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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)
Ondu Cleric
Ondu Cleric 1White (2)
Creature — Kor Cleric Ally (1/1)

Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may gain life equal to the number of Allies you control.

Zendikar (Common)
Orchard Warden
Orchard Warden 4GreenGreen (6)
Creature — Treefolk Shaman (4/6)

Whenever another Treefolk creature you control enters, you may gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Morningtide (Uncommon)
Packsong Pup
Packsong Pup 1Green (2)
Creature — Wolf (1/1)

At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control another Wolf or Werewolf, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

When this creature dies, you gain life equal to its power.

Jumpstart 2022 (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Innistrad: Crimson Vow (Uncommon)
Paladin of Atonement
Paladin of Atonement 1White (2)
Creature — Vampire Knight (1/1)

At the beginning of each upkeep, if you lost life last turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

When this creature dies, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Rivals of Ixalan (Rare)
Path of Bravery
Path of Bravery 2White (3)
Enchantment

As long as your life total is greater than or equal to your starting life total, creatures you control get +1/+1.

Whenever one or more creatures you control attack, you gain life equal to the number of attacking creatures.

Jumpstart (Rare)
Other Versions
Magic 2014 Core Set (Rare)
Iconic Masters (Rare)
Planeswalker's Mirth
Planeswalker's Mirth 2White (3)
Enchantment

3White: Target opponent reveals a card at random from their hand. You gain life equal to that card's mana value.

Planeshift (Rare)
Predator's Rapport
Predator's Rapport 2Green (3)
Instant

Choose target creature you control. You gain life equal to that creature's power plus its toughness.

Gatecrash (Common)
Proper Burial
Proper Burial 3White (4)
Enchantment

Whenever a creature you control dies, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Dissension (Rare)
Purity
Purity 3WhiteWhiteWhite (6)
Creature — Elemental Incarnation (6/6)

Flying

If noncombat damage would be dealt to you, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.

When Purity is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Lorwyn (Rare)
Rashida Scalebane
Rashida Scalebane 3WhiteWhite (5)
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier (3/4)

Tap: Destroy target attacking or blocking Dragon. It can't be regenerated. You gain life equal to its power.

Mirage (Rare)
Razor Hippogriff
Razor Hippogriff 3WhiteWhite (5)
Creature — Hippogriff (3/3)

Flying

When this creature enters, return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain life equal to that card's mana value.

Commander 2013 Edition (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Scars of Mirrodin (Uncommon)
Reckoner's Bargain
Reckoner's Bargain 1Black (2)
Instant

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.

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (Common)
Revered Unicorn
Revered Unicorn 1White (2)
Creature — Unicorn (2/3)

Cumulative upkeep 1 (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

When this creature leaves the battlefield, you gain life equal to the number of age counters on it.

Weatherlight (Uncommon)
Reverse Damage
Reverse Damage 1WhiteWhite (3)
Instant

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.

Ninth Edition (Rare)
Other Versions
Limited Edition Alpha (Rare)
Limited Edition Beta (Rare)
Unlimited Edition (Rare)
Revised Edition (Rare)
Fourth Edition (Rare)
Fifth Edition (Rare)
Classic Sixth Edition (Rare)
Seventh Edition (Rare)
Reviving Vapors
Reviving Vapors 2WhiteBlue (4)
Instant

Reveal the top three cards of your library and put one of them into your hand. You gain life equal to that card's mana value. Put all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.

Ultimate Masters (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Invasion (Uncommon)
Vintage Masters (Uncommon)
Reward the Faithful
Reward the Faithful White (1)
Instant

Any number of target players each gain life equal to the highest mana value among permanents you control.

Scourge (Uncommon)
Righteous Valkyrie
Righteous Valkyrie 2White (3)
Creature — Angel Cleric (2/4)

Flying

Whenever another Angel or Cleric you control enters, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

As long as you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total, creatures you control get +2/+2.

Jumpstart 2025 (Rare)
Other Versions
Kaldheim (Rare)
Jumpstart 2022 (Rare)
Rin and Seri, Inseparable
Rin and Seri, Inseparable 1RedGreenWhite (4)
Legendary Creature — Dog Cat (4/4)

Whenever you cast a Dog spell, create a 1/1 green Cat creature token.

