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Commander

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Betor, Ancestor's Voice
Flying, lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, put a number of +1/+1 counters on up to one other target creature you control equal to the amount of life you gained this turn. Return up to one target creature card with mana value less than or equal to the amount of life you lost this turn from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
Betor, Ancestor's Voice (tdc) 1

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+1 Counters

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Byrke, Long Ear of the Law
Vigilance
When Byrke enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on it.
Legendary Creature - Soldier Rabbit
Byrke, Long Ear of the Law (blb) 380
Solidarity of Heroes
Strive — This spell costs
more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Choose any number of target creatures. Double the number of +1/+1 counters on each of them.
Instant
Solidarity of Heroes (cm2) 144

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Anthem

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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 (c21) 386
Noble Purpose
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage, you gain that much life.
Enchantment
Noble Purpose (8ed) 31
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
Valentin, Dean of the Vein
Menace, lifelink
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, you may pay
. If you do, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Legendary Creature - Vampire Warlock
Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root (stx) 333Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root (stx) 333

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Artifact/Enchantment Removal

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Natural End
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life.
Instant
Natural End (m20) 183

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Card Draw

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Cosmos Elixir
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if your life total is greater than your starting life total. Otherwise, you gain 2 life.
Artifact
Cosmos Elixir (khm) 368
Sylvan Library
At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.
Enchantment
Sylvan Library (dmr) 441
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 (sld) 1181

Card Draw

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Double Life Gain

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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
Boon Reflection
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
Enchantment
Boon Reflection (shm) 5
Rhox Faithmender
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
Creature - Monk Rhino
Rhox Faithmender (jmp) 130

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Land

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Blossoming Sands
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Blossoming Sands (mom) 268
Brushland
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Brushland (bro) 298
Caves of Koilos
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Caves of Koilos (dmu) 378
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (cmm) 659
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (who) 493
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (tdm) 291
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 (unf) 282
Graypelt Refuge
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Graypelt Refuge (ltc) 316
Haunted Mire
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Land - Swamp Forest
Haunted Mire (tdc) 369
Indatha Triome
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Swamp Forest
Indatha Triome (iko) 309
Isolated Chapel
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Isolated Chapel (sld) 739
Jungle Hollow
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Jungle Hollow (dft) 256
Llanowar Wastes
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Llanowar Wastes (bro) 299
Lush Portico
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Land - Plains Forest
Lush Portico (mkm) 327
Murmuring Bosk
(
: Add
.)
As this land enters, you may reveal a Treefolk card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land - Forest
Murmuring Bosk (ltc) 320
Overgrown Tomb
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Swamp Forest
Overgrown Tomb (unf) 284
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (tdm) 287
Radiant Grove
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Land - Plains Forest
Radiant Grove (dmu) 253
Sandsteppe Citadel
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Sandsteppe Citadel (cmm) 1024
Scoured Barrens
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Scoured Barrens (iko) 254
Shadowy Backstreet
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Land - Plains Swamp
Shadowy Backstreet (mkm) 330
Sunlit Marsh
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Land - Plains Swamp
Sunlit Marsh (dmu) 257
Sunpetal Grove
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains.
: Add
or
.
Land
Sunpetal Grove (sld) 460
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (tdm) 289
Temple Garden
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Forest
Temple Garden (rvr) 300
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 (pip) 520
Temple of Plenty
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 Plenty (prm) 79879
Temple of Silence
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 Silence (prm) 81936
Underground Mortuary
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Land - Swamp Forest
Underground Mortuary (mkm) 333
Vault of the Archangel
: Add
.
,
: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.
Land
Vault of the Archangel (sld) 350
Woodland Cemetery
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest.
: Add
or
.
Land
Woodland Cemetery (sld) 738

