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Commander

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Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Cleric
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose (j25) 71

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Artifact

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The Darkness Crystal
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and you gain 2 life.
,
: Put target creature card exiled with The Darkness Crystal onto the battlefield tapped under your control with two additional +1/+1 counters on it.
Legendary Artifact
The Darkness Crystal (fin) 96

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Burn

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Syphon Soul
Syphon Soul deals 2 damage to each other player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Sorcery
Syphon Soul (cns) 127
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.
Sorcery
Temporal Extortion (plc) 81

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Creature

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Vincent Valentine
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a number of +1/+1 counters on Vincent Valentine equal to that creature's power.
Whenever Vincent Valentine attacks, you may transform it.
Legendary Creature - Assassin
Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast (fin) 125Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast (fin) 125

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Drain

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Blood Artist
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Vampire
Blood Artist (inr) 97
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 this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.
Enchantment
Bloodchief Ascension (cmm) 139
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.)
Creature - Vampire Demon
Bloodletter of Aclazotz (lci) 92
Enduring Tenacity
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
When Enduring Tenacity dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It's an enchantment. (It's not a creature.)
Creature Enchantment - Snake Glimmer
Enduring Tenacity (dsk) 95
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Creature - Zombie
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (dsc) 142
Vraan, Executioner Thane
Whenever one or more other creatures you control die, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Phyrexian
Vraan, Executioner Thane (one) 114
Wound Reflection
At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life they lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Enchantment
Wound Reflection (2xm) 113

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Draw

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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
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.
Legendary Creature - Nightmare
Braids, Arisen Nightmare (dsc) 133
Cling to Dust
Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, you gain 3 life. Otherwise, you draw a card.
Escape—
, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Instant
Cling to Dust (plst) THB-87
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 (rvr) 71
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
Lord Skitter's Blessing
When this enchantment enters, create a Wicked Role token attached to target creature you control. (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)
At the beginning of your draw step, if you control an enchanted creature, you lose 1 life and you draw an additional card.
Enchantment
Lord Skitter's Blessing (woe) 98
Phyrexian Arena
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
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
Twilight Prophet
Flying
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Twilight Prophet (mkc) 143
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 (m20) 122

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Enchantment

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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 (wot) 31

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Finisher

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Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (cmm) 156

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Instant

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Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (fca) 8

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Land

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Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (ltc) 358
Cabal Coffers
,
: Add
for each Swamp you control.
Land
Cabal Coffers (mh2) 325
Cabal Stronghold
: Add
.
,
: Add
for each basic Swamp you control.
Land
Cabal Stronghold (dom) 238
Castle Locthwain
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp.
: Add
.
,
: Draw a card, then you lose life equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Land
Castle Locthwain (clb) 884
Crypt of Agadeem
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
: Add
for each black creature card in your graveyard.
Land
Crypt of Agadeem (c14) 288
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
: Add
.
,
: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)
Legendary Land
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (plst) THS-223
Radiant Fountain
When this land enters, you gain 2 life.
: Add
.
Land
Radiant Fountain (c21) 310
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (fdn) 286
War Room
: Add
.
,
, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.
Land
War Room (mkc) 310

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Landfall

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Retreat to Hagra
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one —
• Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.
• Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Retreat to Hagra (c18) 116

