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Gixian Puppeteer
Gixian Puppeteer 3Black (4)
Creature — Phyrexian Warlock (4/3)

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

When Gixian Puppeteer dies, return another target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

The Brothers' War (Rare)
Glass-Cast Heart
Glass-Cast Heart 2Black (3)
Artifact

Whenever one or more Vampires you control attack, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "1, Tap, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Black, Tap, Pay 1 life: Create a 1/1 white and black Vampire creature token with lifelink.

BlackBlack, Tap, Sacrifice Glass-Cast Heart and thirteen Blood tokens: Each opponent loses 13 life and you gain 13 life.

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (Rare)
Other Versions
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander (Rare)
Gloom Sower
Gloom Sower 5BlackBlack (7)
Creature — Horror (8/6)

Whenever Gloom Sower becomes blocked by a creature, that creature's controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Core Set 2021 (Common)
Gnawing Zombie
Gnawing Zombie 1Black (2)
Creature — Zombie (1/3)

1Black, Sacrifice a creature: Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Jumpstart 2022 (Common)
Other Versions
Magic 2014 Core Set (Uncommon)
Modern Masters 2017 Edition (Common)
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker 1Black (2)
Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror (1/1)

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)

At the beginning of your end step, each opponent dealt combat damage this game by a creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth Commander (Rare)
Gonti's Machinations
Gonti's Machinations Black (1)
Enchantment

Whenever you lose life for the first time each turn, you get Energy. (You get an energy counter. Damage causes loss of life.)

Pay EnergyEnergy, Sacrifice Gonti's Machinations: Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Aether Revolt (Uncommon)
Grave Endeavor
Grave Endeavor 5BlackBlack (7)
Instant

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

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander (Rare)
Graveyard Glutton
Graveyard Glutton (0)
Creature — Werewolf (4/4)

Ward—Discard a card.

Whenever Graveyard Glutton enters the battlefield or attacks, exile up to two target cards from graveyards. For each creature card exiled this way, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Nightbound (If a player casts at least two spells during their own turn, it becomes day next turn.)

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (Rare)
Graveyard Trespasser
Graveyard Trespasser 2Black (3)
Creature — Human Werewolf (3/3)

Ward—Discard a card.

Whenever Graveyard Trespasser enters the battlefield or attacks, exile up to one target card from a graveyard. If a creature card was exiled this way, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (Rare)
Gray Merchant of Alphabet
Gray Merchant of Alphabet 3BlackBlack (5)
Creature — Zombie Performer (2/4)

When Gray Merchant of Alphabet enters the battlefield, choose a letter. For each creature you control that has the chosen letter in its name, you gain 1 life and each opponent loses 1 life.

Unfinity (Acorn) (Uncommon)
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Gray Merchant of Asphodel 3BlackBlack (5)
Creature — Zombie (2/4)

When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters the battlefield, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each Black in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Time Spiral Remastered (Bonus)
Other Versions
Theros (Common)
Commander 2014 (Common)
Theros Beyond Death (Uncommon)
Gríma Wormtongue
Gríma Wormtongue 2Black (3)
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor (1/4)

Your opponents can't gain life.

Tap, Sacrifice another creature: Target player loses 1 life. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, amass Orcs 2.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth (Uncommon)
Herald of Hadar
Herald of Hadar 4Black (5)
Creature — Human Warlock (4/4)

Circle of Death — 5Black: Roll a d20.

1–9 | Each opponent loses 2 life.

10–19 | Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

20 | Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "Tap, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (Common)
Hierophant's Chalice
Hierophant's Chalice 3 (3)
Artifact

When Hierophant's Chalice enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Tap: Add Colorless.

Ixalan (Common)
High Fae Negotiator
High Fae Negotiator 3BlackBlack (5)
Creature — Faerie Warlock (3/5)

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)

Flying

When High Fae Negotiator enters the battlefield, if it was bargained, each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

Wilds of Eldraine (Uncommon)
Highway Robber
Highway Robber 2BlackBlack (4)
Creature — Human Mercenary (2/2)

When Highway Robber enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska (Common)
Other Versions
Ninth Edition (Common)
Mercadian Masques (Common)
Tenth Edition (Common)
Hooded Blightfang
Hooded Blightfang 2Black (3)
Creature — Snake (1/4)

Deathtouch

Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch attacks, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker.

