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Soul-Melting Horrors
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Est deck cost: $335.20
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Commander

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Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Flying Ward—Pay 2 life. Whenever an opponent loses life for the first time during each of their turns, put a +1/+1 counter on Valgavoth and draw a card.

Creature
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls (dsc) 6

Commander

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Group Slug Pieces

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Blood Artist

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

Creature
Blood Artist (c17) 99
Blood Seeker

Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may have that player lose 1 life.

Creature
Blood Seeker (zen) 80
Cemetery Gatekeeper

First strike When this creature enters, exile a card from a graveyard. Whenever a player plays a land or casts a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

Creature
Cemetery Gatekeeper (vow) 304
Fate Unraveler

Whenever an opponent draws a card, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.

Creature Enchantment
Fate Unraveler (dsc) 141
Gleeful Arsonist

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, this creature deals damage equal to its power to that player. 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.)

Creature
Gleeful Arsonist (dsc) 27
Kederekt Parasite

Whenever an opponent draws a card, if you control a red permanent, you may have this creature deal 1 damage to that player.

Creature
Kederekt Parasite (dsc) 144
Manabarbs

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Manabarbs (m12) 150
Mayhem Devil

Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Mayhem Devil (dsc) 225
Mogis, God of Slaughter

Indestructible As long as your devotion to black and red is less than seven, Mogis isn't a creature. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Mogis deals 2 damage to that player unless they sacrifice a creature of their choice.

Creature Enchantment
Mogis, God of Slaughter (dsc) 89
Painful Quandary

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.

Enchantment
Painful Quandary (fdn) 179
Perforating Artist

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Creature
Perforating Artist (fdn) 124
Persistent Constrictor

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they lose 1 life and you put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature they control. Persist (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.)

Creature
Persistent Constrictor (dsc) 22
Rampaging Ferocidon

Menace Players can't gain life. Whenever another creature enters, this creature deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.

Creature
Rampaging Ferocidon (dsc) 167
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 (eld) 104
Roiling Vortex

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 1 damage to them. Whenever a player casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast that spell, this enchantment deals 5 damage to that player. {R}: Your opponents can't gain life this turn.

Enchantment
Roiling Vortex (pznr) 156p
Rug of Smothering

Flying Whenever a player casts a spell, they lose 1 life for each spell they've cast this turn.

Creature Artifact
Rug of Smothering (clb) 336
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
Underworld Dreams

Whenever an opponent draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Underworld Dreams (thb) 121

Group Slug Pieces

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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 (onc) 125
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (sld) 1170
Descent into Avernus

At the beginning of your upkeep, put two descent counters on this enchantment. Then each player creates X Treasure tokens and this enchantment deals X damage to each player, where X is the number of descent counters on this enchantment.

Enchantment
Descent into Avernus (clb) 169
Honored Heirloom

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {2}, {T}: Exile target card from a graveyard.

Artifact
Honored Heirloom (vow) 257
Rakdos Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (dsc) 250
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (onc) 140
Thought Vessel

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

Artifact
Thought Vessel (dsc) 256
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 (tdc) 335

Ramp

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Boardwipes

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Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (cmr) 162
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
Chandra's Ignition

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each other creature and each opponent.

Sorcery
Chandra's Ignition (m3c) 209
Deadly Tempest

Destroy all creatures. Each player loses life equal to the number of creatures they controlled that were destroyed this way.

Sorcery
Deadly Tempest (c21) 140
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (c15) 170

Boardwipes

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Healing

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Basilisk Collar

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Basilisk Collar (dsc) 241
Raphael, Fiendish Savior

Flying Other Demons, Devils, Imps, and Tieflings you control get +1/+1 and have lifelink. At the beginning of each end step, if a creature card was put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Creature
Raphael, Fiendish Savior (clb) 292

Healing

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Removal

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Abrade

Choose one — • Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature. • Destroy target artifact.

Instant
Abrade (inr) 139
Bedevil

Destroy target artifact, creature, or planeswalker.

