Volrath, the Shapestealer

At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature.
{1}: Until your next turn, Volrath, the Shapestealer becomes a copy of target creature with a counter on it, except it's 7/5 and it has this ability.

Swamp

Horn of Greed

Whenever a player plays a land, that player draws a card.

Island

Mana Leak

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Coercion

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

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Flash
At the beginning of your end step, draw seven cards.
Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by seven.

Golgari Rot Farm

Golgari Rot Farm enters tapped.
When Golgari Rot Farm enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {B}{G}.

Mind Rot

Necrologia

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

Planar Portal

{6}, {T}: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Dominate

Gain control of target creature with mana value X or less.

Dark Triumph

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

Volrath the Fallen

{1}{B}, Discard a creature card: Volrath the Fallen gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the discarded card's mana value.

Vendetta

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

Phyrexian Debaser

Flying
{T}, Sacrifice Phyrexian Debaser: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Phyrexian Defiler

{T}, Sacrifice Phyrexian Defiler: Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.

Phyrexian Denouncer

{T}, Sacrifice Phyrexian Denouncer: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Phyrexian Plaguelord

{T}, Sacrifice Phyrexian Plaguelord: Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Reprocess

Sacrifice any number of artifacts, creatures, and/or lands. Draw a card for each permanent sacrificed this way.

Curiosity

Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Theft of Dreams

Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.

Volrath's Dungeon

Pay 5 life: Destroy Volrath's Dungeon. Any player may activate this ability but only during their turn.
Discard a card: Target player puts a card from their hand on top of their library. Activate only as a sorcery.

Contempt

Enchant creature
When enchanted creature attacks, return it and Contempt to their owners' hands at end of combat.

Dream Prowler

Dream Prowler can't be blocked as long as it's attacking alone.

Intruder Alarm

Creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
Whenever a creature enters, untap all creatures.

Volrath's Shapeshifter

As long as the top card of your graveyard is a creature card, Volrath's Shapeshifter has the full text of that card and has the text "{2}: Discard a card." (Volrath's Shapeshifter has that card's name, mana cost, color, types, abilities, power, and toughness.)
{2}: Discard a card.

Crovax the Cursed

Crovax the Cursed enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on Crovax. If you don't, remove a +1/+1 counter from Crovax.
{B}: Crovax gains flying until end of turn.

Mortuary

Whenever a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, put that card on top of your library.

Torment

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -3/-0.

Skyshroud Troopers

Volrath's Gardens

{2}, Tap an untapped creature you control: You gain 2 life. Activate only as a sorcery.

Volrath's Laboratory

As Volrath's Laboratory enters, choose a color and a creature type.
{5}, {T}: Create a 2/2 creature token of the chosen color and type.

Volrath's Stronghold

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Volrath's Curse

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated. That creature's controller may sacrifice a permanent of their choice for that player to ignore this effect until end of turn.
{1}{U}: Return Volrath's Curse to its owner's hand.

Whim of Volrath

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.)
Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn. (For example, you may change "nonred creature" to "nongreen creature" or "plainswalk" to "swampwalk.")

Wind Dancer

Flying
{T}: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Blood Pet

Dark Ritual

Extinction

Destroy all creatures of the creature type of your choice.

Fevered Convulsions

{2}{B}{B}: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

Reanimate

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Reckless Spite

Destroy two target nonblack creatures. You lose 5 life.

Servant of Volrath

When Servant of Volrath leaves the battlefield, sacrifice a creature.

Spinal Graft

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.
When enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.

Fugitive Druid

Whenever Fugitive Druid becomes the target of an Aura spell, you draw a card.

Reap

Return up to X target cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of black permanents target opponent controls as you cast this spell.

Helm of Possession

You may choose not to untap Helm of Possession during your untap step.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Gain control of target creature for as long as you control Helm of Possession and Helm of Possession remains tapped.

Metallic Sliver

Scalding Tongs

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have three or fewer cards in hand, Scalding Tongs deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.

Thumbscrews

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have five or more cards in hand, Thumbscrews deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.

Reflecting Pool

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.

Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Forest

Golgari Guildgate

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

Dimir Guildgate

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Simic Guildgate

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Altar of Dementia

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

Opulent Palace

Opulent Palace enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}, {G}, or {U}.

Dimir Aqueduct

Dimir Aqueduct enters tapped.
When Dimir Aqueduct enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {U}{B}.

Thornwood Falls

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Sheoldred, Whispering One

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Zagoth Triome

({T}: Add {B}, {G}, or {U}.)
Zagoth Triome enters tapped.
Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Dismal Backwater

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Trample
Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced.
Whenever an opponent taps a land for mana, that land doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Protection from Humans
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card.
{B}{B}, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Simic Growth Chamber

Simic Growth Chamber enters tapped.
When Simic Growth Chamber enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {G}{U}.

Jungle Hollow

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Overgrown Tomb

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

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