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Commander

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Dina, Soul Steeper
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
, Sacrifice another creature: Dina gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Legendary Creature - Druid Dryad
Dina, Soul Steeper (mul) 167

Commander

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Artifact

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Cauldron of Essence
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
,
, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Cauldron of Essence (sos) 179

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Creature

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Dina, Essence Brewer
Whenever you sacrifice a creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
,
, Sacrifice another creature: You gain X life and put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Legendary Creature - Druid Dryad
Dina, Essence Brewer (soc) 1

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Drain

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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 (eld) 75
Bastion of Remembrance
When this enchantment enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Bastion of Remembrance (tle) 160
Blood Artist
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Vampire
Blood Artist (soc) 209
Defiling Daemogoth
Menace
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you gain 1 life.
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses X life, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Creature - Demon
Defiling Daemogoth (soc) 25
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
Epicure of Blood
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Vampire
Epicure of Blood (j25) 435
Falkenrath Noble
Flying
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Noble
Falkenrath Noble (j25) 441
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
Marauding Blight-Priest
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Marauding Blight-Priest (fdn) 178
Revenge of Ravens
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Revenge of Ravens (ltc) 207
Sanguine Bond
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (ltc) 208
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
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 (j25) 71
Zulaport Cutthroat
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Rogue Ally
Zulaport Cutthroat (soc) 233

Drain

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Draw

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Essenceknit Scholar
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life."
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, draw a card.
Creature - Dryad Warlock
Essenceknit Scholar (sos) 187
Moldervine Reclamation
Whenever a creature you control dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
Enchantment
Moldervine Reclamation (soc) 320
Morbid Opportunist
Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Human Rogue
Morbid Opportunist (soc) 219
Night's Whisper
You draw two cards and lose 2 life.
Sorcery
Night's Whisper (soc) 221
Sign in Blood
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156

Draw

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Enchantment

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Feral Appetite
Attacking Pests you control get +1/+0 and have deathtouch.
: Exile target card from a graveyard. If a creature card is exiled this way, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Enchantment
Feral Appetite (soc) 38

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Land

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Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (soc) 129
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (hob) 198
Llanowar Wastes
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Llanowar Wastes (soc) 383
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (hob) 196
Tainted Wood
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Land
Tainted Wood (dsc) 305
Woodland Cemetery
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest.
: Add
or
.
Land
Woodland Cemetery (soc) 424

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Lifegain

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Bogwater Lumaret
Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Spirit Frog
Bogwater Lumaret (sos) 177
Creeping Bloodsucker
At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Creature - Vampire
Creeping Bloodsucker (j25) 415
Deathgreeter
Whenever another creature dies, you may gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Shaman
Deathgreeter (plst) DDD-33
Essence Warden
Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Elf Shaman
Essence Warden (ltc) 242
Fountain of Renewal
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Fountain of Renewal (plst) M19-235
Lifegift
Whenever a land enters, you may gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Lifegift (bok) 132
Social Climber
Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Druid
Social Climber (snc) 157
Tablet of the Guilds
As this artifact enters, choose two colors.
Whenever you cast a spell, if it's at least one of the chosen colors, you gain 1 life for each of the chosen colors it is.
Artifact
Tablet of the Guilds (rtr) 235
Virulent Emissary
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Elf Assassin
Virulent Emissary (ecl) 202

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Planeswalker

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Professor Dellian Fel
+2: You gain 3 life.
0: You draw a card and lose 1 life.
−3: Destroy target creature.
−6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life."
Legendary Planeswalker - Dellian
Professor Dellian Fel (sos) 214

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Protection

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Tamiyo's Safekeeping
Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A permanent with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Tamiyo's Safekeeping (neo) 211

Protection

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Ramp

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Birds of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Bird
Birds of Paradise (rvr) 344
Bontu's Monument
Black creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legendary Artifact
Bontu's Monument (drc) 124
Elves of Deep Shadow
: Add
. This creature deals 1 damage to you.
Creature - Elf Druid
Elves of Deep Shadow (plst) GK1-56
Elvish Mystic
: Add
.
Creature - Elf Druid
Elvish Mystic (soc) 266
Fyndhorn Elves
: Add
.
Creature - Elf Druid
Fyndhorn Elves (cmr) 228
Gala Greeters
Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
• Create a tapped Treasure token.
• You gain 2 life.
Creature - Elf Druid
Gala Greeters (snc) 148
Llanowar Elves
: Add
.
Creature - Elf Druid
Llanowar Elves (fdn) 227
Pitiless Plunderer
Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature - Human Pirate
Pitiless Plunderer (fic) 281
Prosperous Innkeeper
When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Citizen Halfling
Prosperous Innkeeper (blc) 121
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (soc) 128
Talisman of Resilience
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Resilience (dsc) 255
Three Visits
Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Three Visits (soc) 289

Ramp

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Recursion

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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
Veinwitch Coven
Menace
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Veinwitch Coven (soc) 228
Victimize
Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.
Sorcery
Victimize (tdc) 198

Recursion

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Removal

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Abrupt Decay
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less.
Instant
Abrupt Decay (plst) GK1-57
Culling Ritual
Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value 2 or less. Add
or
for each permanent destroyed this way.
Sorcery
Culling Ritual (soc) 302
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
Mortality Spear
This spell costs
less to cast if you gained life this turn.
Destroy target nonland permanent.
Instant
Mortality Spear (soc) 321
Savra, Queen of the Golgari
Whenever you sacrifice a black creature, you may pay 2 life. If you do, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Whenever you sacrifice a green creature, you may gain 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Elf Shaman
Savra, Queen of the Golgari (rvr) 218
The Meathook Massacre
When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.
Legendary Enchantment
The Meathook Massacre (inr) 387

Removal

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Sac Outlet

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Ashnod's Altar
Sacrifice a creature: Add
.
Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (cmm) 368
Vampiric Rites
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.
Enchantment
Vampiric Rites (fdn) 615
Viscera Seer
Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Creature - Wizard Vampire
Viscera Seer (soc) 229

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Sorcery

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Immoral Bargain
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice X creatures.
Destroy X target nonland permanents.
Sorcery
Immoral Bargain (soc) 47

Sorcery

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Tokens

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Beledros Witherbloom
Flying
At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Pay 10 life: Untap all lands you control. Activate only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
Beledros Witherbloom (soc) 296
Bitterbloom Bearer
Flash
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 blue and black Faerie creature token with flying.
Creature - Rogue Faerie
Bitterbloom Bearer (ecl) 88
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
Blight Mound
Attacking Pests you control get +1/+0 and have menace.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Enchantment
Blight Mound (soc) 208
Ophiomancer
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.
Creature - Human Shaman
Ophiomancer (soc) 118
Pest Rescuer
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you don't control a Pest creature token, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
Creature - Druid Dryad
Pest Rescuer (soc) 42
Ribtruss Roaster
Devour 1 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This creature enters with that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
At the beginning of your end step, create a number of 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. They have "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Creature - Druid Troll
Ribtruss Roaster (soc) 43
Sedgemoor Witch
Menace
Ward—Pay 3 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 3 life.)
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Creature - Human Warlock
Sedgemoor Witch (stx) 86
Tend the Pests
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Create X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life," where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Instant
Tend the Pests (stx) 242

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Maybeboard

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Teacher's Pest
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life.
: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Creature - Skeleton Pest
Teacher's Pest (sos) 238

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