Core Set 2021 (Rare)
Illicit Auction
Illicit Auction 3RedRed (5)
Sorcery

Each player may bid life for control of target creature. You start the bidding with a bid of 0. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid and gains control of the creature. <I>(This effect lasts indefinitely.)</I>

Mirage (Rare)
Other Versions
Classic Sixth Edition (Rare)
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist 2BlueBlackRed (5)
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard (4/5)

Eminence — Whenever another nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield under your control, if Inalla, Archmage Ritualist is in the command zone or on the battlefield, you may pay 1. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that Wizard. The token gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

Tap five untapped Wizards you control: Target player loses 7 life.

Commander 2017 (Mythic Rare)
Indulging Patrician
Indulging Patrician 1WhiteBlack (3)
Creature — Vampire Noble (1/4)

Flying

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, each opponent loses 3 life.

Core Set 2021 (Uncommon)
Infectious Curse
Infectious Curse (0)
Enchantment — Aura Curse

Enchant player

Spells you cast that target enchanted player cost 1 less to cast.

At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Shadows over Innistrad (Uncommon)
Inquisitor Exarch
Inquisitor Exarch WhiteWhite (2)
Creature — Phyrexian Cleric (2/2)

When Inquisitor Exarch enters the battlefield, choose one —

• You gain 2 life.

• Target opponent loses 2 life.

New Phyrexia (Uncommon)
Insatiable Hemophage
Insatiable Hemophage 3Black (4)
Creature — Nightmare (3/3)

Mutate 2Black (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)

Deathtouch

Whenever this creature mutates, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of times this creature has mutated.

Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (Uncommon)
Intimidation Campaign
Intimidation Campaign 1BlueBlack (3)
Enchantment

When Intimidation Campaign enters the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life, you gain 1 life, and you draw a card.

Whenever you commit a crime, you may return Intimidation Campaign to its owner's hand. (It returns only from the battlefield. Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

Outlaws of Thunder Junction (Uncommon)
Kaito, Dancing Shadow
Kaito, Dancing Shadow 2BlueBlack (4)
Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito (3)

Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, you may return one of them to its owner's hand. If you do, you may activate loyalty abilities of Kaito twice this turn rather than only once.

+1: Up to one target creature can't attack or block until your next turn.

0: Draw a card.

−2: Create a 2/2 colorless Drone artifact creature token with deathtouch and "When this creature leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life."

Phyrexia: All Will Be One (Rare)
Kalastria Healer
Kalastria Healer 1Black (2)
Creature — Vampire Cleric Ally (1/2)

Rally — Whenever Kalastria Healer or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Battle for Zendikar (Common)
Kalastria Highborn
Kalastria Highborn BlackBlack (2)
Creature — Vampire Shaman (2/2)

Whenever Kalastria Highborn or another Vampire you control dies, you may pay Black. If you do, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Worldwake (Rare)
Kambal, Consul of Allocation
Kambal, Consul of Allocation 1WhiteBlack (3)
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor (2/3)

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Double Masters 2022 (Rare)
Other Versions
Kaladesh (Rare)
Kaladesh Remastered (Rare)
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor 1WhiteBlack (3)
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor (2/4)

Whenever one or more tokens enter the battlefield under your opponents' control, for each of them, create a tapped token that's a copy of it. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Whenever one or more tokens enter the battlefield under your control, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction (Rare)
Kardur, Doomscourge
Kardur, Doomscourge 2BlackRed (4)
Legendary Creature — Demon Berserker (4/3)

When Kardur, Doomscourge enters the battlefield, until your next turn, creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.

Whenever an attacking creature dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Kaldheim (Uncommon)
Kaya, Ghost Assassin
Kaya, Ghost Assassin 2WhiteBlack (4)
Legendary Planeswalker — Kaya (5)

0: Exile Kaya, Ghost Assassin or up to one target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep. You lose 2 life.

−1: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

−2: Each opponent discards a card and you draw a card.

Secret Lair Drop (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Conspiracy: Take the Crown (Mythic Rare)
Kaya, Intangible Slayer
Kaya, Intangible Slayer 3WhiteWhiteBlackBlack (7)
Legendary Planeswalker — Kaya (6)

Hexproof

+2: Each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

0: You draw two cards. Then each opponent may scry 1.

−3: Exile target creature or enchantment. If it wasn't an Aura, create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 1/1 white Spirit creature with flying in addition to its other types.

Phyrexia: All Will Be One (Rare)
Kheru Bloodsucker
Kheru Bloodsucker 2Black (3)
Creature — Vampire (2/2)

Whenever a creature you control with toughness 4 or greater dies, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

2Black, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Kheru Bloodsucker.

