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Commander

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Blech, Loafing Pest
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each Pest, Bat, Insect, Snake, and Spider you control.
Legendary Creature - Pest
Blech, Loafing Pest (sos) 176

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Anthem

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Duskshell Crawler
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Creature - Insect
Duskshell Crawler (clu) 161
Hagra Constrictor
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has menace. (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Creature - Snake
Hagra Constrictor (znr) 105

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Counters

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Hardened Scales
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 it instead.
Enchantment
Hardened Scales (soc) 272
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
Flying
Whenever a player sacrifices another permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Shaman Insect
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest (soc) 319
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on an artifact or creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
,
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target artifact or creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Legendary Artifact
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire (soc) 281
The Ozolith
Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.
Legendary Artifact
The Ozolith (iko) 237
Winding Constrictor
If one or more counters would be put on an artifact or creature you control, that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters are put on that permanent instead.
If you would get one or more counters, you get that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters instead.
Creature - Snake
Winding Constrictor (aer) 140

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Creature

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Bogwater Lumaret
Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Spirit Frog
Bogwater Lumaret (sos) 177
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
Dina, Essence Brewer
Whenever you sacrifice a creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
,
, Sacrifice another creature: You gain X life and put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Legendary Creature - Druid Dryad
Dina, Essence Brewer (soc) 1
Eccentric Pestfinder
Trample
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Druid Troll
Eccentric Pestfinder // Turn Stones (soc) 46
Essenceknit Scholar
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life."
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, draw a card.
Creature - Dryad Warlock
Essenceknit Scholar (sos) 187
Gorma, the Gullet
Lifelink
Whenever another creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Gorma.
Nontoken creatures you control enter with an additional +1/+1 counter on them for each creature that died under your control this turn.
Legendary Creature - Frog Pest
Gorma, the Gullet (soc) 3
Lluwen, Exchange Student
Lluwen enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Lluwen becomes prepared. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Elf Druid
Lluwen, Exchange Student // Pest Friend (sos) 199
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
Pest Mascot
Trample
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Ape Pest
Pest Mascot (sos) 209
Pest Rescuer
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you don't control a Pest creature token, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
Creature - Druid Dryad
Pest Rescuer (soc) 42
Ribtruss Roaster
Devour 1 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This creature enters with that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
At the beginning of your end step, create a number of 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. They have "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Creature - Druid Troll
Ribtruss Roaster (soc) 43
Scheming Silvertongue
Flying, lifelink
At the beginning of your second main phase, if you gained 2 or more life this turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood (sos) 99
Shopkeeper's Bane
Trample
Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 2 life.
Creature - Badger Pest
Shopkeeper's Bane (sos) 159
South Wind Avatar
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control dies, you gain life equal to its toughness.
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Avatar Spirit Snake
South Wind Avatar (tmt) 78
Teacher's Pest
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life.
: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Creature - Skeleton Pest
Teacher's Pest (sos) 238
Virulent Emissary
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Elf Assassin
Virulent Emissary (ecl) 202

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Discard

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Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
Flying, lifelink
Whenever Aclazotz attacks, each opponent discards a card. For each opponent who can't, you draw a card.
Whenever an opponent discards a land card, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.
When Aclazotz dies, return it to the battlefield tapped and transformed under its owner's control.
Legendary Creature - Bat God
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead (lci) 88Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead (lci) 88

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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
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
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
Enduring Tenacity
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
When Enduring Tenacity dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It's an enchantment. (It's not a creature.)
Creature Enchantment - Snake Glimmer
Enduring Tenacity (dsk) 95
Hooded Blightfang
Deathtouch
Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch attacks, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker.
Creature - Snake
Hooded Blightfang (m21) 104
Mirkwood Bats
Flying
Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Bat
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 95
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
Zulaport Cutthroat
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Rogue Ally
Zulaport Cutthroat (soc) 233

