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Life Drain
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Commander

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Queza, Augur of Agonies

Whenever you draw a card, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Queza, Augur of Agonies (snc) 326

Commander

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Instant

Qty: 12 Price: $12.40
Awe Strike

The next time target creature would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.

Instant
Awe Strike (mrd) 6
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (usg) 127
Dazzling Reflection

You gain life equal to target creature's power. The next time that creature would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.

Instant
Dazzling Reflection (ogw) 17
Drown in Dreams

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Target player draws X cards. • Target player mills twice X cards.

Instant
Drown in Dreams (mic) 13
Evacuation

Return all creatures to their owners' hands.

Instant
Evacuation (m3c) 184
Learn from the Past

Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library. Draw a card.

Instant
Learn from the Past (ltc) 192
Nightmare's Thirst

You gain 1 life. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Instant
Nightmare's Thirst (m19) 111
Orim's Chant

Kicker {W} (You may pay an additional {W} as you cast this spell.) Target player can't cast spells this turn. If this spell was kicked, creatures can't attack this turn.

Instant
Orim's Chant (mh3) 265
Riot Control

You gain 1 life for each creature your opponents control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn.

Instant
Riot Control (dgm) 6
Safe Passage

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and creatures you control this turn.

Instant
Safe Passage (m13) 30
Shelter

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Shelter (mh1) 28
War Report

You gain life equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield plus the number of artifacts on the battlefield.

Instant
War Report (nph) 26

Instant

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Artifact

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Aether Syphon

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) {2}, {T}: Draw a card. Max speed — Whenever you draw a card, each opponent mills two cards. (Each opponent puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)

Artifact
Aether Syphon (dft) 38
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire

When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters, if you cast it, draw five cards. You have no maximum hand size and don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. Whenever you gain life, draw that many cards. Whenever you lose life, discard that many cards. Then if you have no cards in hand, you lose the game.

Artifact
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire (dsk) 308
Phial of Galadriel

If you would draw a card while you have no cards in hand, draw two cards instead. If you would gain life while you have 5 or less life, you gain twice that much life instead. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Phial of Galadriel (ltr) 248
Pristine Talisman

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

Artifact
Pristine Talisman (brr) 43
Starting Column

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) {T}: Add one mana of any color. Max speed — {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Artifact
Starting Column (dft) 244
Thought Vessel

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

Artifact
Thought Vessel (who) 255
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 (c21) 275

Artifact

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Land

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Avishkar Raceway

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) {T}: Add {C}. Max speed — {3}, {T}, Discard a card: Draw a card.

Land
Avishkar Raceway (dft) 249
Drifting Meadow

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Drifting Meadow (ath) 72
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (dmc) 208
Forsaken Sanctuary

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Forsaken Sanctuary (c18) 247
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (stx) 369
Mortuary Mire

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Mortuary Mire (j22) 817
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (cmr) 505
Spawning Pool

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}: This land becomes a 1/1 black Skeleton creature with "{B}: Regenerate this creature" until end of turn. It's still a land. (If it regenerates, the next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Land
Spawning Pool (ulg) 142
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (scd) 344
Thriving Heath

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than white. {T}: Add {W} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Heath (j25) 777
Thriving Moor

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than black. {T}: Add {B} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Moor (moc) 442
Uncharted Haven

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

Land
Uncharted Haven (neo) 281

Land

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Creature

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Angel of Vitality

Flying If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead. This creature gets +2/+2 as long as you have 25 or more life.

Creature
Angel of Vitality (j25) 162
Blood Artist

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

Creature
Blood Artist (j22) 117
Blood Seeker

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

Creature
Blood Seeker (m12) 81
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
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
Celestine, the Living Saint

Flying, lifelink Healing Tears — At the beginning of your end step, return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Creature
Celestine, the Living Saint (40k) 10
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 (j22) 21
Daxos, Blessed by the Sun

Daxos's toughness is equal to your devotion to white. (Each {W} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to white.) Whenever another creature you control enters or dies, you gain 1 life.

Creature Enchantment
Daxos, Blessed by the Sun (thb) 258
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Deathtouch Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life. Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim (dmu) 198
Epicure of Blood

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Epicure of Blood (j22) 411
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 (scd) 80
Heliod, Sun-Crowned

Indestructible As long as your devotion to white is less than five, Heliod isn't a creature. Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or enchantment you control. {1}{W}: Another target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.

Creature Enchantment
Heliod, Sun-Crowned (thb) 259
Loyal Drake

Flying Lieutenant — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, draw a card.

Creature
Loyal Drake (cmm) 104
Marauding Blight-Priest

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Marauding Blight-Priest (j22) 439
Nadir Kraken

Whenever you draw a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.

Creature
Nadir Kraken (mkc) 112
Oathsworn Vampire

This creature enters tapped. You may cast this card from your graveyard if you gained life this turn.

Creature
Oathsworn Vampire (j22) 70
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
Preacher of the Schism

Deathtouch Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink. Whenever this creature attacks while you have the most life or are tied for most life, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Preacher of the Schism (lci) 113
Psychosis Crawler

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Psychosis Crawler (mkc) 234
Starseer Mentor

Flying, vigilance At the beginning of your end step, if you gained or lost life this turn, target opponent loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.

Creature
Starseer Mentor (blb) 233
Sun Titan

Vigilance Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Sun Titan (otc) 87
Tomik, Wielder of Law

Affinity for planeswalkers (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each planeswalker you control.) Flying, vigilance Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, that opponent loses 3 life and you draw a card.