Khans of Tarkir (Uncommon)
Kingpin's Pet
Kingpin's Pet 1WhiteBlack (3)
Creature — Thrull (2/2)

Flying

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay White or Black. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Gatecrash (Common)
Knight of Obligation
Knight of Obligation 3White (4)
Creature — Human Knight (2/4)

Vigilance

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay White or Black. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Gatecrash (Uncommon)
Knights' Charge
Knights' Charge 1WhiteBlack (3)
Enchantment

Whenever a Knight you control attacks, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

6WhiteBlack, Sacrifice Knights' Charge: Return all Knight creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.

March of the Machine Commander (Rare)
Other Versions
Throne of Eldraine (Rare)
Knights of the Black Rose
Knights of the Black Rose 3WhiteBlack (5)
Creature — Human Knight (4/4)

When Knights of the Black Rose enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.

Whenever an opponent becomes the monarch, if you were the monarch as the turn began, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

March of the Machine Commander (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Conspiracy: Take the Crown (Uncommon)
Kokusho, the Evening Star
Kokusho, the Evening Star 4BlackBlack (6)
Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit (5/5)

Flying

When Kokusho, the Evening Star dies, each opponent loses 5 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Iconic Masters (Rare)
Other Versions
Champions of Kamigawa (Rare)
From the Vault: Dragons (Rare)
Modern Masters (Mythic Rare)
Krydle of Baldur's Gate
Krydle of Baldur's Gate BlueBlack (2)
Legendary Creature — Human Elf Rogue (1/3)

Whenever Krydle of Baldur's Gate deals combat damage to a player, that player loses 1 life and mills a card, then you gain 1 life and scry 1.

Whenever you attack, you may pay 2. If you do, target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (Uncommon)
Lampad of Death's Vigil
Lampad of Death's Vigil 1Black (2)
Enchantment Creature — Nymph (1/3)

1, Sacrifice a creature: Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Theros Beyond Death (Common)
Last Caress
Last Caress 2Black (3)
Sorcery

Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Draw a card.

Apocalypse (Common)
Last Stand
Last Stand WhiteBlueBlackRedGreen (5)
Sorcery

Target opponent loses 2 life for each Swamp you control. Last Stand deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control. Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token for each Forest you control. You gain 2 life for each Plains you control. Draw a card for each Island you control, then discard that many cards.

Planechase Anthology (Rare)
Other Versions
Apocalypse (Rare)
Planechase 2012 Edition (Rare)
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Lathril, Blade of the Elves 2BlackGreen (4)
Legendary Creature — Elf Noble (2/3)

Menace

Whenever Lathril, Blade of the Elves deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens.

Tap, Tap ten untapped Elves you control: Each opponent loses 10 life and you gain 10 life.

Kaldheim Commander (Mythic Rare)
Life Insurance
Life Insurance 3WhiteBlack (5)
Enchantment

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay White or Black. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (Rare)
Other Versions
Streets of New Capenna Commander (Rare)
Liliana, Untouched by Death
Liliana, Untouched by Death 2BlackBlack (4)
Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana (4)

+1: Mill three cards. If at least one Zombie card is milled this way, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

−2: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Zombies you control.

−3: You may cast Zombie spells from your graveyard this turn.

Core Set 2019 (Mythic Rare)
Liliana, Waker of the Dead
Liliana, Waker of the Dead 2BlackBlack (4)
Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana (4)

+1: Each player discards a card. Each opponent who can't loses 3 life.

−3: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard.

−7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste."

Core Set 2021 (Mythic Rare)
Lobelia, Defender of Bag End
Lobelia, Defender of Bag End 2Black (3)
Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen (2/2)

When Lobelia enters the battlefield, look at the top card of each opponent's library and exile those cards face down.

Tap, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose one —

• Until end of turn, you may play a card exiled with Lobelia without paying its mana cost.

• Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth Commander (Rare)
Lost Mine of Phandelver
Lost Mine of Phandelver (0)
Dungeon

Cave Entrance — Scry 1. (Leads to: Goblin Lair, Mine Tunnels)

Goblin Lair — Create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. (Leads to: Storeroom, Dark Pool)

Mine Tunnels — Create a Treasure token. (Leads to: Dark Pool, Fungi Cavern)

Storeroom — Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. (Leads to: Temple of Dumathoin)

Dark Pool — Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. (Leads to: Temple of Dumathoin)

Fungi Cavern — Target creature gets -4/-0 until your next turn. (Leads to: Temple of Dumathoin)

Temple of Dumathoin — Draw a card.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (Common)
MacCready, Lamplight Mayor
MacCready, Lamplight Mayor WhiteBlack (2)
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor (1/3)

Whenever a creature you control with power 2 or less attacks, it gains skulk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)

Whenever a creature with power 4 or greater attacks you, its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Magic The Gathering—Fallout (Rare)
Maestros Charm
Maestros Charm BlueBlackRed (3)
Instant

Choose one —

• Look at the top five cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

• Each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

• Maestros Charm deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker.