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Draw

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Black Market Connections
At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
Enchantment
Black Market Connections (msc) 155
Bolas's Citadel
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Legendary Artifact
Bolas's Citadel (war) 79
Circuit Mender
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Insect
Circuit Mender (neo) 242
Corrupted Conviction
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Corrupted Conviction (otj) 84
Darkstar Augur
Offspring
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
Creature - Bat Warlock
Darkstar Augur (blb) 90
Deadly Dispute
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
Deadly Dispute (msc) 794
Disciple of Freyalise
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.
Creature - Elf Druid
Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise (mh3) 250Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise (mh3) 250
Garruk's Uprising
When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card.
Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.
Enchantment
Garruk's Uprising (ecc) 109
Greater Good
Sacrifice a creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power, then discard three cards.
Enchantment
Greater Good (msc) 174
Gwenom, Remorseless
Deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever Gwenom attacks, until end of turn, you may look at the top card of your library any time and you may play cards 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.
Legendary Creature - Spider Hero Symbiote
Gwenom, Remorseless (spm) 56
Hollowmurk Siege
As this enchantment enters, choose Sultai or Abzan.
• Sultai — Whenever a counter is put on a creature you control, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
• Abzan — Whenever you attack, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature. It gains menace until end of turn.
Enchantment
Hollowmurk Siege (tdm) 192
Inspiring Call
Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
Instant
Inspiring Call (tle) 168
Meltstrider Eulogist
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, draw a card.
Creature - Soldier Insect
Meltstrider Eulogist (eoe) 197
Moldervine Reclamation
Whenever a creature you control dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
Enchantment
Moldervine Reclamation (soc) 320
Night's Whisper
You draw two cards and lose 2 life.
Sorcery
Night's Whisper (msc) 158
Ohran Frostfang
Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Snow Creature - Snake
Ohran Frostfang (soc) 279
Phyrexian Arena
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Plumb the Forbidden
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice one or more creatures. When you do, copy this spell for each creature sacrificed this way.
You draw a card and lose 1 life.
Instant
Plumb the Forbidden (soc) 224
Return of the Wildspeaker
Choose one —
• Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control.
• Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.
Instant
Return of the Wildspeaker (ecc) 115
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 (ncc) 311
Skullclamp
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Skullclamp (msc) 210
Vampiric Rites
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.
Enchantment
Vampiric Rites (fdn) 615
Village Rites
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Village Rites (inr) 137
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 (c21) 275

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Enchantment

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Comforting Counsel
Whenever you gain life, put a growth counter on this enchantment.
As long as there are five or more growth counters on this enchantment, creatures you control get +3/+3.
Enchantment
Comforting Counsel (sos) 143
Feral Appetite
Attacking Pests you control get +1/+0 and have deathtouch.
: Exile target card from a graveyard. If a creature card is exiled this way, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Enchantment
Feral Appetite (soc) 38

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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 (fdn) 173
Triumph of the Hordes
Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample and infect. (Creatures with infect deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Sorcery
Triumph of the Hordes (nph) 123

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Instant

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Dina's Guidance
Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand or graveyard, then shuffle.
Instant
Dina's Guidance (sos) 184
Dissection Practice
Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Up to one target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Up to one target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Instant
Dissection Practice (sos) 79
Rabid Attack
Until end of turn, any number of target creatures you control each get +1/+0 and gain "When this creature dies, draw a card."
Instant
Rabid Attack (sos) 96
Witherbloom Charm
Choose one —
• You may sacrifice a permanent. If you do, draw two cards.
• You gain 5 life.
• Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 2 or less.
Instant
Witherbloom Charm (sos) 244

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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
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (hob) 198
Radiant Fountain
When this land enters, you gain 2 life.
: Add
.
Land
Radiant Fountain (c21) 310
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (hob) 196

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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
Kazandu Nectarpot
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Insect
Kazandu Nectarpot (znr) 190
Scute Swarm
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. If you control six or more lands, create a token that's a copy of this creature instead.
Creature - Insect
Scute Swarm (dsc) 197
Springheart Nantuko
Bestow

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may pay
if this permanent is attached to a creature you control. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature. If you didn't create a token this way, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
Creature Enchantment - Monk Insect
Springheart Nantuko (mh3) 171

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Lifegain

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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 (kld) 192
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
Blossoming Bogbeast
Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 2 life. Then creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Creature - Beast
Blossoming Bogbeast (soc) 264
Demon's Horn
Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may gain 1 life.
Artifact
Demon's Horn (dvd) 57
Essence Warden
Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Elf Shaman
Essence Warden (cma) 106
Fountain of Renewal
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Fountain of Renewal (m19) 235
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
Menace
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Wizard Snake
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper (tdc) 100
Leyline of Vitality
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Creatures you control get +0/+1.
Whenever a creature you control enters, you may gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Leyline of Vitality (m11) 183
Profane Memento
Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, you gain 1 life.
Artifact
Profane Memento (m15) 226
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
Wurm's Tooth
Whenever a player casts a green spell, you may gain 1 life.
Artifact
Wurm's Tooth (m12) 223

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Protection

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Heroic Intervention
Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Heroic Intervention (cmm) 295
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
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (msc) 202
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 (eld) 104
Revitalizing Repast
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove (mh3) 256Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove (mh3) 256
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 (msc) 216

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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
Bontu's Monument
Black creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legendary Artifact
Bontu's Monument (dmc) 179
Cryptolith Rite
Creatures you control have "
: Add one mana of any color."
Enchantment
Cryptolith Rite (inr) 189
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
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (msc) 793
Farseek
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Farseek (msc) 173
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
Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Nature's Lore (msc) 177
Orochi Merge-Keeper
: Add
.
As long as this creature is modified, it has "
: Add
." (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Creature - Druid Snake
Orochi Merge-Keeper (neo) 203
Pristine Talisman
: Add
. You gain 1 life.
Artifact
Pristine Talisman (c21) 258
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 (afr) 200
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (tdc) 265
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
Shared Roots
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery - Lesson
Shared Roots (tla) 196
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 211
Talisman of Resilience
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Resilience (dsc) 255
Three Visits
Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Three Visits (msc) 181
Twitching Doll
: Add one mana of any color. Put a nest counter on this creature.
, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 2/2 green Spider creature token with reach for each counter on this creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature Artifact - Spider Toy
Twitching Doll (dsk) 201

