Prince of Thralls

Whenever a permanent an opponent controls is put into a graveyard, put that card onto the battlefield under your control unless that opponent pays 3 life.

Animus of Night's Reach

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever Animus of Night's Reach attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in defending player's graveyard.

The Long Reach of Night

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I, II — Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice unless they discard a card.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.

The Long Reach of Night // Animus of Night's Reach

Forbidden Ritual

Sacrifice a nontoken permanent. If you do, target opponent loses 2 life unless that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice or discards a card. You may repeat this process any number of times.

Thassa's Rebuff

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is your devotion to blue. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Make Disappear

Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell and you may choose a new target for the copy.)
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Slumbering Dragon

Flying
Slumbering Dragon can't attack or block unless it has five or more +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, put a +1/+1 counter on Slumbering Dragon.

Metallic Rebuke

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Withercrown

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has base power 0 and has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life unless you sacrifice this creature."

Enchanter's Bane

At the beginning of your end step, target enchantment deals damage equal to its mana value to its controller unless that player sacrifices it.

Aether Barrier

Whenever a player casts a creature spell, that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice unless they pay {1}.

Sivitri, Dragon Master

+1: Until your next turn, creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays 2 life for each of those creatures.
−3: Search your library for a Dragon card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
−7: Destroy all non-Dragon creatures.
Sivitri, Dragon Master can be your commander.

Ogre Marauder

Whenever Ogre Marauder attacks, it gains "Ogre Marauder can't be blocked" until end of turn unless defending player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Ghost-Lit Warder

{3}{U}, {T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Channel — {3}{U}, Discard Ghost-Lit Warder: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}.

Sunken Field

Enchant land
Enchanted land has "{T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}."

Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs

Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks, if you're the defending player, create a 3/3 red Ogre creature token unless that creature's controller pays {3}.

Wizard Replica

Flying
{U}, Sacrifice Wizard Replica: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Fade Away

For each creature, its controller sacrifices a permanent of their choice unless they pay {1}.

Painful Quandary

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.

Sword-Point Diplomacy

Reveal the top three cards of your library. For each of those cards, put that card into your hand unless any opponent pays 3 life. Then exile the rest.

Tainted Pact

Exile the top card of your library. You may put that card into your hand unless it has the same name as another card exiled this way. Repeat this process until you put a card into your hand or you exile two cards with the same name, whichever comes first.

War Cadence

{X}{R}: This turn, creatures can't block unless their controller pays {X} for each blocking creature they control.

Thassa's Intervention

Choose one —
• Look at the top X cards of your library. Put up to two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays twice {X}.

Risk Factor

Target opponent may have Risk Factor deal 4 damage to them. If that player doesn't, you draw three cards.
Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)

Mirrorshell Crab

Ward {3} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {3}.)
Channel — {2}{U}, Discard Mirrorshell Crab: Counter target spell or ability unless its controller pays {3}.

Sin Prodder

Menace
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. Any opponent may have you put that card into your graveyard. If a player does, Sin Prodder deals damage to that player equal to that card's mana value. Otherwise, put that card into your hand.

Lava Blister

Destroy target nonbasic land unless its controller has Lava Blister deal 6 damage to them.

Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger

When Kroxa enters, sacrifice it unless it escaped.
Whenever Kroxa enters or attacks, each opponent discards a card, then each opponent who didn't discard a nonland card this way loses 3 life.
Escape—{B}{B}{R}{R}, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

Vile Consumption

All creatures have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay 1 life."

Molten Influence

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller has Molten Influence deal 4 damage to them.

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.

Ob Nixilis, the Adversary

Casualty X. The copy isn't legendary and has starting loyalty X. (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power X. When you do, copy this spell. The copy becomes a token.)
+1: Each opponent loses 2 life unless they discard a card. If you control a Demon or Devil, you gain 2 life.
−2: Create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."
−7: Target player draws seven cards and loses 7 life.

