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Commander

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Baron Helmut Zemo
Whenever you cast a black spell from your hand, Baron Helmut Zemo connives.
Boast — Exile any number of black cards from your graveyard with fifteen or more black mana symbols among their mana costs: Copy those exiled cards. You may cast up to three of the copies without paying their mana costs. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)
Legendary Creature - Human Villain Noble
Baron Helmut Zemo (msh) 87

Commander

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Discard

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Call the Bloodline
, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 black Vampire Knight creature token with lifelink. Activate only once each turn.
Enchantment
Call the Bloodline (soi) 103
Oona's Prowler
Flying
Discard a card: This creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. Any player may activate this ability.
Creature - Rogue Faerie
Oona's Prowler (2x2) 85
Painful Quandary
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
Enchantment
Painful Quandary (bro) 111
Patchwork Gnomes
Discard a card: Regenerate this creature. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)
Creature Artifact - Gnome
Patchwork Gnomes (mh2) 299
Pelakka Predation
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it with mana value 3 or greater. That player discards that card.
Sorcery
Pelakka Predation // Pelakka Caverns (znr) 120Pelakka Predation // Pelakka Caverns (znr) 120

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Discard and Discard synergy

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Archfiend of Ifnir
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Creature - Demon
Archfiend of Ifnir (ecc) 70
Cryptcaller Chariot
Menace
Whenever you discard one or more cards, create that many tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Crew 2
Artifact - Vehicle
Cryptcaller Chariot (dft) 80
Moonstone, Harsh Mistress
Flying
Whenever you discard a card, you may exile that card from your graveyard. If you do, until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Legendary Creature - Human Villain Doctor
Moonstone, Harsh Mistress (msh) 107

Discard and Discard synergy

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Draw

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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 (plg21) 3
Funeral Rites
You draw two cards, lose 2 life, then mill two cards.
Sorcery
Funeral Rites (thb) 97
Night's Whisper
You draw two cards and lose 2 life.
Sorcery
Night's Whisper (msc) 158
Sign in Blood
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156

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Evasion

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Blackbloom Rogue
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
This creature gets +3/+0 as long as an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.
Creature - Human Rogue
Blackbloom Rogue // Blackbloom Bog (znr) 91Blackbloom Rogue // Blackbloom Bog (znr) 91

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Land

Qty: 33 (36 w/ MDFC)Price: $48.37
Access Tunnel
: Add
.
,
: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Access Tunnel (stx) 262
Cabal Stronghold
: Add
.
,
: Add
for each basic Swamp you control.
Land
Cabal Stronghold (dom) 238
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 (thb) 242
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (hob) 196
Witch's Cottage
(
: Add
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Swamps.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land - Swamp
Witch's Cottage (eld) 249

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Mill

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Corpse Churn
Mill three cards, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Instant
Corpse Churn (iko) 81
Stitcher's Supplier
When this creature enters or dies, mill three cards. (Put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Creature - Zombie
Stitcher's Supplier (j22) 73

Mill

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Payoffs

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Arvinox, the Mind Flail
Arvinox isn't a creature unless you control three or more permanents you don't own.
At the beginning of your end step, exile the bottom card of each opponent's library face down. For as long as those cards remain exiled, you may look at them, you may cast permanent spells from among them, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - Horror
Arvinox, the Mind Flail (dsc) 130
Doomsday Excruciator
Flying
When this creature enters, if it was cast, each player exiles all but the bottom six cards of their library face down.
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card.
Creature - Demon
Doomsday Excruciator (dsk) 346
Elder Brain
Menace
Whenever this creature attacks a player, exile all cards from that player's hand, then they draw that many cards. You may play lands and cast spells from among the exiled cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.
Creature - Horror
Elder Brain (clb) 936
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 (thb) 99
Pox Plague
Each player loses half their life, then discards half the cards in their hand, then sacrifices half the permanents they control of their choice. Round down each time.
Sorcery
Pox Plague (sos) 94

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Protection

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Conqueror's Flail
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control.
As long as this Equipment is attached to a creature, your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Conqueror's Flail (c16) 53
Kaya's Ghostform
Enchant creature or planeswalker you control
When enchanted permanent dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control.
Enchantment - Aura
Kaya's Ghostform (plst) WAR-94
Malakir Rebirth
Choose target creature. You lose 2 life. Until end of turn, that creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
Instant
Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111
Masterful Flourish
Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Masterful Flourish (sos) 89
Offer Immortality
Target creature gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Offer Immortality (fdn) 525
Professor's Warning
Choose one —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
• Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Professor's Warning (stx) 84
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and
no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Swiftfoot Boots (tle) 317

Protection

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Quality + Black Pips

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Abyssal Harvester
: Exile target creature card from a graveyard that was put there this turn. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a Nightmare in addition to its other types. Then exile all other Nightmare tokens you control.
Creature - Demon Warlock
Abyssal Harvester (fdn) 54
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 (mul) 13
Cuombajj Witches
: This creature deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to any target of an opponent's choice.
Creature - Human Wizard
Cuombajj Witches (cmr) 116
Liliana, Heretical Healer
Lifelink
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, exile Liliana, Heretical Healer, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer (cc2) 1Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer (cc2) 1
Meathook Massacre II
When Meathook Massacre II enters, each player sacrifices X creatures of their choice.
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may pay 3 life. If you do, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, they may pay 3 life. If they don't, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.
Legendary Enchantment
Meathook Massacre II (pdsk) 108p
Savanti Romero, Time's Exile
Trample
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Savanti Romero. Then you draw X cards and lose X life, where X is the number of counters on Savanti Romero.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Demon
Savanti Romero, Time's Exile (tmt) 72
Underworld Dreams
Whenever an opponent draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.
Enchantment
Underworld Dreams (thb) 121