Whenever you cast a Cat spell, create a 1/1 white Dog creature token.

RedGreenWhite, Tap: Rin and Seri deals damage to any target equal to the number of Dogs you control. You gain life equal to the number of Cats you control.

Core Set 2021 (Mythic Rare)
Rite of Consumption
Rite of Consumption 1Black (2)
Sorcery

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.

Shadowmoor (Common)
Rotfeaster Maggot
Rotfeaster Maggot 4Black (5)
Creature — Insect (3/5)

When this creature enters, exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain life equal to that card's toughness.

Battlebond (Common)
Other Versions
Magic 2015 Core Set (Common)
Iconic Masters (Common)
Sapling of Colfenor
Sapling of Colfenor 3Black or GreenBlack or Green (5)
Legendary Creature — Treefolk Shaman (2/5)

Indestructible

Whenever Sapling of Colfenor attacks, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, you gain life equal to that card's toughness, lose life equal to its power, then put it into your hand.

Commander 2021 (Rare)
Other Versions
Eventide (Rare)
Scholar of Athreos
Scholar of Athreos 2White (3)
Creature — Human Cleric (1/4)

2Black: Each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Theros (Common)
Search Warrant
Search Warrant WhiteBlue (2)
Sorcery

Target player reveals their hand. You gain life equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.

Return to Ravnica (Common)
Hide // Seek (Seek)
Hide // Seek (Seek) WhiteBlack (2)
Instant

Search target opponent's library for a card and exile it. You gain life equal to its mana value. Then that player shuffles.

Dissension (Rare)
Sengir, the Dark Baron
Sengir, the Dark Baron 4BlackBlack (6)
Legendary Creature — Vampire Noble (4/4)

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.)

Commander Legends (Rare)
Serene Offering
Serene Offering 1White (2)
Instant

Destroy target enchantment. You gain life equal to its mana value.

Tempest (Uncommon)
Servant of Tymaret
Servant of Tymaret 2Black (3)
Creature — Zombie (1/3)

Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

2Black: Regenerate this creature.

Born of the Gods (Common)
Setessan Petitioner
Setessan Petitioner 1GreenGreen (3)
Creature — Human Druid (2/2)

When this creature enters, you gain life equal to your devotion to green. (Each Green in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)

Theros Beyond Death (Uncommon)
Sever Soul
Sever Soul 3BlackBlack (5)
Sorcery

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You gain life equal to its toughness.

Mercadian Masques (Common)
Other Versions
Eighth Edition (Uncommon)
Severed Strands
Severed Strands 1Black (2)
Sorcery

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.

Jumpstart 2025 (Common)
Other Versions
Guilds of Ravnica (Common)
Double Masters 2022 (Common)
Shadowgrange Archfiend
Shadowgrange Archfiend 6Black (7)
Creature — Demon (8/4)

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—2Black, 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.)

Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander (Rare)
Shard of the Nightbringer
Shard of the Nightbringer 5BlackBlackBlack (8)
Creature — C’tan (8/8)

Flying

Drain Life — When this creature enters, if you cast it, target opponent loses half their life, rounded up. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Warhammer 40,000 Commander (Rare)
Sheltering Word
Sheltering Word 1Green (2)
Instant

Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Avacyn Restored (Common)
Sheoldred's Restoration
Sheoldred's Restoration 3Black (4)
Sorcery

Kicker 2White (You may pay an additional 2White as you cast this spell.)

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to that card's mana value. Otherwise, you lose that much life.

Exile Sheoldred's Restoration.

Dominaria United (Uncommon)
Sifter Wurm
Sifter Wurm 5GreenGreen (7)
Creature — Wurm (7/7)

Trample

When this creature enters, scry 3, then reveal the top card of your library. You gain life equal to that card's mana value.

Amonkhet Remastered (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Hour of Devastation (Uncommon)
Commander Legends (Uncommon)
Simulacrum
Simulacrum 1Black (2)
Instant

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.

