Grudge Keeper

Whenever players finish voting, each opponent who voted for a choice you didn't vote for loses 2 life.

Nakaya Shade

{B}: Nakaya Shade gets +1/+1 until end of turn unless any player pays {2}.

Rhystic Tutor

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

Exsanguinate

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

Isochron Scepter

Imprint — When Isochron Scepter enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand.
{2}, {T}: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Rhystic Cave

{T}: Choose a color. Add one mana of that color unless any player pays {1}. Activate only as an instant.

Ward of Bones

Each opponent who controls more creatures than you can't cast creature spells. The same is true for artifacts and enchantments.
Each opponent who controls more lands than you can't play lands.

Armageddon Clock

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a doom counter on Armageddon Clock.
At the beginning of your draw step, Armageddon Clock deals damage equal to the number of doom counters on it to each player.
{4}: Remove a doom counter from Armageddon Clock. Any player may activate this ability but only during any upkeep step.

Crypt of Agadeem

Crypt of Agadeem enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.
{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each black creature card in your graveyard.

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 that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.

Demon's Horn

Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may gain 1 life.

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 Bloodchief Ascension. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if Bloodchief Ascension has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.

Seizan, Perverter of Truth

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

Erebos, God of the Dead

Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Painful Quandary

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

Underworld Dreams

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

Protection Racket

At the beginning of your upkeep, repeat the following process for each opponent in turn order. Reveal the top card of your library. That player may pay life equal to that card's mana value. If they do, exile that card. Otherwise, put it into your hand.

Cultist of the Absolute

Commander creatures you own get +3/+3 and have flying, deathtouch, "Ward—Pay 3 life," and "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature."

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.
{4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

Sedgemoor Witch

Menace
Ward—Pay 3 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 3 life.)
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 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.

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 // Explore the Vastlands

Indulgent Tormentor

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

Isolation Cell

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

Dash Hopes

When you cast this spell, any player may pay 5 life. If a player does, counter Dash Hopes.
Counter target spell.

Endbringer's Revel

{4}: Return target creature card from a graveyard to its owner's hand. Any player may activate this ability but only as a sorcery.

Lethal Vapors

Whenever a creature enters, destroy it.
{0}: Destroy Lethal Vapors. You skip your next turn. Any player may activate this ability.

Infinite Hourglass

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on Infinite Hourglass.
All creatures get +1/+0 for each time counter on Infinite Hourglass.
{3}: Remove a time counter from Infinite Hourglass. Any player may activate this ability but only during any upkeep step.

Prowling Pangolin

When Prowling Pangolin enters, any player may sacrifice two creatures. If a player does, sacrifice Prowling Pangolin.

Phantasmagorian

When you cast this spell, any player may discard three cards. If a player does, counter Phantasmagorian.
Discard three cards: Return Phantasmagorian from your graveyard to your hand.

Scandalmonger

{2}: Target player discards a card. Any player may activate this ability but only as a sorcery.

Temporal Extortion

When you cast this spell, any player may pay half their life, rounded up. If a player does, counter Temporal Extortion.
Take an extra turn after this one.

Well of Knowledge

{2}: Draw a card. Any player may activate this ability but only during their draw step.

Worms of the Earth

Players can't play lands.
Lands can't enter the battlefield.
At the beginning of each upkeep, any player may sacrifice two lands or have Worms of the Earth deal 5 damage to that player. If a player does either, destroy Worms of the Earth.

Desecration Demon

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

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.

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. If a player does, tap Clackbridge Troll, you gain 3 life, and you draw a card.

Assault Suit

Equipped creature gets +2/+2, has haste, can't attack you or planeswalkers you control, and can't be sacrificed.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you may have that player gain control of equipped creature until end of turn. If you do, untap it.
Equip {3}

Aku Djinn

Trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature each opponent controls.

Archfiend of Depravity

Flying
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, that player chooses up to two creatures they control, then sacrifices the rest.

Archfiend of Despair

Flying
Your opponents can't gain life.
At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life that player lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Baneful Omen

At the beginning of your end step, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, each opponent loses life equal to that card's mana value.

Ayara, First of Locthwain

Whenever Ayara, First of Locthwain or another black creature you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{T}, Sacrifice another black creature: Draw a card.

Banshee of the Dread Choir

Myriad (Whenever this creature attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
Whenever Banshee of the Dread Choir deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.

Battlefield Butcher

{5}, {T}: Each opponent loses 2 life. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each creature card in your graveyard.