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Ramp

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Altar of the Pantheon
Your devotion to each color and each combination of colors is increased by one.
: Add one mana of any color. If you control a God, a Demigod, or a legendary enchantment, you gain 1 life.
Artifact
Altar of the Pantheon (plst) THB-231
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (tle) 315
Blood Pet
Sacrifice this creature: Add
.
Creature - Thrull
Blood Pet (plst) TMP-109
Charcoal Diamond
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add
.
Artifact
Charcoal Diamond (cmr) 303
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (pmei) 2025-8
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
The Darkness Crystal
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and you gain 2 life.
,
: Put target creature card exiled with The Darkness Crystal onto the battlefield tapped under your control with two additional +1/+1 counters on it.
Legendary Artifact
The Darkness Crystal (fin) 96

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Recursion

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Ardyn, the Usurper
Demons you control have menace, lifelink, and haste.
Starscourge — At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target creature card from a graveyard. If you exiled a card this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 5/5 black Demon.
Legendary Creature - Human Elder Noble
Ardyn, the Usurper (fin) 89
Chorale of the Void
Enchant creature you control
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, put target creature card from defending player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control tapped and attacking.
Void — At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice this Aura unless a nonland permanent left the battlefield this turn or a spell was warped this turn.
Enchantment - Aura
Chorale of the Void (eoe) 91
Ever After
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. Each of those creatures is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. Put Ever After on the bottom of its owner's library.
Sorcery
Ever After (c20) 133
Foggy Swamp Visions
As an additional cost to cast this spell, waterbend
. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for
.)
Exile X target creature cards from graveyards. For each creature card exiled this way, create a token that's a copy of it. At the beginning of your next end step, sacrifice those tokens.
Sorcery
Foggy Swamp Visions (tla) 339
Netherborn Altar
, Put a soul counter on this artifact: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone. Then you lose 3 life for each soul counter on this artifact.
Artifact
Netherborn Altar (c20) 45
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 (cc2) 5

Recursion

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Removal

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Bloodline Culling
Choose one —
• Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
• Creature tokens get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Instant
Bloodline Culling (mid) 89
Darkblast
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Dredge 3 (If you would draw a card, you may mill three cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)
Instant
Darkblast (gk1) 51
Dismember
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
Instant
Dismember (mm2) 79
Feed the Swarm
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (tle) 257
Necromantic Selection
Destroy all creatures, then return a creature card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control. It's a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. Exile Necromantic Selection.
Sorcery
Necromantic Selection (tdc) 189
One Ring to Rule Them All
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — The Ring tempts you, then each player mills cards equal to your Ring-bearer's power.
II — Destroy all nonlegendary creatures.
III — Each opponent loses 1 life for each creature card in that player's graveyard.
Enchantment - Saga
One Ring to Rule Them All (ltr) 102
Reckless Spite
Destroy two target nonblack creatures. You lose 5 life.
Instant
Reckless Spite (c21) 151
Soul Transfer
Choose one. If you control an artifact and an enchantment as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Exile target creature or planeswalker.
• Return target creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand.
Sorcery
Soul Transfer (neo) 122
Toxic Deluge
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (cc2) 6
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
Tymaret's toughness is equal to your devotion to black. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
: Exile up to two target cards from graveyards. You gain 1 life for each creature card exiled this way.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - Demigod
Tymaret, Chosen from Death (thb) 119
Witch's Vengeance
Creatures of the creature type of your choice get -3/-3 until end of turn.
Sorcery
Witch's Vengeance (eld) 358
Zuko's Exile
Exile target artifact, creature, or enchantment. Its controller creates a Clue token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Instant - Lesson
Zuko's Exile (tla) 3

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Stax

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Nightcreep
Until end of turn, all creatures become black and all lands become Swamps.
Instant
Nightcreep (dis) 49
Opposition Agent
Flash
You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries.
While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.
Creature - Human Rogue
Opposition Agent (cmr) 141

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Theft

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Thieving Amalgam
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you manifest the top card of that player's library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Whenever a creature you control but don't own dies, its owner loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Creature - Ape Snake
Thieving Amalgam (c19) 21

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Tokens

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Dying to Serve
Whenever you discard one or more cards, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Enchantment
Dying to Serve (vow) 109

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Tutor

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Gravebreaker Lamia
Lifelink
When this creature enters, search your library for a card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Spells you cast from your graveyard cost
less to cast.
Creature Enchantment - Snake Lamia
Gravebreaker Lamia (thb) 98
Oriq Loremage
: Search your library for a card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle. If it's an instant or sorcery card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Human Warlock
Oriq Loremage (stx) 80
Scheming Symmetry
Choose two target players. Each of them searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top.
Sorcery
Scheming Symmetry (pm20) 113p

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Cannot Afford RN

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Animate Dead
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
Enchantment - Aura
Animate Dead (soc) 207
Bone Miser
Whenever you discard a creature card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Whenever you discard a land card, add
.
Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Bone Miser (plst) C19-15
Breach the Multiverse
Each player mills ten cards. For each player, choose a creature or planeswalker card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. Then each creature you control becomes a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
Sorcery
Breach the Multiverse (mom) 94
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) 322
Erebos, God of the Dead
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Erebos, God of the Dead (ths) 85
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
: Add
.
,
: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)
Legendary Land
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (plst) THS-223
The Black Gate
As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.
Legendary Land - Gate
The Black Gate (ltc) 80

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