Fourth Edition (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Limited Edition Alpha (Uncommon)
Limited Edition Beta (Uncommon)
Unlimited Edition (Uncommon)
Revised Edition (Uncommon)
Sister Hospitaller
Sister Hospitaller 4WhiteBlack (6)
Creature — Human Cleric (3/2)

Medicus Ministorum — When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You gain life equal to its mana value.

Warhammer 40,000 Commander (Rare)
Song of Inspiration
Song of Inspiration 3GreenGreen (5)
Instant

Choose up to two target permanent cards in your graveyard. Roll a d20 and add the total mana value of those cards.

1–14 | Return those cards to your hand.

15+ | Return those cards to your hand. You gain life equal to their total mana value.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander (Rare)
Soul Burn
Soul Burn Variable Colorless2Black (3)
Sorcery

Spend only black and/or red mana on X.

Soul Burn deals X damage to any target. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more than the amount of Black spent on X, the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness.

Invasion (Common)
Other Versions
Ice Age (Common)
Soulgorger Orgg
Soulgorger Orgg 3RedRed (5)
Creature — Nightmare Orgg (6/6)

Trample

When this creature enters, you lose all but 1 life.

When this creature leaves the battlefield, you gain life equal to the life you lost when it entered.

Judgment (Uncommon)
Soul's Grace
Soul's Grace 1White (2)
Instant

You gain life equal to target creature's power.

Shards of Alara (Common)
Spinal Embrace
Spinal Embrace 3BlueBlueBlack (6)
Instant

Cast this spell only during combat.

Untap target creature you don't control and gain control of it. It gains haste until end of turn. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it. If you do, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Dominaria Remastered (Rare)
Other Versions
Invasion (Rare)
Commander 2013 Edition (Rare)
Zendikar Rising Commander (Rare)
Starlit Sanctum
Starlit Sanctum (0)
Land

Tap: Add Colorless.

White, Tap, Sacrifice a Cleric creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Black, Tap, Sacrifice a Cleric creature: Target player loses life equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Onslaught (Uncommon)
Subversion
Subversion 3BlackBlack (5)
Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Battle Royale Box Set (Rare)
Other Versions
Urza's Legacy (Rare)
Sunscourge Champion
Sunscourge Champion 2White (3)
Creature — Human Wizard (2/3)

When this creature enters, you gain life equal to its power.

Eternalize—2WhiteWhite, Discard a card. (2WhiteWhite, Discard a card, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Wizard with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Amonkhet Remastered (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Hour of Devastation (Uncommon)
Syphon Soul
Syphon Soul 2Black (3)
Sorcery

Syphon Soul deals 2 damage to each other player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

Magic: The Gathering—Conspiracy (Common)
Other Versions
Classic Sixth Edition (Common)
Legends (Common)
Onslaught (Common)
Battle Royale Box Set (Common)
Planechase (Common)
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender 2 (2)
Legendary Artifact Creature — Food Knight (3/1)

Syr Ginger has trample, hexproof, and haste as long as an opponent controls a planeswalker.

Whenever another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Syr Ginger and scry 1.

2, Tap, Sacrifice Syr Ginger: You gain life equal to its power.

Wilds of Eldraine (Rare)
Tainted Sigil
Tainted Sigil 1WhiteBlack (3)
Artifact

Tap, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain life equal to the total life lost by all players this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Alara Reborn (Uncommon)
Talara's Bane
Talara's Bane 1Black (2)
Sorcery

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a green or white creature card from it. You gain life equal to that creature card's toughness, then that player discards that card.

Eventide (Common)
Temple of Aclazotz
Temple of Aclazotz (0)
Legendary Land

(Transforms from Arguel's Blood Fast.)

Tap: Add Black.

Tap, Sacrifice a creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.

From the Vault: Transform (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Ixalan (Rare)
Terashi's Grasp
Terashi's Grasp 2White (3)
Sorcery — Arcane

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain life equal to its mana value.

Modern Masters 2015 Edition (Common)
Other Versions
Betrayers of Kamigawa (Common)
Modern Masters (Uncommon)
Teyo, Aegis Adept
Teyo, Aegis Adept 2WhiteWhite (4)
Legendary Planeswalker — — Teyo

+1: Up to one target creature's base power perpetually becomes equal to its toughness. It perpetually gains "This creature can attack as though it didn't have defender."

