Shadowborn Demon

Flying
When Shadowborn Demon enters, destroy target non-Demon creature.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are fewer than six creature cards in your graveyard, sacrifice a creature.

Crippling Fear

Choose a creature type. Creatures that aren't of the chosen type get -3/-3 until end of turn.

Charcoal Diamond

Charcoal Diamond enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.

Scourge of Nel Toth

Flying
You may cast Scourge of Nel Toth from your graveyard by paying {B}{B} and sacrificing two creatures rather than paying its mana cost.

Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Sol Ring

Arcane Signet

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

Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Myriad Landscape

Myriad Landscape enters tapped.
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Myriad Landscape: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Undead Augur

Whenever Undead Augur or another Zombie you control dies, you draw a card and you lose 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.)

Blightcaster

Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may have target creature get -2/-2 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.

Dark Ritual

Dark Salvation

Target player creates X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens, then up to one target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Zombie that player controls.

Never

Return

Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.)
Exile target card from a graveyard. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Never // Return

Dark Prophecy

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

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.

Cabal Stronghold

{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}: Add {B} for each basic Swamp you control.

Altar of the Pantheon

Your devotion to each color and each combination of colors is increased by one.
{T}: Add one mana of any color. If you control a God, a Demigod, or a legendary enchantment, you gain 1 life.

The Eldest Reborn

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice.
II — Each opponent discards a card.
III — Put target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Kaya's Ghostform

Enchant creature or planeswalker you control
When enchanted permanent dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Greed

Underworld Connections

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

Gravebreaker Lamia

Lifelink
When Gravebreaker Lamia enters, search your library for a card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Spells you cast from your graveyard cost {1} less to cast.

Palace Siege

As Palace Siege enters, choose Khans or Dragons.
• Khans — At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Dragons — At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Vampiric Rites

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

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.)

Underworld Dreams

Whenever an opponent draws a card, Underworld Dreams deals 1 damage to that player.

Revenge of Ravens

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Open the Graves

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

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

Gift of Doom

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has deathtouch and indestructible.
Morph—Sacrifice another creature. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
As Gift of Doom is turned face up, you may attach it to a creature.

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.

Fate Unraveler

Whenever an opponent draws a card, Fate Unraveler deals 1 damage to that player.

Erebos, Bleak-Hearted

Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
{1}{B}, Sacrifice another creature: Target creature gets -2/-1 until end of turn.

Nightmare Shepherd

Flying
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may exile it. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's 1/1 and it's a Nightmare in addition to its other types.

Curse of Fool's Wisdom

Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player draws a card, they lose 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Madness {3}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Nighthowler

Bestow {2}{B}{B} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached to a creature.)
Nighthowler and enchanted creature each get +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in all graveyards.

Victimize

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

Liliana's Mastery

Zombies you control get +1/+1.
When Liliana's Mastery enters, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

Doomwake Giant

Constellation — Whenever Doomwake Giant or another enchantment you control enters, creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.

Master of the Feast

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent draws a card.

Liliana's Contract

When Liliana's Contract enters, you draw four cards and you lose 4 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control four or more Demons with different names, you win the game.

Dark Tutelage

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Treacherous Blessing

When Treacherous Blessing enters, draw three cards.
Whenever you cast a spell, you lose 1 life.
When Treacherous Blessing becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.

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.

Lich's Mastery

Hexproof
You can't lose the game.
Whenever you gain life, draw that many cards.
Whenever you lose life, for each 1 life you lost, exile a permanent you control or a card from your hand or graveyard.
When Lich's Mastery leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.

Tymaret Calls the Dead

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Mill three cards. Then you may exile a creature or enchantment card from your graveyard. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
III — You gain X life and scry X, where X is the number of Zombies you control.

Rite of Belzenlok

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Create two 0/1 black Cleric creature tokens.
III — Create a 6/6 black Demon creature token with flying, trample, and "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice another creature. If you can't, this creature deals 6 damage to you."

Bad Moon

Curse of Misfortunes

Enchant player
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may search your library for a Curse card that doesn't have the same name as a Curse attached to enchanted player, put it onto the battlefield attached to that player, then shuffle.

Demonic Embrace

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+1, has flying, and is a Demon in addition to its other types.
You may cast Demonic Embrace from your graveyard by paying 3 life and discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs.

Price of Knowledge

Players have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Price of Knowledge deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.

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.

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.

Curse of Death's Hold

Enchant player
Creatures enchanted player controls get -1/-1.

