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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $0.99
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

Commander

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Artifact

Qty: 1 Price: $11.99
The Wind Crystal
White spells you cast cost
less to cast.
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
,
: Creatures you control gain flying and lifelink until end of turn.
Legendary Artifact
The Wind Crystal (fin) 330

Artifact

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Burn

Qty: 2 Price: $3.48
Dire Fleet Ravager
Menace, deathtouch
When this creature enters, each player loses a third of their life, rounded up.
Creature - Wizard Orc Pirate
Dire Fleet Ravager (otc) 132
Rug of Smothering
Flying
Whenever a player casts a spell, they lose 1 life for each spell they've cast this turn.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Rug of Smothering (clb) 336

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Drain

Qty: 9 Price: $86.61
Blood Artist
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Vampire
Blood Artist (inr) 97
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
Flying
If an opponent would lose life during your turn, they lose twice that much life instead. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Creature - Vampire Demon
Bloodletter of Aclazotz (lci) 92
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
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
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
Indulging Patrician
Flying
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, each opponent loses 3 life.
Creature - Vampire Noble
Indulging Patrician (tdc) 292
Sanguine Bond
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (ltc) 208
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
Wound Reflection
At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life they lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Enchantment
Wound Reflection (who) 223

Drain

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Draw

Qty: 7 Price: $120.73
Ad Nauseam
Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may repeat this process any number of times.
Instant
Ad Nauseam (2xm) 76
Black Market Connections
At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
Enchantment
Black Market Connections (acr) 87
Bolas's Citadel
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Legendary Artifact
Bolas's Citadel (mb2) 39
Lunar Convocation
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent loses 1 life.
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained and lost life this turn, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Enchantment
Lunar Convocation (blb) 223
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
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 (j25) 70
Well of Lost Dreams
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.
Artifact
Well of Lost Dreams (ltc) 291

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Finisher

Qty: 2 Price: $48.98
Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (j25) 437
Torment of Hailfire
Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.
Sorcery
Torment of Hailfire (plst) HOU-77

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Land

Qty: 32 Price: $65.44
Bleachbone Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control a Plains or a Swamp.
Land
Bleachbone Verge (dft) 250
Caves of Koilos
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Caves of Koilos (tdc) 348
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (tdc) 107
Desolate Mire
,
: Add
.
Land
Desolate Mire (otc) 287
Fetid Heath
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Fetid Heath (tdc) 362
Godless Shrine
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Swamp
Godless Shrine (eoe) 280
Isolated Chapel
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Isolated Chapel (tdc) 373
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
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (one) 267
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (tdm) 278
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (tdm) 287
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (tdc) 386
Scoured Barrens
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Scoured Barrens (tdm) 267
Shineshadow Snarl
As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shineshadow Snarl (lcc) 351
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (tdm) 281
Tainted Field
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Land
Tainted Field (dsc) 302
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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Lifegain

Qty: 15 Price: $288.35
Astarion, the Decadent
Deathtouch, lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, choose one —
• Feed — Target opponent loses life equal to the amount of life they lost this turn.
• Friends — You gain life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Elf Rogue
Astarion, the Decadent (clb) 265
Authority of the Consuls
Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Authority of the Consuls (fdn) 137
Beacon of Immortality
Double target player's life total. Shuffle Beacon of Immortality into its owner's library.
Instant
Beacon of Immortality (plst) E02-1
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
Boon Reflection
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
Enchantment
Boon Reflection (2xm) 10
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
Exquisite Blood
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.
Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (lcc) 195
Felidar Sovereign
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 40 or more life, you win the game.
Creature - Beast Cat
Felidar Sovereign (j25) 198
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
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 (tdc) 128
Serra Ascendant
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
As long as you have 30 or more life, this creature gets +5/+5 and has flying.
Creature - Human Monk
Serra Ascendant (plst) M11-28
Shattered Angel
Flying
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, you may gain 3 life.
Creature - Angel Phyrexian
Shattered Angel (moc) 206
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) 369
Soul's Attendant
Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Soul's Attendant (plst) ROE-44
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

Lifegain

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Protection

Qty: 5 Price: $76.45
Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
Equipped creature has lifelink.
As long as you have 30 or more life, equipped creature gets +5/+5 and has indestructible and "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature."
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Caduceus, Staff of Hermes (acr) 2
Flawless Maneuver
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Flawless Maneuver (cmm) 24
Grand Abolisher
During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.
Creature - Human Cleric
Grand Abolisher (big) 2
Norn's Annex
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays
for each of those creatures.
Artifact
Norn's Annex (cmm) 829
Rebuff the Wicked
Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.
Instant
Rebuff the Wicked (tsr) 35

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Ramp

Qty: 12 Price: $138.04
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (tdc) 105
Burnished Hart
, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature Artifact - Elk
Burnished Hart (dsc) 243
Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
Land Tax
At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Enchantment
Land Tax (wot) 9
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
Marshland Bloodcaster
Flying
,
: 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.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Marshland Bloodcaster (otc) 139
Monologue Tax
Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, you create a Treasure token.
Enchantment
Monologue Tax (dsc) 100
Orzhov Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Orzhov Signet (tdc) 323
Smothering Tithe
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay
. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 703
Sword of the Animist
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Sword of the Animist (cmm) 413
Talisman of Hierarchy
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (tdc) 331

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Recursion

Qty: 4 Price: $61.16
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
Revival
Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Revival // Revenge (rvr) 241
Sister Hospitaller
Medicus Ministorum — When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You gain life equal to its mana value.
Creature - Human Cleric
Sister Hospitaller (40k) 141
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

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 10 Price: $51.80
Ajani, Strength of the Pride
+1: You gain life equal to the number of creatures you control plus the number of planeswalkers you control.
−2: Create a 2/2 white Cat Soldier creature token named Ajani's Pridemate with "Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this token."
0: If you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, exile Ajani and each artifact and creature your opponents control.
Legendary Planeswalker - Ajani
Ajani, Strength of the Pride (j22) 141
Anguished Unmaking
Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.
Instant
Anguished Unmaking (tdc) 279
Despark
Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.
Instant
Despark (tdc) 284
Flare of Malice
You may sacrifice a nontoken black creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.
Instant
Flare of Malice (mh3) 95
Fumigate
Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.
Sorcery
Fumigate (mkc) 66
Heliod's Intervention
Choose one —
• Destroy X target artifacts and/or enchantments.
• Target player gains twice X life.
Instant
Heliod's Intervention (otc) 81
Meathook Massacre II
When Meathook Massacre II enters, each player sacrifices X creatures of their choice.
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may pay 3 life. If you do, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, they may pay 3 life. If they don't, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.
Legendary Enchantment
Meathook Massacre II (dsk) 108
Sorin Markov
+2: Sorin Markov deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.
−3: Target opponent's life total becomes 10.
−7: You control target player during that player's next turn.
Legendary Planeswalker - Sorin
Sorin Markov (sld) 1698
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (tdc) 134
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

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Deck stats

47 pips - 35 cards
27 mana - 25 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
63 pips - 36 cards
26 mana - 24 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
8 mana - 7 cards
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