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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $1.79
Mai, Scornful Striker
First strike
Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, they lose 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Human Ally Noble
Mai, Scornful Striker (tla) 109
Color tag templates(None)
$1.79 $1.08 $0.18

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Burn

Qty: 3 Price: $6.77
Plague Drone
Flying
Rot Fly — If an opponent would gain life, that player loses that much life instead.
Creature - Demon
Plague Drone (40k) 47
Color tag templates(None)
$2.99 $2.02 $2.70
Rug of Smothering
Flying
Whenever a player casts a spell, they lose 1 life for each spell they've cast this turn.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Rug of Smothering (clb) 336
Color tag templates(None)
$1.99 $0.53 $0.48
Underworld Dreams
Whenever an opponent draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.
Enchantment
Underworld Dreams (thb) 121
Color tag templates(None)
$1.79 $1.94 $2.03

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Creature

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Black Widow, Deadly Hunter
Deathtouch
Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals combat damage to a player, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin Hero
Black Widow, Deadly Hunter (msc) 648
Color tag templates(None)
$4.49 $2.58 $2.31
Stromgald Crusader
Protection from white
: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Creature - Knight Zombie
Stromgald Crusader (plst) CSP-71
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$0.39 $0.23 $0.15

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Discard

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Painful Quandary
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
Enchantment
Painful Quandary (fdn) 179
Color tag templates(None)
$1.79 $1.73 $0.62

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Drain

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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
Color tag templates(None)
$3.49 $1.82 $1.84
Blood Seeker
Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may have that player lose 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Shaman
Blood Seeker (dsc) 77
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.38 $0.28
Fate Unraveler
Whenever an opponent draws a card, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.
Creature Enchantment - Hag
Fate Unraveler (dsc) 141
Color tag templates(None)
$3.49 $3.12 $1.56
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
Color tag templates(None)
$2.49 $5.47 $1.02
Vengeful Bloodwitch
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Vengeful Bloodwitch (fdn) 76
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$0.35 $0.33 $0.15

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Draw

Qty: 11 Price: $50.53
Afflict
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Instant
Afflict (10e) 125
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.32 $0.15
Audacious Thief
Whenever this creature attacks, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Creature - Human Rogue
Audacious Thief (j25) 401
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.30 $0.15
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
Color tag templates(None)
$10.99 $8.56 $7.81
Dread Presence
Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one —
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.
Creature - Nightmare
Dread Presence (j22) 403
Color tag templates(None)
$4.99 $6.66 $3.63
Gibbering Barricade
Defender
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.
Creature - Nightmare Wall
Gibbering Barricade (dmu) 95
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.13 $0.15
Howling Golem
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, each player draws a card.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Howling Golem (cmr) 316
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.24 $0.15
Morbid Opportunist
Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Human Rogue
Morbid Opportunist (soc) 219
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.26 $0.18
Phyrexian Arena
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Color tag templates(None)
$5.99 $4.33 $3.85
Scrawling Crawler
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.
Creature Artifact - Construct Phyrexian
Scrawling Crawler (fdn) 132
Color tag templates(None)
$10.99 $7.20 $5.88
Sign in Blood
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156
Color tag templates(None)
$1.49 $4.19 $0.52
Vilis, Broker of Blood
Flying
, Pay 2 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Legendary Creature - Demon
Vilis, Broker of Blood (j25) 70
Color tag templates(None)
$13.99 $8.14 $8.35

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Finisher

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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) 94
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.83 $0.20
Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (fic) 276
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$0.99 $0.39 $0.34

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Land

Qty: 38 Price: $137.12
Cabal Coffers
,
: Add
for each Swamp you control.
Land
Cabal Coffers (mh2) 301
Color tag templates(None)
$29.99 $34.39 $26.82
Cabal Stronghold
: Add
.
,
: Add
for each basic Swamp you control.
Land
Cabal Stronghold (dom) 238
Color tag templates(None)
$14.99 $11.34 $10.42
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (msh) 291
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.13 $0.15
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
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$74.99 $63.06 $57.31