Desecration Demon

Flying
At the beginning of each combat, any opponent may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If a player does, tap this creature and put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Isolation Cell

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, that player loses 2 life unless they pay {2}.

Torment of Hailfire

Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Zoyowa Lava-Tongue

Deathtouch
At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, each opponent may discard a card or sacrifice a permanent of their choice. Zoyowa Lava-Tongue deals 3 damage to each opponent who didn't. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)

Miscalculation

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Bellowing Mauler

At the beginning of your end step, each player loses 4 life unless they sacrifice a nontoken creature of their choice.

Rishadan Brigand

Flying
When Rishadan Brigand enters, each opponent sacrifices a permanent of their choice unless they pay {3}.
Rishadan Brigand can block only creatures with flying.

Palantír of Orthanc

At the beginning of your end step, put an influence counter on Palantír of Orthanc and scry 2. Then target opponent may have you draw a card. If that player doesn't, you mill X cards, where X is the number of influence counters on Palantír of Orthanc, and that player loses life equal to the total mana value of those cards.

Meathook Massacre II

When Meathook Massacre II enters, each player sacrifices X creatures of their choice.
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may pay 3 life. If you do, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, they may pay 3 life. If they don't, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.

Phantom Interference

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+ {3} — Create a 2/2 white Spirit creature token with flying.
+ {1} — Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Supreme Will

Choose one —
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.
• Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Parnesse, the Subtle Brush

Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless that player pays 4 life.
Whenever you copy a spell, up to one target opponent may also copy that spell. They may choose new targets for that copy.

Torment of Scarabs

Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.

Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker

{T}, Sacrifice another creature or an artifact: For each opponent, you mill a card, then return that card from your graveyard to your hand unless that player pays 3 life. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Demanding Dragon

Flying
When Demanding Dragon enters, it deals 5 damage to target opponent unless that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

In the Eye of Chaos

Whenever a player casts an instant spell, counter it unless that player pays {X}, where X is its mana value.

Rottenmouth Viper

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice any number of nonland permanents. This spell costs {1} less to cast for each permanent sacrificed this way.
Whenever Rottenmouth Viper enters or attacks, put a blight counter on it. Then for each blight counter on it, each opponent loses 4 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Benevolent Geist

Flying
Noncreature spells you control can't be countered.
If Benevolent Geist would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Malevolent Hermit

{U}, Sacrifice Malevolent Hermit: Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {3}.
Disturb {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.)

Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist

Whirlwind Denial

For each spell and ability your opponents control, counter it unless its controller pays {4}.

Pia's Revolution

Whenever a nontoken artifact is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, return that card to your hand unless target opponent has Pia's Revolution deal 3 damage to them.

Soul Barrier

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, Soul Barrier deals 2 damage to that player unless they pay {2}.

Davros, Dalek Creator

Menace
At the beginning of your end step, create a 3/3 black Dalek artifact creature token with menace if an opponent lost 3 or more life this turn. Then each opponent who lost 3 or more life this turn faces a villainous choice — You draw a card, or that player discards a card.

Spell Pierce

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Pendrell Flux

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay its mana cost."

Westgate Regent

Flying
Ward—Discard a card. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player discards a card.)
Whenever Westgate Regent deals combat damage to a player, put that many +1/+1 counters on it.

Carrionette

{2}{B}{B}: Exile Carrionette and target creature unless that creature's controller pays {2}. Activate only if Carrionette is in your graveyard.

Breathstealer's Crypt

If a player would draw a card, instead they draw a card and reveal it. If it's a creature card, that player discards it unless they pay 3 life.

Rakdos, Patron of Chaos

Flying, trample
At the beginning of your end step, target opponent may sacrifice two nonland, nontoken permanents of their choice. If they don't, you draw two cards.

