Drana, the Last Bloodchief

Flying
Whenever Drana, the Last Bloodchief attacks, defending player chooses a nonlegendary creature card in your graveyard. You return that card to the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it. The creature is a Vampire in addition to its other types.

Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath

+2: Each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
−2: Create a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying. You lose 2 life.
−8: You get an emblem with "{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain X life and draw X cards, where X is the sacrificed creature's power."
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath can be your commander.

Ayara, First of Locthwain

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

Nirkana Revenant

Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}.
{B}: Nirkana Revenant gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Twilight Prophet

Flying
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.

Dread Presence

Whenever a Swamp enters the battlefield under your control, choose one —
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• Dread Presence deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.

Crypt Incursion

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

Creeping Bloodsucker

At the beginning of your upkeep, Creeping Bloodsucker deals 1 damage to each opponent. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

Bontu's Monument

Black creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Blood Artist

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

Noxious Gearhulk

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

Vraan, Executioner Thane

Whenever one or more other creatures you control die, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Deathgreeter

Whenever another creature dies, you may gain 1 life.

Tendrils of Corruption

Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters the battlefield, 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.)

Feed the Swarm

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

The Cruelty of Gix

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card.
II — Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life.
III — Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Promise of Power

Choose one —
• You draw five cards and you lose 5 life.
• Create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Entwine {4} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Foreboding Fruit

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Adamant — If at least three black mana was spent to cast this spell, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Razaketh's Rite

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Cycling {B} ({B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Mastermind's Acquisition

Choose one —
• Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
• Put a card you own from outside the game into your hand.

Rite of Replication

Kicker {5} (You may pay an additional {5} as you cast this spell.)
Create a token that's a copy of target creature. If this spell was kicked, create five of those tokens instead.

Undying Malice

Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it."

Profane Transfusion

Two target players exchange life totals. You create an X/X colorless Horror artifact creature token, where X is the difference between those players' life totals.

Vampire Scrivener

Flying
Whenever you gain life during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Vampire Scrivener.
Whenever you lose life during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Vampire Scrivener.

Disciple of Bolas

When Disciple of Bolas enters the battlefield, sacrifice another creature. You gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.

Reckoner's Bargain

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
You gain life equal to the sacrificed permanent's mana value. Draw two cards.

Frogify

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a blue Frog creature with base power and toughness 1/1. (It loses all other card types and creature types.)

Bloodthirsty Aerialist

Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Bloodthirsty Aerialist.

Magus of the Mirror

{T}, Sacrifice Magus of the Mirror: Exchange life totals with target opponent. Activate only during your upkeep.

Sudden Spoiling

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Until end of turn, creatures target player controls lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 0/2.

Suffer the Past

Exile X target cards from target player's graveyard. For each card exiled this way, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life.

Diabolic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Blood Tithe

Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Fountain of Renewal

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

Tribute to Hunger

Target opponent sacrifices a creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Profane Tutor

Suspend 2—{1}{B} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {1}{B} and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

March of Wretched Sorrow

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of black cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way.
March of Wretched Sorrow deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life.

Corrupted Conviction

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.

Cosmos Elixir

At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if your life total is greater than your starting life total. Otherwise, you gain 2 life.

Force of Despair

If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy all creatures that entered the battlefield this turn.

Syphon Soul

Syphon Soul deals 2 damage to each other player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

Beseech the Queen

({2/B} can be paid with any two mana or with {B}. This card's mana value is 6.)
Search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to the number of lands you control, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Syphon Mind

Each other player discards a card. You draw a card for each card discarded this way.

Consume Spirit

Spend only black mana on X.
Consume Spirit deals X damage to any target and you gain X life.

In Garruk's Wake

Destroy all creatures you don't control and all planeswalkers you don't control.

Sorin's Vengeance

Sorin's Vengeance deals 10 damage to target player or planeswalker and you gain 10 life.

Dark Petition

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, add {B}{B}{B}.