Landfall

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Lifegain

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Aetherflux Reservoir
Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn.
Pay 50 life: This artifact deals 50 damage to any target.
Artifact
Aetherflux Reservoir (plst) KLD-192
Blood Tithe
Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Blood Tithe (m11) 84
Blood Tribute
Kicker—Tap an untapped Vampire you control. (You may tap a Vampire you control in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)
Target opponent loses half their life, rounded up. If this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Blood Tribute (c17) 100
Deathgreeter
Whenever another creature dies, you may gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Shaman
Deathgreeter (plst) DDD-33
Demon's Horn
Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may gain 1 life.
Artifact
Demon's Horn (dvd) 57
Nighthawk Scavenger
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Nighthawk Scavenger's power is equal to 1 plus the number of card types among cards in your opponents' graveyards.
Creature - Vampire Rogue
Nighthawk Scavenger (otc) 144
Polluted Bonds
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Enchantment
Polluted Bonds (shm) 74
Qarsi Revenant
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Renew —
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a flying counter, a deathtouch counter, and a lifelink counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Vampire
Qarsi Revenant (tdm) 86
Sangromancer
Flying
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may gain 3 life.
Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may gain 3 life.
Creature - Vampire Shaman
Sangromancer (scd) 103
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Deathtouch
Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (dmu) 107
Thrull Parasite
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.
Creature - Thrull
Thrull Parasite (plst) GTC-81
Vampire Cutthroat
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Creature - Vampire Rogue
Vampire Cutthroat (emn) 110
Vampire of the Dire Moon
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Creature - Vampire
Vampire of the Dire Moon (j25) 504
Vampiric Link
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
Enchantment - Aura
Vampiric Link (plst) PLC-92

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Protection

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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 (otp) 15
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (tdc) 102
Malakir Rebirth
Choose target creature. You lose 2 life. Until end of turn, that creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
Instant
Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111
Revenge of Ravens
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Revenge of Ravens (ltc) 207
Rush of Vitality
Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage dealt by that creature also causes its controller to gain that much life, and it can't be destroyed by damage or effects that say "destroy.")
Instant
Rush of Vitality (plst) KLD-99

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Ramp

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Bontu's Monument
Black creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legendary Artifact
Bontu's Monument (dmc) 179
Crypt Ghast
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional
.
Creature - Spirit
Crypt Ghast (rvr) 70
Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292

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Recursion

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Animate Dead
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
Enchantment - Aura
Animate Dead (plst) EMA-78
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 (ltc) 206
Whip of Erebos
Creatures you control have lifelink.
,
: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Artifact Enchantment
Whip of Erebos (prm) 55733

Recursion

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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 (lci) 91
Consuming Corruption
Consuming Corruption deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.
Instant
Consuming Corruption (mh3) 84
Defile
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.
Instant
Defile (40k) 199
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 (fdn) 712
March of Wretched Sorrow
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of black cards from your hand. This spell costs
less to cast for each card exiled this way.
March of Wretched Sorrow deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life.
Instant
March of Wretched Sorrow (neo) 111
Mutilate
All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.
Sorcery
Mutilate (mb2) 45
Shamble Back
Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. You gain 2 life.
Sorcery
Shamble Back (soi) 134
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 (prm) 93958
Toxic Deluge
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (cc2) 6
Withering Torment
Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Withering Torment (dsk) 313

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Sac Outlet

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Disciple of Griselbrand
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
Creature - Human Cleric
Disciple of Griselbrand (c13) 74
Zuran Orb
Sacrifice a land: You gain 2 life.
Artifact
Zuran Orb (mh2) 300

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Sorcery

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Damnable Pact
Target player draws X cards and loses X life.
Sorcery
Damnable Pact (ncc) 245

Sorcery

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Tutor

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Plunge into Darkness
Choose one —
• Sacrifice any number of creatures. You gain 3 life for each creature sacrificed this way.
• Pay any amount of life, then look at that many cards from the top of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and exile the rest.
Entwine
(Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
Instant
Plunge into Darkness (5dn) 57

