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Commander

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Rowan, Scion of War
Menace
: Spells you cast this turn that are black and/or red cost
less to cast, where X is the amount of life you lost this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Rowan, Scion of War (woe) 300

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Burn

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Banefire
Banefire deals X damage to any target.
If X is 5 or more, this spell can't be countered and the damage can't be prevented.
Sorcery
Banefire (j22) 495
Crackle with Power
Crackle with Power deals five times X damage to each of up to X targets.
Sorcery
Crackle with Power (stx) 95
Searing Touch
Buyback
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Searing Touch deals 1 damage to any target.
Instant
Searing Touch (tmp) 201

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Copy

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Storm King's Thunder
When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell X times. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Instant
Storm King's Thunder (clb) 196

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Draw

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Apex of Power
Exile the top seven cards of your library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among them.
If this spell was cast from your hand, add ten mana of any one color.
Sorcery
Apex of Power (afc) 114
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
Cut of the Profits
Casualty 3 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 3 or greater. When you do, copy this spell.)
You draw X cards and you lose X life.
Sorcery
Cut of the Profits (snc) 72
Damnable Pact
Target player draws X cards and loses X life.
Sorcery
Damnable Pact (ncc) 245
Dark Confidant
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
Creature - Human Wizard
Dark Confidant (2xm) 342
Dark Tutelage
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
Enchantment
Dark Tutelage (m11) 90
Darkstar Augur
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
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
Creature - Bat Warlock
Darkstar Augur (blb) 311
Greed
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Enchantment
Greed (mh2) 274
Night's Whisper
You draw two cards and lose 2 life.
Sorcery
Night's Whisper (5dn) 55
Peer into the Abyss
Target player draws cards equal to half the number of cards in their library and loses half their life. Round up each time.
Sorcery
Peer into the Abyss (plst) M21-117
Phyrexian Arena
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (c15) 130
Read the Bones
Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (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.)
Sorcery
Read the Bones (j25) 479
Sign in Blood
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156
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
Wheel of Misfortune
Each player secretly chooses a number 0 or greater, then all players reveal those numbers simultaneously and determine the highest and lowest numbers revealed this way. Wheel of Misfortune deals damage equal to the highest number to each player who chose that number. Each player who didn't choose the lowest number discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
Sorcery
Wheel of Misfortune (cmr) 211

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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 (cmm) 638
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

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Barbarian Ring
: Add
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Threshold —
,
, Sacrifice this land: It deals 2 damage to any target. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Land
Barbarian Ring (mh3) 299
Blood Crypt
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Swamp Mountain
Blood Crypt (ecl) 262
Bloodstained Mire
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Bloodstained Mire (mh3) 216
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (fic) 484
Dragonskull Summit
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dragonskull Summit (ecc) 147
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 (plst) CHK-277
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 (ecc) 153
Mount Doom
, Pay 1 life: Add
or
.
,
: Mount Doom deals 1 damage to each opponent.
,
, Sacrifice Mount Doom and a legendary artifact: Choose up to two creatures, then destroy the rest. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Land
Mount Doom (ltr) 343
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (ecl) 272
Ramunap Ruins
: Add
.
, Pay 1 life: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice a Desert: This land deals 2 damage to each opponent.
Land - Desert
Ramunap Ruins (plst) HOU-181
Smoldering Marsh
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Swamp Mountain
Smoldering Marsh (ecc) 168
Sulfurous Springs
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Sulfurous Springs (dmu) 256
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (ecl) 271

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Lifegain

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Exquisite Blood
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.
Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (sld) 206
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.
Sorcery
Profane Transfusion (cmr) 145
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
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

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Mill

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Doom Whisperer
Flying, trample
Pay 2 life: Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Creature - Demon Nightmare
Doom Whisperer (mkc) 128

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Protection

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Deflecting Swat
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.
Instant
Deflecting Swat (cmm) 214
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (m3c) 298
Pact Weapon
As long as this Equipment is attached to a creature, you don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, draw a card and reveal it. The creature gets +X/+X until end of turn and you lose X life, where X is that card's mana value.
Equip—Discard a card.
Artifact - Equipment
Pact Weapon (clb) 139
Platinum Angel
Flying
You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.
Creature Artifact - Angel
Platinum Angel (plst) CN2-214
Redirect Lightning
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 5 life or pay
.
Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
Instant - Lesson
Redirect Lightning (tla) 343
Stunning Reversal
The next time you would lose the game this turn, instead draw seven cards and your life total becomes 1.
Exile Stunning Reversal.
Instant
Stunning Reversal (bbd) 51
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 (fic) 361

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Pump

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Immolating Souleater
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. (
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Creature Artifact - Dog Phyrexian
Immolating Souleater (plst) NPH-139
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 (plst) MRD-82

