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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

Commander

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Draw

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Ambition's Cost
You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.
Sorcery
Ambition's Cost (moc) 246
Ancient Craving
You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.
Sorcery
Ancient Craving (j22) 376
Atrocious Experiment
Target player mills two cards, draws two cards, and loses 2 life. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Sorcery
Atrocious Experiment (clb) 115
Big Score
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
Big Score (fic) 290
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
Blood Pact
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Instant
Blood Pact (dsc) 76
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 (pwar) 79p
Circle of Power
You draw two cards and you lose 2 life. Create a 0/1 black Wizard creature token with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent."
Wizards you control get +1/+0 and gain lifelink until end of turn.
Sorcery
Circle of Power (fin) 92
Crushing Disappointment
Each player loses 2 life. You draw two cards.
Instant
Crushing Disappointment (stx) 68
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 (fin) 94
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) 90
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
Pirate's Pillage
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Sorcery
Pirate's Pillage (2x2) 120
Seize the Spoils
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Sorcery
Seize the Spoils (j25) 141
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 (tdc) 326
Unexpected Windfall
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
Unexpected Windfall (pip) 193
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

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Finisher

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Crackle with Power
Crackle with Power deals five times X damage to each of up to X targets.
Sorcery
Crackle with Power (stx) 95
Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (fic) 276
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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Haste & Untaps

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Act of Aggression
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
Instant
Act of Aggression (c15) 141
Claim the Firstborn
Gain control of target creature with mana value 3 or less until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
Sorcery
Claim the Firstborn (eld) 118
Involuntary Employment
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Sorcery
Involuntary Employment (fdn) 203
Patriar's Seal
: Add one mana of any color.
,
: Untap target legendary creature you control.
Artifact
Patriar's Seal (clb) 332
Traitorous Greed
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Add two mana of any one color. (The creature can attack and
this turn.)
Sorcery
Traitorous Greed (m21) 166

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Land

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Arena of Glory
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain.
: Add
.
,
, Exert this land: Add
. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste until end of turn. (An exerted permanent won't untap during your next untap step.)
Land
Arena of Glory (mh3) 215
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
Blightstep Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway (khm) 252Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway (khm) 252
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
Castle Locthwain
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp.
: Add
.
,
: Draw a card, then you lose life equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Land
Castle Locthwain (clb) 884
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (tmc) 63
Dragonskull Summit
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dragonskull Summit (tmc) 64
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) 258
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (tmt) 318
Smoldering Marsh
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Swamp Mountain
Smoldering Marsh (tmc) 73
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (tmt) 317
The Black Gate
As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.
Legendary Land - Gate
The Black Gate (ltc) 490

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Lifegain

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Exquisite Blood
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.
Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (lcc) 195
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

Lifegain

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Pay X Life

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Blood Celebrant
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Human Cleric
Blood Celebrant (lgn) 61
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
Hex Parasite
: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. (
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Creature Artifact - Insect Phyrexian
Hex Parasite (nph) 137
Moltensteel Dragon
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Dragon Phyrexian
Moltensteel Dragon (nph) 88
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 (plst) CNS-36
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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Protection

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Bolt Bend
This spell costs
less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
Instant
Bolt Bend (tle) 163
Deepwood Ghoul
Pay 2 life: Regenerate this creature.
Creature - Zombie
Deepwood Ghoul (8ed) 127
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (fic) 349
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) 151
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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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (tmc) 57
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (mb2) 179
Descent into Avernus
At the beginning of your upkeep, put two descent counters on this enchantment. Then each player creates X Treasure tokens and this enchantment deals X damage to each player, where X is the number of descent counters on this enchantment.
Enchantment
Descent into Avernus (clb) 169
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Artifact
Fellwar Stone (ecc) 141
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
Myr Convert
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color.
Creature Artifact - Myr Phyrexian
Myr Convert (one) 234
Rakdos Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Rakdos Signet (dsc) 250
Rapacious Dragon
Flying
When this creature enters, create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature - Dragon
Rapacious Dragon (tdc) 229
Seething Song
Add
.
Instant
Seething Song (c21) 179
Simian Spirit Guide
Exile this card from your hand: Add
.
Creature - Ape Spirit
Simian Spirit Guide (mb2) 61
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (tmc) 59

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Recursion

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Underworld Breach
Each nonland card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.
Enchantment
Underworld Breach (mb2) 200

Recursion

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Removal

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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
Crux of Fate
Choose one —
• Destroy all Dragon creatures.
• Destroy all non-Dragon creatures.
Sorcery
Crux of Fate (fic) 275
Deadly Rollick
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Exile target creature.
Instant
Deadly Rollick (cmm) 147
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
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
Infernal Grasp
Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Infernal Grasp (ecc) 77
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 (tdc) 191
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 (fic) 285
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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Tutor

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Beseech the Queen
(
can be paid with any two mana or with
. This card's mana value is 6.)
Search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to the number of lands you control, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Beseech the Queen (plst) SHM-57
Diabolic Revelation
Search your library for up to X cards, put those cards into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Diabolic Revelation (m13) 87
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
Flying, trample
Pay 2 life, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Legendary Creature - Demon
Razaketh, the Foulblooded (cmm) 181
Rune-Scarred Demon
Flying
When this creature enters, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Demon
Rune-Scarred Demon (fdn) 184
Wishclaw Talisman
This artifact enters with three wish counters on it.
,
, Remove a wish counter from this artifact: Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. An opponent gains control of this artifact. Activate only during your turn.
Artifact
Wishclaw Talisman (fdn) 617

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Maybeboard

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Ancient Tomb
: Add
. This land deals 2 damage to you.
Land
Ancient Tomb (plst) TMP-315
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 (plst) ODY-315
Call of the Ring
At the beginning of your upkeep, the Ring tempts you.
Whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
Enchantment
Call of the Ring (ltr) 530
Cathartic Pyre
Choose one —
• Cathartic Pyre deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
• Discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards.
Instant
Cathartic Pyre (ecc) 90
Cremate
Exile target card from a graveyard.
Draw a card.
Instant
Cremate (rtr) 59
Dismember
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
Instant
Dismember (plst) MM2-79
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
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 (ecc) 54
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
Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.
Instant
Lightning Bolt (clu) 141
Phyrexian Arena
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Rally at the Hornburg
Create two 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens. Humans you control gain haste until end of turn.
Sorcery
Rally at the Hornburg (ltr) 593
Reckless Spite
Destroy two target nonblack creatures. You lose 5 life.
Instant
Reckless Spite (woc) 117
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (tdc) 386
Song of Totentanz
Create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token can't block." Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Sorcery
Song of Totentanz (woe) 150
Thought Vessel
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Artifact
Thought Vessel (fic) 368
Unspeakable Symbol
Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Enchantment
Unspeakable Symbol (plst) SCG-79
Vampiric Link
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
Enchantment - Aura
Vampiric Link (plst) PLC-92
Vengeful Possession
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. You may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
Sorcery
Vengeful Possession (dsk) 162
Wayfarer's Bauble
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (fic) 372
Wrangle
Gain control of target creature with power 4 or less until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
Sorcery
Wrangle (aer) 101

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