Blade of Selves

Equipped creature has myriad. (Whenever it attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
Equip {4}

Bite of the Black Rose

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for sickness or psychosis. If sickness gets more votes, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn. If psychosis gets more votes or the vote is tied, each opponent discards two cards.

Bottled Cloister

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, exile all cards from your hand face down.
At the beginning of your upkeep, return all cards you own exiled with Bottled Cloister to your hand, then draw a card.

Chancellor of the Dross

You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, at the beginning of the first upkeep, each opponent loses 3 life, then you gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Flying, lifelink

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.

Capital Punishment

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for death or taxes. Each opponent sacrifices a creature for each death vote and discards a card for each taxes vote.

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.

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.

Liliana's Caress

Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.

Storm Cauldron

Each player may play an additional land during each of their turns.
Whenever a land is tapped for mana, return it to its owner's hand.

Cryptolith Fragment

Cryptolith Fragment enters tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color. Each player loses 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if each player has 10 or less life, transform Cryptolith Fragment.

Aurora of Emrakul

Flying, deathtouch
Whenever Aurora of Emrakul attacks, each opponent loses 3 life.

Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul

Megrim

Whenever an opponent discards a card, Megrim deals 2 damage to that player.

Waste Not

Whenever an opponent discards a creature card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Whenever an opponent discards a land card, add {B}{B}.
Whenever an opponent discards a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.

Curse of Disturbance

Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player is attacked, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Each opponent attacking that player does the same.

Dark Suspicions

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player loses X life, where X is the number of cards in that player's hand minus the number of cards in your hand.

Bone Miser

Whenever you discard a creature card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Whenever you discard a land card, add {B}{B}.
Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.

Dogged Pursuit

At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Dictate of Erebos

Flash
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature.

Dredge the Mire

Each opponent chooses a creature card in their graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control.

Creeping Dread

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player discards a card. Each opponent who discarded a card that shares a card type with the card you discarded loses 3 life. (Players reveal the discarded cards simultaneously.)

Epicure of Blood

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Ebony Owl Netsuke

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has seven or more cards in hand, Ebony Owl Netsuke deals 4 damage to that player.

Garrulous Sycophant

At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Gixian Puppeteer

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
When Gixian Puppeteer dies, return another target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

God-Pharaoh's Statue

Spells your opponents cast cost {2} more to cast.
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses 1 life.

Grim Guardian

Constellation — Whenever Grim Guardian or another enchantment you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life.

Grave Endeavor

Roll two d10 and choose one result. Return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to that result. Then each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the other result.

Herald of Anguish

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent discards a card.
{1}{B}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Hollowborn Barghest

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have no cards in hand, each opponent loses 2 life.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand, they lose 2 life.

Mind Raker

Devoid (This card has no color.)
When Mind Raker enters, you may put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard. If you do, each opponent discards a card.

Iron Maiden

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Iron Maiden deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Leechridden Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)
Leechridden Swamp enters tapped.
{B}, {T}: Each opponent loses 1 life. Activate only if you control two or more black permanents.

Make an Example

Each opponent separates the creatures they control into two piles. For each opponent, you choose one of their piles. Each opponent sacrifices the creatures in their chosen pile. (Piles can be empty.)

Marauding Blight-Priest

Master of the Feast

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent draws a card.

Model of Unity

Whenever players finish voting, you and each opponent who voted for a choice you voted for may scry 2.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Palace Siege

As Palace Siege enters, choose Khans or Dragons.
• Khans — At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Dragons — At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

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.)

Mirkwood Bats

Flying
Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.

Price of Knowledge

Players have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Price of Knowledge deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.

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.

Quest for the Nihil Stone

Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may put a quest counter on Quest for the Nihil Stone.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand and Quest for the Nihil Stone has two or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 5 life.

Skull Storm

When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game.
Each opponent sacrifices a creature. Each opponent who can't loses half their life, rounded up.

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.)

Skullcage

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Skullcage deals 2 damage to that player unless they have exactly three or exactly four cards in hand.

Shrieking Affliction

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has one or fewer cards in hand, they lose 3 life.

Soul Shatter

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the highest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

Soul Enervation

Flash
When Soul Enervation enters, target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Subversion

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

The Meathook Massacre

When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

Tempting Contract

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent may create a Treasure token. For each opponent who does, you create a Treasure token.

Tempt with Immortality

Tempting offer — Return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Each opponent may return a creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield. For each opponent who does, return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

The Raven Man

At the beginning of each end step, if a player discarded a card this turn, create a 1/1 black Bird creature token with flying and "This creature can't block."
{3}{B}, {T}: Each opponent discards a card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Viseling

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Viseling deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

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