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Commander

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Willowdusk, Essence Seer
,
: Choose another target creature. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the amount of life you gained this turn or the amount of life you lost this turn, whichever is greater. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Druid Dryad
Willowdusk, Essence Seer (c21) 6

Commander

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(Avoidable) Combo

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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) 58
Defiant Bloodlord
Flying
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Creature - Vampire
Defiant Bloodlord (c21) 142
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

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About to be replaced

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Gaze of Granite
Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X or less.
Sorcery
Gaze of Granite (eoc) 116

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Both Gain and Lose Life

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Elegy Acolyte
Lifelink
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
Void — At the beginning of your end step, if a nonland permanent left the battlefield this turn or a spell was warped this turn, create a 2/2 colorless Robot artifact creature token.
Creature - Human Cleric
Elegy Acolyte (eoe) 97
Greed's Gambit
When this enchantment enters, you draw three cards, gain 6 life, and create three 2/1 black Bat creature tokens with flying.
At the beginning of your end step, you discard a card, lose 2 life, and sacrifice a creature.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, you discard three cards, lose 6 life, and sacrifice three creatures.
Enchantment
Greed's Gambit (big) 8
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
Professor Onyx
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
+1: You lose 1 life. Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
−3: Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls.
−8: Each opponent may discard a card. If they don't, they lose 3 life. Repeat this process six more times.
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Professor Onyx (dsc) 153
Sapling of Colfenor
Indestructible
Whenever Sapling of Colfenor attacks, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, you gain life equal to that card's toughness, lose life equal to its power, then put it into your hand.
Legendary Creature - Shaman Treefolk
Sapling of Colfenor (c21) 228

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Gain Life (a Little)

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Blossoming Bogbeast
Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 2 life. Then creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Creature - Beast
Blossoming Bogbeast (soc) 264
Bow of Nylea
Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch.
,
: Choose one —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
• Bow of Nylea deals 2 damage to target creature with flying.
• You gain 3 life.
• Put up to four target cards from your graveyard on the bottom of your library in any order.
Legendary Artifact Enchantment
Bow of Nylea (plst) THS-153
Essence Warden
Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Elf Shaman
Essence Warden (ltc) 242
Froghemoth
Trample, haste
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, exile up to that many target cards from their graveyard. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each creature card exiled this way. You gain 1 life for each noncreature card exiled this way.
Creature - Horror Frog
Froghemoth (afr) 184
Garruk, Apex Predator
+1: Destroy another target planeswalker.
+1: Create a 3/3 black Beast creature token with deathtouch.
−3: Destroy target creature. You gain life equal to its toughness.
−8: Target opponent gets an emblem with "Whenever a creature attacks you, it gets +5/+5 and gains trample until end of turn."
Legendary Planeswalker - Garruk
Garruk, Apex Predator (m3c) 262
Gluttonous Troll
Trample
When this creature enters, create a number of Food tokens equal to the number of opponents you have. (Food tokens are artifacts with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
, Sacrifice another nonland permanent: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Creature - Troll
Gluttonous Troll (c21) 218
Healing Technique
Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it. Players may choose new targets for their copies.)
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain life equal to that card's mana value. Exile Healing Technique.
Sorcery
Healing Technique (c21) 63
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
Pest Infestation
Destroy up to X target artifacts and/or enchantments. Create twice X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Sorcery
Pest Infestation (soc) 282
Pestilent Cauldron
, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
,
: Each opponent mills cards equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.
,
: Exile four target cards from a single graveyard. Draw a card.
Artifact
Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst (stx) 154Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst (stx) 154
Pulse of Murasa
Return target creature or land card from a graveyard to its owner's hand. You gain 6 life.
Instant
Pulse of Murasa (c21) 202
Spike Feeder
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: You gain 2 life.
Creature - Spike
Spike Feeder (plst) TSB-84
Vampire Nighthawk
Flying
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 Shaman
Vampire Nighthawk (fdn) 757

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Gain Life (Lots)

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Disciple of Bolas
When this creature enters, sacrifice another creature. You gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.
Creature - Human Wizard
Disciple of Bolas (tdc) 178
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
Loxodon Warhammer
Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has trample and lifelink.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Loxodon Warhammer (onc) 135
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 (j25) 122
Venser's Journal
You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.
Artifact - Book
Venser's Journal (c21) 273

