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Commander

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Dina, Soul Steeper
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
, Sacrifice another creature: Dina gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Legendary Creature - Druid Dryad
Dina, Soul Steeper (soc) 305
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Drain

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Bastion of Remembrance
When this enchantment enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Bastion of Remembrance (tle) 160
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Blood Artist
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Vampire
Blood Artist (soc) 209
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Falkenrath Noble
Flying
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Noble
Falkenrath Noble (j25) 441
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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
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Marauding Blight-Priest
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Marauding Blight-Priest (fdn) 178
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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
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Draw

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Ayara, First of Locthwain
Whenever Ayara or another black creature you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
, Sacrifice another black creature: Draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Elf Noble
Ayara, First of Locthwain (eld) 75
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Deathreap Ritual
Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, you may draw a card.
Enchantment
Deathreap Ritual (dsc) 86
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Filigree Familiar
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
When this creature dies, draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Fox
Filigree Familiar (cmr) 308
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Greed
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Enchantment
Greed (mh2) 274
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Moldervine Reclamation
Whenever a creature you control dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
Enchantment
Moldervine Reclamation (soc) 320
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Phyrexian Arena
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
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Read the Bones
Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Sorcery
Read the Bones (j25) 479
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Reckoner's Bargain
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
You gain life equal to the sacrificed permanent's mana value. Draw two cards.
Instant
Reckoner's Bargain (neo) 120
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Sign in Blood
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156
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Silversmote Ghoul
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.
Creature - Vampire Zombie
Silversmote Ghoul (c21) 154
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Vampiric Rites
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.
Enchantment
Vampiric Rites (fdn) 615
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Village Rites
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Village Rites (inr) 137
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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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Witch's Cauldron
,
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.
Artifact
Witch's Cauldron (cmm) 199
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Finisher

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Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (fic) 276
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Finisher

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Land

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Adventurer's Inn
When this land enters, you gain 2 life.
: Add
.
Land - Town
Adventurer's Inn (fin) 271
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Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
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Cabaretti Courtyard
When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Mountain, Forest, or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.
Land
Cabaretti Courtyard (eoc) 151
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Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (msc) 233
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Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (msc) 241
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Forest
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.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (hob) 198
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Glimmerpost
When this land enters, you gain 1 life for each Locus on the battlefield.
: Add
.
Land - Locus
Glimmerpost (m3c) 346
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High Market
: Add
.
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.
Land
High Market (soc) 380
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Illegitimate Business
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Illegitimate Business (tmt) 186
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Jungle Hollow
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Jungle Hollow (tdm) 258
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Maestros Theater
When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.
Land
Maestros Theater (eoc) 167
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Obscura Storefront
When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.
Land
Obscura Storefront (dsc) 291
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Riveteers Overlook
When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.
Land
Riveteers Overlook (ecc) 162
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Sapseep Forest
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.)
This land enters tapped.
,
: You gain 1 life. Activate only if you control two or more green permanents.
Land - Forest
Sapseep Forest (c21) 313
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Swamp
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Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (hob) 196
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Land

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Landfall

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Eumidian Terrabotanist
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Druid Insect
Eumidian Terrabotanist (eoe) 180
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Jaddi Offshoot
Defender
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Plant
Jaddi Offshoot (tdc) 260
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Kazandu Nectarpot
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Insect
Kazandu Nectarpot (j25) 679
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Retreat to Hagra
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one —
• Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.
• Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Retreat to Hagra (c18) 116
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Landfall

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Lifegain

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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
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Deathgreeter
Whenever another creature dies, you may gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Shaman
Deathgreeter (plst) DDD-33
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Diamond Mare
As this creature enters, choose a color.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen color, you gain 1 life.
Creature Artifact - Horse
Diamond Mare (fdn) 672
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Essence Warden
Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Elf Shaman
Essence Warden (ltc) 242
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Fountain of Youth
,
: You gain 1 life.
Artifact
Fountain of Youth (10e) 323
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Lifegift
Whenever a land enters, you may gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Lifegift (bok) 132
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Spectrum Sentinel
Protection from multicolored (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything multicolored.)
Whenever a nonbasic land an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature Artifact - Soldier
Spectrum Sentinel (bro) 244
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Sun Droplet
Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many charge counters on this artifact.
At the beginning of each upkeep, you may remove a charge counter from this artifact. If you do, you gain 1 life.
Artifact
Sun Droplet (c21) 268
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Tablet of the Guilds
As this artifact enters, choose two colors.
Whenever you cast a spell, if it's at least one of the chosen colors, you gain 1 life for each of the chosen colors it is.
Artifact
Tablet of the Guilds (rtr) 235
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Thoughtleech
Whenever an Island an opponent controls becomes tapped, you may gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Thoughtleech (7ed) 274
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Trespasser's Curse
Enchant player
Whenever a creature enchanted player controls enters, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment - Aura Curse
Trespasser's Curse (plst) AKH-112
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Virulent Emissary
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Elf Assassin
Virulent Emissary (ecl) 202
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Protection

