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Rowan, Scion of War (... And I'm gonna take you with me!)
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Commander

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Rowan, Scion of War

Menace {T}: Spells you cast this turn that are black and/or red cost {X} less to cast, where X is the amount of life you lost this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Rowan, Scion of War (woe) 211

Commander

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Land

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Akoum Refuge

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Akoum Refuge (scd) 289
Badlands

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.)

Land
Badlands (3ed) 282
Blackcleave Cliffs

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Blackcleave Cliffs (one) 248
Blazemire Verge

{T}: Add {B}. {T}: Add {R}. Activate only if you control a Swamp or a Mountain.

Land
Blazemire Verge (dsk) 256
Blightstep Pathway

Land
Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway (khm) 252Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway (khm) 252
Bloodfell Caves

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Bloodfell Caves (mom) 267
Bloodstained Mire

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
Boseiju, Who Shelters All

Boseiju enters tapped. {T}, Pay 2 life: Add {C}. If that mana is spent on an instant or sorcery spell, that spell can't be countered.

Land
Boseiju, Who Shelters All (ltc) 359
Command Beacon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.

Land
Command Beacon (otc) 279
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 659
Dragonskull Summit

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

Land
Dragonskull Summit (who) 1081
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 (scd) 300
Graven Cairns

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

Land
Graven Cairns (2xm) 320
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (one) 270
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (woe) 265
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mh3) 307
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (acr) 108
Shadowblood Ridge

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

Land
Shadowblood Ridge (c20) 309
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (bro) 283
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (one) 269
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (ltr) 277
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mkm) 274
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (otj) 274
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (blb) 270
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (blb) 271
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (blb) 273
Tainted Peak

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Peak (tor) 142
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 (who) 908

Land

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Tutor

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Demonic Bargain

Exile the top thirteen cards of your library, then search your library for a card. Put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Bargain (vow) 103
Insatiable Avarice

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2} — Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. + {B}{B} — Target player draws three cards and loses 3 life.

Sorcery
Insatiable Avarice (otj) 91
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

Tutor

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Burn

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Ancient Cellarspawn

Each spell you cast that's a Demon, Horror, or Nightmare costs {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast it was less than its mana value, target opponent loses life equal to the difference.

Creature Enchantment
Ancient Cellarspawn (dsc) 16

Burn

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Pay Life

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Arco-Flagellant

Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.) This creature can't block. Endurant — Pay 3 life: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Arco-Flagellant (40k) 29
Blood Celebrant

{B}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Blood Celebrant (lgn) 61
Hex Parasite

{X}{B/P}: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)

Creature Artifact
Hex Parasite (nph) 137
Immolating Souleater

{R/P}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.)

Creature Artifact
Immolating Souleater (nph) 139
Lurking Evil

Pay half your life, rounded up: This enchantment becomes a 4/4 Phyrexian Horror creature with flying.

Enchantment
Lurking Evil (usg) 140
Mischievous Poltergeist

Flying Pay 1 life: Regenerate this creature.

Creature
Mischievous Poltergeist (6ed) 144
Murderous Betrayal

{B}{B}, Pay half your life, rounded up: Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Enchantment
Murderous Betrayal (nem) 61
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 (wot) 31
Plunge into Darkness

Choose one — • Sacrifice any number of creatures. You gain 3 life for each creature sacrificed this way. • Pay any amount of life, then look at that many cards from the top of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and exile the rest. Entwine {B} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Instant
Plunge into Darkness (5dn) 57
Unspeakable Symbol

Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Enchantment
Unspeakable Symbol (scg) 79
Wall of Blood

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Pay 1 life: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Wall of Blood (mrd) 82
Wheel of Misfortune

Each player secretly chooses a number 0 or greater, then all players reveal those numbers simultaneously and determine the highest and lowest numbers revealed this way. Wheel of Misfortune deals damage equal to the highest number to each player who chose that number. Each player who didn't choose the lowest number discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Sorcery
Wheel of Misfortune (sld) 1300

Pay Life

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Untap

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Magewright's Stone

{1}, {T}: Untap target creature that has an activated ability with {T} in its cost.

