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Pain Train to Value Town (Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls)
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Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Flying Ward—Pay 2 life. Whenever an opponent loses life for the first time during each of their turns, put a +1/+1 counter on Valgavoth and draw a card.

Creature
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls (dsc) 6

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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 (eld) 331
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (a25) 82
Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 309
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (dsc) 245
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 410
Talisman of Indulgence

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (dsc) 254
Thought Vessel

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

Artifact
Thought Vessel (dsc) 256

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Damage

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Ancient Runes

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of artifacts they control.

Enchantment
Ancient Runes (tmp) 161
Ankh of Mishra

Whenever a land enters, this artifact deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

Artifact
Ankh of Mishra (4ed) 294
Blood Artist

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

Creature
Blood Artist (inr) 97
Blood Seeker

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

Creature
Blood Seeker (dsc) 77
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
Cemetery Gatekeeper

First strike When this creature enters, exile a card from a graveyard. Whenever a player plays a land or casts a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

Creature
Cemetery Gatekeeper (vow) 304
Eidolon of the Great Revel

Whenever a player casts a spell with mana value 3 or less, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

Creature Enchantment
Eidolon of the Great Revel (plst) JOU-94
Emberwilde Captain

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever an opponent attacks you while you're the monarch, this creature deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Creature
Emberwilde Captain (cmr) 175
Fate Unraveler

Whenever an opponent draws a card, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.

Creature Enchantment
Fate Unraveler (dsc) 141
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld

Whenever another creature you control dies, draw a card if it was attacking. Otherwise, Garna deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld (dmu) 200
Gleeful Arsonist

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, this creature deals damage equal to its power to that player. Undying (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
Gleeful Arsonist (dsc) 27
Harsh Mentor

Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land on the battlefield, if it isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

Creature
Harsh Mentor (dsc) 165
Hearthborn Battler

Haste Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, this creature deals 2 damage to target opponent.

Creature
Hearthborn Battler (blb) 139
Heartless Hidetsugu

{T}: Heartless Hidetsugu deals damage to each player equal to half that player's life total, rounded down.

Creature
Heartless Hidetsugu (cmm) 231
Kaervek the Merciless

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Kaervek deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to any target.

Creature
Kaervek the Merciless (dsc) 222
Kardur, Doomscourge

When Kardur enters, until your next turn, creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able. Whenever an attacking creature dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Kardur, Doomscourge (dsc) 223
Kederekt Parasite

Whenever an opponent draws a card, if you control a red permanent, you may have this creature deal 1 damage to that player.

Creature
Kederekt Parasite (dsc) 144
Magebane Lizard

Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, this creature deals damage to that player equal to the number of noncreature spells they've cast this turn.

Creature
Magebane Lizard (otj) 134
Mogis, God of Slaughter

Indestructible As long as your devotion to black and red is less than seven, Mogis isn't a creature. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Mogis deals 2 damage to that player unless they sacrifice a creature of their choice.

Creature Enchantment
Mogis, God of Slaughter (dsc) 89
Nightshade Harvester

Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, that player loses 1 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Nightshade Harvester (dsc) 150
Persistent Constrictor

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they lose 1 life and you put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature they control. 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
Persistent Constrictor (dsc) 22
Price of Progress

Price of Progress deals damage to each player equal to twice the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.

Instant
Price of Progress (plst) EMA-141
Rampaging Ferocidon

Menace Players can't gain life. Whenever another creature enters, this creature deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.

Creature
Rampaging Ferocidon (dsc) 167
Razorkin Needlehead

This creature has first strike during your turn. Whenever an opponent draws a card, this creature deals 1 damage to them.

Creature
Razorkin Needlehead (dsk) 153
Revenge of Ravens

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Revenge of Ravens (ltc) 207
Roiling Vortex

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 1 damage to them. Whenever a player casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast that spell, this enchantment deals 5 damage to that player. {R}: Your opponents can't gain life this turn.

Enchantment
Roiling Vortex (znr) 156
Rug of Smothering

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

Creature Artifact
Rug of Smothering (clb) 336
Scrawling Crawler

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card. Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Scrawling Crawler (fdn) 132
Seizan, Perverter of Truth

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses 2 life and draws two cards.