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Life Gain

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Ajani, the Greathearted
Creatures you control have vigilance.
+1: You gain 3 life.
−2: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and a loyalty counter on each other planeswalker you control.
Legendary Planeswalker - Ajani
Ajani, the Greathearted (prm) 78029
Ancient Cornucopia
Whenever you cast a spell that's one or more colors, you may gain 1 life for each of that spell's colors. Do this only once each turn.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Ancient Cornucopia (big) 46
Armadillo Cloak
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has trample.
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
Enchantment - Aura
Armadillo Cloak (arc) 78
Congregate
Target player gains 2 life for each creature on the battlefield.
Instant
Congregate (cmd) 11
Dazzling Reflection
You gain life equal to target creature's power. The next time that creature would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.
Instant
Dazzling Reflection (ogw) 17
Essence Warden
Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Elf Shaman
Essence Warden (plst) CMA-106
Faith's Fetters
Enchant permanent
When this Aura enters, you gain 4 life.
Enchanted permanent can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Enchantment - Aura
Faith's Fetters (rvr) 18
Feed the Clan
You gain 5 life.
Ferocious — You gain 10 life instead if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Instant
Feed the Clan (plst) KTK-132
Fell Beast of Mordor
Flying
Devour 1 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, target opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Beast Drake
Fell Beast of Mordor (ltc) 513
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
Lifelink
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, distribute up to that many +1/+1 counters among any number of other target creatures.
Legendary Creature - Unicorn
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn (mul) 50
Shadows of the Past
Whenever a creature dies, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Activate only if there are four or more creature cards in your graveyard.
Enchantment
Shadows of the Past (ddr) 60
Soul Warden
Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Soul Warden (sld) 1708
Soul's Attendant
Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Soul's Attendant (ltc) 520
Spirit Link
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.)
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
Enchantment - Aura
Spirit Link (7ed) 47
Spirit Loop
Enchant creature you control
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.
Enchantment - Aura
Spirit Loop (tsp) 42
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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Pay Life

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Cramped Vents
When you unlock this door, this Room deals 6 damage to target creature an opponent controls. You gain life equal to the excess damage dealt this way.
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)
Enchantment - Room
Cramped Vents // Access Maze (dsc) 17
Defiler of Faith
Vigilance
As an additional cost to cast white 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 white mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a white permanent spell, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
Creature - Human Phyrexian
Defiler of Faith (dmu) 385
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) 412
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 (sld) 1763
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 (one) 242
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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Ping

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Basilica Screecher
Flying
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Bat
Basilica Screecher (clu) 105
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 (wot) 1
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
Crypt Ghast
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional
.
Creature - Spirit
Crypt Ghast (dsc) 368
Kingpin's Pet
Flying
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Thrull
Kingpin's Pet (plst) GTC-173
Pontiff of Blight
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Other creatures you control have extort. (If a creature has multiple instances of extort, each triggers separately.)
Creature - Cleric Zombie
Pontiff of Blight (gk2) 33
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) 444Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate (mh3) 444

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Protection

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Ready
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Untap each creature you control.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)
Instant
Ready // Willing (dgm) 132
Sheltering Word
Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Sheltering Word (plst) AVR-192
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

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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) 314
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (drc) 52
Cultivate
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Cultivate (pip) 196
Farseek
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Farseek (who) 232
Kodama's Reach
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery - Arcane
Kodama's Reach (cmm) 649
Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Nature's Lore (afc) 164
Pristine Talisman
: Add
. You gain 1 life.
Artifact
Pristine Talisman (brr) 106
Prize Pig
Whenever you gain life, put that many ribbon counters on this creature. Then if there are three or more ribbon counters on this creature, remove those counters and untap it.
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Boar
Prize Pig (ltc) 126
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (2x2) 371
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (tdc) 106

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Removal

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Consecrate
Exile target card from a graveyard.
Draw a card.
Instant
Consecrate // Consume (rna) 224
Death Frenzy
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, you gain 1 life.
Sorcery
Death Frenzy (ktk) 172
Invoke the Divine
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 4 life.
Instant
Invoke the Divine (khm) 16

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Uses Life Gain

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Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
,
, Exile Bilbo: Search your library for any number of creature cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only if you have 111 or more life.
Legendary Creature - Rogue Halfling
Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant (ltc) 451
Trelasarra, Moon Dancer
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Trelasarra and scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Legendary Creature - Cleric Elf
Trelasarra, Moon Dancer (afr) 346

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Wincon

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Aetherflux Reservoir
Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn.
Pay 50 life: This artifact deals 50 damage to any target.
Artifact
Aetherflux Reservoir (brr) 65

