Menace As an additional cost to cast black permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {B} 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.

Geralf's Messenger enters the battlefield tapped. When Geralf's Messenger enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 2 life. Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Deathtouch, lifelink

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card. {4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters the battlefield, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Trample Whenever a source deals damage to Phyrexian Obliterator, that source's controller sacrifices that many permanents.

Black creatures get +1/+1.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

When The Meathook Massacre enters the battlefield, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: Add {B} for each basic Swamp you control.

({T}: Add {B}.)

Target player draws cards equal to half the number of cards in their library and loses half their life. Round up each time.

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life.