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Betor, Ancestor's Voice
Flying, lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, put a number of +1/+1 counters on up to one other target creature you control equal to the amount of life you gained this turn. Return up to one target creature card with mana value less than or equal to the amount of life you lost this turn from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
Betor, Ancestor's Voice (tdc) 1

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Bloodthirsty Conqueror
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Creature - Knight Vampire
Bloodthirsty Conqueror (fdn) 58
Cliffhaven Vampire
Flying
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Warrior Ally
Cliffhaven Vampire (ogw) 153
Exquisite Blood
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.
Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (lcc) 195
Rite of Consumption
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Rite of Consumption deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target player or planeswalker. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Sorcery
Rite of Consumption (shm) 76
Sanguine Bond
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (c21) 153
Wall of Blood
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Pay 1 life: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Blood (mrd) 82

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Basking Broodscale
Devoid (This card has no color.)
: Adapt 1. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add
."
Creature - Lizard Eldrazi
Basking Broodscale (mh3) 145
Branching Evolution
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead.
Enchantment
Branching Evolution (mh3) 285
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
: Double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Druid Plant
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower (otj) 157
Cathars' Crusade
Whenever a creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Enchantment
Cathars' Crusade (inr) 17
Conclave Mentor
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead.
When this creature dies, you gain life equal to its power.
Creature - Cleric Centaur
Conclave Mentor (moc) 320
Corpsejack Menace
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
Creature - Fungus
Corpsejack Menace (cm2) 152
Devoted Druid
: Add
.
Put a -1/-1 counter on this creature: Untap this creature.
Creature - Elf Druid
Devoted Druid (2x2) 143
Doubling Season
If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.
If an effect would put one or more counters on a permanent you control, it puts twice that many of those counters on that permanent instead.
Enchantment
Doubling Season (fdn) 216
Evolution Witness
: Adapt 2. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Elf Shaman Mutant
Evolution Witness (mh3) 151
Forgotten Ancient
Whenever a player casts a spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move any number of +1/+1 counters from this creature onto other creatures.
Creature - Elemental
Forgotten Ancient (moc) 297
Ghave, Guru of Spores
Ghave enters with five +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
, Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Legendary Creature - Fungus Shaman
Ghave, Guru of Spores (2x2) 216
Innkeeper's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: Level 2
Permanents you control with counters on them have ward
.
: Level 3
If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
Enchantment - Class
Innkeeper's Talent (blb) 180
Kami of Whispered Hopes
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a permanent you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on that permanent instead.
: Add X mana of any one color, where X is this creature's power.
Creature - Spirit
Kami of Whispered Hopes (mom) 196
Managorger Hydra
Trample
Whenever a player casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Hydra
Managorger Hydra (moc) 307
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
Reyhan enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever a creature you control dies or is put into the command zone, if it had one or more +1/+1 counters on it, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on target creature.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan (cm2) 13
Rishkar, Peema Renegade
When Rishkar enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.
Each creature you control with a counter on it has "
: Add
."
Legendary Creature - Elf Druid
Rishkar, Peema Renegade (cmm) 317
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Each other creature you control enters with an additional vigilance counter on it.
, Remove three counters from among creatures you control: Mill three cards, then return a permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Creature - Beast Nightmare
Tayam, Luminous Enigma (c20) 16
The Ozolith
Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.
Legendary Artifact
The Ozolith (iko) 237

