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Commander

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Betor, Ancestor's Voice
Flying, lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, put a number of +1/+1 counters on up to one other target creature you control equal to the amount of life you gained this turn. Return up to one target creature card with mana value less than or equal to the amount of life you lost this turn from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
Betor, Ancestor's Voice (tdc) 1

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Bombs

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Abzan Battle Priest
Outlast
(
,
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has lifelink.
Creature - Human Cleric
Abzan Battle Priest (moc) 164
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.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Elf Rogue
Astarion, the Decadent (clb) 265
Doomgape
Trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Creature - Elemental
Doomgape (plst) DDJ-65
Envoy of the Ancestors
Outlast
(
,
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)
Modified creatures you control have lifelink. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Creature - Human Cleric
Envoy of the Ancestors (mh3) 23
Hurska Sweet-Tooth
Whenever Hurska attacks, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. When you do, target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained.
Legendary Creature - Bear
Hurska Sweet-Tooth (j25) 53
Mister Negative
Vigilance, lifelink
Darkforce Inversion — When Mister Negative enters, you may exchange life totals with target opponent. If you lost life this way, draw that many cards.
Legendary Creature - Human Villain
Mister Negative (spm) 135
Rodolf Duskbringer
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever you gain life, Rodolf Duskbringer gains indestructible until end of turn.
At the beginning of your end step, you may pay
. When you do, return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Angel
Rodolf Duskbringer (j25) 482
Soul of Theros
Vigilance
: Creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain first strike and lifelink until end of turn.
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain first strike and lifelink until end of turn.
Creature - Avatar
Soul of Theros (mb2) 19
Vilis, Broker of Blood
Flying
, 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.)
Legendary Creature - Demon
Vilis, Broker of Blood (j25) 70

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Draw

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Arguel's Blood Fast
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 5 or less life, you may transform Arguel's Blood Fast.
Legendary Enchantment
Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz (xln) 90Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz (xln) 90
Blood Pact
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Instant
Blood Pact (dsc) 76
Caustic Bronco
Whenever this creature attacks, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. You lose life equal to that card's mana value if this creature isn't saddled. Otherwise, each opponent loses that much life.
Saddle 3 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Snake Horse Mount
Caustic Bronco (otj) 82
Dark Confidant
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
Creature - Human Wizard
Dark Confidant (fin) 94
Darkstar Augur
Offspring
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
Creature - Bat Warlock
Darkstar Augur (blb) 90
Discerning Taste
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You gain life equal to the greatest power among creature cards put into your graveyard this way.
Sorcery
Discerning Taste (mh2) 82
Dread Presence
Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one —
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.
Creature - Nightmare
Dread Presence (j22) 403
Greed
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Enchantment
Greed (mh2) 274
Gruesome Realization
Choose one —
• You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.
• Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Sorcery
Gruesome Realization (bro) 103
Infernal Contract
Draw four cards. You lose half your life, rounded up.
Sorcery
Infernal Contract (7ed) 143
Momentous Fall
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
You draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power, then you gain life equal to its toughness.
Instant
Momentous Fall (jmp) 411
Reckoner's Bargain
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
You gain life equal to the sacrificed permanent's mana value. Draw two cards.
Instant
Reckoner's Bargain (neo) 120
Rowan's Grim Search
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
If this spell was bargained, look at the top four cards of your library, then put up to two of them back on top of your library in any order and the rest into your graveyard.
You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.
Instant
Rowan's Grim Search (woe) 104
Skeletal Scrying
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile X cards from your graveyard.
You draw X cards and you lose X life.
Instant
Skeletal Scrying (plst) C14-162
Succumb to Temptation
You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.
Instant
Succumb to Temptation (emn) 107

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Land

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Miren, the Moaning Well
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
Legendary Land
Miren, the Moaning Well (sok) 163
Vault of the Archangel
: Add
.
,
: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.
Land
Vault of the Archangel (tdc) 410