Necromancer's Stockpile

{1}{B}, Discard a creature card: Draw a card. If the discarded card was a Zombie card, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Call the Bloodline

{1}, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 black Vampire Knight creature token with lifelink. Activate only once each turn.

Death Pits of Rath

Whenever a creature is dealt damage, destroy it. It can't be regenerated.

Larceny

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.

Cloud Key

As Cloud Key enters, choose artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, or sorcery.
Spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast.

Blood Funnel

Noncreature spells you cast cost {2} less to cast.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, counter that spell unless you sacrifice a creature.

Bridge from Below

Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, if Bridge from Below is in your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
When a creature is put into an opponent's graveyard from the battlefield, if Bridge from Below is in your graveyard, exile Bridge from Below.

Infernal Genesis

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player mills a card. Then they create X 1/1 black Minion creature tokens, where X is the milled card's mana value.

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.

Herald of Torment

Bestow {3}{B}{B} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached to a creature.)
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life.
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has flying.

Forbidden Crypt

If you would draw a card, return a card from your graveyard to your hand instead. If you can't, you lose the game.
If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile that card instead.

Night Dealings

Whenever a source you control deals damage to another player, put that many theft counters on Night Dealings.
{2}{B}{B}, Remove X theft counters from Night Dealings: Search your library for a nonland card with mana value X, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Curse of Wizardry

As Curse of Wizardry enters, choose a color.
Whenever a player casts a spell of the chosen color, that player loses 1 life.

Daxos's Torment

Constellation — Whenever Daxos's Torment or another enchantment you control enters, Daxos's Torment becomes a 5/5 Demon creature with flying and haste in addition to its other types until end of turn.

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.

Nettlevine Blight

Enchant creature or land
Enchanted permanent has "At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice this permanent and attach Nettlevine Blight to a creature or land you control."

Phyrexian Etchings

Cumulative upkeep {B} (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.)
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card for each age counter on Phyrexian Etchings.
When Phyrexian Etchings is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose 2 life for each age counter on it.

Necrotic Plague

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature."
When enchanted creature dies, its controller chooses target creature one of their opponents controls. Return Necrotic Plague from its owner's graveyard to the battlefield attached to that creature.

Corpseweft

{1}{B}, Exile one or more creature cards from your graveyard: Create a tapped X/X black Zombie Horror creature token, where X is twice the number of cards exiled this way.

Decaying Soil

At the beginning of your upkeep, exile a card from your graveyard.
Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, Decaying Soil has "Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {1}. If you do, return that card to your hand."

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.

Death Pit Offering

When Death Pit Offering enters, sacrifice all creatures you control.
Creatures you control get +2/+2.

Unnatural Hunger

Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, Unnatural Hunger deals damage equal to that creature's power to that player unless they sacrifice another creature of their choice.

Traveling Plague

Enchant creature
At the beginning of each upkeep, put a plague counter on Traveling Plague.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 for each plague counter on Traveling Plague.
When enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller returns Traveling Plague from its owner's graveyard to the battlefield.

Curse of Disturbance

Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player is attacked, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Each opponent attacking that player does the same.

Sanctum of Stone Fangs

At the beginning of your first main phase, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of Shrines you control.

Zombie Infestation

Discard two cards: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Agent of Erebos

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

Tymaret, Chosen from Death

Tymaret's toughness is equal to your devotion to black. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
{1}{B}: Exile up to two target cards from graveyards. You gain 1 life for each creature card exiled this way.

Seal of Doom

Sacrifice Seal of Doom: Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Graf Harvest

Zombies you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
{3}{B}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Parasitic Impetus

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Minion's Return

Flash
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Torment of Scarabs

Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.

Shadows of the Past

Whenever a creature dies, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
{4}{B}: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Activate only if there are four or more creature cards in your graveyard.

Vow of Malice

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2, has intimidate, and can't attack you or planeswalkers you control. (A creature with intimidate can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

Hissing Miasma

Whenever a creature attacks you, its controller loses 1 life.

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.

Raiders' Spoils

Creatures you control get +1/+0.
Whenever a Warrior you control deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 1 life. If you do, draw a card.

Feast on the Fallen

At the beginning of each upkeep, if an opponent lost life last turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Strength of Lunacy

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+1 and has protection from white.
Madness {B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Demonic Lore

When Demonic Lore enters, draw three cards.
At the beginning of your end step, you lose 2 life for each card in your hand.

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