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Commander

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K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Lifelink
For each
in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana.
Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.
Legendary Creature - Horror Minion Phyrexian
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth (mh3) 274

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Artifact

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The Darkness Crystal
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and you gain 2 life.
,
: Put target creature card exiled with The Darkness Crystal onto the battlefield tapped under your control with two additional +1/+1 counters on it.
Legendary Artifact
The Darkness Crystal (fin) 96
The Soul Stone
Indestructible
: Add
.
,
, Exile a creature you control: Harness The Soul Stone. (Once harnessed, its ∞ ability is active.)
∞ — At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Artifact - Infinity Stone
The Soul Stone (spm) 66

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Creature

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Emeritus of Woe
This creature enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
At the beginning of your end step, if two or more creatures died this turn, this creature becomes prepared.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor (sos) 80
Grave Researcher
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Troll Warlock
Grave Researcher // Reanimate (sos) 85
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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Drain

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Blood Artist
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Vampire
Blood Artist (2x2) 352
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 (scd) 80
Grievous Wound
Enchant player
Enchanted player can't gain life.
Whenever enchanted player is dealt damage, they lose half their life, rounded up.
Enchantment - Aura
Grievous Wound (dsk) 102
Marauding Blight-Priest
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Marauding Blight-Priest (fdn) 178
Sanguine Bond
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (c13) 92
Tree of Perdition
Defender
: Exchange target opponent's life total with this creature's toughness.
Creature - Plant
Tree of Perdition (inr) 135
Vein Ripper
Flying
Ward—Sacrifice a creature.
Whenever a creature dies, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Creature - Vampire Assassin
Vein Ripper (mkm) 110
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Cleric
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose (m21) 127

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Draw

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Ayara, First of Locthwain
Whenever Ayara or another black creature you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
, Sacrifice another black creature: Draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Elf Noble
Ayara, First of Locthwain (mul) 13
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 (lcc) 181
Dread Presence
Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one —
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.
Creature - Nightmare
Dread Presence (j22) 403
Morbid Opportunist
Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Human Rogue
Morbid Opportunist (inr) 388
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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Finisher

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Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (fdn) 173

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Land

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Cabal Coffers
,
: Add
for each Swamp you control.
Land
Cabal Coffers (mh2) 301
Petrified Hamlet
When this land enters, choose a land card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Lands with the chosen name have "
: Add
."
: Add
.
Land
Petrified Hamlet (sos) 362
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (tla) 284
Urza's Cave
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land - Urza's Cave
Urza's Cave (mh3) 234

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Lifegain

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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) 318
Demon's Horn
Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may gain 1 life.
Artifact
Demon's Horn (dvd) 57
Nighthawk Scavenger
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Nighthawk Scavenger's power is equal to 1 plus the number of card types among cards in your opponents' graveyards.
Creature - Vampire Rogue
Nighthawk Scavenger (znr) 341
Sangromancer
Flying
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may gain 3 life.
Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may gain 3 life.
Creature - Vampire Shaman
Sangromancer (scd) 103
Shard of the Nightbringer
Flying
Drain Life — When this creature enters, if you cast it, target opponent loses half their life, rounded up. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Creature - C'tan
Shard of the Nightbringer (40k) 55
Staff of the Death Magus
Whenever you cast a black spell or a Swamp you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Artifact
Staff of the Death Magus (m15) 232
Zof Consumption
Each opponent loses 4 life and you gain 4 life.
Sorcery
Zof Consumption // Zof Bloodbog (znr) 132Zof Consumption // Zof Bloodbog (znr) 132

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Protection

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Battle-Rage Blessing
Target creature gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Battle-Rage Blessing (dmu) 80
Offer Immortality
Target creature gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Offer Immortality (fdn) 525
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and
no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Swiftfoot Boots (c17) 226