Creature
Tomik, Wielder of Law (mkm) 431
Triumph of Saint Katherine

Lifelink Praesidium Protectiva — When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, exile it and the top six cards of your library in a face-down pile. If you do, shuffle that pile and put it back on top of your library. Miracle {1}{W} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Creature
Triumph of Saint Katherine (40k) 17
Vadmir, New Blood

Whenever you commit a crime, put a +1/+1 counter on Vadmir. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.) As long as Vadmir has four or more +1/+1 counters on it, it has menace and lifelink.

Creature
Vadmir, New Blood (otj) 113
Valkyrie Harbinger

Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 4 or more life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance.

Creature
Valkyrie Harbinger (j25) 275
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

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Planeswalker

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Jace, Arcane Strategist

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. +1: Draw a card. −7: Creatures you control can't be blocked this turn.

Planeswalker
Jace, Arcane Strategist (j22) 310
Ob Nixilis Reignited

+1: You draw a card and you lose 1 life. −3: Destroy target creature. −8: Target opponent gets an emblem with "Whenever a player draws a card, you lose 2 life."

Planeswalker
Ob Nixilis Reignited (dsc) 152
Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

During your turn, creatures and planeswalkers you control have lifelink. +2: Sorin deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. −X: Return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a Vampire in addition to its other types.

Planeswalker
Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord (war) 217

Planeswalker

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Enchantment

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Bitterblossom

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.

Enchantment Kindred
Bitterblossom (wot) 72
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 has every creature type.)

Enchantment
Black Market Connections (acr) 87
Cleric Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead. {3}{W}: Level 2 Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. {4}{W}: Level 3 When this Class becomes level 3, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Enchantment
Cleric Class (afr) 6
Grievous Wound

Enchant player Enchanted player can't gain life. Whenever enchanted player is dealt damage, they lose half their life, rounded up.

Enchantment
Grievous Wound (dsk) 416
Ill-Gotten Inheritance

At the beginning of your upkeep, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain 1 life. {5}{B}, Sacrifice this enchantment: It deals 4 damage to target opponent and you gain 4 life.

Enchantment
Ill-Gotten Inheritance (rvr) 77
Intimidation Campaign

When this enchantment enters, each opponent loses 1 life, you gain 1 life, and you draw a card. Whenever you commit a crime, you may return this enchantment to its owner's hand. (It returns only from the battlefield. Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

Enchantment
Intimidation Campaign (otj) 208
Momentum Breaker

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) When this enchantment enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature or Vehicle of their choice. Each opponent who can't discards a card. {2}, Sacrifice this enchantment: You gain life equal to your speed.

Enchantment
Momentum Breaker (dft) 97
Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (otc) 108
Reconnaissance Mission

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Reconnaissance Mission (40k) 193
Serra's Liturgy

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on this enchantment. {W}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy up to X target artifacts and/or enchantments, where X is the number of verse counters on this enchantment.

Enchantment
Serra's Liturgy (usg) 49
Staggering Insight

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has lifelink and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."

Enchantment
Staggering Insight (scd) 246
The Creation of Avacyn

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. II — Turn the exiled card face up. If it's a creature card, you lose life equal to its mana value. III — You may put the exiled card onto the battlefield if it's a creature card. If you don't put it onto the battlefield, put it into its owner's hand.

Enchantment
The Creation of Avacyn (mh3) 86
Wound Reflection

At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life they lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Enchantment
Wound Reflection (who) 814

Enchantment

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Sorcery

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Ascend from Avernus

Return all creature and planeswalker cards with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile Ascend from Avernus.

Sorcery
Ascend from Avernus (clb) 5
Exsanguinate

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

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (cmm) 156
Kaya's Wrath

Destroy all creatures. You gain life equal to the number of creatures you controlled that were destroyed this way.

Sorcery
Kaya's Wrath (dmc) 155
Step Between Worlds

Each player may shuffle their hand and graveyard into their library. Each player who does draws seven cards. Exile Step Between Worlds. Plot {4}{U}{U} (You may pay {4}{U}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Sorcery
Step Between Worlds (otj) 70
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 (ltc) 209

Sorcery

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Tokens & Extras

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Angel

Flying, vigilance

Creature Token
Angel (trvr) 3
Copy

(This token can be used to represent a token that's a copy of a permanent.)

Token
Copy (tmkc) 27
Drake

Flying

Creature Token
Drake (tmkc) 6
Elemental Bird

Flying

Creature Token
Elemental Bird (tm20) 4
Faerie Rogue

Flying

Creature Token
Faerie Rogue (twoc) 11
Illusion

This creature gets +1/+0 for each other Illusion you control.

Creature Token
Illusion (tafc) 3
Ob Nixilis Reignited Emblem

Whenever a player draws a card, you lose 2 life.

Emblem
Ob Nixilis Reignited Emblem (tscd) 26
Shapeshifter

Changeling (This token is every creature type.)

Creature Token
Shapeshifter (tacr) 2
Tentacle

Creature Token
Tentacle (tmkc) 9
Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact Token
Treasure (tfdn) 23
Vampire

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature Token
Vampire (tmom) 3

Tokens & Extras

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31 pips - 24 cards
13 mana - 13 cards
20 pips - 14 cards
10 mana - 10 cards
41 pips - 32 cards
20 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 3 cards
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0 mana - 3 cards
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3 mana - 3 cards
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