First strike

Whenever a creature dealt damage by Abattoir Ghoul this turn dies, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

+1: Target permanent doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

−2: Ajani Vengeant deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.

−7: Destroy all lands target player controls.

Whenever you're dealt damage, you may put that many charge counters on Angelheart Vial.

, , Remove four charge counters from Angelheart Vial: You gain 2 life and draw a card.

Whenever Augury Adept deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You gain life equal to its mana value.

The next time target creature would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.

, Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Ayara, Widow of the Realm deals X damage to target opponent or battle and you gain X life, where X is the sacrificed permanent's mana value.

: Transform Ayara. Activate only as a sorcery. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Flying

Whenever Basilica Stalker deals combat damage to a player, you gain 1 life and surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Disguise (You may cast this card face down for as a 2/2 creature with ward . Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)

Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch.

, : Choose one —

• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

• Bow of Nylea deals 2 damage to target creature with flying.

• You gain 3 life.

• Put up to four target cards from your graveyard on the bottom of your library in any order.

Radiance — Brightflame deals X damage to target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

, , Discard a card: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.

Spend only black mana on X.

Consume Spirit deals X damage to any target and you gain X life.

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)

Covenant of Blood deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life.

Creeping Chill deals 3 damage to each opponent and you gain 3 life.

When Creeping Chill is put into your graveyard from your library, you may exile it. If you do, Creeping Chill deals 3 damage to each opponent and you gain 3 life.

Daxos of Meletis can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.

Whenever Daxos of Meletis deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library. You gain life equal to that card's mana value. Until end of turn, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Death Grasp deals X damage to any target. You gain X life.

As long as you have more cards in hand than each opponent, Descendant of Kiyomaro gets +1/+2 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage, you gain 3 life."

Doubtless One's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Clerics on the battlefield.

Whenever Doubtless One deals damage, you gain that much life.

+1: Until end of turn, whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put a loyalty counter on Dovin, Grand Arbiter.

−1: Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. You gain 1 life.

−7: Look at the top ten cards of your library. Put three of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

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

• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

• Dread Presence deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.

Whenever El-Hajjâj deals damage, you gain that much life.

Enter the God-Eternals deals 4 damage to target creature and you gain life equal to the damage dealt this way. Target player mills four cards. Amass Zombies 4. (Put four +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)

Essence Extraction deals 3 damage to target creature and you gain 3 life.

Flying

Whenever Exalted Angel deals damage, you gain that much life.

Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Feast of Flesh deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is 1 plus the number of cards named Feast of Flesh in all graveyards.

Fell the Pheasant deals 5 damage to target creature with flying. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Untap target creature and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn. If was spent to cast this spell, the creature gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage, you gain that much life" until end of turn.

Trample, haste

Whenever Froghemoth deals combat damage to a player, exile up to that many target cards from their graveyard. Put a +1/+1 counter on Froghemoth for each creature card exiled this way. You gain 1 life for each noncreature card exiled this way.

Deathtouch

Whenever Glowing One deals combat damage to a player, they get four rad counters.

Whenever a player mills a nonland card, you gain 1 life.

: Choose one. X is the number of spells you've cast this turn.

• Scry X.

• Gnostro, Voice of the Crags deals X damage to target creature.

• You gain X life.

Flying

When Grasping Thrull enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to each opponent and you gain 2 life.

Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell and you may choose a new target for the copy.)

Choose target creature or planeswalker. If it was dealt noncombat damage this turn, Grisly Sigil deals 3 damage to it and you gain 3 life. Otherwise, Grisly Sigil deals 1 damage to it and you gain 1 life.

Harsh Sustenance deals X damage to any target and you gain X life, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)

Hurloon Battle Hymn deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If this spell was kicked, you gain 4 life.

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.)

Enrage — Whenever Imperial Ceratops is dealt damage, you gain 2 life.

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.

At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game.

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."

+1: Exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard. You gain 2 life if at least one creature card was exiled this way.

−1: Exile target nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.

−5: Kaya, Orzhov Usurper deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards that player owns in exile and you gain that much life.

Kiyomaro, First to Stand's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

As long as you have four or more cards in hand, Kiyomaro has vigilance.

Whenever Kiyomaro deals damage, if you have seven or more cards in hand, you gain 7 life.

Just a second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't move permanents.)

One at a time, throw ten cards you own from outside the game onto the playing area from a distance of at least three feet (about one meter). For each of those cards, Knife and Death deals 1 damage to each creature or planeswalker you don't control that card is touching. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

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 . If you do, target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Last Kiss deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.

Menace

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

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

Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.

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.

Choose one —

• Midnight Charm deals 1 damage to target creature and you gain 1 life.

• Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

• Tap target creature.

Morbid Hunger deals 3 damage to any target. You gain 3 life.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

( can be paid with either or .)

Flying

Whenever Mourning Thrull deals damage, you gain that much life.

Flying, hexproof from multicolored

Whenever Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact deals combat damage to a player, it deals X damage to any target, target player draws X cards, and you gain X life, where X is the number of different color pairs among permanents you control that are exactly two colors.

: Add . Nomad Stadium deals 1 damage to you.

Threshold — , , Sacrifice Nomad Stadium: You gain 4 life. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.