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Ajani, the Greathearted
Creatures you control have vigilance.
+1: You gain 3 life.
−2: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and a loyalty counter on each other planeswalker you control.
Legendary Planeswalker - Ajani
Ajani, the Greathearted (war) 184
Ajani's Mantra
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Ajani's Mantra (ddh) 22
Ajani's Welcome
Whenever a creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Ajani's Welcome (m19) 6
Ancient Cornucopia
Whenever you cast a spell that's one or more colors, you may gain 1 life for each of that spell's colors. Do this only once each turn.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Ancient Cornucopia (big) 16
Auriok Champion
Protection from black and from red
Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Auriok Champion (ima) 9
Cling to Dust
Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, you gain 3 life. Otherwise, you draw a card.
Escape—
, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Instant
Cling to Dust (thb) 87
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.
Creature Enchantment - Centaur
Courser of Kruphix (cmm) 888
Curse of Vitality
Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player is attacked, you gain 2 life. Each opponent attacking that player does the same.
Enchantment - Aura Curse
Curse of Vitality (c17) 3
Debt to the Deathless
Each opponent loses two times X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Debt to the Deathless (rvr) 176
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Legendary Creature - Cleric Kor Phyrexian
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim (dmu) 198
Essence Warden
Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Elf Shaman
Essence Warden (cma) 106
Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (fdn) 173
Fountain of Renewal
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Fountain of Renewal (m19) 235
Guide of Souls
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life and get
(an energy counter).
Whenever you attack, you may pay
. When you do, put two +1/+1 counters and a flying counter on target attacking creature. It becomes an Angel in addition to its other types.
Creature - Human Cleric
Guide of Souls (mh3) 29
Haywire Mite
When this creature dies, you gain 2 life.
, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.
Creature Artifact - Insect
Haywire Mite (dsc) 247
Heliod's Intervention
Choose one —
• Destroy X target artifacts and/or enchantments.
• Target player gains twice X life.
Instant
Heliod's Intervention (otc) 81
Kambal, Consul of Allocation
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Kambal, Consul of Allocation (2x2) 237
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
Whenever one or more tokens your opponents control enter, for each of them, create a tapped token that's a copy of it. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor (otj) 211
Kaya's Guile
Choose two —
• Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
• Exile all opponents' graveyards.
• Create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.
• You gain 4 life.
Entwine
(Choose all if you pay the entwine cost.)
Instant
Kaya's Guile (mh1) 205
Kitchen Finks
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Ouphe
Kitchen Finks (uma) 216
Krav, the Unredeemed
Partner with Regna, the Redeemer (When this creature enters, target player may put Regna into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
, Sacrifice X creatures: Target player draws X cards and gains X life. Put X +1/+1 counters on Krav.
Legendary Creature - Demon
Krav, the Unredeemed (bbd) 4
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
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.
Instant
March of Wretched Sorrow (neo) 111
Nyx-Fleece Ram
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life.
Creature Enchantment - Sheep
Nyx-Fleece Ram (a25) 26
Oath of Kaya
When Oath of Kaya enters, it deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
Whenever an opponent attacks a planeswalker you control with one or more creatures, Oath of Kaya deals 2 damage to that player and you gain 2 life.
Legendary Enchantment
Oath of Kaya (war) 209
Obzedat, Ghost Council
When Obzedat enters, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
At the beginning of your end step, you may exile Obzedat. If you do, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep. It gains haste.
Legendary Creature - Spirit Advisor
Obzedat, Ghost Council (mm3) 176
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 token dies, you gain 1 life."
Sorcery
Pest Infestation (c21) 65
Pristine Talisman
: Add
. You gain 1 life.
Artifact
Pristine Talisman (c21) 258
Prosperous Innkeeper
When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Citizen Halfling
Prosperous Innkeeper (afr) 200
Rapacious Guest
Menace
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Food token.
Whenever you sacrifice a Food, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to its power.
Creature - Citizen Halfling
Rapacious Guest (ltc) 28
Scavenging Ooze
: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Ooze
Scavenging Ooze (fdn) 232
Selvala, Explorer Returned
Parley —
: Each player reveals the top card of their library. For each nonland card revealed this way, add
and you gain 1 life. Then each player draws a card.
Legendary Creature - Elf Scout
Selvala, Explorer Returned (mkc) 218
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Deathtouch
Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (dmu) 107
Sorin of House Markov
Lifelink
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, exile Sorin, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.
Legendary Creature - Human Noble
Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate (mh3) 245Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate (mh3) 245
Soul Warden
Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Soul Warden (mm3) 24
Soul's Attendant
Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Soul's Attendant (roe) 44
Spike Feeder
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: You gain 2 life.
Creature - Spike
Spike Feeder (cmd) 172
Suture Priest
Whenever another creature you control enters, you may gain 1 life.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may have that player lose 1 life.
Creature - Cleric Phyrexian
Suture Priest (moc) 210
Sword of Light and Shadow
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from black.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 3 life and you may return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Sword of Light and Shadow (2xm) 298
Sword of War and Peace
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from red and from white.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, this Equipment deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand and you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Sword of War and Peace (2xm) 300
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.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Twilight Prophet (mkc) 143
Umezawa's Jitte
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage, put two charge counters on Umezawa's Jitte.
Remove a charge counter from Umezawa's Jitte: Choose one —
• Equipped creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
• Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
• You gain 2 life.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Umezawa's Jitte (bok) 163
Well Rested
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature becomes untapped, put two +1/+1 counters on it, then you gain 2 life and draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn."
Enchantment - Aura
Well Rested (pip) 88