Essence Harvest

Target player loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Vampiric Link

Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

Underworld Connections

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

Followed Footsteps

Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a token that's a copy of enchanted creature.

Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Paradise Plume

As Paradise Plume enters the battlefield, 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.

Okiba-Gang Shinobi

Ninjutsu {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Okiba-Gang Shinobi deals combat damage to a player, that player discards two cards.

Phantom Ninja

Deadly Tempest

Destroy all creatures. Each player loses life equal to the number of creatures they controlled that were destroyed this way.

Staff of the Death Magus

Whenever you cast a black spell or a Swamp enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.

Prism Ring

As Prism Ring enters the battlefield, choose a color.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen color, you gain 1 life.

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.

Greed

Crystal Ball

{1}, {T}: Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Throat Slitter

Ninjutsu {2}{B} ({2}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Throat Slitter deals combat damage to a player, destroy target nonblack creature that player controls.

Walker of Secret Ways

Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Walker of Secret Ways deals combat damage to a player, look at that player's hand.
{1}{U}: Return target Ninja you control to its owner's hand. Activate only during your turn.

Siren Stormtamer

Flying
{U}, Sacrifice Siren Stormtamer: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Ninja of the Deep Hours

Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Ninja of the Deep Hours deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.

Soothsaying

{3}{U}{U}: Shuffle your library.
{X}: Look at the top X cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Candy Trail

When Candy Trail enters the battlefield, scry 2.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Candy Trail: You gain 3 life and draw a card.

Thopter Spy Network

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control an artifact, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
Whenever one or more artifact creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Moonblade Shinobi

Ninjutsu {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Moonblade Shinobi deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token with flying.

Bronze Walrus

When Bronze Walrus enters the battlefield, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)
{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.

Automatic Librarian

When Automatic Librarian enters the battlefield, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (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.)

Serum Visions

Aether Theorist

When Aether Theorist enters the battlefield, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters).
{T}, Pay {E}: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Biolume Egg

Defender
When Biolume Egg enters the battlefield, scry 2.
When you sacrifice Biolume Egg, return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Biolume Serpent

Sacrifice two Islands: Biolume Serpent can't be blocked this turn.

Biolume Egg // Biolume Serpent

Cryptic Annelid

When Cryptic Annelid enters the battlefield, scry 1, then scry 2, then scry 3. (To scry X, look at the top X cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Augury Owl

Flying
When Augury Owl enters the battlefield, scry 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Anchor to the Aether

Put target creature on top of its owner's library. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Aqueous Form

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked.
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Chain to Memory

Target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn. Scry 2.

Archpriest of Shadows

Backup 1 (When this creature enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following abilities until end of turn.)
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Cavalier of Gales

Flying
When Cavalier of Gales enters the battlefield, draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
When Cavalier of Gales dies, shuffle it into its owner's library, then scry 2.

Deliberate

Clockwork Droid

You may exert Clockwork Droid as it attacks. When you do, it can't be blocked this turn and you scry 1. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step. To scry 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Foresee

Apprentice Necromancer

{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Apprentice Necromancer: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it.

Eyes Everywhere

At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.
{5}{U}: Exchange control of Eyes Everywhere and target nonland permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Altar of Bhaal

{2}{B}, {T}, Exile a creature you control: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Bone Offering

Create a tapped 4/1 black Skeleton creature token with menace. (Then exile this card. You may cast the artifact later from exile.)

Altar of Bhaal // Bone Offering

Body Snatcher

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

Hell's Caretaker

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your upkeep.

Bonecaller Cleric

{3}{B}, Sacrifice Bonecaller Cleric: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Blood for Bones

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then return another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Bond of Revival

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste until your next turn.

Hidden Necropolis

Hidden Necropolis enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.
{4}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Hidden Necropolis: Discover 4. Activate only as a sorcery. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 4 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Jalira, Master Polymorphist

{2}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonlegendary creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

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