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Absorb Vis
Absorb Vis 6Black (7)
Sorcery

Target player loses 4 life and you gain 4 life.

Basic landcycling 1Black (1Black, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Conspiracy: Take the Crown (Common)
Other Versions
Conflux (Common)
Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt (Common)
Modern Masters (Common)
Alms of the Vein
Alms of the Vein 2Black (3)
Sorcery

Target opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

Madness Black (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered (Common)
Other Versions
Shadows over Innistrad (Common)
Angrath, the Flame-Chained
Angrath, the Flame-Chained 3BlackRed (5)
Legendary Planeswalker — Angrath (4)

+1: Each opponent discards a card and loses 2 life.

−3: Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step if it has mana value 3 or less.

−8: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of cards in their graveyard.

Rivals of Ixalan (Mythic Rare)
Anje, Maid of Dishonor
Anje, Maid of Dishonor 2BlackRed (4)
Legendary Creature — Vampire (4/5)

Whenever Anje, Maid of Dishonor and/or one or more other Vampires you control enter, create a Blood token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (It's an artifact with "1, Tap, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

2, Sacrifice another creature or a Blood token: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Innistrad: Crimson Vow (Rare)
Arbiter of Woe
Arbiter of Woe 4BlackBlack (6)
Creature — Demon (5/4)

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

Flying

When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card and loses 2 life. You draw a card and gain 2 life.

Magic: The Gathering Foundations (Uncommon)
Archfiend of Spite
Archfiend of Spite 5BlackBlack (7)
Creature — Demon (6/6)

Flying

Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to Archfiend of Spite, that source's controller loses that much life unless they sacrifice that many permanents of their choice.

Madness 3BlackBlack (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Commander 2019 (Rare)
Archon of Cruelty
Archon of Cruelty 6BlackBlack (8)
Creature — Archon (6/6)

Flying

Whenever Archon of Cruelty enters or attacks, target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice, discards a card, and loses 3 life. You draw a card and gain 3 life.

Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Modern Horizons 2 (Mythic Rare)
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (Mythic Rare)
Arterial Flow
Arterial Flow 1BlackBlack (3)
Sorcery

Each opponent discards two cards. If you control a Vampire, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Rivals of Ixalan (Uncommon)
Asylum Visitor
Asylum Visitor 1Black (2)
Creature — Vampire Wizard (3/1)

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Madness 1Black (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (Rare)
Other Versions
Shadows over Innistrad (Rare)
Commander 2019 (Rare)
Bad Deal
Bad Deal 4BlackBlack (6)
Sorcery

You draw two cards and each opponent discards two cards. Each player loses 2 life.

Arena Base Set (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Core Set 2021 (Uncommon)
Bandit's Talent
Bandit's Talent 1Black (2)
Enchantment — Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)

When Bandit's Talent enters, each opponent discards two cards unless they discard a nonland card.

Black: Level 2

//Level_2//

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has one or fewer cards in hand, they lose 2 life.

3Black: Level 3

//Level_3//

At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card for each opponent who has one or fewer cards in hand.

Bloomburrow (Uncommon)
Blim, Comedic Genius
Blim, Comedic Genius 2BlackRed (4)
Legendary Creature — Imp (4/3)

Flying

Whenever Blim, Comedic Genius deals combat damage to a player, that player gains control of target permanent you control. Then each player loses life and discards cards equal to the number of permanents they control but don't own.

Commander Legends (Rare)
Bloodsoaked Reveler
Bloodsoaked Reveler (0)
Creature — Vampire (3/3)

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "1, Tap, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

4Black: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Innistrad: Crimson Vow (Uncommon)
Braids's Frightful Return
Braids's Frightful Return 2Black (3)
Enchantment — Saga

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.)

I — You may sacrifice a creature. If you do, each opponent discards a card.

II — Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

III — Target opponent may sacrifice a nonland, nontoken permanent of their choice. If they don't, they lose 2 life and you draw a card.

Dominaria United (Uncommon)
Clutch of the Undercity
Clutch of the Undercity 1BlueBlueBlack (4)
Instant

Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 3 life.

