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Kaervek, Aristocrats
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Kaervek, the Punisher

Whenever you commit a crime, exile up to one target black card from your graveyard and copy it. You may cast the copy. If you do, you lose 2 life. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime. Copies of permanent spells become tokens.)

Creature
Kaervek, the Punisher (potj) 92s

Commander

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Land

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Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (dsc) 265
Cabal Coffers

{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each Swamp you control.

Land
Cabal Coffers (mb2) 106
Cabal Stronghold

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

Land
Cabal Stronghold (dom) 238
Spymaster's Vault

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp. {T}: Add {B}. {B}, {T}: Target creature you control connives X, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)

Land
Spymaster's Vault (mh3) 230
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 283
War Room

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Land
War Room (mkc) 310

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Removal

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Consuming Corruption

Consuming Corruption deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

Instant
Consuming Corruption (mh3) 84
Defile

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

Instant
Defile (40k) 199
Dictate of Erebos

Flash Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Enchantment
Dictate of Erebos (plst) JOU-65
Dismember

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

Instant
Dismember (plst) 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 (dsc) 78
Go for the Throat

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Instant
Go for the Throat (j25) 447
Grave Pact

Whenever a creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Enchantment
Grave Pact (cmm) 165
Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Infernal Grasp (j25) 456
Merrow Bonegnawer

{T}: Target player exiles a card from their graveyard. Whenever you cast a black spell, you may untap this creature.

Creature
Merrow Bonegnawer (eve) 37
Mutilate

All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

Sorcery
Mutilate (mb2) 45
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 (mh3) 277
Tragic Slip

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.

Instant
Tragic Slip (j25) 496

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Drain

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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. {T}, Sacrifice another black creature: Draw a card.

Creature
Ayara, First of Locthwain (eld) 75
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 (j25) 403
Blood Artist

Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Blood Artist (inr) 97
Bloodchief Ascension

At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.) Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Bloodchief Ascension (cmm) 139
Bontu's Monument

Black creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Artifact
Bontu's Monument (dmc) 179
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus

If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time. {B/P}{B/P}, Exile three creature cards from your graveyard: Put an indestructible counter on Drivnod. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)

Creature
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus (one) 90
Falkenrath Noble

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Falkenrath Noble (j25) 441
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 {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Creature
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (dsc) 142
Marionette Apprentice

Fabricate 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.) Whenever another creature or artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Marionette Apprentice (mh3) 100
Vein Ripper

Flying Ward—Sacrifice a creature. Whenever a creature dies, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Vein Ripper (mkm) 110
Vengeful Bloodwitch

Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Vengeful Bloodwitch (fdn) 76
Zulaport Cutthroat

Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Zulaport Cutthroat (blc) 190

Drain

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Protection

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Imp's Mischief

Change the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant
Imp's Mischief (cmm) 167
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
Kaya's Ghostform (plst) WAR-94
Not Dead After All

Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Instant
Not Dead After All (woe) 101

Protection

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Sac Outlet

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Carrion Feeder

This creature can't block. Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Carrion Feeder (plst) MH1-81
Viscera Seer

Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature
Viscera Seer (lcc) 213
Woe Strider

When this creature enters, create a 0/1 white Goat creature token. Sacrifice another creature: Scry 1. Escape—{3}{B}{B}, Exile four other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.) This creature escapes with two +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Woe Strider (blc) 189
Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Haste Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Yahenni. Sacrifice another creature: Yahenni gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Yahenni, Undying Partisan (lcc) 214

Sac Outlet

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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. {T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

Artifact
Bolas's Citadel (mb2) 39
Braids, Arisen Nightmare

At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.

Creature
Braids, Arisen Nightmare (dsc) 133
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
Dread Presence (j22) 403
Grim Haruspex

Morph {B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.

Creature
Grim Haruspex (clb) 754
Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. −4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice. −9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.

Planeswalker
Liliana, Dreadhorde General (fdn) 176
Midnight Reaper

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, this creature deals 1 damage to you and you draw a card.

Creature
Midnight Reaper (rvr) 86
Morbid Opportunist

Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Morbid Opportunist (j25) 464
Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Night's Whisper (j25) 471
Priest of Forgotten Gods

{T}, Sacrifice two other creatures: Any number of target players each lose 2 life and sacrifice a creature of their choice. You add {B}{B} and draw a card.

