Mesmeric Fiend

When Mesmeric Fiend enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card.
When Mesmeric Fiend leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

Dark Inquiry

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Dead Man's Chest

Enchant creature an opponent controls
When enchanted creature dies, exile cards equal to its power from the top of its owner's library. You may cast spells from among those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast them.

Manakin

Mindcrank

Whenever an opponent loses life, that player mills that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Doomfall

Choose one —
• Target opponent exiles a creature they control.
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card.

Diabolic Servitude

When Diabolic Servitude enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
When the creature put onto the battlefield with Diabolic Servitude dies, exile it and return Diabolic Servitude to its owner's hand.
When Diabolic Servitude leaves the battlefield, exile the creature put onto the battlefield with Diabolic Servitude.

Dread Summons

Each player mills X cards. For each creature card put into a graveyard this way, you create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Lay Bare the Heart

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonlegendary, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Inquisition of Kozilek

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it with mana value 3 or less. That player discards that card.

Harsh Scrutiny

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature card from it. That player discards that card. Scry 1.

Perpetual Timepiece

{T}: Mill two cards.
{2}, Exile Perpetual Timepiece: Shuffle any number of target cards from your graveyard into your library.

Collective Brutality

Escalate—Discard a card. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card.
• Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
• Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Coercion

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.

Corpse Dance

Buyback {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

Despise

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card.

Addle

Choose a color. Target player reveals their hand and you choose a card of that color from it. That player discards that card.

Ill-Gotten Gains

Exile Ill-Gotten Gains. Each player discards their hand, then returns up to three cards from their graveyard to their hand.

Agent of Erebos

Constellation — Whenever Agent of Erebos or another enchantment you control enters, exile target player's graveyard.

Brain Maggot

When Brain Maggot enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card until Brain Maggot leaves the battlefield.

Returned Reveler

When Returned Reveler dies, each player mills three cards.

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.

Crypt Incursion

Exile all creature cards from target player's graveyard. You gain 3 life for each card exiled this way.

Undercity Informer

{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Target player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.

Undercity Plague

Target player loses 1 life, discards a card, then sacrifices a permanent of their choice.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Shimian Specter

Flying
Whenever Shimian Specter deals combat damage to a player, that player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. Search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

Gruesome Discovery

Target player discards two cards.
Morbid — If a creature died this turn, instead that player reveals their hand, you choose two cards from it, then that player discards those cards.

Curse of Oblivion

Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player exiles two cards from their graveyard.

Distress

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Gruesome Encore

Put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If that creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else.

Word of Command

Look at target opponent's hand and choose a card from it. You control that player until Word of Command finishes resolving. The player plays that card if able. While doing so, the player can activate mana abilities only if they're from lands that player controls and only if mana they produce is spent to activate other mana abilities of lands the player controls and/or to play that card. If the chosen card is cast as a spell, you control the player while that spell is resolving.

Leaden Myr

Perish the Thought

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player shuffles that card into their library.

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.

All Hallow's Eve

Exile All Hallow's Eve with two scream counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if All Hallow's Eve is exiled with a scream counter on it, remove a scream counter from it. If there are no more scream counters on it, put it into your graveyard and each player returns all creature cards from their graveyard to the battlefield.

Splitting Headache

Choose one —
• Target player discards two cards.
• Target player reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.

Lost Hours

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player puts that card into their library third from the top.

Treacherous Urge

Target opponent reveals their hand. You may put a creature card from it onto the battlefield under your control. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Living End

Suspend 3—{2}{B}{B}
Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.

Brain Pry

Choose a nonland card name. Target player reveals their hand. That player discards a card with that name. If they can't, you draw a card.

Infernal Kirin

Flying
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target player reveals their hand and discards all cards with that spell's mana value.

Struggle for Sanity

Target opponent reveals their hand. That player exiles a card from it, then you exile a card from it. Repeat this process until all cards in that hand have been exiled. That player returns the cards they exiled this way to their hand and puts the rest into their graveyard.

Mind Slash

{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Chill Haunting

As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile X creature cards from your graveyard.
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

Balthor the Defiled

Minion creatures get +1/+1.
{B}{B}{B}, Exile Balthor the Defiled: Each player returns all black and all red creature cards from their graveyard to the battlefield.

Morality Shift

Exchange your graveyard and library. Then shuffle your library.

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.

