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Commander

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Sol'kanar the Swamp King
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
Whenever a player casts a black spell, you gain 1 life.
Legendary Creature - Demon
Sol'kanar the Swamp King (dmr) 200

Commander

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Black

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Mountain Titan
: Until end of turn, whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Giant
Mountain Titan (ice) 299
Painful Quandary
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
Enchantment
Painful Quandary (fdn) 179
Painter's Servant
As this creature enters, choose a color.
All cards that aren't on the battlefield, spells, and permanents are the chosen color in addition to their other colors.
Creature Artifact - Scarecrow
Painter's Servant (shm) 257
Shrine of Limitless Power
At the beginning of your upkeep and whenever you cast a black spell, put a charge counter on this artifact.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Target player discards a card for each charge counter on this artifact.
Artifact
Shrine of Limitless Power (nph) 154
Staff of the Death Magus
Whenever you cast a black spell or a Swamp you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Artifact
Staff of the Death Magus (m15) 232

Black

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Color Change

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Alter Reality
Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Instant
Alter Reality (tor) 22
Blind Seer
: Target spell or permanent becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Blind Seer (inv) 47
Glamerdye
Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
Instant
Glamerdye (eve) 21
Meddle
If target spell has only one target and that target is a creature, change that spell's target to another creature.
Instant
Meddle (ons) 92
Mind Bend
Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "nonblack creature" to "nongreen creature" or "forestwalk" to "islandwalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Instant
Mind Bend (plst) MIR-77
Scuttlemutt
: Add one mana of any color.
: Target creature becomes the color or colors of your choice until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Scarecrow
Scuttlemutt (jmp) 484
Sleight of Mind
Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Instant
Sleight of Mind (5ed) 124
Spectral Shift
Choose one —
• Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one basic land type with another. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
• Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Entwine
(Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
Instant
Spectral Shift (5dn) 37
Swirl the Mists
As this enchantment enters, choose a color word.
All instances of color words in the text of spells and permanents are changed to the chosen color word.
Enchantment
Swirl the Mists (chk) 94
Trait Doctoring
Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Trait Doctoring (dgm) 18
Vodalian Mystic
: Target instant or sorcery spell becomes the color of your choice.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Vodalian Mystic (apc) 33
Whim of Volrath
Buyback
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn. (For example, you may change "nonred creature" to "nongreen creature" or "plainswalk" to "swampwalk.")
Instant
Whim of Volrath (tmp) 102

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Counter Spell

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Divert Disaster
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
. If they do, you create a Lander token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")
Instant
Divert Disaster (eoe) 55
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (tmt) 47
Spell Pierce
Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Spell Pierce (dft) 64

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DEFLECT

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Divert
Change the target of target spell with a single target unless that spell's controller pays
.
Instant
Divert (ody) 82
Misdirection
You may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Change the target of target spell with a single target.
Instant
Misdirection (ddt) 15
Redirect
You may choose new targets for target spell.
Instant
Redirect (m13) 64
Reroute
Change the target of target activated ability with a single target. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Reroute (rav) 139

DEFLECT

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Drain

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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
Epicure of Blood
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Vampire
Epicure of Blood (j25) 435
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
Leech Collector
Whenever you gain life for the first time each turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Human Warlock
Leech Collector // Bloodletting (sos) 88
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 (m21) 127

Drain

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Draw

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Academy Loremaster
At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player may draw an additional card. If they do, spells they cast this turn cost
more to cast.
Creature - Human Wizard
Academy Loremaster (dmu) 40
Ancient Excavation
Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand, then discard a card for each card drawn this way.
Basic landcycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Instant
Ancient Excavation (plst) PZ2-38
Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Instant
Brainstorm (tle) 155
Clear the Mind
Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Clear the Mind (rna) 34
Frantic Search
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Instant
Frantic Search (tle) 159
Harmonized Trio
, Tap two untapped creatures you control: This creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk Bard
Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm (sos) 52
Lich's Mastery
Hexproof
You can't lose the game.
Whenever you gain life, draw that many cards.
Whenever you lose life, for each 1 life you lost, exile a permanent you control or a card from your hand or graveyard.
When Lich's Mastery leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.
Legendary Enchantment
Lich's Mastery (dom) 98
Phyrexian Arena
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Ponder
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Ponder (tdc) 159
Sol'Kanar the Tainted
At the beginning of your end step, choose one that hasn't been chosen —
• Draw a card.
• Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
• Sol'Kanar deals 3 damage to up to one other target creature or planeswalker.
• Exile Sol'Kanar, then return it to the battlefield under an opponent's control.
Legendary Creature - Demon Elemental
Sol'Kanar the Tainted (dmu) 219
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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Land