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Ajani's Pridemate
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Soldier Cat
Ajani's Pridemate (fdn) 135
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.
Legendary Artifact
Alhammarret's Archive (c21) 233
Amalia Benavides Aguirre
Ward—Pay 3 life.
Whenever you gain life, Amalia Benavides Aguirre explores. Then destroy all other creatures if its power is exactly 20. (To have this creature explore, reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Legendary Creature - Vampire Scout
Amalia Benavides Aguirre (lci) 221
Angel of Vitality
Flying
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
This creature gets +2/+2 as long as you have 25 or more life.
Creature - Angel
Angel of Vitality (fdn) 706
Archangel of Thune
Flying
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Creature - Angel
Archangel of Thune (2xm) 5
Blossoming Bogbeast
Whenever this creature 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.
Creature - Beast
Blossoming Bogbeast (c21) 59
Boon Reflection
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
Enchantment
Boon Reflection (2xm) 10
Celestine, the Living Saint
Flying, lifelink
Healing Tears — At the beginning of your end step, return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Celestine, the Living Saint (40k) 10
Cleric Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
: Level 2
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: Level 3
When this Class becomes level 3, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Enchantment - Class
Cleric Class (afr) 6
Crested Sunmare
Other Horses you control have indestructible.
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, create a 5/5 white Horse creature token.
Creature - Horse
Crested Sunmare (hou) 6
Elenda's Hierophant
Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is its power.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Elenda's Hierophant (lcc) 71
Enduring Tenacity
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
When Enduring Tenacity dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It's an enchantment. (It's not a creature.)
Creature Enchantment - Snake Glimmer
Enduring Tenacity (dsk) 95
Exemplar of Light
Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on this creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Angel
Exemplar of Light (fdn) 11
Heliod, Sun-Crowned
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to white is less than five, Heliod isn't a creature.
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or enchantment you control.
: Another target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Heliod, Sun-Crowned (cmm) 29
Hurska Sweet-Tooth
Whenever Hurska attacks, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. When you do, target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained.
Legendary Creature - Bear
Hurska Sweet-Tooth (j25) 53
Karlov of the Ghost Council
Whenever you gain life, put two +1/+1 counters on Karlov.
, Remove six +1/+1 counters from Karlov: Exile target creature.
Legendary Creature - Spirit Advisor
Karlov of the Ghost Council (rvr) 193
Nykthos Paragon
Whenever you gain life, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on each creature you control. Do this only once each turn.
Creature Enchantment - Human Soldier
Nykthos Paragon (mh2) 22
Ocelot Pride
First strike, lifelink
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 end step, if you gained life this turn, create a 1/1 white Cat creature token. Then if you have the city's blessing, for each token you control that entered this turn, create a token that's a copy of it.
Creature - Cat
Ocelot Pride (mh3) 38
Phial of Galadriel
If you would draw a card while you have no cards in hand, draw two cards instead.
If you would gain life while you have 5 or less life, you gain twice that much life instead.
: Add one mana of any color.
Legendary Artifact
Phial of Galadriel (ltr) 248
Prize Pig
Whenever you gain life, put that many ribbon counters on this creature. Then if there are three or more ribbon counters on this creature, remove those counters and untap it.
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Boar
Prize Pig (ltc) 43
Regna, the Redeemer
Partner with Krav, the Unredeemed (When this creature enters, target player may put Krav into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Flying
At the beginning of each end step, if your team gained life this turn, create two 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens.
Legendary Creature - Angel
Regna, the Redeemer (bbd) 3
Rhox Faithmender
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
Creature - Monk Rhino
Rhox Faithmender (jmp) 130
Rodolf Duskbringer
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever you gain life, Rodolf Duskbringer gains indestructible until end of turn.
At the beginning of your end step, you may pay
. When you do, return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Angel
Rodolf Duskbringer (j25) 482
The Gaffer
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Peasant Halfling
The Gaffer (ltc) 12
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.
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock
Tivash, Gloom Summoner (c21) 45
Trudge Garden
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. If you do, create a 4/4 green Fungus Beast creature token with trample.
Enchantment
Trudge Garden (c21) 69
Veinwitch Coven
Menace
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Veinwitch Coven (otc) 151
Witch of the Moors
Deathtouch
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice and you return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human Warlock
Witch of the Moors (otc) 152