Creature
Priest of Forgotten Gods (j25) 478
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156
Syphon Mind

Each other player discards a card. You draw a card for each card discarded this way.

Sorcery
Syphon Mind (scd) 111
Vilis, Broker of Blood

Flying {B}, 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.)

Creature
Vilis, Broker of Blood (j25) 70

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (dsc) 92
Bubbling Muck

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a Swamp for mana, that player adds an additional {B}.

Sorcery
Bubbling Muck (plst) UDS-54
Crypt Ghast

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}.

Creature
Crypt Ghast (rvr) 70
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (mb2) 179
Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
Liquimetal Torque

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Target nonland permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn.

Artifact
Liquimetal Torque (brc) 145
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (dsc) 94

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Tutor

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Buried Alive

Search your library for up to three creature cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Buried Alive (mh3) 273

Tutor

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Fodder

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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 (c21) 36
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
Bloodghast (lcc) 184
Genesis Chamber

Whenever a nontoken creature enters, if this artifact is untapped, that creature's controller creates a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token.

Artifact
Genesis Chamber (bbd) 235
Gisa, the Hellraiser

Ward—{2}, Pay 2 life. Skeletons and Zombies you control get +1/+1 and have menace. Whenever you commit a crime, create two tapped 2/2 blue and black Zombie Rogue creature tokens. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

Creature
Gisa, the Hellraiser (otj) 89
Lord Skitter, Sewer King

Whenever another Rat you control enters, exile up to one target card from an opponent's graveyard. At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."

Creature
Lord Skitter, Sewer King (woe) 97
Nether Traitor

Haste Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Whenever another creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Nether Traitor (tsr) 127
Ophiomancer

At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.

Creature
Ophiomancer (mh3) 276
Pawn of Ulamog

Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control dies, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Pawn of Ulamog (plst) ROE-122
Reassembling Skeleton

{1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Reassembling Skeleton (j25) 481
Tormod, the Desecrator

Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Tormod, the Desecrator (cmr) 155

Fodder

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Recursion

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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
Animate Dead (mkc) 125
Reanimate

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its 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 (mh3) 278

Recursion

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Abyssal Harvester

{T}: 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
Abyssal Harvester (fdn) 54
Accursed Marauder

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

Creature
Accursed Marauder (mh3) 80
Bloodsoaked Champion

This creature can't block. Raid — {1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only if you attacked this turn.

Creature
Bloodsoaked Champion (clb) 740
Entomb

Search your library for a card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.

Instant
Entomb (dmr) 82
Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (j25) 437
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (dsc) 245
Gutterbones

This creature enters tapped. {1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your turn and only if an opponent lost life this turn.

Creature
Gutterbones (rna) 76
Hex Parasite

{X}{B/P}: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)

Creature Artifact
Hex Parasite (nph) 137
Infestation Sage

When this creature dies, create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token with flying.

Creature
Infestation Sage (fdn) 64
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (dsc) 93
Phyrexian Arena

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

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Ripples of Undeath

At the beginning of your first main phase, mill three cards. Then you may pay {1} and 3 life. If you do, put a card from among those cards into your hand.

Enchantment
Ripples of Undeath (mh3) 107
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
Sedgemoor Witch (stx) 86
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
Solemn Simulacrum (fdn) 257
Stab

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Instant
Stab (fdn) 71
Supernatural Stamina

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."

Instant
Supernatural Stamina (cmm) 188
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 {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (fdn) 258
Syr Konrad, the Grim

Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent. {1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Syr Konrad, the Grim (dsc) 158
Séance Board

Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, put a soul counter on this artifact. {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of soul counters on this artifact. Spend this mana only to cast instant, sorcery, Demon, and Spirit spells.

Artifact
Séance Board (dsc) 40
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (dsc) 256
Vindictive Vampire

Whenever another creature you control dies, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Vindictive Vampire (clu) 126
Vraan, Executioner Thane

Whenever one or more other creatures you control die, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Vraan, Executioner Thane (one) 114
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (pip) 252
Withering Torment

Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Withering Torment (dsk) 124

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