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Ash Barrens
: Add
.
Basic landcycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Land
Ash Barrens (tmc) 60
Canyon Slough
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Swamp Mountain
Canyon Slough (msc) 228
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (msc) 233
Contaminated Aquifer
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Land - Island Swamp
Contaminated Aquifer (fic) 383
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (msc) 241
Fetid Pools
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Island Swamp
Fetid Pools (msc) 243
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (hob) 195
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (hob) 197
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (hob) 196

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (msc) 191
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 (rvr) 70
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (msc) 793
Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (drc) 129
Gilded Lotus
: Add three mana of any one color.
Artifact
Gilded Lotus (msc) 199
Izzet Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Izzet Signet (tdc) 320
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
Paradise Plume
As this artifact enters, choose a color.
Whenever a player casts a spell of the chosen color, you may gain 1 life.
: Add one mana of the chosen color.
Artifact
Paradise Plume (c21) 255
Rakdos Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Rakdos Signet (dsc) 250
Resonating Lute
Lands you control have "
: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast instant and sorcery spells."
: Draw a card. Activate only if you have seven or more cards in your hand.
Artifact
Resonating Lute (sos) 221
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 211
Thran Dynamo
: Add
.
Artifact
Thran Dynamo (wc00) jf139b

Ramp

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Recursion

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Reanimate
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Sorcery
Reanimate (fic) 282
Spellweaver Volute
Enchant instant card in a graveyard
Whenever you cast a sorcery spell, copy the enchanted instant card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. If you do, exile the enchanted card and attach this Aura to another instant card in a graveyard.
Enchantment - Aura
Spellweaver Volute (plst) FUT-59

Recursion

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Removal

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Counterbalance
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, counter that spell if it has the same mana value as the revealed card.
Enchantment
Counterbalance (plst) CSP-31
Inundate
Return all nonblue creatures to their owners' hands.
Sorcery
Inundate (eve) 25
Merrow Bonegnawer
: Target player exiles a card from their graveyard.
Whenever you cast a black spell, you may untap this creature.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Merrow Bonegnawer (eve) 37
Terminate
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.
Instant
Terminate (msc) 189
Vandalblast
Destroy target artifact you don't control.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Sorcery
Vandalblast (cmm) 646
Withering Curse
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Infusion — If you gained life this turn, destroy all creatures instead.
Sorcery
Withering Curse (sos) 105

Removal

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Tutor

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Scour for Scrap
Choose one or both —
• Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
• Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Instant
Scour for Scrap (eoe) 73
Waterlogged Teachings
Search your library for an instant card or a card with flash, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Instant
Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive (mh3) 261Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive (mh3) 261

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Maybeboard

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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
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
+2: Draw a card. Each player mills two cards.
−5: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
−11: Gain control of all creatures target opponent controls.
Legendary Planeswalker - Ashiok
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears (thb) 274
Crystal Spray
Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Instant
Crystal Spray (sld) 2152
Defiant Bloodlord
Flying
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Creature - Vampire
Defiant Bloodlord (c21) 142
Deflection
Change the target of target spell with a single target.
Instant
Deflection (8ed) 74
Flow State
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. If there is an instant card and a sorcery card in your graveyard, instead put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Sorcery
Flow State (sos) 49
Govern the Guildless
Gain control of target monocolored creature.
Forecast —
, Reveal this card from your hand: Target creature becomes the color or colors of your choice until end of turn. (Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)
Sorcery
Govern the Guildless (dis) 25
Incite
Target creature becomes red until end of turn and attacks this turn if able.
Instant
Incite (m11) 145

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