The True Scriptures

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — For each opponent, destroy up to one target creature or planeswalker that player controls.
II — Each opponent discards three cards, then mills three cards.
III — Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).

Sheoldred

Menace
When Sheoldred enters, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature or planeswalker of their choice.
{4}{B}: Exile Sheoldred, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.

Sheoldred // The True Scriptures

Mortivore

Mortivore's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards.
{B}: Regenerate this creature. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Archfiend of Depravity

Flying
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, that player chooses up to two creatures they control, then sacrifices the rest.

Soul Shatter

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

Hypnotic Specter

Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.

Distress

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Reanimate

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Exsanguinate

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

Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Rotting Rats

When this creature enters, each player discards a card.
Unearth {1}{B} ({1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Rankle, Master of Pranks

Flying, haste
Whenever Rankle deals combat damage to a player, choose any number —
• Each player discards a card.
• Each player loses 1 life and draws a card.
• Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Smallpox

Each player loses 1 life, discards a card, sacrifices a creature of their choice, then sacrifices a land of their choice.

To the Slaughter

Target player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice.
Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, instead that player sacrifices a creature and a planeswalker of their choice.

Jet Medallion

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

Fleshbag Marauder

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Tourach, Dread Cantor

Kicker {B}{B} (You may pay an additional {B}{B} as you cast this spell.)
Protection from white
Whenever an opponent discards a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Tourach.
When Tourach enters, if it was kicked, target opponent discards two cards at random.

Unearth

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Vampiric Tutor

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

Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Harsh Scrutiny

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature card from it. That player discards that card. Scry 1.

Syphon Mind

Each other player discards a card. You draw a card for each card discarded this way.

Dark Deal

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

Thoughtseize

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. You lose 2 life.

Blood Artist

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

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.

Liliana's Triumph

Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you control a Liliana planeswalker, each opponent also discards a card.

Barter in Blood

Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

Liliana of the Veil

+1: Each player discards a card.
−2: Target player sacrifices a creature.
−6: Separate all permanents target player controls into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of their choice.

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.)

Tergrid's Lantern

{T}: Target player loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.
{3}{B}: Untap Tergrid's Lantern.

Tergrid, God of Fright

Menace
Whenever an opponent sacrifices a nontoken permanent or discards a permanent card, you may put that card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern

Big Game Hunter

When this creature enters, destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. It can't be regenerated.
Madness {B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

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.

Barren Moor

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.
Cycling {B} ({B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Mutilate

All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

Grief

Menace
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Evoke—Exile a black card from your hand.

Liliana, Waker of the Dead

+1: Each player discards a card. Each opponent who can't loses 3 life.
−3: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard.
−7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste."

Liliana, Defiant Necromancer

+2: Each player discards a card.
−X: Return target nonlegendary creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield.
−8: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature dies, return it to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step."

Liliana, Heretical Healer

Lifelink
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, exile Liliana, Heretical Healer, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer

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.)

Sudden Edict

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Target player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Liliana Vess

+1: Target player discards a card.
−2: Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top.
−8: Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.

Chainer's Edict

Target player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Flashback {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Mire in Misery

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or enchantment of their choice.

Defile

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

Beseech the Queen

({2/B} can be paid with any two mana or with {B}. This card's mana value is 6.)
Search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to the number of lands you control, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Swamp

Merciless Executioner

Master of the Feast

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent draws a card.

Entomber Exarch

When this creature enters, choose one —
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature card from it. That player discards that card.

Sheoldred, Whispering One

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Persist

Return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.

Unnerve

Invoke Despair

Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If they can't, they lose 2 life and you draw a card. Then repeat this process for an enchantment and a planeswalker.

Flay Essence

Exile target creature or planeswalker. You gain life equal to the number of counters on it.

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.)

Cabal Coffers

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

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

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

Tourach's Canticle

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card, then discards a card at random.

Witch-king of Angmar

Flying
Whenever one or more creatures deal combat damage to you, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice that dealt combat damage to you this turn. The Ring tempts you.
Discard a card: Witch-king of Angmar gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Innocent Blood

Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Duress

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Geier Reach Sanitarium

{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Extract the Truth

Choose one —
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You may choose a creature, enchantment, or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card.
• Target opponent sacrifices an enchantment of their choice.

Tergrid's Shadow

Each player sacrifices two creatures.
Foretell {2}{B}{B} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Tinybones, Trinket Thief

At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent discarded a card this turn, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
{4}{B}{B}: Each opponent with no cards in hand loses 10 life.

Megrim

Whenever an opponent discards a card, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player.

Nirkana Revenant

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

Bloodgift Demon

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, target player draws a card and loses 1 life.

Virus Beetle

When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.

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.)

The Raven Man

At the beginning of each end step, if a player discarded a card this turn, create a 1/1 black Bird creature token with flying and "This token can't block."
{3}{B}, {T}: Each opponent discards a card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Professor Onyx

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
+1: You lose 1 life. Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
−3: Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls.
−8: Each opponent may discard a card. If they don't, they lose 3 life. Repeat this process six more times.

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

{T}: Add {B}.
Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.