Dawn of the Dead

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

Cabal Inquisitor

Threshold — {1}{B}, {T}, Exile two cards from your graveyard: Target player discards a card. Activate only as a sorcery and only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Coffin Purge

Exile target card from a graveyard.
Flashback {B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Last Rites

Discard any number of cards. Target player reveals their hand, then you choose a nonland card from it for each card discarded this way. That player discards those cards.

Rag Man

{B}{B}{B}, {T}: Target opponent reveals their hand and discards a creature card at random. Activate only during your turn.

Tsabo's Decree

Choose a creature type. Target player reveals their hand and discards all creature cards of that type. Then destroy all creatures of that type that player controls. They can't be regenerated.

Unmask

You may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Body Snatcher

When Body Snatcher enters, exile it unless you discard a creature card.
When Body Snatcher dies, exile it and return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Encroach

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonbasic land card from it. That player discards that card.

Ashen Powder

Put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Painful Memories

Look at target opponent's hand and choose a card from it. Put that card on top of that player's library.

Carrion Beetles

{2}{B}, {T}: Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard.

Discordant Dirge

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Discordant Dirge.
{B}, Sacrifice Discordant Dirge: Look at target opponent's hand and choose up to X cards from it, where X is the number of verse counters on Discordant Dirge. That player discards those cards.

Abandon Hope

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
Look at target opponent's hand and choose X cards from it. That player discards those cards.

Haunting Misery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile X creature cards from your graveyard.
Haunting Misery deals X damage to target player or planeswalker.

Isareth the Awakener

Deathtouch
Whenever Isareth the Awakener attacks, you may pay {X}. When you do, return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield with a corpse counter on it. If that creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else.

Living Death

Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.

Never Happened

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from that player's graveyard or hand and exile it.

Pilfering Imp

Flying
{1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Pilfering Imp: Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Appetite for Brains

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it with mana value 4 or greater and exile that card.

The Haunt of Hightower

Flying, lifelink
Whenever The Haunt of Hightower attacks, defending player discards a card.
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on The Haunt of Hightower.

Drill Bit

Spectacle {B} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.)
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Priest of Forgotten Gods

{T}, Sacrifice two other creatures: Any number of target players each lose 2 life and sacrifice a creature of their choice. You add {B}{B} and draw a card.

Carrion Imp

Flying
When Carrion Imp enters, you may exile target creature card from a graveyard. If you do, you gain 2 life.

Toll of the Invasion

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)

Altar of Dementia

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Ghastly Conscription

Exile all creature cards from target player's graveyard in a face-down pile, shuffle that pile, then manifest those cards. (To manifest a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Hedonist's Trove

When Hedonist's Trove enters, 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.

Sewer Nemesis

As Sewer Nemesis enters, choose a player.
Sewer Nemesis's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in the chosen player's graveyard.
Whenever the chosen player casts a spell, that player mills a card.

Reassembling Skeleton

{1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Gravepurge

Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library.
Draw a card.

Balustrade Spy

Flying
When Balustrade Spy enters, target player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.

Erebos's Intervention

Choose one —
• Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.
• Exile up to twice X target cards from graveyards.

Agonizing Remorse

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it or a card from their graveyard. Exile that card. You lose 1 life.

Elspeth's Nightmare

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Destroy target creature an opponent controls with power 2 or less.
II — Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
III — Exile target opponent's graveyard.

Memory Leak

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from that player's graveyard or hand and exile it.
Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Tormod's Crypt

{T}, Sacrifice Tormod's Crypt: Exile target player's graveyard.

Archfiend's Vessel

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
When Archfiend's Vessel enters, if it entered from your graveyard or you cast it from your graveyard, exile it. If you do, create a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying.

Duress

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Palladium Myr

Entomber Exarch

When Entomber Exarch enters, choose one —
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature card from it. That player discards that card.

Black Market

Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on Black Market.
At the beginning of your first main phase, add {B} for each charge counter on Black Market.

Corpse Traders

{2}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Conjurer's Closet

At the beginning of your end step, you may exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Magus of the Will

{2}{B}, {T}, Exile Magus of the Will: Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard. If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.

Geth, Lord of the Vault

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
{X}{B}: Put target artifact or creature card with mana value X from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control tapped. Then that player mills X cards.

Thoughtseize

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. You lose 2 life.

Divest

Target player reveals their hand. You choose an artifact or creature card from it. That player discards that card.

Sol Ring

Tortured Existence

{B}, Discard a creature card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Tormod, the Desecrator

Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Egon, God of Death

Deathtouch
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile two cards from your graveyard. If you can't, sacrifice Egon and draw a card.

Throne of Death

At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card.
{2}{B}, {T}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

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