Bloodbond Vampire

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Bloodbond Vampire.

Basilica Bell-Haunt

When Basilica Bell-Haunt enters, each opponent discards a card and you gain 3 life.

Gideon's Company

Whenever you gain life, put two +1/+1 counters on Gideon's Company.
{3}{W}: Put a loyalty counter on target Gideon planeswalker.

Kamber, the Plunderer

Partner with Laurine, the Diversion (When this creature enters, target player may put Laurine into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Lifelink
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life and create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Bronzebeak Foragers

When Bronzebeak Foragers enters, for each opponent, exile up to one target nonland permanent that player controls until Bronzebeak Foragers leaves the battlefield.
{X}{W}: Put target card with mana value X exiled with Bronzebeak Foragers into its owner's graveyard. You gain X life.

Twinblade Paladin

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
As long as you have 25 or more life, this creature has double strike. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

Vindictive Vampire

Whenever another creature you control dies, Vindictive Vampire deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain 1 life.

Shattered Angel

Flying
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, you may gain 3 life.

Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles

Flying
Whenever Gwaihir attacks, target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn.
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 3/3 white Bird creature token with flying and "Whenever this creature attacks, target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn."

Invasion of Ulgrotha

(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When Invasion of Ulgrotha enters, it deals 3 damage to any other target and you gain 3 life.

Grandmother Ravi Sengir

Flying
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Grandmother Ravi Sengir and you gain 1 life.

Invasion of Ulgrotha // Grandmother Ravi Sengir

Righteous Cause

Whenever a creature attacks, you gain 1 life.

Scion of the Swarm

Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Scion of the Swarm.

Sunscorch Regent

Flying
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Sunscorch Regent and you gain 1 life.

Wandering Archaic

Whenever an opponent casts an instant or sorcery spell, they may pay {2}. If they don't, you may copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Explore the Vastlands

Each player looks at the top five cards of their library and may reveal a land card and/or an instant or sorcery card from among them. Each player puts the cards they revealed this way into their hand and the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order. Each player gains 3 life.

Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands

Ancestor Dragon

Flying
Whenever one or more creatures you control attack, you gain 1 life for each attacking creature.

Patron of the Kitsune

Fox offering (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant by sacrificing a Fox and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed Fox. Mana cost includes color.)
Whenever a creature attacks, you may gain 1 life.

Rodolf Duskbringer

Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever you gain life, Rodolf Duskbringer gains indestructible until end of turn.
At the beginning of your end step, you may pay {1}{W/B}. When you do, return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Cramped Vents

When you unlock this door, this Room deals 6 damage to target creature an opponent controls. You gain life equal to the excess damage dealt this way.
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)

Access Maze

Once during each of your turns, you may cast a spell from your hand by paying life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)

Cramped Vents // Access Maze

Protection Racket

At the beginning of your upkeep, repeat the following process for each opponent in turn order. Reveal the top card of your library. That player may pay life equal to that card's mana value. If they do, exile that card. Otherwise, put it into your hand.

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.
{4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

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.

Defiler of Faith

Vigilance
As an additional cost to cast white permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {W} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of white mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a white permanent spell, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

Marshland Bloodcaster

Flying
{1}{B}, {T}: Rather than pay the mana cost of the next spell you cast this turn, you may pay life equal to that spell's mana value.

Indulgent Tormentor

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card unless target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice or pays 3 life.

Lorcan, Warlock Collector

Flying
Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, you may pay life equal to its mana value. If you do, put it onto the battlefield under your control. It's a Warlock in addition to its other types.
If a Warlock you control would die, exile it instead.

Vona, Butcher of Magan

Vigilance, lifelink
{T}, Pay 7 life: Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate only during your turn.

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)
Lifelink
For each {B} 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, Son of Yawgmoth.

Executioner's Capsule

{1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Executioner's Capsule: Destroy target nonblack creature.

Unwanted Remake

Destroy target creature. Its controller manifests dread. (That player looks at the top two cards of their library, then puts one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into their graveyard. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Vendetta

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

Requisition Raid

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+ {1} — Destroy target artifact.
+ {1} — Destroy target enchantment.
+ {1} — Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature target player controls.

Damn

Destroy target creature. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated.
Overload {2}{W}{W} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Bitter Triumph

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life.
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Feed the Swarm

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

Final Payment

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 5 life or sacrifice a creature or enchantment.
Destroy target creature.

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Hero's Demise

Malicious Affliction

Morbid — When you cast this spell, if a creature died this turn, you may copy Malicious Affliction and may choose a new target for the copy.
Destroy target nonblack creature.

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 Bloodchief Ascension. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if Bloodchief Ascension has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.

The Meathook Massacre

When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

Underworld Coinsmith

Constellation — Whenever Underworld Coinsmith or another enchantment you control enters, you gain 1 life.
{W}{B}, Pay 1 life: Each opponent loses 1 life.

