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Life is a Resource
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Willowdusk, Essence Seer

{1}, {T}: Choose another target creature. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the amount of life you gained this turn or the amount of life you lost this turn, whichever is greater. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Willowdusk, Essence Seer (c21) 6

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Creature

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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
Creeping Bloodsucker (j25) 415
Deep-Cavern Bat

Flying, lifelink When this creature enters, look at target opponent's hand. You may exile a nonland card from it until this creature leaves the battlefield.

Creature
Deep-Cavern Bat (lci) 102
Viridian Joiner

{T}: Add an amount of {G} equal to this creature's power.

Creature
Viridian Joiner (mrd) 138

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Instant

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Fog

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant
Fog (plst) EMA-167
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

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Ramp

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Accomplished Alchemist

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Creature
Accomplished Alchemist (stx) 119
Birds of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Birds of Paradise (rvr) 133
Deathrite Shaman

{T}: Exile target land card from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color. {B}, {T}: Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life. {G}, {T}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.

Creature
Deathrite Shaman (mb2) 81
Elvish Mystic

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Elvish Mystic (cmm) 284
Ezzaroot Channeler

Reach Creature spells you cast cost {X} less to cast, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn. {T}: You gain 2 life.

Creature
Ezzaroot Channeler (c21) 60
Fertilid

This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. {1}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.

Creature
Fertilid (moc) 296
Gyre Sage

Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) {T}: Add {G} for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Gyre Sage (moc) 300
Kami of Whispered Hopes

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a permanent you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on that permanent instead. {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is this creature's power.

Creature
Kami of Whispered Hopes (mom) 196
Leyline Prowler

Deathtouch, lifelink {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Leyline Prowler (c21) 222
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (mkc) 178
Patriar's Seal

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}: Untap target legendary creature you control.

Artifact
Patriar's Seal (clb) 332
Sakura-Tribe Elder

Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Sakura-Tribe Elder (dsc) 194
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (otc) 209

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Tokens

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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.

Creature
Beledros Witherbloom (blc) 247
Phyrexian Processor

As this artifact enters, pay any amount of life. {4}, {T}: Create an X/X black Phyrexian Minion creature token, where X is the life paid as this artifact entered.

Artifact
Phyrexian Processor (dde) 29
Valentin, Dean of the Vein

Creature
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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Artifact

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (dsc) 92
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (dsc) 94

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Drain

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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

Drain

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Land

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Bayou

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.)

Land
Bayou (3ed) 283
Cabal Coffers

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

Land
Cabal Coffers (mb2) 106
City of Brass

Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
City of Brass (mb2) 240
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Darkbore Pathway

Land
Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway (khm) 254Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway (khm) 254
Deathcap Glade

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Deathcap Glade (inr) 275
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (dsc) 275
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 289
High Market

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.

Land
High Market (afc) 246
Jungle Hollow

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Jungle Hollow (dft) 256
Llanowar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Llanowar Wastes (dsc) 287
Mana Confluence

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Radiant Fountain

When this land enters, you gain 2 life. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Radiant Fountain (c21) 310
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (dsc) 295
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 285
Tainted Wood

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Wood (dsc) 305
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.

Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (mh2) 261

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Recursion

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Whip of Erebos

Creatures you control have lifelink. {2}{B}{B}, {T}: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact Enchantment
Whip of Erebos (dsc) 159

Recursion

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Untap

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Thousand-Year Elixir

You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste. {1}, {T}: Untap target creature.

Artifact
Thousand-Year Elixir (c21) 271

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Copy

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Marvin, Murderous Mimic

Marvin has all activated abilities of creatures you control that don't have the same name as this creature.

