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Shadow: Attack and Sack
Deck Size: 110
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Est deck cost: $633.08
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Shadow, Mysterious Assassin

Deathtouch Throw — Whenever Shadow deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice another nonland permanent. If you do, draw two cards and each opponent loses life equal to the mana value of the sacrificed permanent.

Creature
Shadow, Mysterious Assassin (fic) 148

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Burn

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Shadow of Mortality

If your life total is less than your starting life total, this spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the difference.

Creature
Shadow of Mortality (snc) 94

Burn

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Commander Protection

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Ace's Baseball Bat

Equipped creature gets +3/+0. As long as equipped creature is attacking, it has first strike and must be blocked by a Dalek if able. Equip legendary creature {1} Equip {3}

Artifact
Ace's Baseball Bat (who) 170
Chariot of Victory

Equipped creature has first strike, trample, and haste. Equip {1}

Artifact
Chariot of Victory (jou) 159
Fireshrieker

Equipped creature has double strike. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Fireshrieker (j25) 750
Jousting Lance

Equipped creature gets +2/+0. During your turn, equipped creature has first strike. Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Jousting Lance (j22) 779
Lightning Greaves

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

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (tdc) 102
No-Dachi

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has first strike. Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
No-Dachi (chk) 264
Power Matrix

{T}: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying, first strike, and trample until end of turn.

Artifact
Power Matrix (mb2) 229
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

Commander Protection

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Creature

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Brotherhood Ambushers

Freerunning {3}{B} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)

Creature
Brotherhood Ambushers (acr) 285
Dross Golem

Affinity for Swamps (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Swamp you control.) Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Creature Artifact
Dross Golem (dst) 119
Interceptor, Shadow's Hound

Menace Assassins you control have menace. Whenever you attack with one or more legendary creatures, you may pay {2}{B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.

Creature
Interceptor, Shadow's Hound (fic) 47

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Drain

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Agent of the Iron Throne

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever an artifact or creature you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life."

Enchantment
Agent of the Iron Throne (clb) 107
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 (tdc) 171
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
Bloodletter of Aclazotz

Flying If an opponent would lose life during your turn, they lose twice that much life instead. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Bloodletter of Aclazotz (lci) 92
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
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
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
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
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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Draw

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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
Black Market Connections

At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more — • Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life. • Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life. • Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)

Enchantment
Black Market Connections (acr) 87
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
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
Dark Prophecy

Whenever a creature you control dies, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Dark Prophecy (m14) 93
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted

Indestructible As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. Whenever another creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card. {1}{B}, Sacrifice another creature: Target creature gets -2/-1 until end of turn.

Creature Enchantment
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted (cmm) 868
God-Eternal Bontu

Menace When God-Eternal Bontu enters, sacrifice any number of other permanents, then draw that many cards. When God-Eternal Bontu dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.

Creature
God-Eternal Bontu (war) 92
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

Draw

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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
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (tdm) 281
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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

Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287

Land

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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 (tdc) 105
Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (cmm) 368
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
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 (mb2) 177
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
Phyrexian Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Phyrexian Altar (2x2) 311
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (tdc) 106
The Golden Throne

Arcane Life-support — If you would lose the game, instead exile The Golden Throne and your life total becomes 1. A Thousand Souls Die Every Day — {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add three mana in any combination of colors.

Artifact
The Golden Throne (40k) 157
Thought Vessel

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

Artifact
Thought Vessel (dsc) 256

Ramp

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Recursion

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Tortured Existence

{B}, Discard a creature card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Tortured Existence (plst) STH-74
Virtue of Persistence

Enchantment
Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn (woe) 115

Recursion

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Recursion Payoff

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Altar of Bhaal

Artifact
Altar of Bhaal // Bone Offering (clb) 109
Cult Conscript

This creature enters tapped. {1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only if a non-Skeleton creature died under your control this turn.

Creature
Cult Conscript (dmu) 88
Defiled Crypt

Enchantment
Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab (dsk) 91
Gravecrawler

This creature can't block. You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.

Creature
Gravecrawler (tdc) 93
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
Puppeteer Clique

Flying When this creature enters, put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste. At the beginning of your next end step, exile it. 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
Puppeteer Clique (woc) 115
Putrid Goblin

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
Putrid Goblin (plst) MH1-101
Reassembling Skeleton

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

Creature
Reassembling Skeleton (tdc) 195
Skeleton Crew

Each other creature you control that's a Skeleton or Pirate gets +1/+1. Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Skeleton Pirate creature token. (This ability triggers only from the battlefield.) {5}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Skeleton Crew (lcc) 85
Thran Vigil

Whenever one or more artifact and/or creature cards leave your graveyard during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Thran Vigil (bro) 114

Recursion Payoff

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Removal

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Attrition

{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Destroy target nonblack creature.

Enchantment
Attrition (cmd) 72
Avatar of Woe

If there are ten or more creature cards total in all graveyards, this spell costs {6} less to cast. Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) {T}: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Creature
Avatar of Woe (cm2) 57
Grave Pact

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

Enchantment
Grave Pact (cmm) 165
Hidden Blade

Flash When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. If that creature is an Assassin, it gains deathtouch until end of turn. Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has first strike. Equip {2}

Artifact
Hidden Blade (acr) 73
King's Assassin

{T}: Destroy target tapped creature. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

Creature
King's Assassin (mb2) 43
Royal Assassin

{T}: Destroy target tapped creature.

Creature
Royal Assassin (acr) 93

Removal

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Sac Outlet

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Altar of Dementia

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Artifact
Altar of Dementia (mh1) 218
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 (tdc) 199
Warren Soultrader

Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Warren Soultrader (mh3) 110
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 (tdc) 201

Sac Outlet

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Tokens

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Desecrated Tomb

Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.

Artifact
Desecrated Tomb (m19) 230
Moonsilver Spear

Equipped creature has first strike. Whenever equipped creature attacks, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. Equip {4}

Artifact
Moonsilver Spear (afc) 212
Ophiomancer

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

Creature
Ophiomancer (tdc) 193
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

Tokens

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Tutor

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Beseech the Mirror

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. If this spell was bargained, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost if that spell's mana value is 4 or less. Put the exiled card into your hand if it wasn't cast this way.

Sorcery
Beseech the Mirror (woe) 82
Buried Alive

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

Sorcery
Buried Alive (mh3) 273
Entomb

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

Instant
Entomb (dmr) 82
Profane Tutor

Suspend 2—{1}{B} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {1}{B} and exile it with two 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.) Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Profane Tutor (mh2) 97
Scheming Symmetry

Choose two target players. Each of them searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top.

Sorcery
Scheming Symmetry (m20) 113
Wishclaw Talisman

This artifact enters with three wish counters on it. {1}, {T}, Remove a wish counter from this artifact: Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. An opponent gains control of this artifact. Activate only during your turn.

Artifact
Wishclaw Talisman (mb2) 51

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