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Maybeboard

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Agent of Masks
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Creature - Human Advisor
Agent of Masks (mm3) 149
Agent of the Shadow Thieves
Commander creatures you own have "Whenever this creature attacks a player, if no opponent has more life than that player, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn."
Legendary Enchantment - Background
Agent of the Shadow Thieves (clb) 108
Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
+1: Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures you control.
+1: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an Aura, creature, or planeswalker card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
−8: You gain 100 life.
Legendary Planeswalker - Ajani
Ajani, Mentor of Heroes (jou) 145
Angel of Vitality
Flying
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
This creature gets +2/+2 as long as you have 25 or more life.
Creature - Angel
Angel of Vitality (j25) 162
Angelic Chorus
Whenever a creature you control enters, you gain life equal to its toughness.
Enchantment
Angelic Chorus (bbd) 87
Angelic Skirmisher
Flying
At the beginning of each combat, choose first strike, vigilance, or lifelink. Creatures you control gain that ability until end of turn.
Creature - Angel
Angelic Skirmisher (gtc) 3
Archangel of Thune
Flying
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Creature - Angel
Archangel of Thune (2xm) 5
Archivist of Oghma
Flash
Whenever an opponent searches their library, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
Creature - Cleric Halfling
Archivist of Oghma (clb) 4
Augur il-Vec
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Sacrifice this creature: You gain 4 life. Activate only during your upkeep.
Creature - Human Cleric
Augur il-Vec (fut) 2
Basilica Guards
Defender
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Human Soldier
Basilica Guards (rvr) 7
Bighorner Rancher
Vigilance
: Add an amount of
equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.
Sacrifice this creature: You gain life equal to the greatest toughness among other creatures you control.
Creature - Human Ranger
Bighorner Rancher (pip) 73
Black Panther, Wakandan King
First strike
Survey the Realm — Whenever Black Panther or another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target land you control.
Mine Vibranium —
: Move all +1/+1 counters from target land you control onto target creature. If one or more +1/+1 counters are moved this way, you gain that much life and draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Human Hero Noble
Black Panther, Wakandan King (sld) 1747
Blood Celebrant
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Human Cleric
Blood Celebrant (lgn) 61
Blood Tithe
Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Blood Tithe (m11) 84
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
Blunt the Assault
You gain 1 life for each creature on the battlefield. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Instant
Blunt the Assault (som) 113
Bond of Discipline
Tap all creatures your opponents control. Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
Sorcery
Bond of Discipline (plst) WAR-6
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
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
: Double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Druid Plant
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower (otj) 157
Celestine, the Living Saint
Flying, lifelink
Healing Tears — At the beginning of your end step, return 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 - Human Warrior
Celestine, the Living Saint (40k) 10
Chant of Vitu-Ghazi
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Prevent all damage that would be dealt by creatures this turn. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
Instant
Chant of Vitu-Ghazi (moc) 177
Chaplain's Blessing
You gain 5 life.
Sorcery
Chaplain's Blessing (soi) 10
Clearwater Goblet
Sunburst (This artifact enters with a charge counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may gain life equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact.
Artifact
Clearwater Goblet (plst) 5DN-109
Cleric Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
: Level 2
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: Level 3
When this Class becomes level 3, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Enchantment - Class
Cleric Class (afr) 6
Conclave Mentor
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead.
When this creature dies, you gain life equal to its power.
Creature - Cleric Centaur
Conclave Mentor (moc) 320
Cosmic Rebirth
Choose target permanent card in your graveyard. If it has mana value 3 or less, you may put it onto the battlefield. If you don't put it onto the battlefield, put it into your hand.
You gain 3 life.
Instant
Cosmic Rebirth (mat) 28
Crypt Incursion
Exile all creature cards from target player's graveyard. You gain 3 life for each card exiled this way.
Instant
Crypt Incursion (ltc) 198
Debt to the Deathless
Each opponent loses two times X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Debt to the Deathless (rvr) 176
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
Elder Gargaroth
Vigilance, reach, trample
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, choose one —
• Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
• You gain 3 life.
• Draw a card.
Creature - Beast
Elder Gargaroth (drc) 111
Elenda's Hierophant
Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is its power.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Elenda's Hierophant (lcc) 71
Essence Channeler
As long as you've lost life this turn, this creature has flying and vigilance.
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, put its counters on target creature you control.