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Maybeboard

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Abattoir Ghoul
First strike
Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Creature - Zombie
Abattoir Ghoul (ddq) 50
Ad Nauseam
Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may repeat this process any number of times.
Instant
Ad Nauseam (2xm) 76
Aphotic Wisps
Target creature becomes black and gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Aphotic Wisps (plst) SHM-55
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
Barrowgoyf
Deathtouch, lifelink
Barrowgoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may mill that many cards. If you do, you may put a creature card from among them into your hand.
Creature - Lhurgoyf
Barrowgoyf (m3c) 102
Bloodthirsty Aerialist
Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Vampire Rogue
Bloodthirsty Aerialist (j22) 381
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.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Legendary Artifact
Bolas's Citadel (prm) 72317
Callous Bloodmage
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• Exile target player's graveyard.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Callous Bloodmage (stx) 66
Chainer's Torment
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — This Saga deals 2 damage to each opponent and you gain 2 life.
III — Create an X/X black Nightmare Horror creature token, where X is half your life total, rounded up. It deals X damage to you.
Enchantment - Saga
Chainer's Torment (dom) 82
Commune with Evil
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You gain 3 life.
Sorcery
Commune with Evil (dsk) 87
Courier Bat
Flying
When this creature enters, if you gained life this turn, return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Bat
Courier Bat (vow) 102
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
Cruel Bargain
Draw four cards. You lose half your life, rounded up.
Sorcery
Cruel Bargain (por) 86
Cruel Feeding
Strive — This spell costs
more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Any number of target creatures each get +1/+0 and gain lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
Instant
Cruel Feeding (jou) 64
Crypt Incursion
Exile all creature cards from target player's graveyard. You gain 3 life for each card exiled this way.
Instant
Crypt Incursion (ltc) 198
Curse of Vengeance
Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player casts a spell, put a spite counter on this Aura.
When enchanted player loses the game, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is the number of spite counters on this Aura.
Enchantment - Aura Curse
Curse of Vengeance (c16) 12
Dark Prophecy
Whenever a creature you control dies, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Enchantment
Dark Prophecy (m14) 93
Dark Tutelage
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.
Enchantment
Dark Tutelage (wot) 28
Dash Hopes
When you cast this spell, any player may pay 5 life. If a player does, counter Dash Hopes.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Dash Hopes (plst) PLC-68
Defiler of Flesh
Menace
As an additional cost to cast black permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost
less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of black mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a black permanent spell, target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains menace until end of turn.
Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Defiler of Flesh (dmu) 90
Derelict Attic
When you unlock this door, you draw two cards and you lose 2 life.
(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
Derelict Attic // Widow's Walk (dsk) 93
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
Dread Return
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Dread Return (cmm) 153
Dying Wish
Enchant creature you control
When enchanted creature dies, target player loses X life and you gain X life, where X is its power.
Enchantment - Aura
Dying Wish (gtc) 64
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
, Sacrifice another creature: Target creature gets -2/-1 until end of turn.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted (cmm) 868
Erebos's Intervention
Choose one —
• Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.
• Exile up to twice X target cards from graveyards.
Instant
Erebos's Intervention (thb) 94
Essence Pulse
You gain 2 life. Each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Sorcery
Essence Pulse (c21) 39
Exquisite Blood
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.
Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (lcc) 195
Feast of Blood
Cast this spell only if you control two or more Vampires.
Destroy target creature. You gain 4 life.
Sorcery
Feast of Blood (j22) 118
Font of Agonies
Whenever you pay life, put that many blood counters on this enchantment.
, Remove four blood counters from this enchantment: Destroy target creature.
Enchantment
Font of Agonies (rna) 74
Foul-Tongue Shriek
Target opponent loses 1 life for each attacking creature you control. You gain that much life.
Instant
Foul-Tongue Shriek (dtk) 103
Gifted Aetherborn
Deathtouch, lifelink
Creature - Vampire Aetherborn
Gifted Aetherborn (plst) AER-61
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put all creature cards exiled with Gisa onto the battlefield under your control. They gain decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector (mid) 103
Give In to Violence
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink until end of turn.
Instant
Give In to Violence (dsk) 101
Gixian Puppeteer
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
When this creature dies, return another target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Warlock Phyrexian
Gixian Puppeteer (bro) 99
