Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Vigilance, menace
Whenever an equipped creature you control attacks, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Equipment you control have equip Knight {0}.

Gonti's Machinations

Whenever you lose life for the first time each turn, you get {E}. (You get an energy counter. Damage causes loss of life.)
Pay {E}{E}, Sacrifice Gonti's Machinations: Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Blood Hound

Whenever you're dealt damage, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on Blood Hound.
At the beginning of your end step, remove all +1/+1 counters from Blood Hound.

Angelheart Vial

Whenever you're dealt damage, you may put that many charge counters on Angelheart Vial.
{2}, {T}, Remove four charge counters from Angelheart Vial: You gain 2 life and draw a card.

Darien, King of Kjeldor

Whenever you're dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.

Sun Droplet

Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many charge counters on Sun Droplet.
At the beginning of each upkeep, you may remove a charge counter from Sun Droplet. If you do, you gain 1 life.

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.)

Transcendence

You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
When you have 20 or more life, you lose the game.
Whenever you lose life, you gain 2 life for each 1 life you lost. (Damage dealt to you causes you to lose life.)

Vampire Scrivener

Flying
Whenever you gain life during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Vampire Scrivener.
Whenever you lose life during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Vampire Scrivener.

Vengeful Warchief

Whenever you lose life for the first time each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Vengeful Warchief. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Other Rogues you control get +1/+1.
Whenever one or more Rogues you control deal combat damage to a player, that player mills a card for each 1 damage dealt to them. If the player mills at least one creature card this way, you draw a card. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Play with Fire

Play with Fire deals 2 damage to any target. If a player is dealt damage this way, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Triskaidekaphobia

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one —
• Each player with exactly 13 life loses the game, then each player gains 1 life.
• Each player with exactly 13 life loses the game, then each player loses 1 life.

Stunning Reversal

The next time you would lose the game this turn, instead draw seven cards and your life total becomes 1.
Exile Stunning Reversal.

Willowdusk, Essence Seer

{1}, {T}: Choose another target creature. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the amount of life you gained this turn or the amount of life you lost this turn, whichever is greater. Activate only as a sorcery.

Mortarion, Daemon Primarch

Flying
Primarch of the Death Guard — At the beginning of your end step, you may pay {X}. If you do, create X 2/2 black Astartes Warrior creature tokens with menace. X can't be greater than the amount of life you lost this turn.

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.

Greven, Predator Captain

Menace
Greven, Predator Captain gets +X/+0, where X is the amount of life you've lost this turn.
Whenever Greven attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, you draw cards equal to that creature's power and you lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

Repay in Kind

Each player's life total becomes the lowest life total among all players.

Minion of the Wastes

Trample
As Minion of the Wastes enters, pay any amount of life.
Minion of the Wastes's power and toughness are each equal to the life paid as it entered.

Plague of Vermin

Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of life. Repeat this process until no one pays life. Each player creates a 1/1 black Rat creature token for each 1 life they paid this way.

Phyrexian Processor

As Phyrexian Processor enters, pay any amount of life.
{4}, {T}: Create an X/X black Phyrexian Minion creature token, where X is the life paid as Phyrexian Processor entered.

Platinum Emperion

Your life total can't change. (You can't gain or lose life. You can't pay any amount of life except 0.)

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.

Font of Agonies

Whenever you pay life, put that many blood counters on Font of Agonies.
{1}{B}, Remove four blood counters from Font of Agonies: Destroy target creature.

Junji, the Midnight Sky

Flying, menace
When Junji, the Midnight Sky dies, choose one —
• Each opponent discards two cards and loses 2 life.
• Put target non-Dragon creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose 2 life.

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.

Axis of Mortality

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have two target players exchange life totals.

Vona, Butcher of Magan

Vigilance, lifelink
{T}, Pay 7 life: Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate only during your turn.

Beledros Witherbloom

Flying
At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life."
Pay 10 life: Untap all lands you control. Activate only once each turn.

Vendetta

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

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.

Immolating Souleater

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

Children of Korlis

Sacrifice Children of Korlis: You gain life equal to the life you've lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Spawn of Mayhem

Spectacle {1}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.)
Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, Spawn of Mayhem deals 1 damage to each player. Then if you have 10 or less life, put a +1/+1 counter on Spawn of Mayhem.