Transmute 1BlueBlack (1BlueBlack, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Ravnica: City of Guilds (Uncommon)
Collective Brutality
Collective Brutality 1Black (2)
Sorcery

Escalate—Discard a card. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)

Choose one or more —

• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card.

• Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

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

Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered (Rare)
Other Versions
Eldritch Moon (Rare)
Court of Ambition
Court of Ambition 2BlackBlack (4)
Enchantment

When Court of Ambition enters, you become the monarch.

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card. If you're the monarch, instead each opponent loses 6 life unless they discard two cards.

Commander Legends (Rare)
Creeping Dread
Creeping Dread 3Black (4)
Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player discards a card. Each opponent who discarded a card that shares a card type with the card you discarded loses 3 life. (Players reveal the discarded cards simultaneously.)

Shadows over Innistrad (Uncommon)
Cruel Ultimatum
Cruel Ultimatum BlueBlueBlackBlackBlackRedRed (7)
Sorcery

Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice, discards three cards, then loses 5 life. You return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand, draw three cards, then gain 5 life.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction Breaking News (Rare)
Other Versions
Shards of Alara (Rare)
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas (Rare)
From the Vault: Twenty (Mythic Rare)
Commander 2013 Edition (Rare)
Modern Masters 2017 Edition (Rare)
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas (Rare)
Cryptbreaker
Cryptbreaker Black (1)
Creature — Zombie (1/1)

1Black, Tap, Discard a card: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Tap three untapped Zombies you control: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Historic Anthology 1 (Rare)
Other Versions
Eldritch Moon (Rare)
Curse of Fool's Wisdom
Curse of Fool's Wisdom 4BlackBlack (6)
Enchantment — Aura Curse

Enchant player

Whenever enchanted player draws a card, they lose 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Madness 3Black (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Commander 2019 (Rare)
Davriel's Shadowfugue
Davriel's Shadowfugue 3Black (4)
Sorcery

Target player discards two cards and loses 2 life.

War of the Spark (Common)
Death Cloud
Death Cloud Variable ColorlessBlackBlackBlack (3)
Sorcery

Each player loses X life, discards X cards, sacrifices X creatures of their choice, then sacrifices X lands of their choice.

Modern Masters (Rare)
Other Versions
Darksteel (Rare)
Demogorgon's Clutches
Demogorgon's Clutches 2Black (3)
Sorcery

Target opponent discards two cards, mills two cards, and loses 2 life. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (Common)
Other Versions
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (Uncommon)
Demonic Pact
Demonic Pact 2BlackBlack (4)
Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one that hasn't been chosen —

• This enchantment deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life.

• Target opponent discards two cards.

• Draw two cards.

• You lose the game.

Magic: The Gathering Foundations (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Magic Origins (Mythic Rare)
Amonkhet Remastered (Mythic Rare)
Diplomacy of the Wastes
Diplomacy of the Wastes 2Black (3)
Sorcery

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. If you control a Warrior, that player loses 2 life.

Fate Reforged (Uncommon)
Doom Foretold
Doom Foretold 2WhiteBlack (4)
Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a nonland, nontoken permanent of their choice. If that player can't, they discard a card, they lose 2 life, you draw a card, you gain 2 life, you create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance, then you sacrifice Doom Foretold.

Throne of Eldraine (Rare)
Dusk Mangler
Dusk Mangler 5BlackBlack (7)
Creature — Horror (5/4)

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature, discard a card, or pay 4 life.

When Dusk Mangler enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice, discards a card, and loses 4 life.

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Streets of New Capenna (Uncommon)
Eriette's Whisper
Eriette's Whisper 3Black (4)
Sorcery

Target opponent discards two cards. Create a Wicked Role token attached to up to one target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this Aura is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Wilds of Eldraine (Common)
Faith of the Devoted
Faith of the Devoted 2Black (3)
Enchantment

Whenever you cycle or discard a card, you may pay 1. If you do, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Historic Anthology 4 (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Amonkhet (Uncommon)
Commander 2019 (Uncommon)
Fell Specter
Fell Specter 3Black (4)
Creature — