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Commander

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Blech, Loafing Pest
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each Pest, Bat, Insect, Snake, and Spider you control.
Legendary Creature - Pest
Blech, Loafing Pest (sos) 298
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Artifact

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Cauldron of Essence
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
,
, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Cauldron of Essence (sos) 179
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Counters

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Buzzard-Wasp Colony
Flying
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice an artifact or creature. If you do, draw a card.
Whenever another creature you control dies, if it had counters on it, put its counters on this creature.
Creature - Bird Insect
Buzzard-Wasp Colony (tla) 88
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Duskshell Crawler
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Creature - Insect
Duskshell Crawler (fic) 301
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Hardened Scales
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
Enchantment
Hardened Scales (soc) 272
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Winding Constrictor
If one or more counters would be put on an artifact or creature you control, that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters are put on that permanent instead.
If you would get one or more counters, you get that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters instead.
Creature - Snake
Winding Constrictor (pip) 223
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Creature

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Bogwater Lumaret
Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Spirit Frog
Bogwater Lumaret (sos) 177
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Eccentric Pestfinder
Trample
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Druid Troll
Eccentric Pestfinder // Turn Stones (soc) 46
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Essenceknit Scholar
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life."
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, draw a card.
Creature - Dryad Warlock
Essenceknit Scholar (sos) 187
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Lluwen, Exchange Student
Lluwen enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Lluwen becomes prepared. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Elf Druid
Lluwen, Exchange Student // Pest Friend (sos) 199
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Moseo, Vein's New Dean
Flying
When Moseo enters, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life."
Infusion — At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, return up to one 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 - Skeleton Bird Warlock
Moseo, Vein's New Dean (sos) 91
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Pest Mascot
Trample
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Ape Pest
Pest Mascot (sos) 209
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Rooftop Percher
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Flying
When this creature enters, exile up to two target cards from graveyards. You gain 3 life.
Creature - Shapeshifter
Rooftop Percher (ecl) 2
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Scheming Silvertongue
Flying, lifelink
At the beginning of your second main phase, if you gained 2 or more life this turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood (sos) 99
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Shopkeeper's Bane
Trample
Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 2 life.
Creature - Badger Pest
Shopkeeper's Bane (sos) 159
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Teacher's Pest
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life.
: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Creature - Skeleton Pest
Teacher's Pest (sos) 238
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Thornfist Striker
Ward
(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Infusion — Creatures you control get +1/+0 and have trample as long as you gained life this turn.
Creature - Elf Druid
Thornfist Striker (sos) 164
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Drain

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Dogged Pursuit
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Dogged Pursuit (khm) 85
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Draw

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Blex, Vexing Pest
Other Pests, Bats, Insects, Snakes, and Spiders you control get +1/+1.
When Blex dies, you gain 4 life.
Legendary Creature - Pest
Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex (stx) 148Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex (stx) 148
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Night's Whisper
You draw two cards and lose 2 life.
Sorcery
Night's Whisper (soc) 221
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Stargaze
Look at twice X cards from the top of your library. Put X cards from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose X life.
Sorcery
Stargaze (soa) 34
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Enchantment

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Comforting Counsel
Whenever you gain life, put a growth counter on this enchantment.
As long as there are five or more growth counters on this enchantment, creatures you control get +3/+3.
Enchantment
Comforting Counsel (sos) 143
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Instant

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Dissection Practice
Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Up to one target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Up to one target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Instant
Dissection Practice (sos) 79
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Foolish Fate
Destroy target creature.
Infusion — If you gained life this turn, that creature's controller loses 3 life.
Instant
Foolish Fate (sos) 83
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Witherbloom Charm
Choose one —
• You may sacrifice a permanent. If you do, draw two cards.
• You gain 5 life.
• Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 2 or less.
Instant
Witherbloom Charm (sos) 244
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Land

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Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (soc) 129
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Deathcap Glade
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Deathcap Glade (sos) 253
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Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (sos) 280
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Jungle Hollow
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Jungle Hollow (tdm) 258
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Swamp
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: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (sos) 276
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Lifegain

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Demon's Horn
Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may gain 1 life.
Artifact
Demon's Horn (dvd) 57
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Fountain of Renewal
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Fountain of Renewal (plst) M19-235
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Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
Menace
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Wizard Snake
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper (tdc) 100
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Staff of the Wild Magus
Whenever you cast a green spell or a Forest you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Artifact
Staff of the Wild Magus (m15) 236
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Sun Droplet
Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many charge counters on this artifact.
At the beginning of each upkeep, you may remove a charge counter from this artifact. If you do, you gain 1 life.
Artifact
Sun Droplet (c21) 268
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Planeswalker

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Professor Dellian Fel
+2: You gain 3 life.
0: You draw a card and lose 1 life.
−3: Destroy target creature.
−6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life."
Legendary Planeswalker - Dellian
Professor Dellian Fel (sos) 214
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Protection

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Royal Treatment
Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. Create a Royal Role token attached to that creature. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has ward
.)
Instant
Royal Treatment (soa) 56
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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (soc) 127
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Paradise Plume
As this artifact enters, choose a color.
Whenever a player casts a spell of the chosen color, you may gain 1 life.
: Add one mana of the chosen color.
Artifact
Paradise Plume (c21) 255
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Pristine Talisman
: Add
. You gain 1 life.
Artifact
Pristine Talisman (ltc) 283
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Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (soc) 128
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Twitching Doll
: Add one mana of any color. Put a nest counter on this creature.
, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 2/2 green Spider creature token with reach for each counter on this creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature Artifact - Spider Toy
Twitching Doll (dsk) 417
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Recursion

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Zombify
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Zombify (soa) 36
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Zuko's Conviction
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. If this spell was kicked, instead put that card onto the battlefield tapped.
Instant
Zuko's Conviction (tla) 123
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Removal

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Bitter Triumph
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life.
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Bitter Triumph (soa) 26
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Broken Wings
Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying.
Instant
Broken Wings (blc) 208
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Haywire Mite
When this creature dies, you gain 2 life.
, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.
Creature Artifact - Insect
Haywire Mite (soc) 349
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Knockout Maneuver
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control, then it deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls.
Sorcery
Knockout Maneuver (soa) 54
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Mortality Spear
This spell costs
less to cast if you gained life this turn.
Destroy target nonland permanent.
Instant
Mortality Spear (soc) 321
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Murder
Destroy target creature.
Instant
Murder (j25) 467
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Parasitic Impetus
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Enchantment - Aura
Parasitic Impetus (soc) 222
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Pest Infestation
Destroy up to X target artifacts and/or enchantments. Create twice X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Sorcery
Pest Infestation (soc) 282
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Skyfisher Spider
Reach
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, destroy target nonland permanent.
When this creature dies, you may gain 1 life for each creature card in your graveyard. If you do, exile this card from your graveyard.
Creature - Spider
Skyfisher Spider (blc) 261
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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.
Legendary Enchantment
The Meathook Massacre (mid) 112
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Windgrace's Judgment
For any number of opponents, destroy target nonland permanent that player controls.
Instant
Windgrace's Judgment (eoc) 129
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Witherbloom Command
Choose two —
• Target player mills three cards, then you return a land card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Destroy target noncreature, nonland permanent with mana value 2 or less.
• Target creature gets -3/-1 until end of turn.
• Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Sorcery
Witherbloom Command (soc) 339
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Sorcery

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Bogslither's Embrace
As an additional cost to cast this spell, blight 1 or pay
. (To blight 1, put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.)
Exile target creature.
Sorcery
Bogslither's Embrace (ecl) 94
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Grapple with Death
Destroy target artifact or creature. You gain 1 life.
Sorcery
Grapple with Death (sos) 192
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Oracle's Restoration
Target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. You draw a card and gain 1 life.
Sorcery
Oracle's Restoration (sos) 156
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Pull from the Grave
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. You gain 2 life.
Sorcery
Pull from the Grave (sos) 95
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Root Manipulation
Until end of turn, creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain menace and "Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life." (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Sorcery
Root Manipulation (sos) 222
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Send in the Pest
Each opponent discards a card. You create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life."
Sorcery
Send in the Pest (sos) 100
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Arasta of the Endless Web
Reach
Whenever an opponent casts an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/2 green Spider creature token with reach.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - Spider
Arasta of the Endless Web (tdc) 244
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Iridescent Hornbeetle
At the beginning of your end step, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token for each +1/+1 counter you've put on creatures under your control this turn.
Creature - Insect
Iridescent Hornbeetle (j22) 678
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Anchovy & Banana Pizza
When this artifact enters, destroy target creature.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.
Artifact - Food
Anchovy & Banana Pizza (tmt) 57
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Angel's Feather
Whenever a player casts a white spell, you may gain 1 life.
Artifact
Angel's Feather (dvd) 23
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Dina, Essence Brewer
Whenever you sacrifice a creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
,
, Sacrifice another creature: You gain X life and put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Legendary Creature - Druid Dryad
Dina, Essence Brewer (soc) 1
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Dragon's Claw
Whenever a player casts a red spell, you may gain 1 life.
Artifact
Dragon's Claw (m12) 206
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Garruk's Uprising
When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card.
Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.
Enchantment
Garruk's Uprising (ecc) 109
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Golem's Heart
Whenever a player casts an artifact spell, you may gain 1 life.
Artifact
Golem's Heart (plst) SOM-161
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Hunt for Specimens
Create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)
Sorcery
Hunt for Specimens (stx) 73
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Kraken's Eye
Whenever a player casts a blue spell, you may gain 1 life.
Artifact
Kraken's Eye (m12) 211
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Masterful Flourish
Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Masterful Flourish (sos) 89
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Ohran Frostfang
Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Snow Creature - Snake
Ohran Frostfang (soc) 279
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Potioner's Trove
: Add one mana of any color.
: You gain 2 life. Activate only if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn.
Artifact
Potioner's Trove (sos) 251
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Staff of the Death Magus
Whenever you cast a black spell or a Swamp you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Artifact
Staff of the Death Magus (m15) 232
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Tend the Pests
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Create X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life," where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Instant
Tend the Pests (stx) 242
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Wander Off
Exile target creature.
Instant
Wander Off (sos) 104
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Wurm's Tooth
Whenever a player casts a green spell, you may gain 1 life.
Artifact
Wurm's Tooth (m12) 223
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Arachnogenesis
Create X 1/2 green Spider creature tokens with reach, where X is the number of creatures attacking you. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by non-Spider creatures.
Instant
Arachnogenesis (cmm) 272
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Excalibur II
Whenever you gain life, put a charge counter on Excalibur II.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each charge counter on Excalibur II.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Excalibur II (fin) 257
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Swarm Shambler
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
,
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Beast Fungus
Swarm Shambler (j22) 734
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Well of Lost Dreams
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.
Artifact
Well of Lost Dreams (ltc) 291
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