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Commander

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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
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Anthem

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True Conviction
Creatures you control have double strike and lifelink.
Enchantment
True Conviction (scd) 38
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Creature

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Athreos, God of Passage
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to white and black is less than seven, Athreos isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you own dies, return it to your hand unless target opponent pays 3 life.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Athreos, God of Passage (plst) JOU-146
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Leech Collector
Whenever you gain life for the first time each turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Human Warlock
Leech Collector // Bloodletting (sos) 88
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Moseo, Vein's New Dean
Flying
When Moseo enters, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life."
Infusion — At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, return up to one 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 - Skeleton Bird Warlock
Moseo, Vein's New Dean (sos) 91
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Scheming Silvertongue
Flying, lifelink
At the beginning of your second main phase, if you gained 2 or more life this turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood (sos) 99
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Creature

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Drain

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Cliffhaven Vampire
Flying
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Warrior Ally
Cliffhaven Vampire (ogw) 153
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Defiant Bloodlord
Flying
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Creature - Vampire
Defiant Bloodlord (c21) 142
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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
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel
When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Creature - Zombie
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (dsc) 142
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Sanguine Bond
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (ltc) 208
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Starscape Cleric
Offspring
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Flying
This creature can't block.
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Cleric Bat
Starscape Cleric (blb) 116
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Drain

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Draw

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Blood Divination
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw three cards.
Sorcery
Blood Divination (jmp) 207
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Commune with Evil
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You gain 3 life.
Sorcery
Commune with Evil (dsk) 87
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Merciless Resolve
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or land.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Merciless Resolve (plst) SOI-123
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Revitalize
You gain 3 life.
Draw a card.
Instant
Revitalize (j25) 244
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Scroll of Avacyn
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card. If you control an Angel, you gain 5 life.
Artifact
Scroll of Avacyn (jmp) 483
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Shroudstomper
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, each opponent loses 2 life. You gain 2 life and draw a card.
Creature - Elemental
Shroudstomper (dsk) 233
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Sign in Blood
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156
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Stargaze
Look at twice X cards from the top of your library. Put X cards from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose X life.
Sorcery
Stargaze (blb) 114
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Draw

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Finisher

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Aetherflux Reservoir
Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn.
Pay 50 life: This artifact deals 50 damage to any target.
Artifact
Aetherflux Reservoir (plst) KLD-192
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Land

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Blighted Steppe
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: You gain 2 life for each creature you control.
Land
Blighted Steppe (bfz) 232
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Orzhov Basilica
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Orzhov Basilica (drc) 164
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Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (tdm) 277
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Scoured Barrens
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Scoured Barrens (tdm) 267
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Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (tdm) 281
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Vault of the Archangel
: Add
.
,
: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.
Land
Vault of the Archangel (tdc) 410
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Land

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Lifegain

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Ajani's Mantra
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Ajani's Mantra (ddh) 22
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.38
Basilica Guards
Defender
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Human Soldier
Basilica Guards (rvr) 7
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Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
Daxos's toughness is equal to your devotion to white. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to white.)
Whenever another creature you control enters or dies, you gain 1 life.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - Demigod
Daxos, Blessed by the Sun (plst) THB-9
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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
Color tag templates(None)
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Divinity of Pride
Flying, lifelink
This creature gets +4/+4 as long as you have 25 or more life.
Creature - Avatar Spirit
Divinity of Pride (c13) 228
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Drana's Emissary
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Cleric Ally
Drana's Emissary (plst) BFZ-210
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$1.29 $0.50
Healer of the Pride
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 2 life.
Creature - Cleric Cat
Healer of the Pride (plst) M13-19
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$0.39 $0.25
Kingpin's Pet
Flying
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Thrull
Kingpin's Pet (plst) GTC-173
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Lifecreed Duo
Flying
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Bird Bat
Lifecreed Duo (blb) 20
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Lunarch Veteran
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Disturb
(You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.)
Creature - Human Cleric
Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom (inr) 32Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom (inr) 32
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Paladin of Atonement
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you lost life last turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, you gain life equal to its toughness.
Creature - Knight Vampire
Paladin of Atonement (rix) 16
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Pious Evangel
Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
,
, Sacrifice another permanent: Transform this creature.
Creature - Human Cleric
Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple (soi) 34Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple (soi) 34
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Syndic of Tithes
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Human Cleric
Syndic of Tithes (clu) 74
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.20
Syphon Soul
Syphon Soul deals 2 damage to each other player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Sorcery
Syphon Soul (cns) 127
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Lifegain