Instant
Bedevil (dsc) 84
Boggart Trawler

Creature
Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog (mh3) 243Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog (mh3) 243
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (mkc) 149
Cut

Sorcery
Cut // Ribbons (akh) 223
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 (cmm) 159
Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Infernal Grasp (inr) 119
Rakdos Charm

Choose one — • Exile target player's graveyard. • Destroy target artifact. • Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Instant
Rakdos Charm (dsc) 229
Suspended Sentence

Destroy target creature an opponent controls. That player loses 3 life. Exile Suspended Sentence with three time counters on it. Suspend 3—{1}{B} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{B} and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)

Instant
Suspended Sentence (dsc) 25
Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terminate (scd) 249
Withering Torment

Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Withering Torment (dsk) 124

Removal

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Draw

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Bloodsoaked Insight

Sorcery
Bloodsoaked Insight // Sanguine Morass (mh3) 252Bloodsoaked Insight // Sanguine Morass (mh3) 252
Caustic Bronco

Whenever this creature attacks, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. You lose life equal to that card's mana value if this creature isn't saddled. Otherwise, each opponent loses that much life. Saddle 3 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Caustic Bronco (otj) 82
Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Night's Whisper (dsc) 79
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos

Flying, trample At the beginning of your end step, target opponent may sacrifice two nonland, nontoken permanents of their choice. If they don't, you draw two cards.

Creature
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos (mkm) 224
Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Read the Bones (ddp) 56
Risky Shortcut

Draw two cards. Each player loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Risky Shortcut (dft) 103
Seize the Spoils

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Seize the Spoils (j25) 141
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (m10) 112
Theater of Horrors

At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. During your turn, if an opponent lost life this turn, you may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this enchantment. {3}{R}: This enchantment deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.

Enchantment
Theater of Horrors (dsc) 236
Unexpected Windfall

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Unexpected Windfall (afr) 164

Draw

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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
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (scd) 297
Dragonskull Summit

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Dragonskull Summit (dsc) 271
Foreboding Ruins

As this land enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Foreboding Ruins (lcc) 330
Graven Cairns

{T}: Add {C}. {B/R}, {T}: Add {B}{B}, {B}{R}, or {R}{R}.

Land
Graven Cairns (dsc) 280
Leechridden Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.) This land enters tapped. {B}, {T}: Each opponent loses 1 life. Activate only if you control two or more black permanents.

Land
Leechridden Swamp (dsc) 286
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (dsk) 284
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 (znc) 135
Rakdos Carnarium

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Land
Rakdos Carnarium (c17) 270
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (m19) 254
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (fdn) 264
Shadowblood Ridge

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Land
Shadowblood Ridge (otc) 317
Shivan Gorge

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{R}, {T}: Shivan Gorge deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Land
Shivan Gorge (dsc) 297
Smoldering Marsh

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Smoldering Marsh (dsc) 299
Sulfurous Springs

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

Land
Sulfurous Springs (dsc) 301
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dsk) 282
Temple of Malice

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Malice (dsc) 310
Valgavoth's Lair

Hexproof This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Land Enchantment
Valgavoth's Lair (dsk) 271
Witch's Clinic

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Target commander gains lifelink until end of turn.

Land
Witch's Clinic (dsc) 325

Land

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Synergy

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Demonic Counsel

Search your library for a Demon card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, instead search your library for any card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Counsel (dsk) 92
Rakdos, Lord of Riots

You can't cast Rakdos unless an opponent lost life this turn. Flying, trample Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.

Creature
Rakdos, Lord of Riots (dsc) 230

Synergy

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Goad

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Disrupt Decorum

Goad all creatures you don't control. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Sorcery
Disrupt Decorum (cmm) 215
Frenzied Gorespawn

When this creature enters, for each opponent, goad target creature that player controls. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.) Whenever one or more creatures attack one of your opponents, those creatures gain menace until end of turn.

Creature
Frenzied Gorespawn (clu) 32
Kardur, Doomscourge

When Kardur enters, until your next turn, creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able. Whenever an attacking creature dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Kardur, Doomscourge (khm) 216
Shiny Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Shiny Impetus (clb) 194
Spectacular Showdown

Put a double strike counter on target creature, then goad each creature that had a double strike counter put on it this way. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.) Overload {4}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Spectacular Showdown (mkc) 162
Vengeful Ancestor

Flying Whenever this creature enters or attacks, goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever a goaded creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to its controller.

Creature
Vengeful Ancestor (mkc) 163

Goad

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Protection

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Champion's Helm

Equipped creature gets +2/+2. As long as equipped creature is legendary, it has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Champion's Helm (cmm) 654
Hellish Rebuke

Until end of turn, permanents your opponents control gain "When this permanent deals damage to the player who cast Hellish Rebuke, sacrifice this permanent. You lose 2 life."

Instant
Hellish Rebuke (afc) 295
Malakir Rebirth

Instant
Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111
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
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 (tdc) 328

Protection

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Maybeboard

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Nightshade Harvester

Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, that player loses 1 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Nightshade Harvester (dsc) 150

Maybeboard

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