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Commander

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Licia, Sanguine Tribune
This spell costs
less to cast for each 1 life you gained this turn.
First strike, lifelink
Pay 5 life: Put three +1/+1 counters on Licia. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Soldier
Licia, Sanguine Tribune (c17) 40

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Copy

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Twinferno
Choose one —
• When you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
• Target creature you control gains double strike until end of turn. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
Instant
Twinferno (j25) 606

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Counters

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Nykthos Paragon
Whenever you gain life, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on each creature you control. Do this only once each turn.
Creature Enchantment - Human Soldier
Nykthos Paragon (j25) 230
Unspeakable Symbol
Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Enchantment
Unspeakable Symbol (scg) 79

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Drain

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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
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
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
Vizkopa Guildmage
: Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
: Whenever you gain life this turn, each opponent loses that much life.
Creature - Human Wizard
Vizkopa Guildmage (ima) 211

Drain

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Draw

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Alhammarret's Archive
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.
Legendary Artifact
Alhammarret's Archive (c21) 233
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
Bre of Clan Stoutarm
,
: Another target creature you control gains flying and lifelink until end of turn.
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost if the spell's mana value is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained this turn. Otherwise, put it into your hand.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Giant
Bre of Clan Stoutarm (ecl) 207
Gwenom, Remorseless
Deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever Gwenom attacks, until end of turn, you may look at the top card of your library any time and you may play cards 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.
Legendary Creature - Spider Hero Symbiote
Gwenom, Remorseless (spm) 56
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
Pain's Reward
Each player may bid life. You start the bidding with a bid of any number. 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 and draws four cards.
Sorcery
Pain's Reward (sok) 85
Phyrexian Arena
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Stinging Study
You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone.
Instant
Stinging Study (c21) 44
The Gaffer
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Peasant Halfling
The Gaffer (ltc) 12
Twilight Prophet
Flying
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Twilight Prophet (mkc) 143
Valakut Awakening
Put any number of cards from your hand on the bottom of your library, then draw that many cards plus one.
Instant
Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (plst) ZNR-174Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (plst) ZNR-174
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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Chandra's Ignition
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each other creature and each opponent.
Sorcery
Chandra's Ignition (m3c) 209
Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (fic) 276
Waves of Aggression
Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
Sorcery
Waves of Aggression (eve) 148

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Land

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Battlefield Forge
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Battlefield Forge (soc) 362
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
Caves of Koilos
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Caves of Koilos (soc) 365
Clifftop Retreat
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains.
: Add
or
.
Land
Clifftop Retreat (soc) 366
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (soc) 129
Dragonskull Summit
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dragonskull Summit (tmc) 64
Eclipsed Steppe
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Swamp
Eclipsed Steppe (soc) 53
Fetid Heath
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Fetid Heath (soc) 372
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) 254
Isolated Chapel
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Isolated Chapel (soc) 382
Opal Palace
: Add
.
,
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. If you spend this mana to cast your commander, it enters with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of times it's been cast from the command zone this game.
Land
Opal Palace (soc) 390
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (hob) 194
Radiant Summit
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Mountain
Radiant Summit (soc) 396
Rugged Prairie
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Rugged Prairie (soc) 401
Sacred Foundry
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Mountain
Sacred Foundry (eoe) 256
Smoldering Marsh
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Swamp Mountain
Smoldering Marsh (tmc) 73
Sulfurous Springs
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Sulfurous Springs (eoc) 185
Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
: Add
.
,
: Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.
Land
Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion (otc) 324
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (hob) 196
Tainted Field
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Land
Tainted Field (dsc) 302
Tainted Peak
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Land
Tainted Peak (dsc) 304
Turbulent Moor
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless your opponents control eight or more lands.
Land - Plains Swamp
Turbulent Moor (soc) 56
Turbulent Steppe
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless your opponents control eight or more lands.
Land - Plains Mountain
Turbulent Steppe (soc) 58
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

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Children of Korlis
Sacrifice this creature: You gain life equal to the life you've lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Creature - Human Cleric Rebel
Children of Korlis (tsr) 14
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
Healer's Hawk
Flying
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Creature - Bird
Healer's Hawk (fdn) 734
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
Soul Warden
Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Soul Warden (plst) MM3-24
Soul's Attendant
Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Soul's Attendant (plst) ROE-44
Tainted Sigil
, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain life equal to the total life lost by all players this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Artifact
Tainted Sigil (arb) 83
Tavern Swindler
, Pay 3 life: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, you gain 6 life.
Creature - Human Rogue
Tavern Swindler (snc) 96
Tithe Drinker
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Vampire
Tithe Drinker (c17) 200
Vampire Cutthroat
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Creature - Vampire Rogue
Vampire Cutthroat (emn) 110
Vampire of the Dire Moon
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Creature - Vampire
Vampire of the Dire Moon (j25) 504
Verrak, Warped Sengir
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever you activate an ability that isn't a mana ability, if life was paid to activate it, you may pay that much life again. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Legendary Creature - Vampire
Verrak, Warped Sengir (dmc) 16

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Protection

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Akroma's Will
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Creatures you control gain flying, vigilance, and double strike until end of turn.
• Creatures you control gain lifelink, indestructible, and protection from each color until end of turn.
Instant
Akroma's Will (lcc) 125
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 (fdn) 619
Boros Charm
Choose one —
• Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker.
• Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
• Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.
Instant
Boros Charm (fdn) 721
Cauldron Haze
Choose any number of target creatures. Each of those creatures gains persist until end of turn. (When it dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Instant
Cauldron Haze (eve) 84
Legion's Initiative
Red creatures you control get +1/+0.
White creatures you control get +0/+1.
, Exile this enchantment: Exile all creatures you control. At the beginning of the next combat, return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control and those creatures gain haste until end of turn.
Enchantment
Legion's Initiative (2x2) 242
Return the Favor
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+
— Copy target instant spell, sorcery spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
+
— Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
Instant
Return the Favor (otj) 142
Silence
Your opponents can't cast spells this turn.
Instant
Silence (m14) 35

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Pump

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Hatred
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.
Instant
Hatred (wc99) js64sb
Legion Leadership
Until end of turn, double target creature's power and it gains first strike.
Instant
Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold (mh3) 255Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold (mh3) 255

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Ramp

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Battle Hymn
Add
for each creature you control.
Instant
Battle Hymn (avr) 128
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 (dmc) 179
Burnt Offering
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add X mana in any combination of
and/or
, where X is the sacrificed creature's mana value.
Instant
Burnt Offering (ice) 116
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
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
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) 211
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

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Recursion

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Phyrexian Reclamation
, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Reclamation (tdc) 194

Recursion

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Removal

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Anguished Unmaking
Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.
Instant
Anguished Unmaking (soc) 293
Dismember
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
Instant
Dismember (plst) MM2-79
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
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
Reprieve
Return target spell to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
Instant
Reprieve (ltr) 26
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
Untimely Malfunction
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
• One or two target creatures can't block this turn.
Instant
Untimely Malfunction (dsk) 161

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Stax

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Blind Obedience
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.
Enchantment
Blind Obedience (rvr) 9

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Deck Info

Deck stats

27 pips - 25 cards
25 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 2 cards
51 pips - 37 cards
26 mana - 24 cards
19 pips - 16 cards
20 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
10 mana - 10 cards
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