Creature - Cleric Bat
Essence Channeler (blb) 12
Essence Infusion
Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. It gains lifelink until end of turn.
Sorcery
Essence Infusion (stx) 69
Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (j25) 437
Feast of the Victorious Dead
At the beginning of your end step, if one or more creatures died this turn, you gain that much life and distribute that many +1/+1 counters among any number of creatures you control.
Enchantment
Feast of the Victorious Dead (mat) 30
Fiendish Panda
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, return another target non-Bear creature card with mana value less than or equal to this creature's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Demon Bear
Fiendish Panda (fdn) 120
Fog of War
You gain 1 life for each creature on the battlefield. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures with power 3 or less.
Instant
Fog of War (bro) 180
Fortifying Draught
You gain 2 life. Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Instant
Fortifying Draught (stx) 132
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
Greed
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Enchantment
Greed (mh2) 274
Heaped Harvest
When this artifact enters and when you sacrifice it, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.
Artifact - Food
Heaped Harvest (blb) 175
Heliod's Intervention
Choose one —
• Destroy X target artifacts and/or enchantments.
• Target player gains twice X life.
Instant
Heliod's Intervention (otc) 81
Heroes' Reunion
Target player gains 7 life.
Instant
Heroes' Reunion (rtr) 168
Honor Troll
Vigilance
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
This creature gets +2/+1 as long as you have 25 or more life.
Creature - Druid Troll
Honor Troll (stx) 134
Infuse with Vitality
Until end of turn, target creature gains deathtouch and "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
You gain 2 life.
Instant
Infuse with Vitality (stx) 194
Inspiring Cleric
When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Inspiring Cleric (j22) 199
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
Kalonian Hydra
Trample
This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever this creature attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
Creature - Hydra
Kalonian Hydra (blc) 226
Knight of Autumn
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature.
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
• You gain 4 life.
Creature - Knight Dryad
Knight of Autumn (afc) 187
Knight of Dawn's Light
First strike
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Human Knight
Knight of Dawn's Light (dmu) 23
Knight of Obligation
Vigilance
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Human Knight
Knight of Obligation (gtc) 18
Leyline of Hope
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
As long as you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total, creatures you control get +2/+2.
Enchantment
Leyline of Hope (dsk) 18
Life Goes On
You gain 4 life. If a creature died this turn, you gain 8 life instead.
Instant
Life Goes On (m21) 192
Life Insurance
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token.
Enchantment
Life Insurance (dsc) 224
Light of Hope
Choose one —
• You gain 4 life.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Instant
Light of Hope (j25) 217
Lily Bowen, Raging Grandma
Vigilance
Lily Bowen enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, double the number of +1/+1 counters on Lily Bowen if its power is 16 or less. Otherwise, remove all but one +1/+1 counter from it, then you gain 1 life for each +1/+1 counter removed this way.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Mutant
Lily Bowen, Raging Grandma (pip) 79
Lone Rider
First strike, lifelink
At the beginning of the end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, transform this creature.
Creature - Human Knight
Lone Rider // It That Rides as One (emn) 33Lone Rider // It That Rides as One (emn) 33
Luminous Wake
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature attacks or blocks, you gain 4 life.
Enchantment - Aura
Luminous Wake (roe) 35
Mana Reflection
If you tap a permanent for mana, it produces twice as much of that mana instead.
Enchantment
Mana Reflection (2xm) 175
Martyrs' Tomb
Pay 2 life: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
Enchantment
Martyrs' Tomb (apc) 110
Mask of Griselbrand
Equipped creature has flying and lifelink.
Whenever equipped creature dies, you may pay X life, where X is its power. If you do, draw X cards.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Mask of Griselbrand (dsc) 145
Momentous Fall
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
You draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power, then you gain life equal to its toughness.
Instant
Momentous Fall (jmp) 411
Moonlit Wake
Whenever a creature dies, you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Moonlit Wake (mmq) 29
Nissa's Renewal
Search your library for up to three basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. You gain 7 life.
Sorcery
Nissa's Renewal (c21) 201
Nyx-Fleece Ram
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life.
Creature Enchantment - Sheep
Nyx-Fleece Ram (j25) 231
Odric, Lunarch Marshal
At the beginning of each combat, creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn if a creature you control has first strike. The same is true for flying, deathtouch, double strike, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, skulk, trample, and vigilance.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Odric, Lunarch Marshal (inr) 36
Orcish Medicine
Target creature gains your choice of lifelink or indestructible until end of turn.
Amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Instant
Orcish Medicine (ltr) 104
Oreskos Sun Guide