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Life Gain

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Bottle Golems
Trample
When this creature dies, you gain life equal to its power.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Bottle Golems (mh2) 222
Children of Korlis
Sacrifice this creature: You gain life equal to the life you've lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Creature - Human Cleric Rebel
Children of Korlis (tsr) 14
Glint Weaver
Reach
When this creature enters, distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures, then you gain life equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control.
Creature - Spider
Glint Weaver (mkm) 162
Reward the Faithful
Any number of target players each gain life equal to the greatest mana value among permanents you control.
Instant
Reward the Faithful (scg) 22
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.
Creature - Monk Rhino
Rhox Faithmender (tdc) 128
Rite of Consumption
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Rite of Consumption deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target player or planeswalker. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Sorcery
Rite of Consumption (plst) SHM-76
Soul's Grace
You gain life equal to target creature's power.
Instant
Soul's Grace (ala) 28
Union of the Third Path
Draw a card, then you gain life equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Instant
Union of the Third Path (bro) 31
Wall of Reverence
Defender, flying
At the beginning of your end step, you may gain life equal to the power of target creature you control.
Creature - Spirit Wall
Wall of Reverence (tdc) 139
Willow Geist
Trample
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, you gain life equal to its power.
Creature - Spirit Treefolk
Willow Geist (mid) 207

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Life Loss

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Death Watch
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, its controller loses life equal to its power and you gain life equal to its toughness.
Enchantment - Aura
Death Watch (vis) 57
Madame Null, Power Broker
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters, you may pay life equal to its power. If you do, put that many +1/+1 counters on it.
Legendary Creature - Demon Advisor
Madame Null, Power Broker (tmt) 66
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
Ninjutsu
(
, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Nashi deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of each player's library. Until end of turn, you may play one of those cards. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.
Legendary Creature - Rat Ninja
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion (otc) 143
Xander's Pact
Casualty 2 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 2 or greater. When you do, copy this spell.)
Each opponent exiles the top card of their library. You may cast spells from among those cards this turn. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to that spell's mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
Sorcery
Xander's Pact (ncc) 43

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Protection

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Awe Strike
The next time target creature would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
Instant
Awe Strike (mrd) 6
Chant of Vitu-Ghazi
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Prevent all damage that would be dealt by creatures this turn. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
Instant
Chant of Vitu-Ghazi (moc) 177
Cho-Arrim Alchemist
,
, Discard a card: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
Creature - Human Spellshaper
Cho-Arrim Alchemist (mmq) 8
Dazzling Reflection
You gain life equal to target creature's power. The next time that creature would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.
Instant
Dazzling Reflection (ogw) 17
Heal the Scars
Regenerate target creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Instant
Heal the Scars (lrw) 217
Intervention Pact
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay
. If you don't, you lose the game.
Instant
Intervention Pact (fut) 8
Reverse Damage
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
Instant
Reverse Damage (9ed) 35
Sheltering Word
Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Sheltering Word (plst) AVR-192
Tenacity
Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain lifelink until end of turn. Untap those creatures. (Damage dealt by those creatures also causes you to gain that much life.)
Instant
Tenacity (j25) 104

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Ramp

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Arboreal Grazer
Reach
When this creature enters, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
Creature - Beast Sloth
Arboreal Grazer (tdc) 245
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (eoc) 53
Avacyn's Pilgrim
: Add
.
Creature - Human Monk
Avacyn's Pilgrim (scd) 171
Blightsoil Druid
, Pay 1 life: Add
.
Creature - Elf Druid
Blightsoil Druid (plst) EMA-80
Elves of Deep Shadow
: Add
. This creature deals 1 damage to you.
Creature - Elf Druid
Elves of Deep Shadow (plst) GK1-56
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Lifelink
For each
in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana.
Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.
Legendary Creature - Horror Minion Phyrexian
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth (mh3) 274
Marshland Bloodcaster
Flying
,
: 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.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Marshland Bloodcaster (otc) 139
Metamorphosis
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add X mana of any one color, where X is 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells.
Sorcery
Metamorphosis (chr) 66
Myr Convert
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color.
Creature Artifact - Myr Phyrexian
Myr Convert (one) 234
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (eoc) 57
Talisman of Hierarchy
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (fic) 365
Talisman of Resilience
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Resilience (dsc) 255
Talisman of Unity
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Unity (mkc) 244