−2: Conjure a card named Lumbering Lightshield onto the battlefield.

−6: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, return target white creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You gain life equal to its toughness."

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (Mythic Rare)
The Aesir Escape Valhalla
The Aesir Escape Valhalla 2Green (3)
Enchantment — Saga

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

I — Exile a permanent card from your graveyard. You gain life equal to its mana value.

II — Put a number of +1/+1 counters on target creature you control equal to the mana value of the exiled card.

III — Return this Saga and the exiled card to their owner's hand.

Assassin's Creed (Uncommon)
Their Number Is Legion
Their Number Is Legion Variable ColorlessBlackBlackBlackBlack (4)
Sorcery

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.

Warhammer 40,000 Commander (Rare)
Tormented Hero
Tormented Hero Black (1)
Creature — Human Warrior (2/1)

This creature enters tapped.

Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Theros (Uncommon)
Tribute to Hunger
Tribute to Hunger 2Black (3)
Instant

Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Magic: The Gathering Foundations (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Innistrad (Uncommon)
Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed (Uncommon)
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice GreenGreenWhiteWhite (4)
Legendary Creature — Dryad (2/5)

Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

1GreenWhite, Tap: Populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Commander 2019 (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Return to Ravnica (Mythic Rare)
Guild Kit: Selesnya (Mythic Rare)
Union of the Third Path
Union of the Third Path 2White (3)
Instant

Draw a card, then you gain life equal to the number of cards in your hand.

The Brothers' War (Common)
Urborg Syphon-Mage
Urborg Syphon-Mage 2Black (3)
Creature — Human Spellshaper (2/2)

2Black, Tap, Discard a card: Each other player loses 2 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Dominaria Remastered (Common)
Other Versions
Time Spiral (Common)
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana (Common)
Archenemy (Common)
Duel Decks Anthology, Garruk vs. Liliana (Common)
Time Spiral Remastered (Common)
Vegetation Abomination
Vegetation Abomination 2Green (3)
Artifact Creature — Plant Mutant Food (2/2)

Deathtouch

Tap, Sacrifice this creature: Roll a six-sided die. You gain life equal to the result.

Unfinity (Common)
Verdant Sun's Avatar
Verdant Sun's Avatar 5GreenGreen (7)
Creature — Dinosaur Avatar (5/5)

Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (Rare)
Other Versions
Ixalan (Rare)
Commander Legends (Rare)
Commander 2021 (Rare)
Vigorous Charge
Vigorous Charge Green (1)
Instant

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

Target creature gains trample until end of turn. Whenever that creature deals combat damage this turn, if this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to that damage.

Invasion (Common)
Vraska's Stoneglare
Vraska's Stoneglare 4BlackGreen (6)
Sorcery

Destroy target creature. You gain life equal to its toughness. You may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Vraska, Regal Gorgon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

Guilds of Ravnica (Rare)
Wall of Reverence
Wall of Reverence 3White (4)
Creature — Spirit Wall (1/6)

Defender, flying

At the beginning of your end step, you may gain life equal to the power of target creature you control.

Ultimate Masters (Rare)
Other Versions
Conflux (Rare)
Commander 2013 Edition (Rare)
War Report
War Report 3White (4)
Instant

You gain life equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield plus the number of artifacts on the battlefield.

New Phyrexia (Common)
Weed Strangle
Weed Strangle 3BlackBlack (5)
Sorcery

Destroy target creature. Clash with an opponent. If you win, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher mana value.)

Lorwyn (Common)
Willow Geist
Willow Geist Green (1)
Creature — Treefolk Spirit (1/1)

Trample

Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

When this creature dies, you gain life equal to its power.

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (Rare)
Wolverine Riders
Wolverine Riders 4GreenGreen (6)
Creature — Elf Warrior (4/4)

At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.

Whenever another Elf you control enters, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Jumpstart 2022 (Rare)
Other Versions
Kaldheim Commander (Rare)
Worthy Cause
Worthy Cause White (1)
Instant

Buyback 2 (You may pay an additional 2 as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.

You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Tempest (Uncommon)
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