Demon's Horn

Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may gain 1 life.

Deathgreeter

Whenever another creature dies, you may gain 1 life.

Profane Memento

Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, you gain 1 life.

Tablet of the Guilds

As Tablet of the Guilds enters, choose two colors.
Whenever you cast a spell, if it's at least one of the chosen colors, you gain 1 life for each of the chosen colors it is.

Wurm's Tooth

Whenever a player casts a green spell, you may gain 1 life.

Roots of Life

As Roots of Life enters, choose Island or Swamp.
Whenever a land of the chosen type an opponent controls becomes tapped, you gain 1 life.

Natural End

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life.

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.

Fountain of Renewal

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life.
{3}, Sacrifice Fountain of Renewal: Draw a card.

Essence Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Elves of Deep Shadow

{T}: Add {B}. Elves of Deep Shadow deals 1 damage to you.

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.

Witch's Cauldron

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

Blood Artist

Whenever Blood Artist or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Marauding Blight-Priest

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Viscera Seer

Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Zulaport Cutthroat

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

Nature's Claim

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 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.)

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.

Willowdusk, Essence Seer

{1}, {T}: Choose another target creature. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the amount of life you gained this turn or the amount of life you lost this turn, whichever is greater. Activate only as a sorcery.

Witherbloom Apprentice

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

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

Fortifying Draught

You gain 2 life. Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Blood Researcher

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Blood Researcher.

Witherbloom Pledgemage

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, you gain 1 life.

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."

Mortality Spear

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

Tend the Pests

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Create X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life," where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

Culling Ritual

Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value 2 or less. Add {B} or {G} for each permanent destroyed this way.

Blight Mound

Attacking Pests you control get +1/+0 and have menace.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life."

Essence Pulse

You gain 2 life. Each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Marshland Bloodcaster

Flying
{1}{B}, {T}: Rather than pay the mana cost of the next spell you cast this turn, you may pay life equal to that spell's mana value.

Tivash, Gloom Summoner

Lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may pay X life, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn. If you do, create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying.

Veinwitch Coven

Menace
Whenever you gain life, you may pay {B}. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

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."

Sproutback Trudge

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Trample
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may cast Sproutback Trudge from your graveyard.

Trudge Garden

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {2}. If you do, create a 4/4 green Fungus Beast creature token with trample.

Ezzaroot Channeler

Reach
Creature spells you cast cost {X} less to cast, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
{T}: You gain 2 life.

Healing Technique

Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it. Players may choose new targets for their copies.)
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain life equal to that card's mana value. Exile Healing Technique.

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.

Radiant Fountain

When Radiant Fountain enters, you gain 2 life.
{T}: Add {C}.

Gingerbread Cabin

({T}: Add {G}.)
Gingerbread Cabin enters tapped unless you control three or more other Forests.
When Gingerbread Cabin enters untapped, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Pristine Talisman

Venser's Journal

You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.

Paradise Plume

As Paradise Plume enters, choose a color.
Whenever a player casts a spell of the chosen color, you may gain 1 life.
{T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Moldervine Reclamation

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

Noxious Gearhulk

Menace
When Noxious Gearhulk enters, you may destroy another target creature. If a creature is destroyed this way, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Defiant Bloodlord

Flying
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.

Sapseep Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)
Sapseep Forest enters tapped.
{G}, {T}: You gain 1 life. Activate only if you control two or more green permanents.

Prosperous Innkeeper

When Prosperous Innkeeper enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Greed

Weather the Storm

You gain 3 life.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Talisman of Resilience

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {B} or {G}. Talisman of Resilience deals 1 damage to you.

Golgari Signet

Druid Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
{2}{G}: Level 2
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
{4}{G}: Level 3
When this Class becomes level 3, target land you control becomes a creature with haste and "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control." It's still a land.

High Market

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

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Sol Ring

Morbid Opportunist

Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Arcane Signet

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

Witch's Oven

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Create a Food token. If the sacrificed creature's toughness was 4 or greater, create two Food tokens instead. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Infuse with Vitality

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

Blossoming Bogbeast

Whenever Blossoming Bogbeast attacks, you gain 2 life. Then creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Kodama's Reach

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.

Jungle Hollow

Jungle Hollow enters tapped.
When Jungle Hollow enters, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Scavenging Ooze

{G}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on Scavenging Ooze and you gain 1 life.

Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Cultivate

Forest

Swamp

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.

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