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Land

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Barren Moor
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land
Barren Moor (dsc) 262
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (soc) 129
Darkbore Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway (khm) 254Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway (khm) 254
Field of Ruin
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.
Land
Field of Ruin (ltc) 308
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (hob) 198
Gingerbread Cabin
(
: Add
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Forests.
When this land enters untapped, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Land - Forest
Gingerbread Cabin (c21) 290
High Market
: Add
.
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.
Land
High Market (soc) 380
Jungle Hollow
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Jungle Hollow (tdm) 258
Llanowar Wastes
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Llanowar Wastes (soc) 383
Polluted Mire
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land
Polluted Mire (dmr) 253
Radiant Fountain
When this land enters, you gain 2 life.
: Add
.
Land
Radiant Fountain (c21) 310
Restless Cottage
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
: This land becomes a 4/4 black and green Horror creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
Whenever this land attacks, create a Food token and exile up to one target card from a graveyard.
Land
Restless Cottage (woe) 258
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (soc) 400
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (hob) 196
Temple of Malady
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Malady (soc) 413
Tranquil Thicket
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land
Tranquil Thicket (dsc) 318
Witch's Clinic
: Add
.
,
: Target commander gains lifelink until end of turn.
Land
Witch's Clinic (dsc) 325
Witherbloom Campus
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
,
: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Witherbloom Campus (soc) 423

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Lose Life (a Little)

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Bloodtracker
Flying
, Pay 2 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.
Creature - Wizard Vampire
Bloodtracker (lcc) 186
Callous Bloodmage
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• Exile target player's graveyard.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Callous Bloodmage (stx) 66
Caustic Bronco
Whenever this creature attacks, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. You lose life equal to that card's mana value if this creature isn't saddled. Otherwise, each opponent loses that much life.
Saddle 3 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Snake Horse Mount
Caustic Bronco (otj) 82
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
Deadly Tempest
Destroy all creatures. Each player loses life equal to the number of creatures they controlled that were destroyed this way.
Sorcery
Deadly Tempest (scd) 75
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
Defiler of Vigor
Trample
As an additional cost to cast green 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 green mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a green permanent spell, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Creature - Wurm Phyrexian
Defiler of Vigor (dmu) 160
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
Lorcan, Warlock Collector
Flying
Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, you may pay life equal to its mana value. If you do, put it onto the battlefield under your control. It's a Warlock in addition to its other types.
If a Warlock you control would die, exile it instead.
Legendary Creature - Devil
Lorcan, Warlock Collector (afc) 27
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
Ruin Raider
Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to the card's mana value.
Creature - Orc Pirate
Ruin Raider (xln) 118
Seizan, Perverter of Truth
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses 2 life and draws two cards.
Legendary Creature - Demon Spirit
Seizan, Perverter of Truth (j22) 463
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
Starving Revenant
When this creature enters, surveil 2. Then for each card you put on top of your library, you draw a card and you lose 3 life.
Descend 8 — Whenever you draw a card, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Spirit Horror
Starving Revenant (lci) 123
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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Lose Life (Lots)

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Asmodeus the Archfiend
Binding Contract — If you would draw a card, exile the top card of your library face down instead.
: Draw seven cards.
: Return all cards exiled with Asmodeus to their owner's hand and you lose that much life.
Legendary Creature - Devil God
Asmodeus the Archfiend (afr) 88
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
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
Damnable Pact
Target player draws X cards and loses X life.
Sorcery
Damnable Pact (ncc) 245
Hatred
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.
Instant
Hatred (exo) 64
Killing Wave
For each creature, its controller sacrifices it unless they pay X life.
Sorcery
Killing Wave (inr) 121
Revival Experiment
For each permanent type, return up to one card of that type from your graveyard to the battlefield. You lose 3 life for each card returned this way. Exile Revival Experiment.
Sorcery
Revival Experiment (c21) 74
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
Zero Point Ballad
Destroy all creatures with toughness X or less. You lose X life. If X is 6 or more, return a creature card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.
Sorcery
Zero Point Ballad (eoe) 128

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Ramp

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Accomplished Alchemist
: Add one mana of any color.
: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Creature - Elf Druid
Accomplished Alchemist (stx) 119
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (soc) 127
Elves of Deep Shadow
: Add
. This creature deals 1 damage to you.
Creature - Elf Druid
Elves of Deep Shadow (plst) GK1-56
Leyline Prowler
Deathtouch, lifelink
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Beast Nightmare
Leyline Prowler (c21) 222
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (soc) 128

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Whenever You Gain or Lose

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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 (soc) 305
Sproutback Trudge
This spell costs
less to cast, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Trample
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may cast this creature from your graveyard.
Creature - Beast Fungus
Sproutback Trudge (c21) 68
Trudge Garden
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. If you do, create a 4/4 green Fungus Beast creature token with trample.
Enchantment
Trudge Garden (soc) 290
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
Well of Lost Dreams
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.
Artifact
Well of Lost Dreams (ltc) 291

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