Streets of New Capenna (Uncommon)
Malakir Blood-Priest
Malakir Blood-Priest 1Black (2)
Creature — Vampire Cleric (2/1)

When Malakir Blood-Priest enters the battlefield, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of creatures in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Common)
Other Versions
Zendikar Rising (Common)
Malakir Bloodwitch
Malakir Bloodwitch 3BlackBlack (5)
Creature — Vampire Shaman (4/4)

Flying, protection from white

When Malakir Bloodwitch enters the battlefield, each opponent loses life equal to the number of Vampires you control. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander (Rare)
Other Versions
Zendikar (Rare)
Commander 2017 (Rare)
Marauding Blight-Priest
Marauding Blight-Priest 2Black (3)
Creature — Vampire Cleric (3/2)

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Jumpstart 2022 (Common)
Other Versions
Zendikar Rising (Common)
Mardu Shadowspear
Mardu Shadowspear Black (1)
Creature — Human Warrior (1/1)

Whenever Mardu Shadowspear attacks, each opponent loses 1 life.

Dash 1Black (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Fate Reforged (Uncommon)
Mind Drain
Mind Drain 2Black (3)
Sorcery

Target opponent discards two cards, mills a card, and loses 1 life. You gain 1 life. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Zendikar Rising (Common)
Mishra, Claimed by Gix
Mishra, Claimed by Gix 2BlackRed (4)
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Artificer (3/5)

Whenever you attack, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of attacking creatures. If Mishra, Claimed by Gix and a creature named Phyrexian Dragon Engine are attacking, and you both own and control them, exile them, then meld them into Mishra, Lost to Phyrexia. It enters the battlefield tapped and attacking.

The Brothers' War (Mythic Rare)
Morsel Theft
Morsel Theft 2BlackBlack (4)
Tribal Sorcery — Rogue

Prowl 1Black (You may cast this for its prowl cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with a Rogue.)

Target player loses 3 life and you gain 3 life. If this spell's prowl cost was paid, draw a card.

Morningtide (Common)
Nadier's Nightblade
Nadier's Nightblade 2Black (3)
Creature — Elf Warrior (1/3)

Whenever a token you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Commander Masters (Common)
Other Versions
Commander Legends (Uncommon)
Narci, Fable Singer
Narci, Fable Singer 1WhiteBlackGreen (4)
Legendary Creature — Human Bard (3/3)

Lifelink

Whenever you sacrifice an enchantment, draw a card.

Whenever the final chapter ability of a Saga you control resolves, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that Saga's mana value.

Commander Masters (Mythic Rare)
Needlebite Trap
Needlebite Trap 5BlackBlack (7)
Instant — Trap

If an opponent gained life this turn, you may pay Black rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Target player loses 5 life and you gain 5 life.

Zendikar (Uncommon)
Night Market Lookout
Night Market Lookout Black (1)
Creature — Human Rogue (1/1)

Whenever Night Market Lookout becomes tapped, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Kaladesh Remastered (Common)
Other Versions
Kaladesh (Common)
Nihilistic Glee
Nihilistic Glee 2BlackBlack (4)
Enchantment

2Black, Discard a card: Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Hellbent — 1, Pay 2 life: Draw a card. Activate only if you have no cards in hand.

Dissension (Rare)
Nihiloor
Nihiloor 2WhiteBlueBlack (5)
Legendary Creature — Horror (3/5)

When Nihiloor enters the battlefield, for each opponent, tap up to one untapped creature you control. When you do, gain control of target creature that player controls with power less than or equal to the tapped creature's power for as long as you control Nihiloor.

Whenever you attack with a creature an opponent owns, you gain 2 life and that player loses 2 life.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander (Mythic Rare)
Nocturnal Feeder
Nocturnal Feeder 2Black (3)
Creature — Vampire Rogue (2/1)

Flying

When Nocturnal Feeder dies, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Jumpstart (Common)
Not Dead After All
Not Dead After All Black (1)
Instant

Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this Aura is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Wilds of Eldraine (Common)
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath 3BlackBlack (5)
Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis (3)

+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 "1Black, 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.