Creature Artifact
Marvin, Murderous Mimic (dsk) 253

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Draw

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Alhammarret's Archive

If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead. If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Artifact
Alhammarret's Archive (c21) 233
Bloodtracker

Flying {B}, Pay 2 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Bloodtracker (lcc) 186
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
Dark Confidant

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
Dark Confidant (j25) 114
Darkstar Augur

Offspring {B} (You may pay an additional {B} 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
Darkstar Augur (blb) 90
Greed

{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment
Greed (mh2) 274
Phyrexian Arena

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

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Silversmote Ghoul

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. {1}{B}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.

Creature
Silversmote Ghoul (c21) 154
The Great Henge

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. {T}: Add {G}{G}. You gain 2 life. Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it and draw a card.

Artifact
The Great Henge (cmm) 294
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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Lifegain

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Ageless Entity

Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Creature
Ageless Entity (c21) 184
Bloodthirsty Aerialist

Flying Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Bloodthirsty Aerialist (j25) 409
Bloodthirsty Conqueror

Flying, deathtouch Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Bloodthirsty Conqueror (fdn) 58
Essence Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Essence Warden (ltc) 242
Exquisite Blood

Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.

Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (lcc) 195
Honor Troll

Vigilance If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead. This creature gets +2/+1 as long as you have 25 or more life.

Creature
Honor Troll (stx) 134
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
Sangromancer (j25) 122
Shadowspear

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink. {1}: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Shadowspear (plst) THB-236
Vampire Nighthawk

Flying Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Vampire Nighthawk (j25) 503

Lifegain

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Removal

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Archdruid's Charm

Choose one — • Search your library for a creature or land card and reveal it. Put it onto the battlefield tapped if it's a land card. Otherwise, put it into your hand. Then shuffle. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. • Exile target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Archdruid's Charm (mkm) 151
Font of Agonies

Whenever you pay life, put that many blood counters on this enchantment. {1}{B}, Remove four blood counters from this enchantment: Destroy target creature.

Enchantment
Font of Agonies (rna) 74
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 (c21) 65
Retribution of the Ancients

{B}, Remove X +1/+1 counters from among creatures you control: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

Enchantment
Retribution of the Ancients (ktk) 85

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Counters

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Branching Evolution

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead.

Enchantment
Branching Evolution (mh3) 285
Corpsejack Menace

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.

Creature
Corpsejack Menace (pip) 214
Innkeeper's Talent

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. {G}: Level 2 Permanents you control with counters on them have ward {1}. {3}{G}: Level 3 If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment
Innkeeper's Talent (blb) 180
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.

Artifact
The Ozolith (iko) 237

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Enchantment

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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
Cryptolith Rite

Creatures you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

Enchantment
Cryptolith Rite (inr) 189
Death's Presence

Whenever a creature you control dies, put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the power of the creature that died.

Enchantment
Death's Presence (40k) 212
Grim Feast

At the beginning of your upkeep, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you. Whenever a creature is put into an opponent's graveyard from the battlefield, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Enchantment
Grim Feast (mir) 265
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 (pip) 200
Lifegift

Whenever a land enters, you may gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Lifegift (bok) 132
Necropotence

Skip your draw step. Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard. Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.

Enchantment
Necropotence (ima) 98
Tainted Remedy

If an opponent would gain life, that player loses that much life instead.

Enchantment
Tainted Remedy (ori) 120

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Proliferate

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Staff of Compleation

{T}, Pay 1 life: Destroy target permanent you own. {T}, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color. {T}, Pay 3 life: Proliferate. {T}, Pay 4 life: Draw a card. {5}: Untap this artifact.

Artifact
Staff of Compleation (one) 242

Proliferate

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Sorcery

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Blasphemous Edict

You may pay {B} rather than pay this spell's mana cost if there are thirteen or more creatures on the battlefield. Each player sacrifices thirteen creatures of their choice.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Edict (fdn) 57

Sorcery

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Tokens & Extras

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Darkstar Augur

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. (This token's mana cost is {2}{B}.)

Creature Token
Darkstar Augur (tblb) 11
Minion

Creature Token
Minion (tdde) 2
Pest

When this creature dies, you gain 1 life.

Creature Token
Pest (tblc) 34

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