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Big Black Val
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Valgavoth, Terror Eater

Flying, lifelink Ward—Sacrifice three nonland permanents. If a card you didn't control would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead. During your turn, you may play cards exiled with Valgavoth. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.

Creature
Valgavoth, Terror Eater (dsk) 120

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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 (plst) KLD-192
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
Exsanguinate

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

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (j25) 437
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
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Deathtouch Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life. Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.

Creature
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (dmu) 107
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

Lifegain

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Ramp Late

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Black Market

Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on this enchantment. At the beginning of your first main phase, add {B} for each charge counter on this enchantment.

Enchantment
Black Market (pip) 183
Caged Sun

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a land's ability causes you to add one or more mana of the chosen color, add one additional mana of that color.

Artifact
Caged Sun (40k) 231
Gauntlet of Power

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a basic land is tapped for mana of the chosen color, its controller adds an additional one mana of that color.

Artifact
Gauntlet of Power (dmr) 223
Geode Golem

Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may cast your commander from the command zone without paying its mana cost. (You still pay any additional costs.)

Creature Artifact
Geode Golem (cmm) 386
Gilded Lotus

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

Artifact
Gilded Lotus (blc) 271
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Lifelink For each {B} in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana. Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.

Creature
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth (mh3) 274
Nirkana Revenant

Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}. {B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Nirkana Revenant (voc) 134
Sceptre of Eternal Glory

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only if you control three or more lands with the same name.

Artifact
Sceptre of Eternal Glory (40k) 166
Throne of Eldraine

As Throne of Eldraine enters, choose a color. {T}: Add four mana of the chosen color. Spend this mana only to cast monocolored spells of that color. {3}, {T}: Draw two cards. Spend only mana of the chosen color to activate this ability.

Artifact
Throne of Eldraine (woc) 28

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Board Wipe

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Massacre Girl

Menace When Massacre Girl enters, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Creature
Massacre Girl (dsc) 146
The Meathook Massacre

When The Meathook Massacre enters, 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.

Enchantment
The Meathook Massacre (inr) 122
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

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Mill

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Altar of the Brood

Whenever another permanent you control enters, each opponent mills a card.

Artifact
Altar of the Brood (ktk) 216
Dark Deal

Each player discards all the cards in their hand, then draws that many cards minus one.

Sorcery
Dark Deal (frf) 66
Mesmeric Orb

Whenever a permanent becomes untapped, that permanent's controller mills a card.

Artifact
Mesmeric Orb (2xm) 272
Mindcrank

Whenever an opponent loses life, that player mills that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Artifact
Mindcrank (clb) 866
Mindwrack Harpy

Flying At the beginning of combat on your turn, each player mills three cards.

Creature Enchantment
Mindwrack Harpy (cmm) 869

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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
Dread Return

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Dread Return (cmm) 153
Phyrexian Reclamation

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Reclamation (j22) 124
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
Unseal the Necropolis

Each player mills three cards. Then you return up to two creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, a player puts the top three cards of their library into their graveyard.)

Instant
Unseal the Necropolis (mom) 128
Witch's Cottage

({T}: Add {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Swamps. When this land enters untapped, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Witch's Cottage (eld) 249

Recursion

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Draw

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Archon of Cruelty

Flying Whenever this creature enters or attacks, target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice, discards a card, and loses 3 life. You draw a card and gain 3 life.

Creature
Archon of Cruelty (mh2) 75
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
Phyrexian Arena

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

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Twilight Prophet

Flying Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.

Creature
Twilight Prophet (mkc) 143
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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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
No Mercy

Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.

Enchantment
No Mercy (dmr) 95
Undying Malice

Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it."

Instant
Undying Malice (vow) 134

Protection

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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
Deadly Rollick

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Exile target creature.

Instant
Deadly Rollick (cmm) 147
Defile

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

Instant
Defile (40k) 199
Force of Despair

If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy all creatures that entered this turn.

Instant
Force of Despair (mh1) 92
Grisly Spectacle

Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller mills cards equal to that creature's power.

Instant
Grisly Spectacle (ima) 92
Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Infernal Grasp (inr) 119
Snuff Out

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Snuff Out (mb2) 187
Soul Shatter

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the highest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

Instant
Soul Shatter (scd) 108
Vona's Hunger

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you have the city's blessing, instead each opponent sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up.

Instant
Vona's Hunger (rix) 90
Withering Torment

Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Withering Torment (dsk) 124

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Land

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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
Command Beacon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.

Land
Command Beacon (otc) 279
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (drc) 155
Mana Confluence

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

Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (dsc) 289
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 285
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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

Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287

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Ramp

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Ancient Cellarspawn

Each spell you cast that's a Demon, Horror, or Nightmare costs {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast it was less than its mana value, target opponent loses life equal to the difference.

Creature Enchantment
Ancient Cellarspawn (dsc) 16
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
Charcoal Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}.

Artifact
Charcoal Diamond (clb) 305
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 (usg) 127
Expedition Map

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Expedition Map (j22) 765
Extraplanar Lens

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile target land you control. Whenever a land with the same name as the exiled card is tapped for mana, its controller adds one mana of any type that land produced.

Artifact
Extraplanar Lens (cmm) 381
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (dsc) 245
Jet Medallion

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

Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (dsc) 94
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

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Tutor

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Demonic Tutor

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

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150
Grim Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life.

Sorcery
Grim Tutor (m21) 103
Hoarding Broodlord

Convoke Flying When this creature enters, search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. For as long as that card remains exiled, you may play it. Spells you cast from exile have convoke.

Creature
Hoarding Broodlord (mom) 110
Imperial Seal

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Imperial Seal (2x2) 79
Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 108

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Maybeboard

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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
Breach the Multiverse

Each player mills ten cards. For each player, choose a creature or planeswalker card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. Then each creature you control becomes a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.

Sorcery
Breach the Multiverse (mom) 94
Cabal Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}. Threshold — Add {B}{B}{B}{B}{B} instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Instant
Cabal Ritual (tor) 51
Chrome Mox

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand. {T}: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.

Artifact
Chrome Mox (2xm) 240
Darkness

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant
Darkness (40k) 197
Leaden Myr

{T}: Add {B}.

Creature Artifact
Leaden Myr (som) 170
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
Massacre Wurm (dsc) 147
Peer into the Abyss

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

Sorcery
Peer into the Abyss (plst) M21-117
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree

{2}, {T}: Target opponent mills three cards. Put a land card from their graveyard onto the battlefield tapped under your control. It gains "If this land would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else." {10}, {T}, Sacrifice Realmbreaker: Search your library for any number of Praetor cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Artifact
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree (mom) 263
Stinging Study

You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone.

Instant
Stinging Study (c21) 44
Torment of Hailfire

Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Sorcery
Torment of Hailfire (plst) HOU-77

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