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Agadeem's Awakening
Return from your graveyard to the battlefield any number of target creature cards that each have a different mana value X or less.
Sorcery
Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 90Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 90
Ancient Tomb
: Add
. This land deals 2 damage to you.
Land
Ancient Tomb (uma) 236
Boggart Trawler
When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.
Creature - Goblin
Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog (mh3) 243Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog (mh3) 243
Bridgeworks Battle
Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. It fights up to one target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Sorcery
Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249
Brushland
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Brushland (bro) 259
Cabal Pit
: Add
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Threshold —
,
, Sacrifice this land: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Land
Cabal Pit (ody) 315
City of Brass
Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add one mana of any color.
Land
City of Brass (2x2) 321
Disciple of Freyalise
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.
Creature - Elf Druid
Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise (mh3) 250Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise (mh3) 250
Emeria's Call
Create two 4/4 white Angel Warrior creature tokens with flying. Non-Angel creatures you control gain indestructible until your next turn.
Sorcery
Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave (znr) 12Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave (znr) 12
Fell the Profane
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
Fountainport
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice a token: Draw a card.
,
, Pay 1 life: Create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token.
,
: Create a Treasure token.
Land
Fountainport (blb) 253
Grand Coliseum
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Grand Coliseum (c16) 299
Hall of the Bandit Lord
Hall of the Bandit Lord enters tapped.
, Pay 3 life: Add
. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste.
Legendary Land
Hall of the Bandit Lord (chk) 277
Horizon Canopy
, Pay 1 life: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Horizon Canopy (ima) 240
Horizon of Progress
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.
,
: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Horizon of Progress (m3c) 78
Ifnir Deadlands
: Add
.
, Pay 1 life: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice a Desert: Put two -1/-1 counters on target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.
Land - Desert
Ifnir Deadlands (hou) 179
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."
Instant
Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111
Mana Confluence
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Murmuring Bosk
(
: Add
.)
As this land enters, you may reveal a Treefolk card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land - Forest
Murmuring Bosk (dmc) 220
Nomad Stadium
: Add
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Threshold —
,
, Sacrifice this land: You gain 4 life. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Land
Nomad Stadium (ody) 322
Radiant Fountain
When this land enters, you gain 2 life.
: Add
.
Land
Radiant Fountain (c21) 310
Razorgrass Ambush
Razorgrass Ambush deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
Instant
Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field (mh3) 238Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field (mh3) 238
Restless Fortress
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
: This land becomes a 1/4 white and black Nightmare creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
Whenever this land attacks, defending player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Land
Restless Fortress (woe) 259
Shefet Dunes
: Add
.
, Pay 1 life: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice a Desert: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Land - Desert
Shefet Dunes (otc) 318
Skyclave Cleric
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
Creature - Cleric Kor
Skyclave Cleric // Skyclave Basilica (znr) 40Skyclave Cleric // Skyclave Basilica (znr) 40
Tarnished Citadel
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. This land deals 3 damage to you.
Land
Tarnished Citadel (ody) 329
Temple Garden
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Forest
Temple Garden (rvr) 290
Turntimber Symbiosis
Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. If that card has mana value 3 or less, it enters with three additional +1/+1 counters on it. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Sorcery
Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood (znr) 215Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood (znr) 215
Verdant Catacombs
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Verdant Catacombs (mh2) 260
Witch Enchanter
When this creature enters, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.
Creature - Human Warlock
Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239

