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Marauding Blight-Priest

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Nykthos Paragon

Whenever you gain life, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on each creature you control. Do this only once each turn.

Bontu's Monument

Black creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Land Tax

At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Light of Promise

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature."

Caves of Koilos

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}. Caves of Koilos deals 1 damage to you.

Don't Have

Liesa, Forgotten Archangel

Flying, lifelink
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, return that card to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.
If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.

Authority of the Consuls

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

The Gaffer

At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, draw a card.

Swamp

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}.

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.)

Shineshadow Snarl

As Shineshadow Snarl enters, you may reveal a Plains or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, Shineshadow Snarl enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Archaeomancer's Map

When Archaeomancer's Map enters, search your library for up to two basic Plains cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, if that player controls more lands than you, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Twilight Prophet

Flying
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.

Ghostly Prison

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

Have

Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sol Ring

Night's Whisper

Beacon of Immortality

Double target player's life total. Shuffle Beacon of Immortality into its owner's library.

Ajani, Strength of the Pride

+1: You gain life equal to the number of creatures you control plus the number of planeswalkers you control.
−2: Create a 2/2 white Cat Soldier creature token named Ajani's Pridemate with "Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Ajani's Pridemate."
0: If you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, exile Ajani, Strength of the Pride and each artifact and creature your opponents control.

Shambling Vent

Shambling Vent enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.
{1}{W}{B}: Shambling Vent becomes a 2/3 white and black Elemental creature with lifelink until end of turn. It's still a land.

Sunscorch Regent

Flying
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Sunscorch Regent and you gain 1 life.

Archivist of Oghma

Flash
Whenever an opponent searches their library, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Elenda's Hierophant

Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Elenda's Hierophant.
When Elenda's Hierophant dies, create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is its power.

combo piece

Sanguine Bond

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.

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.)

Creeping Bloodsucker

At the beginning of your upkeep, Creeping Bloodsucker deals 1 damage to each opponent. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

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.)

Talisman of Hierarchy

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}. Talisman of Hierarchy deals 1 damage to you.

Alhammarret's Archive

If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Fetid Heath

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

The Book of Exalted Deeds

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 3/3 white Angel creature token with flying.
{W}{W}{W}, {T}, Exile The Book of Exalted Deeds: Put an enlightened counter on target Angel. It gains "You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game." Activate only as a sorcery.

Exsanguinate

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

alt commander

Astarion, the Decadent

Deathtouch, lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, choose one —
• Feed — Target opponent loses life equal to the amount of life they lost this turn.
• Friends — You gain life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.

Fumigate

Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.

Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Markov Purifier

Lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card.

Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog enters tapped.
When Bojuka Bog enters, exile target player's graveyard.
{T}: Add {B}.

Vizkopa Guildmage

{1}{W}{B}: Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
{1}{W}{B}: Whenever you gain life this turn, each opponent loses that much life.

Lightning Greaves

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

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.

Righteous Valkyrie

Flying
Whenever another Angel or Cleric you control enters, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
As long as you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total, creatures you control get +2/+2.

Sensei's Divining Top

{1}: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
{T}: Draw a card, then put Sensei's Divining Top on top of its owner's library.

Drana and Linvala

Flying, vigilance
Activated abilities of creatures your opponents control can't be activated.
Drana and Linvala has all activated abilities of all creatures your opponents control. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.

Kambal, Consul of Allocation

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Arcane Signet

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

Cosmos Elixir

At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if your life total is greater than your starting life total. Otherwise, you gain 2 life.

Scoured Barrens

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

Angel of Destiny

Flying, double strike
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you and that player each gain that much life.
At the beginning of your end step, if you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, each player Angel of Destiny attacked this turn loses the game.

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.

Anguished Unmaking

Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Tempt with Treats

Create a Food token. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Gumdrop Poisoner

Lifelink
When Gumdrop Poisoner enters, up to one target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Gumdrop Poisoner // Tempt with Treats

Test of Endurance

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 50 or more life, you win the game.

Rhox Faithmender

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.

Aetherflux Reservoir

Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn.
Pay 50 life: Aetherflux Reservoir deals 50 damage to any target.

Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Orzhov Guildgate

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

Mangara, the Diplomat

Lifelink
Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card.
Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Norn's Annex

({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.)
Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {W/P} for each of those creatures.

Soul Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Concealed Courtyard

Concealed Courtyard enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Exquisite Blood

Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.

Vault of the Archangel

{T}: Add {C}.
{2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Isolated Chapel

Isolated Chapel enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff

Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Castle Locthwain

Castle Locthwain enters tapped unless you control a Swamp.
{T}: Add {B}.
{1}{B}{B}, {T}: Draw a card, then you lose life equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Fracture

Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker.

Orzhov Signet

Underworld Dreams

Whenever an opponent draws a card, Underworld Dreams deals 1 damage to that player.

Underworld Connections

Enchant land
Enchanted land has "{T}, Pay 1 life: Draw a card."

Rogue's Passage

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

Rug of Smothering

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

Serra Ascendant

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
As long as you have 30 or more life, Serra Ascendant gets +5/+5 and has flying.

Amalia Benavides Aguirre

Ward—Pay 3 life.
Whenever you gain life, Amalia Benavides Aguirre explores. Then destroy all other creatures if its power is exactly 20. (To have this creature explore, reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Resplendent Angel

Flying
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 5 or more life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance.
{3}{W}{W}{W}: Until end of turn, Resplendent Angel gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink.

Farewell

Choose one or more —
• Exile all artifacts.
• Exile all creatures.
• Exile all enchantments.
• Exile all graveyards.

Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

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.

Mortify

Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

When Gray Merchant of Asphodel 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.)

Ashes of the Abhorrent

Players can't cast spells from graveyards or activate abilities of cards in graveyards.
Whenever a creature dies, you gain 1 life.

Kaya, Intangible Slayer

Hexproof
+2: Each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
0: You draw two cards. Then each opponent may scry 1.
−3: Exile target creature or enchantment. If it wasn't an Aura, create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 1/1 white Spirit creature with flying in addition to its other types.

Court of Ambition

When Court of Ambition enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card. If you're the monarch, instead each opponent loses 6 life unless they discard two cards.

Drana's Emissary

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

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.

Vault of Champions

Vault of Champions enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.

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.

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.

Bolas's Citadel

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
{T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

Plains

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.)

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.

No Mercy

Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.

Damn

Destroy target creature. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated.
Overload {2}{W}{W} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Walking Ballista

Walking Ballista enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
{4}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Walking Ballista.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from Walking Ballista: It deals 1 damage to any target.