Creature
Seizan, Perverter of Truth (j22) 463
Spellshock

Whenever a player casts a spell, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Spellshock (plst) EXO-104
Spiteful Visions

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card. Whenever a player draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Spiteful Visions (dsc) 233
The Lord of Pain

Menace Your opponents can't gain life. Whenever a player casts their first spell each turn, choose another target player. The Lord of Pain deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to the chosen player.

Creature
The Lord of Pain (dsc) 3
Underworld Dreams

Whenever an opponent draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Underworld Dreams (thb) 121
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Xantcha enters under the control of an opponent of your choice. Xantcha attacks each combat if able and can't attack its owner or planeswalkers its owner controls. {3}: Xantcha's controller loses 2 life and you draw a card. Any player may activate this ability.

Creature
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent (plst) C18-50

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Basilisk Collar

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Basilisk Collar (clb) 595
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (dsc) 162
Delayed Blast Fireball

Delayed Blast Fireball deals 2 damage to each opponent and each creature they control. If this spell was cast from exile, it deals 5 damage to each opponent and each creature they control instead. Foretell {4}{R}{R} (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.)

Instant
Delayed Blast Fireball (clb) 676
Hellish Rebuke

Until end of turn, permanents your opponents control gain "When this permanent deals damage to the player who cast Hellish Rebuke, sacrifice this permanent. You lose 2 life."

Instant
Hellish Rebuke (afc) 26
Massacre Wurm

When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.

Creature
Massacre Wurm (dsc) 147
Rakdos Charm

Choose one — • Exile target player's graveyard. • Destroy target artifact. • Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Instant
Rakdos Charm (dsc) 229
Tibalt's Trickery

Counter target spell. Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random. Its controller mills that many cards, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with a different name than that spell. They may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put the exiled cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Instant
Tibalt's Trickery (khm) 153
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 (mh3) 277

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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
Blackcleave Cliffs

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

Land
Blackcleave Cliffs (dsc) 263
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
Blood Crypt

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Blood Crypt (rvr) 273
Bloodfell Caves

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

Land
Bloodfell Caves (dsc) 264
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 (mh3) 216
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (ncc) 395
Dragonskull Summit

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

Land
Dragonskull Summit (dsc) 271
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (dsc) 275
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 (dsc) 277
Haunted Ridge

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

Land
Haunted Ridge (who) 286
Luxury Suite

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Luxury Suite (clb) 355
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (thb) 253
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (dsc) 295
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Smoldering Marsh

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Smoldering Marsh (dsc) 299
Sulfurous Springs

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Sulfurous Springs (dsc) 301
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (thb) 252
Tainted Peak

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

Land
Tainted Peak (dsc) 304
Witch's Clinic

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Target commander gains lifelink until end of turn.

Land
Witch's Clinic (dsc) 325

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Value

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Bloodthirsty Conqueror

Flying, deathtouch Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Bloodthirsty Conqueror (fdn) 58
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
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant

Whenever you attack a player, tap target creature that player controls and goad it. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever an opponent attacks another one of your opponents, you and the attacking player each draw a card and lose 1 life.

Creature
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant (afc) 319
Valgavoth, Terror Eater

Flying, lifelink Ward—Sacrifice three nonland permanents. If a card you didn't control would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead. During your turn, you may play cards exiled with Valgavoth. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.

Creature
Valgavoth, Terror Eater (dsk) 120

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Protection

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Bolt Bend

This spell costs {3} less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Instant
Bolt Bend (plst) WAR-115
Deflecting Swat

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.

Instant
Deflecting Swat (cmm) 214
Fake Your Own Death

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control and you create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Fake Your Own Death (fdn) 174
Imp's Mischief

Change the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant
Imp's Mischief (cmm) 167
Lightning Greaves

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

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (dsc) 93
Return the Favor

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {1} — Copy target instant spell, sorcery spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. + {1} — Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Instant
Return the Favor (otj) 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 (fdn) 258
Untimely Malfunction

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target. • One or two target creatures can't block this turn.

Instant
Untimely Malfunction (dsk) 161

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Sulfuric Vortex

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player. If a player would gain life, that player gains no life instead.

Enchantment
Sulfuric Vortex (dmr) 144
Zo-Zu the Punisher

Whenever a land enters, Zo-Zu deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

Creature
Zo-Zu the Punisher (dds) 41

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