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Death Grasp
Death Grasp deals X damage to any target. You gain X life.
Sorcery
Death Grasp (c15) 215
Hatred
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.
Instant
Hatred (exo) 64
Icatian Moneychanger
This creature enters with three credit counters on it.
When this creature enters, it deals 3 damage to you.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a credit counter on this creature.
Sacrifice this creature: You gain 1 life for each credit counter on this creature. Activate only during your upkeep.
Creature - Human
Icatian Moneychanger (fem) 10a
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 of their choice.
Whenever you sacrifice a green creature, you may gain 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Elf Shaman
Savra, Queen of the Golgari (rvr) 218
Titan Hunter
At the beginning of each player's end step, if no creatures died this turn, this creature deals 4 damage to that player.
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 4 life.
Creature - Human Warrior
Titan Hunter (c20) 48
Trading Post
,
, Discard a card: You gain 4 life.
,
, Pay 1 life: Create a 0/1 white Goat creature token.
,
, Sacrifice a creature: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
,
, Sacrifice an artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Trading Post (cm2) 225
Trespasser's Curse
Enchant player
Whenever a creature enchanted player controls enters, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment - Aura Curse
Trespasser's Curse (akh) 112
Tymna the Weaver
Lifelink
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, you may pay X life, where X is the number of opponents that were dealt combat damage this turn. If you do, draw X cards.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Tymna the Weaver (c16) 48
Willowdusk, Essence Seer
,
: 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.
Legendary Creature - Druid Dryad
Willowdusk, Essence Seer (c21) 6
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
Flying, vigilance
Whenever a Bat you control attacks, you gain 1 life.
Whenever Zoraline enters or attacks, you may pay
and 2 life. When you do, return target nonland permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it.
Legendary Creature - Cleric Bat
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller (blb) 242

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Beledros Witherbloom
Flying
At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Pay 10 life: Untap all lands you control. Activate only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
Beledros Witherbloom (stx) 163
Bitter Triumph
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life.
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Bitter Triumph (lci) 91
Erebos, God of the Dead
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Erebos, God of the Dead (ths) 85
Eye of Vecna
When Eye of Vecna enters, you draw a card and you lose 2 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay
. If you do, you draw a card and you lose 2 life.
Legendary Artifact
Eye of Vecna (afr) 243
Final Payment
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 5 life or sacrifice a creature or enchantment.
Destroy target creature.
Instant
Final Payment (rna) 171
Glacial Chasm
Cumulative upkeep—Pay 2 life. (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.)
When this land enters, sacrifice a land.
Creatures you control can't attack.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.
Land
Glacial Chasm (ice) 353
Greed
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Enchantment
Greed (mh2) 274
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
Rather than pay
for each previous time you've cast this spell from the command zone this game, pay 2 life that many times.
Flying, lifelink
Whenever a player casts a spell, they lose 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Angel
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk (cmr) 286
Necropotence
Skip your draw step.
Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard.
Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.
Enchantment
Necropotence (ima) 98
Priest of Fell Rites
, Pay 3 life, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Unearth
(
: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Human Warlock
Priest of Fell Rites (mh2) 208
Ripples of Undeath
At the beginning of your first main phase, mill three cards. Then you may pay
and 3 life. If you do, put a card from among those cards into your hand.
Enchantment
Ripples of Undeath (mh3) 107
Snuff Out
If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
Instant
Snuff Out (gvl) 53
Souldrinker
Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Spirit
Souldrinker (dvd) 39
Staff of Compleation
, Pay 1 life: Destroy target permanent you own.
, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color.
, Pay 3 life: Proliferate.
, Pay 4 life: Draw a card.
: Untap this artifact.
Artifact
Staff of Compleation (one) 242
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.
Enchantment
Sylvan Library (dmr) 179
Talisman of Hierarchy
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (lcc) 315
Toxic Deluge
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (mh3) 277
Unspeakable Symbol
Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Enchantment
Unspeakable Symbol (scg) 79
Warren Soultrader
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature - Wizard Goblin Zombie
Warren Soultrader (mh3) 110

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Font of Agonies
Whenever you pay life, put that many blood counters on this enchantment.
, Remove four blood counters from this enchantment: Destroy target creature.
Enchantment
Font of Agonies (rna) 74
Verrak, Warped Sengir
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever you activate an ability that isn't a mana ability, if life was paid to activate it, you may pay that much life again. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Legendary Creature - Vampire
Verrak, Warped Sengir (dmc) 16
Vilis, Broker of Blood
Flying
, 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.)
Legendary Creature - Demon
Vilis, Broker of Blood (m20) 122

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12 mana - 12 cards
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21 mana - 21 cards
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22 mana - 22 cards
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13 mana - 12 cards
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