Glass-Cast Heart
Whenever one or more Vampires you control attack, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
,
, Pay 1 life: Create a 1/1 white and black Vampire creature token with lifelink.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact and thirteen Blood tokens: Each opponent loses 13 life and you gain 13 life.
Artifact
Glass-Cast Heart (lcc) 199
Gluttonous Guest
When this creature enters, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Blood token, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Vampire
Gluttonous Guest (vow) 114
Greed
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Enchantment
Greed (mh2) 274
Hellish Rebuke
Until end of turn, permanents your opponents control gain "When this permanent deals damage to the player who cast Hellish Rebuke, sacrifice this permanent. You lose 2 life."
Instant
Hellish Rebuke (afc) 26
High Market
: Add
.
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.
Land
High Market (afc) 246
Kalastria Nightwatch
Whenever you gain life, this creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature - Vampire Warrior Ally
Kalastria Nightwatch (j22) 429
Kiku, Night's Flower
,
: Target creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
Kiku, Night's Flower (chk) 121
Krav, the Unredeemed
Partner with Regna, the Redeemer (When this creature enters, target player may put Regna into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
, Sacrifice X creatures: Target player draws X cards and gains X life. Put X +1/+1 counters on Krav.
Legendary Creature - Demon
Krav, the Unredeemed (bbd) 4
Lake of the Dead
If this land would enter, sacrifice a Swamp instead. If you do, put this land onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
: Add
.
, Sacrifice a Swamp: Add
.
Land
Lake of the Dead (vma) 302
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
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Artifact - Equipment
Lashwrithe (c14) 245
Liliana of the Dark Realms
+1: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
−3: Target creature gets +X/+X or -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Swamps you control.
−6: You get an emblem with "Swamps you control have '
: Add
.'"
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Liliana of the Dark Realms (m14) 102
Mai, Scornful Striker
First strike
Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, they lose 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Human Ally Noble
Mai, Scornful Striker (tla) 109
Misfortune Teller
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, create a 2/2 black Rogue creature token. If it was a land card, create a Treasure token. Otherwise, you gain 3 life.
Creature - Human Warlock
Misfortune Teller (otc) 141
Moonstone Eulogist
Flying
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Bat Warlock
Moonstone Eulogist (blc) 19
Nightmare's Thirst
You gain 1 life. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Instant
Nightmare's Thirst (m19) 111
Nine-Lives Familiar
This creature enters with eight revival counters on it if you cast it.
When this creature dies, if it had a revival counter on it, return it to the battlefield with one fewer revival counter on it at the beginning of the next end step.
Creature - Cat
Nine-Lives Familiar (fdn) 321
Nirkana Assassin
Whenever you gain life, this creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Creature - Vampire Ally Assassin
Nirkana Assassin (j22) 449
Nirkana Revenant
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional
.
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Vampire Shade
Nirkana Revenant (bbd) 150
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
+2: Each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
−2: Create a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying. You lose 2 life.
−8: You get an emblem with "
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain X life and draw X cards, where X is the sacrificed creature's power."
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath can be your commander.
Legendary Planeswalker - Nixilis
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath (cmm) 176
Phyrexian Delver
When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Creature - Zombie Phyrexian
Phyrexian Delver (moc) 263
Phyrexian Fleshgorger
Prototype
— 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 this creature's power.
Creature Artifact - Wurm Phyrexian
Phyrexian Fleshgorger (bro) 121
Phyrexian Tower
: Add
.
, Sacrifice a creature: Add
.
Legendary Land
Phyrexian Tower (mh3) 355
Plague Drone
Flying
Rot Fly — If an opponent would gain life, that player loses that much life instead.
Creature - Demon
Plague Drone (40k) 47
Plumb the Forbidden
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice one or more creatures. When you do, copy this spell for each creature sacrificed this way.
You draw a card and lose 1 life.
Instant
Plumb the Forbidden (blc) 188
Pontiff of Blight
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. 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.)
Creature - Cleric Zombie
Pontiff of Blight (clb) 768
Prism Ring
As this artifact enters, choose a color.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen color, you gain 1 life.
Artifact
Prism Ring (ori) 235
Profane Memento
Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, you gain 1 life.
Artifact
Profane Memento (m15) 226
Reaper's Talisman
Whenever equipped creature attacks, it gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Whenever equipped creature attacks alone, defending player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Reaper's Talisman (afr) 117
Restless Bloodseeker
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Sacrifice two Blood tokens: Transform this creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Vampire