Bontu's Monument

Black creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Hierophant's Chalice

When Hierophant's Chalice enters, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {C}.

Agent of the Shadow Thieves

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever this creature attacks a player, if no opponent has more life than that player, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn."

Amalia Benavides Aguirre

Ward—Pay 3 life.
Whenever you gain life, Amalia Benavides Aguirre explores. Then destroy all other creatures if its power is exactly 20. (To have this creature explore, 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.)

Dawn of Hope

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card.
{3}{W}: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink.

Essence Channeler

As long as you've lost life this turn, Essence Channeler has flying and vigilance.
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Essence Channeler.
When Essence Channeler dies, put its counters on target creature you control.

Blight Mound

Attacking Pests you control get +1/+0 and have menace.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life."

Elenda's Hierophant

Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Elenda's Hierophant.
When Elenda's Hierophant dies, create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is its power.

Rewards of Diversity

Whenever an opponent casts a multicolored spell, you gain 4 life.

Veinwitch Coven

Menace
Whenever you gain life, you may pay {B}. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Verrak, Warped Sengir

Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever you activate an ability that isn't a mana ability, if life was paid to activate it, you may pay that much life again. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Sangromancer

Flying
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may gain 3 life.
Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may gain 3 life.

Sigarda's Splendor

As Sigarda's Splendor enters, note your life total.
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if your life total is greater than or equal to the last noted life total for Sigarda's Splendor. Then note your life total.
Whenever you cast a white spell, you gain 1 life.

Grievous Wound

Enchant player
Enchanted player can't gain life.
Whenever enchanted player is dealt damage, they lose half their life, rounded up.

Sanguine Bond

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

Campaign of Vengeance

Whenever a creature you control attacks, defending player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Polluted Bonds

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

Epicure of Blood

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Vein Ripper

Flying
Ward—Sacrifice a creature.
Whenever a creature dies, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Defiant Bloodlord

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

Bloodthirsty Aerialist

Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Bloodthirsty Aerialist.

Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord

+1: Target creature you control gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn. If it's a Vampire, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
+1: You may sacrifice a Vampire. When you do, Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
−3: You may put a Vampire creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Oath of Kaya

When Oath of Kaya enters, it deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
Whenever an opponent attacks a planeswalker you control with one or more creatures, Oath of Kaya deals 2 damage to that player and you gain 2 life.

Orim's Prayer

Whenever one or more creatures attack you, you gain 1 life for each attacking creature.

Path of Bravery

As long as your life total is greater than or equal to your starting life total, creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever one or more creatures you control attack, you gain life equal to the number of attacking creatures.

Crypt Ghast

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.)
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}.

Syndicate Heavy

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.)
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 4 or more life this turn, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Vizkopa Confessor

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.)
When Vizkopa Confessor enters, pay any amount of life. Target opponent reveals that many cards from their hand. You choose one of them and exile it.

You Are Already Dead

Destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn.
Draw a card.

Devour in Shadow

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

Bounty Agent

Vigilance
{T}, Sacrifice Bounty Agent: Destroy target legendary permanent that's an artifact, creature, or enchantment.

Orzhov Charm

Choose one —
• Return target creature you control and all Auras you control attached to it to their owner's hand.
• Destroy target creature and you lose life equal to its toughness.
• Return target creature card with mana value 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Terror

Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Shefet Dunes

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {W}.
{2}{W}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

Orzhova, the Church of Deals

{T}: Add {C}.
{3}{W}{B}, {T}: Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Marsh Flats

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Marsh Flats: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Ifnir Deadlands

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {B}.
{2}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Put two -1/-1 counters on target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.

Grand Coliseum

Grand Coliseum enters tapped.
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add one mana of any color. Grand Coliseum deals 1 damage to you.

Shadowy Backstreet

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.)
Shadowy Backstreet enters tapped.
When Shadowy Backstreet enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Fell the Profane

Fell Mire

As Fell Mire enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.

Fell the Profane // Fell Mire

Witch Enchanter

When Witch Enchanter enters, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.

Witch-Blessed Meadow

As Witch-Blessed Meadow enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W}.

Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow

Zof Consumption

Each opponent loses 4 life and you gain 4 life.

Zof Bloodbog

Zof Bloodbog enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.

Zof Consumption // Zof Bloodbog

Salt Flats

Salt Flats enters tapped.
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}. Salt Flats deals 1 damage to you.

Kabira Takedown

Kabira Takedown deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature or planeswalker.

Kabira Plateau

Kabira Plateau enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W}.

Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau

Swamp

Tainted Field

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

Argent Dais

Argent Dais enters with two oil counters on it.
Whenever two or more creatures attack, put an oil counter on Argent Dais.
{2}, {T}, Remove two oil counters from Argent Dais: Exile another target nonland permanent. Its controller draws two cards.

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