Adanto Vanguard

As long as Adanto Vanguard is attacking, it gets +2/+0.
Pay 4 life: Adanto Vanguard gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Glorifier of Dusk

Pay 2 life: Glorifier of Dusk gains flying until end of turn.
Pay 2 life: Glorifier of Dusk gains vigilance until end of turn.

Arguel's Blood Fast

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 5 or less life, you may transform Arguel's Blood Fast.

Temple of Aclazotz

(Transforms from Arguel's Blood Fast.)
{T}: Add {B}.
{T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz

Dire Fleet Ravager

Menace, deathtouch
When Dire Fleet Ravager enters, each player loses a third of their life, rounded up.

Vona, Butcher of Magan

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

Licia, Sanguine Tribune

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each 1 life you gained this turn.
First strike, lifelink
Pay 5 life: Put three +1/+1 counters on Licia, Sanguine Tribune. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn.

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.

Ipnu Rivulet

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {U}.
{1}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Target player mills four cards. (They put the top four cards of their library into their graveyard.)

Ramunap Ruins

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {R}.
{2}{R}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Ramunap Ruins deals 2 damage to each opponent.

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.

Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Flying, trample
Pay 2 life, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Force of Will

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Spire of Industry

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control an artifact.

Blood Tyrant

Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player loses 1 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on Blood Tyrant for each 1 life lost this way.
Whenever a player loses the game, put five +1/+1 counters on Blood Tyrant.

Near-Death Experience

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have exactly 1 life, you win the game.

Cryptolith Fragment

Cryptolith Fragment enters tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color. Each player loses 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if each player has 10 or less life, transform Cryptolith Fragment.

Aurora of Emrakul

Flying, deathtouch
Whenever Aurora of Emrakul attacks, each opponent loses 3 life.

Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul

Sinister Concoction

{B}, Pay 1 life, Mill a card, Discard a card, Sacrifice Sinister Concoction: Destroy target creature.

Triskaidekaphobia

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one —
• Each player with exactly 13 life loses the game, then each player gains 1 life.
• Each player with exactly 13 life loses the game, then each player loses 1 life.

Deadly Tempest

Destroy all creatures. Each player loses life equal to the number of creatures they controlled that were destroyed this way.

Underworld Connections

Enchant land
Enchanted land has "{T}, Pay 1 life: Draw a card."

Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.)
As Hallowed Fountain enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)
As Watery Grave enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Blood Crypt

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

Godless Shrine

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.)
As Godless Shrine enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Steam Vents

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.)
As Steam Vents enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Sacred Foundry

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.)
As Sacred Foundry enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Flooded Strand

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

Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Polluted Delta: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Bloodstained Mire

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

Wooded Foothills

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Wooded Foothills: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Windswept Heath

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

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.

Scalding Tarn

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Scalding Tarn: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Verdant Catacombs

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

Arid Mesa

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

Misty Rainforest

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Misty Rainforest: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Mana Confluence

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

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.

Cruel Sadist

{B}, {T}, Pay 1 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on Cruel Sadist.
{2}{B}, {T}, Remove X +1/+1 counters from Cruel Sadist: It deals X damage to target creature.

Shadowcloak Vampire

Pay 2 life: Shadowcloak Vampire gains flying until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Treasonous Ogre

Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Pay 3 life: Add {R}.

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.

Marrow Bats

Flying
Pay 4 life: Regenerate Marrow Bats.

Phyrexian Reclamation

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Erebos, God of the Dead

Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Sentry of the Underworld

Flying, vigilance
{W}{B}, Pay 3 life: Regenerate Sentry of the Underworld.

Thrull Parasite

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.)
{T}, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.

Duskmantle Seer

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player reveals the top card of their library, loses life equal to that card's mana value, then puts it into their hand.

Glacial Chasm

Cumulative upkeep—Pay 2 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When Glacial Chasm enters, sacrifice a land.
Creatures you control can't attack.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.

Killing Wave

For each creature, its controller sacrifices it unless they pay X life.

Demon of Death's Gate

You may pay 6 life and sacrifice three black creatures rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Flying, trample

Hibernation Sliver

All Slivers have "Pay 2 life: Return this permanent to its owner's hand."

Shepherd of Rot

{T}: Each player loses 1 life for each Zombie on the battlefield.

Souldrinker

Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on Souldrinker.

Batwing Brume

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn if {W} was spent to cast this spell. Each player loses 1 life for each attacking creature they control if {B} was spent to cast this spell. (Do both if {W}{B} was spent.)

Spiteflame Witch

Wydwen, the Biting Gale

Flash
Flying
{U}{B}, Pay 1 life: Return Wydwen, the Biting Gale to its owner's hand.

