
God-Pharaoh's Statue

Spells your opponents cast cost {2} more to cast. At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses 1 life.

Artifact
God-Pharaoh's Statue (plst) WAR-238
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

White spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast.

Creature
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV (2x2) 221
Hum of the Radix

Each artifact spell costs {1} more to cast for each artifact its controller controls.

Enchantment
Hum of the Radix (mrd) 122
Lodestone Golem

Nonartifact spells cost {1} more to cast.

Creature Artifact
Lodestone Golem (mm2) 219
Reidane, God of the Worthy

Creature
Reidane, God of the Worthy // Valkmira, Protector's Shield (khm) 21Reidane, God of the Worthy // Valkmira, Protector's Shield (khm) 21
Sphere of Resistance

Spells cost {1} more to cast.

Artifact
Sphere of Resistance (exo) 139
Squeeze

Sorcery spells cost {3} more to cast.

Enchantment
Squeeze (mmq) 105
Suppression Field

Activated abilities cost {2} more to activate unless they're mana abilities.

Enchantment
Suppression Field (rav) 31
Tax Collector

When this creature enters, choose one — • Tax — Until your next turn, spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast. • Arrest — Detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)

Creature
Tax Collector (acr) 9
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

First strike Noncreature spells cost {1} more to cast.

Creature
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben (vow) 38
Thorn of Amethyst

Noncreature spells cost {1} more to cast.

Artifact
Thorn of Amethyst (lrw) 262
Trinisphere

As long as this artifact is untapped, each spell that would cost less than three mana to cast costs three mana to cast. (Additional mana in the cost may be paid with any color of mana or colorless mana. For example, a spell that would cost {1}{B} to cast costs {2}{B} to cast instead.)

Artifact
Trinisphere (2xm) 303
Vryn Wingmare

Flying Noncreature spells cost {1} more to cast.

Creature
Vryn Wingmare (plst) M21-43

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Deck Info

Deck stats

53 pips - 43 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
17 pips - 16 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
80 pips - 58 cards
5 mana - 5 cards
47 pips - 39 cards
5 mana - 5 cards
25 pips - 19 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 0 cards
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