Blood Celebrant

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

Roiling Horror

Roiling Horror's power and toughness are each equal to your life total minus the life total of an opponent with the most life.
Suspend X—{X}{B}{B}{B}. X can't be 0. (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {X}{B}{B}{B} and exile it with X 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. It has haste.)
Whenever a time counter is removed from Roiling Horror while it's exiled, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Undercover Butler

Whenever Undercover Butler attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, it can't be blocked this turn.

Timely Reinforcements

If you have less life than an opponent, you gain 6 life. If you control fewer creatures than an opponent, create three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.

The Black Gate

As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.
{1}{B}, {T}: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.

Thraben Doomsayer

{T}: Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.
Fateful hour — As long as you have 5 or less life, other creatures you control get +2/+2.

Vampire Lacerator

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life unless an opponent has 10 or less life.

Pact Weapon

As long as Pact Weapon is attached to a creature, you don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, draw a card and reveal it. The creature gets +X/+X until end of turn and you lose X life, where X is that card's mana value.
Equip—Discard a card.

Razor Pendulum

At the beginning of each player's end step, if that player has 5 or less life, Razor Pendulum deals 2 damage to that player.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Menace
Assassin spells you cast have freerunning {B}{B}. (You may cast a spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)
Whenever Ezio deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} if that player has 10 or less life. When you do, that player loses the game.

Blood Baron of Vizkopa

Lifelink, protection from white and from black
As long as you have 30 or more life and an opponent has 10 or less life, Blood Baron of Vizkopa gets +6/+6 and has flying.

Phyrexian Fleshgorger

Prototype {1}{B}{B} — 3/3 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Menace, lifelink
Ward—Pay life equal to Phyrexian Fleshgorger's power.

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.)

Angel's Grace

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
You can't lose the game this turn and your opponents can't win the game this turn. Until end of turn, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.

Each player loses a third of their life, then discards a third of the cards in their hand, then sacrifices a third of the creatures they control of their choice, then sacrifices a third of the lands they control of their choice. Round up each time.

Dire Fleet Ravager

Menace, deathtouch
When Dire Fleet Ravager enters, each player loses a third of their life, rounded up.

Bitterblossom

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.

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.")

Near-Death Experience

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have exactly 1 life, you win the game.

Ethereal Champion

Pay 1 life: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to Ethereal Champion this turn.

Carrion Howler

Pay 1 life: Carrion Howler gets +2/-1 until end of turn.

Kuro, Pitlord

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Kuro, Pitlord unless you pay {B}{B}{B}{B}.
Pay 1 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Spatial Binding

Pay 1 life: Until your next upkeep, target permanent can't phase out.

Wall of Blood

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

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.

Marshland Bloodcaster

Flying
{1}{B}, {T}: Rather than pay the mana cost of the next spell you cast this turn, you may pay life equal to that spell's mana value.

Lorcan, Warlock Collector

Flying
Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, you may pay life equal to its mana value. If you do, put it onto the battlefield under your control. It's a Warlock in addition to its other types.
If a Warlock you control would die, exile it instead.

Lashwrithe

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each Swamp you control.
Equip {B/P}{B/P} ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)

Vraska, Betrayal's Sting

Compleated ({B/P} can be paid with {B} or 2 life. If life was paid, this planeswalker enters with two fewer loyalty counters.)
0: You draw a card and you lose 1 life. Proliferate.
−2: Target creature becomes a Treasure artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color" and loses all other card types and abilities.
−9: If target player has fewer than nine poison counters, they get a number of poison counters equal to the difference.

Gut Shot

({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.)
Gut Shot deals 1 damage to any target.

Moltensteel Dragon

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

Living Artifact

Enchant artifact
Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many vitality counters on Living Artifact.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove a vitality counter from Living Artifact. If you do, you gain 1 life.

Second Chance

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 5 or less life, sacrifice Second Chance and take an extra turn after this one.

Licia, Sanguine Tribune

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each 1 life you gained this turn.
First strike, lifelink
Pay 5 life: Put three +1/+1 counters on Licia, Sanguine Tribune. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn.

Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

Menace
Other legendary creatures you control have menace.
Whenever you play a legendary land or cast a legendary spell, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Mathas, Fiend Seeker

Menace
At the beginning of your end step, put a bounty counter on target creature an opponent controls. For as long as that creature has a bounty counter on it, it has "When this creature dies, each opponent draws a card and gains 2 life."

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