Street Wraith

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
Cycling—Pay 2 life. (Pay 2 life, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Crovax, Ascendant Hero

Other white creatures get +1/+1.
Nonwhite creatures get -1/-1.
Pay 2 life: Return Crovax, Ascendant Hero to its owner's hand.

Dash Hopes

When you cast this spell, any player may pay 5 life. If a player does, counter Dash Hopes.
Counter target spell.

Deep Analysis

Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—{1}{U}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sangrophage

At the beginning of your upkeep, tap Sangrophage unless you pay 2 life.

Smallpox

Each player loses 1 life, discards a card, sacrifices a creature of their choice, then sacrifices a land of their choice.

Bond of Agony

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Each other player loses X life.

Nihilistic Glee

{2}{B}, Discard a card: Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Hellbent — {1}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card. Activate only if you have no cards in hand.

Vesper Ghoul

Crippling Fatigue

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
Flashback—{1}{B}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Carrion Howler

Pay 1 life: Carrion Howler gets +2/-1 until end of turn.

Moonlight Bargain

Look at the top five cards of your library. For each card, put that card into your graveyard unless you pay 2 life. Then put the rest into your hand.

Pain's Reward

Each player may bid life. You start the bidding with a bid of any number. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid and draws four cards.

Blood Clock

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand unless they pay 2 life.

Kuro, Pitlord

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Kuro, Pitlord unless you pay {B}{B}{B}{B}.
Pay 1 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Numai Outcast

Bushido 2 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.)
{B}, Pay 5 life: Regenerate Numai Outcast.

Boseiju, Who Shelters All

Boseiju, Who Shelters All enters tapped.
{T}, Pay 2 life: Add {C}. If that mana is spent on an instant or sorcery spell, that spell can't be countered.

Hall of the Bandit Lord

Hall of the Bandit Lord enters tapped.
{T}, Pay 3 life: Add {C}. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste.

Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper

Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper enters tapped.
{T}, Pay 2 life: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to cast legendary spells.

Plunge into Darkness

Choose one —
• Sacrifice any number of creatures. You gain 3 life for each creature sacrificed this way.
• Pay any amount of life, then look at that many cards from the top of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and exile the rest.
Entwine {B} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Death Cloud

Each player loses X life, discards X cards, sacrifices X creatures of their choice, then sacrifices X lands of their choice.

Grimclaw Bats

Flying
{B}, Pay 1 life: Grimclaw Bats gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Wall of Blood

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Pay 1 life: Wall of Blood gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Nightmare Lash

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each Swamp you control.
Equip—Pay 3 life. (Pay 3 life: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)

Maggot Carrier

When Maggot Carrier enters, each player loses 1 life.

Phyrexian Colossus

Phyrexian Colossus doesn't untap during your untap step.
Pay 8 life: Untap Phyrexian Colossus.
Phyrexian Colossus can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.

Unspeakable Symbol

Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Zombie Cutthroat

Morph—Pay 5 life. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Blood Celebrant

{B}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Grave Consequences

Each player may exile any number of cards from their graveyard. Then each player loses 1 life for each card in their graveyard.
Draw a card.

Spirit Flare

Tap target untapped creature you control. If you do, it deals damage equal to its power to target attacking or blocking creature an opponent controls.
Flashback—{1}{W}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Stern Judge

{T}: Each player loses 1 life for each Swamp they control.

Chainer, Dementia Master

All Nightmares get +1/+1.
{B}{B}{B}, Pay 3 life: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is black and is a Nightmare in addition to its other creature types.
When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield, exile all Nightmares.

Flash of Defiance

Green creatures and white creatures can't block this turn.
Flashback—{1}{R}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Necropotence

Skip your draw step.
Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard.
Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.

Degavolver

Kicker {1}{B} and/or {R} (You may pay an additional {1}{B} and/or {R} as you cast this spell.)
If Degavolver was kicked with its {1}{B} kicker, it enters with two +1/+1 counters on it and with "Pay 3 life: Regenerate Degavolver."
If Degavolver was kicked with its {R} kicker, it enters with a +1/+1 counter on it and with first strike.

Martyrs' Tomb

Pay 2 life: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Putrid Warrior

Whenever Putrid Warrior deals damage, choose one —
• Each player loses 1 life.
• Each player gains 1 life.

Necrologia

Cast this spell only during your end step.
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Draw X cards.

Phyrexian Scuta

Kicker—Pay 3 life. (You may pay 3 life in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)
If Phyrexian Scuta was kicked, it enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.

Goblin Game

Each player hides at least one item, then all players reveal them simultaneously. Each player loses life equal to the number of items they revealed. The player who revealed the fewest items then loses half their life, rounded up. If two or more players are tied for fewest, each loses half their life, rounded up.

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