Krosan Grip

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Valentin, Dean of the Vein

Menace, lifelink
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, you may pay {2}. If you do, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life."

Lisette, Dean of the Root

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and those creatures gain trample until end of turn.

Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root

Pernicious Deed

{X}, Sacrifice Pernicious Deed: Destroy each artifact, creature, and enchantment with mana value X or less.

Kokusho, the Evening Star

Flying
When Kokusho, the Evening Star dies, each opponent loses 5 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Underworld Connections

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

Vampiric Rites

{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

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}.

Vedalken Orrery

You may cast spells as though they had flash.

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.

Autumn's Veil

Spells you control can't be countered by blue or black spells this turn, and creatures you control can't be the targets of blue or black spells this turn.

Soul Conduit

{6}, {T}: Two target players exchange life totals.

Seedguide Ash

When Seedguide Ash dies, you may search your library for up to three Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Skyshroud Claim

Search your library for up to two Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Savra, Queen of the Golgari

Whenever you sacrifice a black creature, you may pay 2 life. If you do, each other player sacrifices a creature.
Whenever you sacrifice a green creature, you may gain 2 life.

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.

Font of Agonies

Whenever you pay life, put that many blood counters on Font of Agonies.
{1}{B}, Remove four blood counters from Font of Agonies: Destroy target creature.

Emergence Zone

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Emergence Zone: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.

Vilis, Broker of Blood

Flying
{B}, Pay 2 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Road of Return

Choose one —
• Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.
Entwine {2} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Ayara, First of Locthwain

Whenever Ayara, First of Locthwain or another black creature you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{T}, Sacrifice another black creature: Draw a card.

Gilt-Leaf Palace

As Gilt-Leaf Palace enters, you may reveal an Elf card from your hand. If you don't, Gilt-Leaf Palace enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Ashnod's Altar

Aetherflux Reservoir

Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn.
Pay 50 life: Aetherflux Reservoir deals 50 damage to any target.

Essence Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Caustic Caterpillar

{1}{G}, Sacrifice Caustic Caterpillar: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Phyrexian Arena

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

Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Fiend Artisan

Fiend Artisan gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.
{X}{B/G}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Bastion of Remembrance

When Bastion of Remembrance enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Grim Backwoods

{T}: Add {C}.
{2}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card.

Deathsprout

Destroy target creature. Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sakura-Tribe Elder

Sacrifice Sakura-Tribe Elder: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Birds of Paradise

Vraska, Golgari Queen

+2: You may sacrifice another permanent. If you do, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
−3: Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less.
−9: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game."

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
{3}{B}{B}: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

Azusa, Lost but Seeking

You may play two additional lands on each of your turns.

Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Heartbeat of Spring

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced.

Sylvan Library

At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.

Undergrowth Stadium

Undergrowth Stadium enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
{T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Bala Ged Recovery

Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Bala Ged Sanctuary

Bala Ged Sanctuary enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.

Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary

Malakir Rebirth

Choose target creature. You lose 2 life. Until end of turn, that creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."

Malakir Mire

Malakir Mire enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.

Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire

Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip {1}

Phyrexian Tower

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.

Abundance

If you would draw a card, you may instead choose land or nonland and reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card of the chosen kind. Put that card into your hand and put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.

War Room

{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Command Beacon

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice Command Beacon: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.

Reshape the Earth

Search your library for up to ten land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Wolverine Riders

At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
Whenever another Elf you control enters, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Wood Elves

When Wood Elves enters, search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

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.

Zulaport Cutthroat

Whenever Zulaport Cutthroat or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 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.)

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Courser of Kruphix

Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may play lands from the top of your library.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Crux of Fate

Choose one —
• Destroy all Dragon creatures.
• Destroy all non-Dragon creatures.

Necroblossom Snarl

As Necroblossom Snarl enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Forest card from your hand. If you don't, Necroblossom Snarl enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Plumb the Forbidden

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice one or more creatures. When you do, copy this spell for each creature sacrificed this way.
You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Dina, Soul Steeper

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
{1}, Sacrifice another creature: Dina, Soul Steeper gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

Mortality Spear

This spell costs {2} less to cast if you gained life this turn.
Destroy target nonland permanent.

Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Sol Ring

Accomplished Alchemist

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Sedgemoor Witch

Menace
Ward—Pay 3 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 3 life.)
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life."

Guardian Augmenter

Flash
Commander creatures you control get +2/+2.
Commanders you control have hexproof.

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.
{T}: Add {C}.

Pest Infestation

Destroy up to X target artifacts and/or enchantments. Create twice X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life."

Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

High Market

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.

Llanowar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {B} or {G}. Llanowar Wastes deals 1 damage to you.

Temple of Malady

Temple of Malady enters tapped.
When Temple of Malady enters, scry 1.
{T}: Add {B} or {G}.

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}.

Command Tower

Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Well of Lost Dreams

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

Alhammarret's Archive

If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Moldervine Reclamation

Whenever a creature you control dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Verdant Sun's Avatar

Whenever Verdant Sun's Avatar or another creature you control enters, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Overgrown Tomb

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

Forest

Swamp

Animate Dead

Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When Animate Dead enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.

Beledros Witherbloom

Flying
At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life."
Pay 10 life: Untap all lands you control. Activate only once each turn.

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