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Recursion

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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
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 (dsc) 155
Victimize
Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.
Sorcery
Victimize (tdc) 198
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 (soc) 230

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Removal

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Abrupt Decay
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less.
Instant
Abrupt Decay (mm3) 146
Assassin's Trophy
Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Instant
Assassin's Trophy (soc) 294
Beast Within
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Instant
Beast Within (msc) 169
Bitter Triumph
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life.
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Bitter Triumph (tdc) 173
Bridgeworks Battle
Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. It fights up to one target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Sorcery
Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249
Caustic Caterpillar
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Creature - Insect
Caustic Caterpillar (ori) 170
Deadly Brew
Each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. If you sacrificed a permanent this way, you may return another permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
Sorcery
Deadly Brew (soc) 303
Fell the Profane
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
Golgari Charm
Choose one —
• All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Regenerate each creature you control.
Instant
Golgari Charm (uma) 201
Grist, the Hunger Tide
As long as Grist isn't on the battlefield, it's a 1/1 Insect creature in addition to its other types.
+1: Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then mill a card. If an Insect card was milled this way, put a loyalty counter on Grist and repeat this process.
−2: You may sacrifice a creature. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker.
−5: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Legendary Planeswalker - Grist
Grist, the Hunger Tide (dsc) 220
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
Infernal Grasp
Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Infernal Grasp (soc) 216
Mortality Spear
This spell costs
less to cast if you gained life this turn.
Destroy target nonland permanent.
Instant
Mortality Spear (soc) 321
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
Putrefy
Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.
Instant
Putrefy (ecc) 131
Tear Asunder
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Exile target artifact or enchantment. If this spell was kicked, exile target nonland permanent instead.
Instant
Tear Asunder (eoc) 109
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 (msc) 161

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Decorum Dissertation
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Paradigm (Then exile this spell. After you first resolve a spell with this name, you may cast a copy of it from exile without paying its mana cost at the beginning of each of your first main phases.)
Sorcery - Lesson
Decorum Dissertation (sos) 78
Follow the Lumarets
Infusion — Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. If you gained life this turn, you may instead reveal two creature and/or land cards from among them and put them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Sorcery
Follow the Lumarets (sos) 148
Germination Practicum
Put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
Paradigm (Then exile this spell. After you first resolve a spell with this name, you may cast a copy of it from exile without paying its mana cost at the beginning of each of your first main phases.)
Sorcery - Lesson
Germination Practicum (sos) 149
Grapple with Death
Destroy target artifact or creature. You gain 1 life.
Sorcery
Grapple with Death (sos) 192
Immoral Bargain
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice X creatures.
Destroy X target nonland permanents.
Sorcery
Immoral Bargain (soc) 47
Pull from the Grave
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. You gain 2 life.
Sorcery
Pull from the Grave (sos) 95
Root Manipulation
Until end of turn, creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain menace and "Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life." (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Sorcery
Root Manipulation (sos) 222
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

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Arasta of the Endless Web
Reach
Whenever an opponent casts an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/2 green Spider creature token with reach.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - Spider
Arasta of the Endless Web (tdc) 244
Beledros Witherbloom
Flying
At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Pay 10 life: Untap all lands you control. Activate only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
Beledros Witherbloom (soc) 296
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
Broodhatch Nantuko
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.
Morph
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Creature - Druid Insect
Broodhatch Nantuko (mkc) 167
Fumulus, the Infestation
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever a player sacrifices a nontoken creature, create a 1/1 black Insect creature token with flying.
Whenever an Insect, Leech, Slug, or Worm you control attacks, defending player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Insect
Fumulus, the Infestation (j25) 42
Giant Adephage
Trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of this creature.
Creature - Insect
Giant Adephage (dsc) 179
Hooded Hydra
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token for each +1/+1 counter on it.
Morph

As this creature is turned face up, put five +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Snake Hydra
Hooded Hydra (mkc) 171
Hornet Nest
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Creature - Insect
Hornet Nest (tdc) 259
Hornet Queen
Flying, deathtouch
When this creature enters, create four 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch.
Creature - Insect
Hornet Queen (dsc) 184
Iridescent Hornbeetle
At the beginning of your end step, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token for each +1/+1 counter you've put on creatures under your control this turn.
Creature - Insect
Iridescent Hornbeetle (znr) 187
Maskwood Nexus
Creatures you control are every creature type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.
,
: Create a 2/2 blue Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. (It is every creature type.)
Artifact
Maskwood Nexus (clb) 865
Ophiomancer
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.
Creature - Human Shaman
Ophiomancer (soc) 118
Pest Summoning
Create two 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Sorcery - Lesson
Pest Summoning (stx) 211
Second Harvest
For each token you control, create a token that's a copy of that permanent.
Instant
Second Harvest (inr) 213
Sedgemoor Witch
Menace
Ward—Pay 3 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 3 life.)
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Creature - Human Warlock
Sedgemoor Witch (stx) 86
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
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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