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Removal

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Anguished Unmaking
Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.
Instant
Anguished Unmaking (tdc) 279
Collective Resistance
Escalate
(Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Target creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Collective Resistance (mh3) 147
Cramped Vents
When you unlock this door, this Room deals 6 damage to target creature an opponent controls. You gain life equal to the excess damage dealt this way.
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)
Enchantment - Room
Cramped Vents // Access Maze (dsc) 17
Devour in Shadow
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness.
Instant
Devour in Shadow (5dn) 46
Dire Tactics
Exile target creature. If you don't control a Human, you lose life equal to that creature's toughness.
Instant
Dire Tactics (iko) 183
Divine Offering
Destroy target artifact. You gain life equal to its mana value.
Instant
Divine Offering (mbs) 5
Engulfing Slagwurm
Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, destroy that creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Creature - Wurm
Engulfing Slagwurm (j22) 655
Feed the Swarm
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (tle) 257
Maelstrom Pulse
Destroy target nonland permanent and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent.
Sorcery
Maelstrom Pulse (inr) 244
Nature's Claim
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.
Instant
Nature's Claim (mb2) 69
Orzhov Charm
Choose one —
• Return target creature you control and all Auras you control attached to it to their owner's hand.
• Destroy target creature and you lose life equal to its toughness.
• Return target creature card with mana value 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Instant
Orzhov Charm (gtc) 185
Serene Offering
Destroy target enchantment. You gain life equal to its mana value.
Instant
Serene Offering (tmp) 40
Severed Strands
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. Destroy target creature an opponent controls.
Sorcery
Severed Strands (j25) 488
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (eoc) 45
Vendetta
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness.
Instant
Vendetta (plst) MMQ-170
Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
Flying, lifelink
Sacrifice a creature: Put X +1/+1 counters on Vish Kal, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Remove all +1/+1 counters from Vish Kal: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each +1/+1 counter removed this way.
Legendary Creature - Vampire
Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter (2xm) 226

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Maybeboard

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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.
Legendary Artifact
Alhammarret's Archive (c21) 233
Batterskull
Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +4/+4 and has vigilance and lifelink.
: Return this Equipment to its owner's hand.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Batterskull (plst) NPH-130
Black Market Connections
At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
Enchantment
Black Market Connections (acr) 87
Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
Equipped creature has lifelink.
As long as you have 30 or more life, equipped creature gets +5/+5 and has indestructible and "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature."
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Caduceus, Staff of Hermes (acr) 2
Debt to the Deathless
Each opponent loses two times X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Debt to the Deathless (rvr) 176
Dismember
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
Instant
Dismember (plst) MM2-79
Gwenom, Remorseless
Deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever Gwenom attacks, until end of turn, you may look at the top card of your library any time and you may play cards 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.
Legendary Creature - Spider Hero Symbiote
Gwenom, Remorseless (spm) 56
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
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.
Enchantment
Necropotence (ima) 98
Reanimate
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Sorcery
Reanimate (fic) 282
Shadowgrange Archfiend
When this creature enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures they control. You gain life equal to the greatest power among creatures sacrificed this way.
Madness—
, Pay 8 life. (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Demon
Shadowgrange Archfiend (voc) 22
Simulacrum
You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.
Instant
Simulacrum (4ed) 161
The Wind Crystal
White spells you cast cost
less to cast.
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
,
: Creatures you control gain flying and lifelink until end of turn.
Legendary Artifact
The Wind Crystal (fin) 43
True Conviction
Creatures you control have double strike and lifelink.
Enchantment
True Conviction (scd) 38
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.
Legendary Creature - Elder Demon
Valgavoth, Terror Eater (dsk) 120
Veinwitch Coven
Menace
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Veinwitch Coven (otc) 151
Windbrisk Raptor
Flying
Attacking creatures you control have lifelink.
Creature - Bird
Windbrisk Raptor (shm) 26
Wurmcoil Engine
Deathtouch, lifelink
When this creature dies, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Wurm artifact creature token with deathtouch and a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Wurm artifact creature token with lifelink.
Creature Artifact - Wurm Phyrexian
Wurmcoil Engine (2xm) 308

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28 pips - 25 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
54 pips - 38 cards
7 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
21 pips - 16 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 6 cards
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