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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 (tdc) 105
Blood Celebrant
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Human Cleric
Blood Celebrant (lgn) 61
Cursed Mirror
: Add
.
As this artifact enters, you may have it become a copy of any creature on the battlefield until end of turn, except it has haste.
Artifact
Cursed Mirror (soc) 242
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (mmq) 129
Desperate Ritual
Add
.
Splice onto Arcane
(As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Instant - Arcane
Desperate Ritual (uma) 127
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
Mana Geyser
Add
for each tapped land your opponents control.
Sorcery
Mana Geyser (soc) 247
Pyretic Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Pyretic Ritual (m11) 153
Seething Song
Add
.
Instant
Seething Song (c21) 179
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (ecc) 58
Storm-Kiln Artist
This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature - Shaman Dwarf
Storm-Kiln Artist (cmm) 644
Talisman of Indulgence
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (sld) 1054
Treasonous Ogre
Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Pay 3 life: Add
.
Creature - Shaman Ogre
Treasonous Ogre (cns) 36

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Removal

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Battle at the Bridge
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for
.)
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.
Sorcery
Battle at the Bridge (aer) 53
Comet Storm
Multikicker
(You may pay an additional
any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Choose any target, then choose another target for each time this spell was kicked. Comet Storm deals X damage to each of them.
Instant
Comet Storm (cmr) 411
Cut
Cut deals 4 damage to target creature.
Sorcery
Cut // Ribbons (plst) AKH-223
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
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 (dsc) 78
Fire Covenant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Fire Covenant deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.
Instant
Fire Covenant (sld) 271
Hell to Pay
Hell to Pay deals X damage to target creature. Create a number of tapped Treasure tokens equal to the amount of excess damage dealt to that creature this way.
Sorcery
Hell to Pay (otj) 126
Jaya's Immolating Inferno
(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)
Jaya's Immolating Inferno deals X damage to each of up to three targets.
Legendary Sorcery
Jaya's Immolating Inferno (cmr) 415
Mages' Contest
You and target spell's controller bid life. You start the bidding with a bid of 1. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid. If you win the bidding, counter that spell.
Instant
Mages' Contest (plst) INV-154
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
Profane Command
Choose two —
• Target player loses X life.
• Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
• Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Sorcery
Profane Command (scd) 99
Vandalblast
Destroy target artifact you don't control.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Sorcery
Vandalblast (cmm) 646

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Theft

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Valgavoth, Terror Eater
Flying, lifelink
Ward—Sacrifice three nonland permanents.
If a card you didn't control would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
During your turn, you may play cards exiled with Valgavoth. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
Legendary Creature - Elder Demon
Valgavoth, Terror Eater (dsk) 120

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Maybeboard

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Abrade
Choose one —
• Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target artifact.
Instant
Abrade (phou) 83
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
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 (plst) TMP-315
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 (tdc) 173
Bitterblossom
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.
Enchantment Kindred - Faerie
Bitterblossom (2x2) 69
Blasphemous Act
This spell costs
less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.
Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (ltc) 211
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 (war) 79
Day of Black Sun
Each creature with mana value X or less loses all abilities until end of turn. Destroy those creatures.
Sorcery
Day of Black Sun (pspl) 7
Diabolic Revelation
Search your library for up to X cards, put those cards into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Diabolic Revelation (m13) 87
Dismember
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
Instant
Dismember (plst) MM2-79
Electrodominance
Electrodominance deals X damage to any target. You may cast a spell with mana value X or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.
Instant
Electrodominance (tdc) 212
Fall of the Titans
Surge
(You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)
Fall of the Titans deals X damage to each of up to two targets.
Instant
Fall of the Titans (plst) OGW-109
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 (slc) 7
Grim Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life.
Sorcery
Grim Tutor (m21) 103
Infernal Grasp
Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Infernal Grasp (inr) 310
Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
Lich's Mirror
If you would lose the game, instead shuffle your hand, your graveyard, and all permanents you own into your library, then draw seven cards and your life total becomes 20.
Artifact
Lich's Mirror (plst) ALA-210
Lich's Tomb
You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
Whenever you lose life, sacrifice a permanent for each 1 life you lost. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Artifact
Lich's Tomb (dst) 128
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
Orcus, Prince of Undeath
Flying, trample
When Orcus enters, choose one —
• Each other creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You lose X life.
• Return up to X target creature cards with total mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. They gain haste until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Demon
Orcus, Prince of Undeath (afr) 229
Pinnacle Monk
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Djinn Monk
Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak (mh3) 246Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak (mh3) 246
Pyroblast
Choose one —
• Counter target spell if it's blue.
• Destroy target permanent if it's blue.
Instant
Pyroblast (me1) 107
Reanimate
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Sorcery
Reanimate (jmp) 270
Ruby Medallion
Red spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Ruby Medallion (mh3) 295
Shatterskull Smashing
Shatterskull Smashing deals X damage divided as you choose among up to two target creatures and/or planeswalkers. If X is 6 or more, Shatterskull Smashing deals twice X damage divided as you choose among them instead.
Sorcery
Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass (znr) 161Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass (znr) 161
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 (ddd) 53
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 (pz1) 48
Vampiric Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 108
Vendetta
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness.
Instant
Vendetta (plst) MMQ-170

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