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, you gain 2 life.
Creature - Cat Monk
Oreskos Sun Guide (bng) 22
Planewide Celebration
Choose four. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Create a 2/2 Citizen creature token that's all colors.
• Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Proliferate.
• You gain 4 life.
Sorcery
Planewide Celebration (war) 172
Rest for the Weary
Target player gains 4 life.
Landfall — If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, that player gains 8 life instead.
Instant
Rest for the Weary (wwk) 18
Revitalize
You gain 3 life.
Draw a card.
Instant
Revitalize (j25) 244
Righteous Fury
Destroy all tapped creatures. You gain 2 life for each creature destroyed this way.
Sorcery
Righteous Fury (s99) 23
Sanctify
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life.
Sorcery
Sanctify (vow) 33
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
Scale the Heights
Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. You gain 2 life. You may play an additional land this turn.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Scale the Heights (j22) 724
Scholar of Athreos
: Each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Creature - Human Cleric
Scholar of Athreos (ths) 28
Servant of Tymaret
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
: Regenerate this creature.
Creature - Zombie
Servant of Tymaret (bng) 82
Shamanic Revelation
Draw a card for each creature you control.
Ferocious — You gain 4 life for each creature you control with power 4 or greater.
Sorcery
Shamanic Revelation (blc) 237
Sheoldred's Restoration
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to that card's mana value. Otherwise, you lose that much life.
Exile Sheoldred's Restoration.
Sorcery
Sheoldred's Restoration (dmu) 108
Siege Rhino
Trample
When this creature enters, each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
Creature - Rhino
Siege Rhino (ktk) 200
Silverback Elder
Whenever you cast a creature spell, choose one —
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
• Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
• You gain 4 life.
Creature - Ape Shaman
Silverback Elder (dmu) 177
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
Starlit Soothsayer
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained or lost life this turn, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Cleric Bat
Starlit Soothsayer (blb) 115
Subversion
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Enchantment
Subversion (ulg) 68
Syndic of Tithes
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Human Cleric
Syndic of Tithes (clu) 74
Syndicate Enforcer
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Human Rogue
Syndicate Enforcer (clu) 123
Syndicate Heavy
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 end step, if you gained 4 or more life this turn, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Creature - Rogue Giant
Syndicate Heavy (clu) 47
Syphon Soul
Syphon Soul deals 2 damage to each other player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Sorcery
Syphon Soul (cns) 127
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
Thrull Parasite
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.
Creature - Thrull
Thrull Parasite (plst) GTC-81
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 (plst) C17-200
Tivash, Gloom Summoner
Lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may pay X life, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn. If you do, create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying.
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock
Tivash, Gloom Summoner (j22) 476
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
,
: Populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
Legendary Creature - Dryad
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice (plst) GK1-102
Union of the Third Path
Draw a card, then you gain life equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Instant
Union of the Third Path (bro) 31
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
Vigorous Charge
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Target creature gains trample until end of turn. Whenever that creature deals combat damage this turn, if this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to that damage.
Instant
Vigorous Charge (inv) 222
Visions of Dominance
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature, then double the number of +1/+1 counters on it.
Flashback
. This spell costs
less to cast this way, where X is the greatest mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Visions of Dominance (mic) 37
Vizkopa Confessor
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
When this creature enters, pay any amount of life. Target opponent reveals that many cards from their hand. You choose one of them and exile it.
Creature - Human Cleric
Vizkopa Confessor (gtc) 205
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
Voracious Wurm
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the amount of life you've gained this turn.
Creature - Wurm
Voracious Wurm (m14) 200
Wall of Limbs
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
, Sacrifice this creature: Target player loses X life, where X is this creature's power.
Creature - Zombie Wall
Wall of Limbs (m15) 121
Wall of Reverence
Defender, flying
At the beginning of your end step, you may gain life equal to the power of target creature you control.
Creature - Spirit Wall
Wall of Reverence (uma) 41
Whip of Erebos
Creatures you control have lifelink.
,
: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Artifact Enchantment
Whip of Erebos (dsc) 159
Witch of the Moors
Deathtouch
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice and you return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human Warlock
Witch of the Moors (otc) 152

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