Nazgûl Battle-Mace

Equipped creature has menace, deathtouch, annihilator 1, and "Whenever an opponent sacrifices a nontoken permanent, put that card onto the battlefield under your control unless that player pays 3 life." (Whenever a creature with annihilator 1 attacks, defending player sacrifices a permanent of their choice.)
Equip {3}

Dwarven Driller

{T}: Destroy target land unless its controller has Dwarven Driller deal 2 damage to them.

Reservoir Kraken

Trample, ward {2}
At the beginning of each combat, if Reservoir Kraken is untapped, any opponent may tap an untapped creature they control. If they do, tap Reservoir Kraken and create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token with "This creature can't be blocked."

Remorseless Punishment

Target opponent loses 5 life unless that player discards two cards or sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Repeat this process once.

Mana Leak

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Pendrell Mists

All creatures have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {1}."

Combustible Gearhulk

First strike
When Combustible Gearhulk enters, target opponent may have you draw three cards. If the player doesn't, you mill three cards, then Combustible Gearhulk deals damage to that player equal to the total mana value of those cards.

Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver

+3: Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.
−3: Destroy target creature. Draw a card.
−11: Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver deals 7 damage to each opponent. You draw seven cards.

Propaganda

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

Torment of Venom

Put three -1/-1 counters on target creature. Its controller loses 3 life unless they sacrifice another nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.

Mystic Confluence

Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.
• Return target creature to its owner's hand.
• Draw a card.

Perplex

Counter target spell unless its controller discards their hand.
Transmute {1}{U}{B} ({1}{U}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Killing Wave

For each creature, its controller sacrifices it unless they pay X life.

Collective Restraint

Domain — Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {X} for each creature they control that's attacking you, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.

Mundungu

{T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1} and 1 life.

Thornplate Intimidator

Offspring {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
When this creature enters, target opponent loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.

Breaking Point

Any player may have Breaking Point deal 6 damage to them. If no one does, destroy all creatures. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

Spiketail Drakeling

Flying
Sacrifice Spiketail Drakeling: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Tomb Blade

Flying
Whenever Tomb Blade deals combat damage to a player, that player loses life equal to the number of creatures they control unless they sacrifice a creature of their choice.
Unearth {6}{B}{B}

War Tax

{X}{U}: This turn, creatures can't attack unless their controller pays {X} for each attacking creature they control.

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.

Archfiend of Spite

Flying
Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to Archfiend of Spite, that source's controller loses that much life unless they sacrifice that many permanents of their choice.
Madness {3}{B}{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.)

Clackbridge Troll

Trample, haste
When Clackbridge Troll enters, target opponent creates three 0/1 white Goat creature tokens.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, any opponent may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If a player does, tap Clackbridge Troll, you gain 3 life, and you draw a card.

Spell Rupture

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Braids, Arisen Nightmare

At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.

Winged Boots

Equipped creature has flying and ward {4}. (Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {4}.)
Equip {1}

Rhystic Tutor

Unless any player pays {2}, search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Custody Battle

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, target opponent gains control of this creature unless you sacrifice a land."

Indulgent Tormentor

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card unless target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice or pays 3 life.

Browbeat

Any player may have Browbeat deal 5 damage to them. If no one does, target player draws three cards.

Slow Motion

Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player sacrifices that creature unless they pay {2}.
When Slow Motion is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Slow Motion to its owner's hand.

Explore the Vastlands

Each player looks at the top five cards of their library and may reveal a land card and/or an instant or sorcery card from among them. Each player puts the cards they revealed this way into their hand and the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order. Each player gains 3 life.

Wandering Archaic

Whenever an opponent casts an instant or sorcery spell, they may pay {2}. If they don't, you may copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands

Lose Focus

Replicate {U} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Nether Void

Whenever a player casts a spell, counter it unless that player pays {3}.

Mystical Dispute

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a blue spell.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Morgul-Knife Wound

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -3/-0 and has "At the beginning of your upkeep, exile this creature unless you pay 2 life."

Vexing Devil

When Vexing Devil enters, any opponent may have it deal 4 damage to them. If a player does, sacrifice Vexing Devil.