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Lifegain

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Bloodthirsty Conqueror
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Creature - Knight Vampire
Bloodthirsty Conqueror (fdn) 58
Color tag templates(None)
$39.99 $34.90 $33.33
Creeping Bloodsucker
At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Creature - Vampire
Creeping Bloodsucker (j25) 415
Color tag templates(None)
$7.99 $3.93 $4.07
Exquisite Blood
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.
Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (lcc) 195
Color tag templates(None)
$42.99 $36.69 $35.79
Magus of the Mirror
, Sacrifice this creature: Exchange life totals with target opponent. Activate only during your upkeep.
Creature - Human Wizard
Magus of the Mirror (cns) 117
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.62 $0.46
Mirror Universe
, Sacrifice this artifact: Exchange life totals with target opponent. Activate only during your upkeep.
Artifact
Mirror Universe (leg) 287
Color tag templates(None)
$379.99 $360.23 $----
Profane Transfusion
Two target players exchange life totals. You create an X/X colorless Horror artifact creature token, where X is the difference between those players' life totals.
Sorcery
Profane Transfusion (cmr) 145
Color tag templates(None)
$2.99 $1.31 $1.25
Sangromancer
Flying
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may gain 3 life.
Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may gain 3 life.
Creature - Vampire Shaman
Sangromancer (j25) 122
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.81 $0.45
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Deathtouch
Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (dmu) 107
Color tag templates(None)
$149.99 $93.20 $95.89
Soul Conduit
,
: Two target players exchange life totals.
Artifact
Soul Conduit (nph) 158
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.48 $0.36

Lifegain

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Mill

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Mindcrank
Whenever an opponent loses life, that player mills that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Artifact
Mindcrank (clb) 866
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$10.99 $13.40 $8.83

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Pingers

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Soot Imp
Flying
Whenever a player casts a nonblack spell, that player loses 1 life.
Creature - Imp
Soot Imp (dvd) 37
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$1.49 $1.48 $1.11

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Protection

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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
Color tag templates(None)
$5.99 $3.50 $3.84
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 (msc) 216
Color tag templates(None)
$4.99 $2.12 $2.25

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) 191
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.54 $0.45
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 (drc) 124
Color tag templates(None)
$5.49 $3.24 $3.21
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
Color tag templates(None)
$19.99 $14.84 $13.02
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (msc) 793
Color tag templates(None)
$14.99 $11.96 $8.73
Ghirapur Orrery
Each player may play an additional land on each of their turns.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand, that player draws three cards.
Artifact
Ghirapur Orrery (blc) 270
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.37 $0.18
Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
Color tag templates(None)
$15.99 $10.84 $9.68
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 214
Color tag templates(None)
$2.49 $1.04 $1.38
Solemn Simulacrum
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Solemn Simulacrum (msc) 215
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.27 $0.20
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
Color tag templates(None)
$5.99 $4.66 $3.59
Thran Dynamo
: Add
.
Artifact
Thran Dynamo (msc) 290
Color tag templates(None)
$4.49 $2.33 $2.02

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Recursion

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Bloodghast
This creature can't block.
This creature has haste as long as an opponent has 10 or less life.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Vampire Spirit
Bloodghast (soc) 210
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.75 $0.51
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Sheoldred, Whispering One (plst) NPH-73
Color tag templates(None)
$24.99 $20.83 $23.44
Shrouded Lore
Target opponent chooses a card in your graveyard. You may pay
. If you do, repeat this process except that opponent can't choose a card already chosen for Shrouded Lore. Then put the last chosen card into your hand.
Sorcery
Shrouded Lore (plst) PLC-91
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Recursion

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Removal

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Defile
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.
Instant
Defile (40k) 199
Color tag templates(None)
$2.79 $2.28 $1.85
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.20 $0.15
Grave Pact
Whenever a creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Enchantment
Grave Pact (cmm) 165
Color tag templates(None)
$29.99 $35.67 $33.33
Massacre Wurm
When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.
Creature - Wurm Phyrexian
Massacre Wurm (fdn) 754
Color tag templates(None)
$---- $1.26 $----
Orcish Bowmasters
Flash
When this creature enters and whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, this creature deals 1 damage to any target. Then amass Orcs 1.
Creature - Archer Orc
Orcish Bowmasters (ltr) 103
Color tag templates(None)
$59.99 $46.89 $47.06
Phyrexian Obliterator
Trample
Whenever a source deals damage to this creature, that source's controller sacrifices that many permanents of their choice.
Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Phyrexian Obliterator (one) 105
Color tag templates(None)
$12.99 $10.20 $9.21
Ruthless Ripper
Deathtouch
Morph—Reveal a black card in your hand. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, target player loses 2 life.
Creature - Human Assassin
Ruthless Ripper (a25) 107
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.29 $0.15
Withering Torment
Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Withering Torment (msc) 162
Color tag templates(None)
$2.29 $---- $0.78

Removal

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Stax

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Isolation Cell
Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, that player loses 2 life unless they pay
.
Artifact
Isolation Cell (nph) 141
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.34 $0.25

Stax

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Tutor

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Cruel Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Sorcery
Cruel Tutor (plst) POR-87
Color tag templates(None)
$34.99 $49.19 $45.38
Demonic Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150
Color tag templates(None)
$84.99 $77.11 $69.37

Tutor

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