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Revenge of Ravens
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Revenge of Ravens (ltc) 207
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Protection

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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) 194
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Courser of Kruphix
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may play lands from the top of your library.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature Enchantment - Centaur
Courser of Kruphix (cmm) 888
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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 (msc) 172
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Gala Greeters
Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
• Create a tapped Treasure token.
• You gain 2 life.
Creature - Elf Druid
Gala Greeters (snc) 148
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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 (ecc) 113
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Pristine Talisman
: Add
. You gain 1 life.
Artifact
Pristine Talisman (ltc) 283
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Prosperous Innkeeper
When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Citizen Halfling
Prosperous Innkeeper (blc) 121
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Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (fic) 313
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Sakura-Tribe Elder
Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature - Shaman Snake
Sakura-Tribe Elder (soc) 285
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Ramp

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Recursion

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Moseo, Vein's New Dean
Flying
When Moseo enters, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life."
Infusion — At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, return up to one target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Legendary Creature - Skeleton Bird Warlock
Moseo, Vein's New Dean (sos) 91
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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
Color tag templates(None)
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Recursion

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Removal

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Beast Within
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Instant
Beast Within (msc) 169
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Casualties of War
Choose one or more —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target creature.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Destroy target land.
• Destroy target planeswalker.
Sorcery
Casualties of War (soc) 300
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Deathsprout
Destroy target creature. Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Instant
Deathsprout (plst) WAR-189
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Essence Pulse
You gain 2 life. Each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Sorcery
Essence Pulse (c21) 39
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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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Haywire Mite
When this creature dies, you gain 2 life.
, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.
Creature Artifact - Insect
Haywire Mite (soc) 349
Color tag templates(None)
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Mortality Spear
This spell costs
less to cast if you gained life this turn.
Destroy target nonland permanent.
Instant
Mortality Spear (soc) 321
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Murderous Rider
Lifelink
When this creature dies, put it on the bottom of its owner's library.
Creature - Knight Zombie
Murderous Rider // Swift End (fic) 279
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Natural End
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life.
Instant
Natural End (m20) 183
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Putrefy
Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.
Instant
Putrefy (ecc) 131
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Removal

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Tokens

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Blight Mound
Attacking Pests you control get +1/+0 and have menace.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Enchantment
Blight Mound (soc) 208
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Tend the Pests
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Create X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life," where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Instant
Tend the Pests (stx) 242
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Maybeboard

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Ancient Craving
You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.
Sorcery
Ancient Craving (j22) 376
Color tag templates(None)
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Bushmeat Poacher
,
, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. Draw a card.
Creature - Human Soldier
Bushmeat Poacher (plst) GN3-44
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Cauldron of Essence
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
,
, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Cauldron of Essence (sos) 179
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Daemogoth Woe-Eater
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature.
When you sacrifice this creature, each opponent discards a card, you draw a card, and you gain 2 life.
Creature - Demon
Daemogoth Woe-Eater (stx) 175
Color tag templates(None)
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Erebos's Intervention
Choose one —
• Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.
• Exile up to twice X target cards from graveyards.
Instant
Erebos's Intervention (thb) 94
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Exquisite Blood
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.
Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (lcc) 195
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Harmonize
Draw three cards.
Sorcery
Harmonize (msc) 175
Color tag templates(None)
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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
Color tag templates(None)
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Roots of Life
As this enchantment enters, choose Island or Swamp.
Whenever a land of the chosen type an opponent controls becomes tapped, you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Roots of Life (mir) 237
Color tag templates(None)
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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
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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) 161Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root (stx) 161
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