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Essence Extortion
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $231.32
Salt sum: 38.7
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Commander

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Gollum, Obsessed Stalker

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) At the beginning of your end step, each opponent dealt combat damage this game by a creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.

Creature
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker (ltc) 26

Commander

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Burn

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Creeping Chill

Creeping Chill deals 3 damage to each opponent and you gain 3 life. When Creeping Chill is put into your graveyard from your library, you may exile it. If you do, Creeping Chill deals 3 damage to each opponent and you gain 3 life.

Sorcery
Creeping Chill (grn) 66
Sorin's Vengeance

Sorin's Vengeance deals 10 damage to target player or planeswalker and you gain 10 life.

Sorcery
Sorin's Vengeance (plst) M12-111

Burn

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Discard

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Vicious Rumors

Vicious Rumors deals 1 damage to each opponent. Each opponent discards a card, then mills a card. You gain 1 life.

Sorcery
Vicious Rumors (grn) 89

Discard

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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
Marauding Blight-Priest

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Marauding Blight-Priest (j22) 439
Sanguine Bond

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

Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (ltc) 208
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life. {3}{B}{B}: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

Creature
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose (j25) 71

Drain

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Draw

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Bilbo's Ring

During your turn, equipped creature has hexproof and can't be blocked. Whenever equipped creature attacks alone, you draw a card and you lose 1 life. Equip Halfling {1} ({1}: Attach to target Halfling you control. Equip only as a sorcery.) Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Bilbo's Ring (ltr) 397
Clackbridge Troll

Trample, haste When this creature enters, target opponent creates three 0/1 white Goat creature tokens. At the beginning of combat on your turn, any opponent may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If a player does, tap this creature, you gain 3 life, and you draw a card.

Creature
Clackbridge Troll (eld) 84
Cosmos Elixir

At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if your life total is greater than your starting life total. Otherwise, you gain 2 life.

Artifact
Cosmos Elixir (khm) 237
Demonic Pact

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one that hasn't been chosen — • This enchantment deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life. • Target opponent discards two cards. • Draw two cards. • You lose the game.

Enchantment
Demonic Pact (ori) 92
Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Night's Whisper (j25) 471
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
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
Warlock Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, each opponent loses 1 life. {1}{B}: Level 2 When this Class becomes level 2, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. {6}{B}: Level 3 At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life they lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Enchantment
Warlock Class (afr) 125
Well of Lost Dreams

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

Artifact
Well of Lost Dreams (ltc) 291

Draw

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Evasion

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Prowler's Helm

Equipped creature can't be blocked except by Walls. Equip {2}

Artifact
Prowler's Helm (ths) 219

Evasion

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Finisher

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Exsanguinate

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

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (j25) 437

Finisher

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Land

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Access Tunnel

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Access Tunnel (otc) 270
Bojuka Bog

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

Land
Bojuka Bog (dsc) 265
High Market

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

Land
High Market (afc) 246
Radiant Fountain

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

Land
Radiant Fountain (c21) 310
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Shizo, Death's Storehouse

{T}: Add {B}. {B}, {T}: Target legendary creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Land
Shizo, Death's Storehouse (dmc) 233
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 284

Land

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Lifegain

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Banehound

Lifelink, haste

Creature
Banehound (war) 77
Basilica Screecher

Flying 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.)

Creature
Basilica Screecher (clu) 105
Blood Burglar

During your turn, this creature has lifelink.(Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Blood Burglar (j25) 406
Blood Tithe

Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery
Blood Tithe (m11) 84
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
Exquisite Blood

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

Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (lcc) 195
Pontiff of Blight

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.) Other creatures you control have extort. (If a creature has multiple instances of extort, each triggers separately.)

Creature
Pontiff of Blight (clb) 768
Shard of the Nightbringer

Flying Drain Life — When this creature enters, if you cast it, target opponent loses half their life, rounded up. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Creature
Shard of the Nightbringer (40k) 55
Syndicate Enforcer

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.)

Creature
Syndicate Enforcer (clu) 123
Thrull Parasite

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.) {T}, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.

Creature
Thrull Parasite (plst) GTC-81
Venser's Journal

You have no maximum hand size. At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.

Artifact
Venser's Journal (c21) 273

Lifegain

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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 {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (drc) 55
Revenge of Ravens

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Revenge of Ravens (ltc) 207
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

Protection

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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 (drc) 52
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 (drc) 124
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
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
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Pristine Talisman

{T}: Add {C}. You gain 1 life.

Artifact
Pristine Talisman (ltc) 283
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (drc) 56
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

Ramp

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Recursion

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Elixir of Immortality

{2}, {T}: You gain 5 life. Shuffle this artifact and your graveyard into their owner's library.

Artifact
Elixir of Immortality (c21) 243
Witch of the Moors

Deathtouch At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice and you return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Witch of the Moors (otc) 152

Recursion

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Removal

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Baleful Mastery

You may pay {1}{B} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the {1}{B} cost was paid, an opponent draws a card. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Baleful Mastery (otc) 126
Battle at the Bridge

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.

Sorcery
Battle at the Bridge (aer) 53
Breathe Your Last

Destroy target creature or planeswalker. You gain 1 life for each of its colors.

Instant
Breathe Your Last (mh3) 82
Consume Spirit

Spend only black mana on X. Consume Spirit deals X damage to any target and you gain X life.

Sorcery
Consume Spirit (plst) DDC-56
Crypt Incursion

Exile all creature cards from target player's graveyard. You gain 3 life for each card exiled this way.

Instant
Crypt Incursion (ltc) 198
Erebos's Intervention

Choose one — • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life. • Exile up to twice X target cards from graveyards.

Instant
Erebos's Intervention (thb) 94
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
Gollum's Bite

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. {3}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: The Ring tempts you. Activate only as a sorcery.

Instant
Gollum's Bite (ltr) 85
Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Infernal Grasp (inr) 119
March of Wretched Sorrow

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of black cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. March of Wretched Sorrow deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life.

Instant
March of Wretched Sorrow (neo) 111
Noxious Gearhulk

Menace When this creature enters, you may destroy another target creature. If a creature is destroyed this way, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Creature Artifact
Noxious Gearhulk (dsc) 151
Parasitic Grasp

Cleave {1}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Parasitic Grasp deals 3 damage to target [Human] creature. You gain 3 life.

Instant
Parasitic Grasp (vow) 123
Rooftop Assassin

Flash Flying, lifelink When this creature enters, destroy target creature an opponent controls that was dealt damage this turn.

Creature
Rooftop Assassin (otj) 103
Saw in Half

Destroy target creature. If that creature dies this way, its controller creates two tokens that are copies of that creature, except their power is half that creature's power and their toughness is half that creature's toughness. Round up each time.

Instant
Saw in Half (blc) 113
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 (inr) 134

Removal

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Sac Outlet

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Zuran Orb

Sacrifice a land: You gain 2 life.

Artifact
Zuran Orb (mh2) 300

Sac Outlet

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Tutor

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Final Parting

Search your library for two cards. Put one into your hand and the other into your graveyard. Then shuffle.

Sorcery
Final Parting (cmm) 160

Tutor

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{"ops":[{"insert":"Gollum likes to touch.. Once he has had his fingers on everyone, gain life and watch them die!\n"}]}
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