Restless Bloodseeker // Bloodsoaked Reveler (vow) 128Restless Bloodseeker // Bloodsoaked Reveler (vow) 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
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 can't be 0. (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay
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 this card while it's exiled, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Horror
Roiling Horror (plc) 79
Sanguine Bond
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (ltc) 208
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 token dies, you gain 1 life."
Creature - Human Warlock
Sedgemoor Witch (stx) 86
Sengir, the Dark Baron
Flying
Whenever another creature dies, put two +1/+1 counters on Sengir.
Whenever another player loses the game, you gain life equal to that player's life total as the turn began.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Vampire Noble
Sengir, the Dark Baron (cmr) 149
Serrated Scorpion
When this creature dies, it deals 2 damage to each opponent and you gain 2 life.
Creature - Scorpion
Serrated Scorpion (cmm) 185
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 (2x2) 88
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
Sovereign's Bite
Target player loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
Sorcery
Sovereign's Bite (m19) 120
Spoils of Evil
For each artifact or creature card in target opponent's graveyard, add
and you gain 1 life.
Instant
Spoils of Evil (ice) 163
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
Starlit Soothsayer
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained or lost life this turn, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Cleric Bat
Starlit Soothsayer (blb) 115
Stuffy Doll
Indestructible
As this creature enters, choose a player.
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to the chosen player.
: This creature deals 1 damage to itself.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Stuffy Doll (clb) 875
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and
no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Swiftfoot Boots (tdc) 328
Sword of War and Peace
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from red and from white.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, this Equipment deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand and you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Sword of War and Peace (plst) 2XM-300
Tainted Remedy
If an opponent would gain life, that player loses that much life instead.
Enchantment
Tainted Remedy (ori) 120
Tendrils of Agony
Target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Sorcery
Tendrils of Agony (sta) 34
Their Number Is Legion
Create X tapped 2/2 black Necron Warrior artifact creature tokens, then you gain life equal to the number of artifacts you control. Exile Their Number Is Legion.
You may cast this card from your graveyard.
Sorcery
Their Number Is Legion (40k) 63
Tivash, Gloom Summoner
Lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may pay X life, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn. If you do, create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying.
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock
Tivash, Gloom Summoner (j22) 476
Toxin Analysis
Target creature gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Instant
Toxin Analysis (mkm) 107
Tribute to Hunger
Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Instant
Tribute to Hunger (ddq) 65
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.
Enchantment
Triskaidekaphobia (j22) 479
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
Tymaret's toughness is equal to your devotion to black. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
: Exile up to two target cards from graveyards. You gain 1 life for each creature card exiled this way.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - Demigod
Tymaret, Chosen from Death (thb) 119
Vampire Scrivener
Flying
Whenever you gain life during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever you lose life during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Vampire Scrivener (snc) 98
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
Vendetta
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness.
Instant
Vendetta (plst) MMQ-170
Vengeful Bloodwitch
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Vengeful Bloodwitch (fdn) 76
Vermin Gorger
, Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Creature - Vampire
Vermin Gorger (j22) 485
Victimize
Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.
Sorcery
Victimize (spg) 23
Voldaren Bloodcaster
Flying
Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you create a Blood token, if you control five or more Blood tokens, transform this creature.
Creature - Wizard Vampire
Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner (vow) 137Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner (vow) 137
Wall of Blood
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Pay 1 life: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Blood (plst) MRD-82
Wall of Limbs
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
, Sacrifice this creature: Target player loses X life, where X is this creature's power.
Creature - Zombie Wall
Wall of Limbs (m15) 121
Witch of the Moors
Deathtouch
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice and you return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human Warlock
Witch of the Moors (otc) 152
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Protection from Humans
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card.
, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician (dmr) 315
Zulaport Cutthroat
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Rogue Ally
Zulaport Cutthroat (blc) 190

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