Commander Masters (Rare)
Other Versions
Commander 2014 (Mythic Rare)
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary 1BlackRed (3)
Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis (3)

Casualty X. The copy isn't legendary and has starting loyalty X. (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power X. When you do, copy this spell. The copy becomes a token.)

+1: Each opponent loses 2 life unless they discard a card. If you control a Demon or Devil, you gain 2 life.

−2: Create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

−7: Target player draws seven cards and loses 7 life.

Streets of New Capenna (Mythic Rare)
Obelisk Spider
Obelisk Spider 1BlackGreen (3)
Creature — Spider (1/4)

Reach

Whenever Obelisk Spider deals combat damage to a creature, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.

Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Amonkhet Remastered (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Hour of Devastation (Uncommon)
Obzedat, Ghost Council
Obzedat, Ghost Council 1WhiteWhiteBlackBlack (5)
Legendary Creature — Spirit Advisor (5/5)

When Obzedat, Ghost Council enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

At the beginning of your end step, you may exile Obzedat. If you do, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep. It gains haste.

Modern Masters 2017 Edition (Rare)
Other Versions
Gatecrash (Mythic Rare)
Odious Witch
Odious Witch (0)
Creature — Human Warlock (3/3)

Whenever Odious Witch attacks, defending player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Innistrad: Crimson Vow (Common)
Okiba Reckoner Raid
Okiba Reckoner Raid Black (1)
Enchantment — Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)

I, II — Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (Common)
Oko, Thief of Crowns
Oko, Thief of Crowns 1GreenBlue (3)
Legendary Planeswalker — Oko (4)

+2: Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "2, Tap, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

+1: Target artifact or creature loses all abilities and becomes a green Elk creature with base power and toughness 3/3.

−5: Exchange control of target artifact or creature you control and target creature an opponent controls with power 3 or less.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction Breaking News (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Throne of Eldraine (Mythic Rare)
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic 3WhiteBlueBlack (6)
Legendary Creature — Giant Soldier (4/5)

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 2 life.

Whenever you gain life, you may pay 1. If you do, draw a card and each opponent loses 1 life.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if Oloro, Ageless Ascetic is in the command zone, you gain 2 life.

Commander 2013 Edition (Mythic Rare)
Orzhova, the Church of Deals
Orzhova, the Church of Deals (0)
Land

Tap: Add Colorless.

3WhiteBlack, Tap: Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Guildpact (Uncommon)
Palace Siege
Palace Siege 3BlackBlack (5)
Enchantment

As Palace Siege enters the battlefield, choose Khans or Dragons.

• Khans — At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

• Dragons — At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Commander 2017 (Rare)
Other Versions
Fate Reforged (Rare)
Parasitic Impetus
Parasitic Impetus 2Black (3)
Enchantment — Aura

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.

Ravnica Clue Edition (Common)
Other Versions
Ikoria Commander (Uncommon)
Commander 2021 (Uncommon)
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Common)
Parasitic Strix
Parasitic Strix 2Blue (3)
Artifact Creature — Bird (2/2)

Flying

When Parasitic Strix enters the battlefield, if you control a black permanent, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Double Masters (Common)
Other Versions
Conflux (Common)
Path to the World Tree
Path to the World Tree 1Green (2)
Enchantment

When Path to the World Tree enters the battlefield, search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

2WhiteBlueBlackRedGreen, Sacrifice Path to the World Tree: You gain 2 life and draw two cards. Target opponent loses 2 life. Path to the World Tree deals 2 damage to up to one target creature. You create a 2/2 green Bear creature token.

Dominaria United Commander (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Kaldheim (Uncommon)
Polluted Bonds
Polluted Bonds 3BlackBlack (5)
Enchantment

Whenever a land enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Wilds of Eldraine Enchanting Tales (Rare)
Other Versions
Shadowmoor (Rare)
Pontiff of Blight
Pontiff of Blight 4BlackBlack (6)
Creature — Zombie Cleric (2/7)

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay White or Black. 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.)

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Rare)
Other Versions
Dragon's Maze (Rare)
Commander 2014 (Rare)
Guild Kit: Orzhov (Rare)
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander (Rare)
Profane Command
Profane Command Variable ColorlessBlackBlack (2)
Sorcery

Choose two —

• Target player loses X life.

• Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

• Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

• Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Streets of New Capenna Commander (Rare)
Other Versions
Lorwyn (Rare)
Planechase (Rare)
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas (Rare)
Commander 2014 (Rare)
Modern Masters 2015 Edition (Rare)
Ikoria Commander (Rare)
Professor Onyx
Professor Onyx 4BlackBlack (6)
Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana (5)

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

+1: You lose 1 life. Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

−3: Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls.

−8: Each opponent may discard a card. If they don't, they lose 3 life. Repeat this process six more times.

Strixhaven: School of Mages (Mythic Rare)
Psychomancer
Psychomancer 1Black (2)
Artifact Creature — Necron Wizard (1/1)

Flying

Harbinger of Despair — Whenever Psychomancer or another nontoken artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield or is put into exile from the battlefield, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Warhammer 40,000 Commander (Uncommon)
Punish Ignorance
Punish Ignorance WhiteBlueBlueBlack (4)
Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

Shards of Alara (Rare)
Qarsi Sadist
Qarsi Sadist 1Black (2)
Creature — Human Cleric (1/3)

Exploit (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature.)

When Qarsi Sadist exploits a creature, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Dragons of Tarkir (Common)
Queza, Augur of Agonies
Queza, Augur of Agonies 1WhiteBlueBlack (4)
Legendary Creature — Cephalid Advisor (3/4)

Whenever you draw a card, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Streets of New Capenna (Uncommon)
Radiant Epicure
Radiant Epicure 4Black (5)
Creature — Vampire Wizard (5/5)

Converge — When Radiant Epicure enters the battlefield, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.

Modern Horizons 2 (Uncommon)
Rakish Crew
Rakish Crew 2Black (3)
Enchantment

When Rakish Crew enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with "Tap: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."

Whenever an outlaw you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)

Outlaws of Thunder Junction (Uncommon)
Raven of Fell Omens
Raven of Fell Omens 1Black (2)
Creature — Bird (1/2)

Flying

Whenever you commit a crime, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

Outlaws of Thunder Junction (Common)
Reaper's Talisman
Reaper's Talisman Black (1)
Artifact — Equipment

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 2 (2: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (Uncommon)
Relic Vial
Relic Vial 3 (3)
Artifact

2, Tap, Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card.

As long as you control a Cleric, Relic Vial has "Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life."

Zendikar Rising (Uncommon)
Restless Fortress
Restless Fortress (0)
Land

Restless Fortress enters the battlefield tapped.

Tap: Add White or Black.

2WhiteBlack: Restless Fortress becomes a 1/4 white and black Nightmare creature until end of turn. It's still a land.

Whenever Restless Fortress attacks, defending player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Wilds of Eldraine (Rare)
Retreat to Hagra
Retreat to Hagra 2Black (3)
Enchantment

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, choose one —

• Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.

• Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Commander 2018 (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Battle for Zendikar (Uncommon)
Revenge of Ravens
Revenge of Ravens 3Black (4)
Enchantment

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth Commander (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Throne of Eldraine (Uncommon)
Rhystic Syphon
Rhystic Syphon 3BlackBlack (5)
Sorcery

Unless target player pays 3, that player loses 5 life and you gain 5 life.

Prophecy (Uncommon)
Roiling Horror
Roiling Horror 3BlackBlack (5)
Creature — 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—Variable ColorlessBlackBlackBlack. X can't be 0. (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay Variable ColorlessBlackBlackBlack 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.

Planar Chaos (Rare)
Sanctum of Stone Fangs
Sanctum of Stone Fangs 1Black (2)
Legendary Enchantment — Shrine

At the beginning of your precombat main phase, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of Shrines you control.

Core Set 2021 (Uncommon)
Sanctum Seeker
Sanctum Seeker 2BlackBlack (4)
Creature — Vampire Knight (3/4)

Whenever a Vampire you control attacks, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (Rare)
Other Versions
Ixalan (Rare)
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander (Rare)
Sanguine Bond
Sanguine Bond 3BlackBlack (5)
Enchantment

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.

Wilds of Eldraine Enchanting Tales (Rare)
Other Versions
Magic 2010 (Rare)
Magic 2014 Core Set (Rare)
Commander 2013 Edition (Rare)
Commander 2017 (Rare)
Iconic Masters (Uncommon)
Time Spiral Remastered (Bonus)
Commander 2021 (Rare)
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth Commander (Rare)
Sanguine Brushstroke
Sanguine Brushstroke 1BlackBlack (3)
Enchantment

When Sanguine Brushstroke enters the battlefield, create a Blood token and conjure a card named Blood Artist onto the battlefield.

Whenever you sacrifice a Blood token, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Alchemy (Rare)
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