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Ramp

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Defiler of Flesh
Menace
As an additional cost to cast black permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost
less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of black mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a black permanent spell, target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains menace until end of turn.
Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Defiler of Flesh (dmu) 90
Expedition Map
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Artifact
Expedition Map (fdn) 724
Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
Nirkana Revenant
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional
.
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Vampire Shade
Nirkana Revenant (roe) 120

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Recursion

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Chainer, Dementia Master
All Nightmares get +1/+1.
, Pay 3 life: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is black and is a Nightmare in addition to its other creature types.
When Chainer leaves the battlefield, exile all Nightmares.
Legendary Creature - Human Minion
Chainer, Dementia Master (cmm) 144
Valgavoth's Faithful
, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Human Cleric
Valgavoth's Faithful (dsk) 121

Recursion

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Removal

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Accursed Marauder
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.
Creature - Warrior Zombie
Accursed Marauder (mh3) 80
Basilisk Collar
Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Basilisk Collar (fdn) 669
Braids, Cabal Minion
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices an artifact, creature, or land of their choice.
Legendary Creature - Human Minion
Braids, Cabal Minion (mh2) 273
Breathe Your Last
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. You gain 1 life for each of its colors.
Instant
Breathe Your Last (mh3) 82
Come Back Wrong
Destroy target creature. If a creature card is put into a graveyard this way, return it to the battlefield under your control. Sacrifice it at the beginning of your next end step.
Sorcery
Come Back Wrong (dsk) 292
Consuming Corruption
Consuming Corruption deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.
Instant
Consuming Corruption (mh3) 84
Defile
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.
Instant
Defile (40k) 199
Drag to the Underworld
This spell costs
less to cast, where X is your devotion to black. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Destroy target creature.
Instant
Drag to the Underworld (thb) 89
Erebos's Intervention
Choose one —
• Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.
• Exile up to twice X target cards from graveyards.
Instant
Erebos's Intervention (thb) 94
Fell the Profane
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
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) 408
Flay Essence
Exile target creature or planeswalker. You gain life equal to the number of counters on it.
Sorcery
Flay Essence (mh2) 85
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
Invoke Despair
Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If they can't, they lose 2 life and you draw a card. Then repeat this process for an enchantment and a planeswalker.
Sorcery
Invoke Despair (neo) 101
Noxious Gearhulk
Menace
When this creature enters, you may destroy another target creature. If a creature is destroyed this way, you gain life equal to its toughness.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Noxious Gearhulk (brc) 110
Pestilence
At the beginning of the end step, if no creatures are on the battlefield, sacrifice this enchantment.
: This enchantment deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
Enchantment
Pestilence (4ed) 152
Reiver Demon
Flying
When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, destroy all nonartifact, nonblack creatures. They can't be regenerated.
Creature - Demon
Reiver Demon (cma) 64
Sporogenic Infection
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, target player sacrifices a creature of their choice other than enchanted creature.
When enchanted creature is dealt damage, destroy it.
Enchantment - Aura
Sporogenic Infection (dsk) 117
Sudden Edict
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Target player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Instant
Sudden Edict (mh2) 100
Tithing Blade
When this artifact enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Craft with creature
(
, Exile this artifact, Exile a creature you control or a creature card from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
Artifact
Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher (lci) 128Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher (lci) 128
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
Tragic Slip
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.
Instant
Tragic Slip (inr) 134
Withering Torment
Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Withering Torment (dsk) 124

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Stax

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Dauthi Voidwalker
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.
Creature - Rogue Dauthi
Dauthi Voidwalker (tdc) 176
Leyline of the Void
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
Enchantment
Leyline of the Void (dsk) 106
Winter Moon
Players can't untap more than one nonbasic land during their untap steps.
Artifact
Winter Moon (mh3) 213

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Tutor

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Diabolic Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Diabolic Tutor (pw24) 13
Grim Servant
Menace
When this creature enters, search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to your devotion to black, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Creature - Zombie Warlock
Grim Servant (mh3) 409
Vile Entomber
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
When this creature enters, search your library for a card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Creature - Zombie Warlock
Vile Entomber (fdn) 616

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