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Lifegain payoffs

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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
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Bloodbond Vampire
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Vampire Shaman Ally
Bloodbond Vampire (j22) 380
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Essence Channeler
As long as you've lost life this turn, this creature has flying and vigilance.
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, put its counters on target creature you control.
Creature - Cleric Bat
Essence Channeler (blb) 12
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Leyline of Hope
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
As long as you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total, creatures you control get +2/+2.
Enchantment
Leyline of Hope (dsk) 18
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Serra Avatar
Serra Avatar's power and toughness are each equal to your life total.
When Serra Avatar is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.
Creature - Avatar
Serra Avatar (dmr) 26
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Sunbond
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature."
Enchantment - Aura
Sunbond (bng) 28
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Wax-Wane Witness
Flying, vigilance
Whenever you gain or lose life during your turn, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Creature - Cleric Bat
Wax-Wane Witness (blb) 39
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$0.35 $0.08

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (tmc) 57
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Crypt Ghast
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional
.
Creature - Spirit
Crypt Ghast (rvr) 70
Color tag templates(None)
$19.99 $18.42
Cryptolith Fragment
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color. Each player loses 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if each player has 10 or less life, transform this artifact.
Artifact
Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul (inr) 260Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul (inr) 260
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Life Insurance
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token.
Enchantment
Life Insurance (dsc) 224
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Orzhov Cluestone
: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Orzhov Cluestone (c15) 261
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Orzhov Locket
: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.
Artifact
Orzhov Locket (moc) 368
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$0.35 $0.33
Orzhov Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Orzhov Signet (tdc) 323
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Pristine Talisman
: Add
. You gain 1 life.
Artifact
Pristine Talisman (ltc) 283
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.39
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (tmc) 59
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$2.79 $1.74

Ramp

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Recursion

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Whip of Erebos
Creatures you control have lifelink.
,
: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Artifact Enchantment
Whip of Erebos (dsc) 159
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Recursion

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Removal

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Angelic Purge
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a permanent.
Exile target artifact, creature, or enchantment.
Sorcery
Angelic Purge (inr) 9
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$0.35 $0.17
Death Grasp
Death Grasp deals X damage to any target. You gain X life.
Sorcery
Death Grasp (c15) 215
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Descend upon the Sinful
Exile all creatures.
Delirium — Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
Sorcery
Descend upon the Sinful (otc) 80
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Despark
Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.
Instant
Despark (tdc) 284
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Divine Offering
Destroy target artifact. You gain life equal to its mana value.
Instant
Divine Offering (mbs) 5
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$0.35 $0.07
Feed the Swarm
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (tle) 257
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$0.59 $0.24
Final Vengeance
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or enchantment.
Exile target creature.
Sorcery
Final Vengeance (dsk) 99
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$0.35 $0.22
Reprisal
Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. It can't be regenerated.
Instant
Reprisal (jou) 23
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Unwanted Remake
Destroy target creature. Its controller manifests dread. (That player looks at the top two cards of their library, then puts one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into their graveyard. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)
Instant
Unwanted Remake (dsk) 39
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Withering Torment
Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Withering Torment (dsk) 124
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Removal

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Sorcery

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Fix What's Broken
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Return each artifact and creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Fix What's Broken (sos) 188
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Sorcery

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Maybeboard

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Gumdrop Poisoner
Lifelink
When this creature enters, up to one target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Creature - Human Warlock
Gumdrop Poisoner // Tempt with Treats (woe) 93
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Deck stats

48 pips - 34 cards
22 mana - 22 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 2 cards
49 pips - 32 cards
26 mana - 26 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
5 mana - 4 cards
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