Artifact
Magewright's Stone (dis) 162
Malevolent Whispers

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gets +2/+0 and gains haste until end of turn. Madness {3}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Sorcery
Malevolent Whispers (c19) 150
Twisted Fealty

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Create a Wicked Role token attached to up to one target creature. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Sorcery
Twisted Fealty (woe) 154

Untap

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Copy

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Cursed Recording

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a time counter on this artifact. Then if there are seven or more time counters on it, remove those counters and it deals 20 damage to you. {T}: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Artifact
Cursed Recording (dsk) 315
Flare of Duplication

You may sacrifice a nontoken red creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Flare of Duplication (mh3) 333
Molten Duplication

Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Sorcery
Molten Duplication (big) 14
Twinferno

Choose one — • When you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. • Target creature you control gains double strike until end of turn. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

Instant
Twinferno (dmu) 149

Copy

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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 (cmm) 398
Silver Shroud Costume

Flash When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. That creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equipped creature can't be blocked. Equip {3}

Artifact
Silver Shroud Costume (pip) 142
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 (plst) M12-219

Protection

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X

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Banefire

Banefire deals X damage to any target. If X is 5 or more, this spell can't be countered and the damage can't be prevented.

Sorcery
Banefire (j22) 495
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
Bonfire of the Damned

Bonfire of the Damned deals X damage to target player or planeswalker and each creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls. Miracle {X}{R} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Sorcery
Bonfire of the Damned (mm3) 91
Burn from Within

Burn from Within deals X damage to any target. If a creature is dealt damage this way, it loses indestructible until end of turn. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

Sorcery
Burn from Within (soi) 148
Consume Spirit

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

Sorcery
Consume Spirit (9ed) 119
Crackle with Power

Crackle with Power deals five times X damage to each of up to X targets.

Sorcery
Crackle with Power (stx) 95
Crater's Claws

Crater's Claws deals X damage to any target. Ferocious — Crater's Claws deals X plus 2 damage instead if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

Sorcery
Crater's Claws (ktk) 106
Cut

Sorcery
Cut // Ribbons (plst) AKH-223
Damnable Pact

Target player draws X cards and loses X life.

Sorcery
Damnable Pact (ncc) 245
Devil's Play

Devil's Play deals X damage to any target. Flashback {X}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Devil's Play (c19) 138
Disintegrate

Disintegrate deals X damage to any target. If it's a creature, it can't be regenerated this turn, and if it would die this turn, exile it instead.

Sorcery
Disintegrate (3ed) 142
Drain Life

Spend only black mana on X. Drain Life deals X damage to any target. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more life than the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness.

Sorcery
Drain Life (5ed) 156
Dregs of Sorrow

Destroy X target nonblack creatures. Draw X cards.

Sorcery
Dregs of Sorrow (c14) 143
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
Exsanguinate

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

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (cmm) 156
Fall of the Titans

Surge {X}{R} (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.) Fall of the Titans deals X damage to each of up to two targets.

Instant
Fall of the Titans (plst) OGW-109
Jaya's Immolating Inferno

(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.) Jaya's Immolating Inferno deals X damage to each of up to three targets.

Sorcery
Jaya's Immolating Inferno (cmr) 415
March of Reckless Joy

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of red cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Exile the top X cards of your library. You may play up to two of those cards until the end of your next turn.

Instant
March of Reckless Joy (neo) 154
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
Profane Command

Choose two — • Target player loses X life. • Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. • Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Sorcery
Profane Command (scd) 99
Rakdos's Return

Rakdos's Return deals X damage to target opponent or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards X cards.

Sorcery
Rakdos's Return (rtr) 188

X

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Drain

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Profane Transfusion

Two target players exchange life totals. You create an X/X colorless Horror artifact creature token, where X is the difference between those players' life totals.

Sorcery
Profane Transfusion (cmr) 145

Drain

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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 (who) 239
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (mmq) 129
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Lifelink For each {B} in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana. Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.

Creature
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth (plst) C19-18
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (who) 244
Seething Song

Add {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.

Instant
Seething Song (9ed) 216
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (woc) 149
Staff of Compleation

{T}, Pay 1 life: Destroy target permanent you own. {T}, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color. {T}, Pay 3 life: Proliferate. {T}, Pay 4 life: Draw a card. {5}: Untap this artifact.

Artifact
Staff of Compleation (one) 242

Ramp

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Draw

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Apex of Power

Exile the top seven cards of your library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among them. If this spell was cast from your hand, add ten mana of any one color.

Sorcery
Apex of Power (afc) 114
Dark Tutelage

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Enchantment
Dark Tutelage (m11) 90
Peer into the Abyss

Target player draws cards equal to half the number of cards in their library and loses half their life. Round up each time.

Sorcery
Peer into the Abyss (m21) 117
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 (cmm) 182
Stormfist Crusader

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

Creature
Stormfist Crusader (scd) 247

Draw

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Removal

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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 (lcc) 216
Dreadbore

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Sorcery
Dreadbore (sld) 141
Molten Collapse

Choose one. If you descended this turn, you may choose both instead. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.) • Destroy target creature or planeswalker. • Destroy target noncreature, nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.

Sorcery
Molten Collapse (plci) 234s

Removal

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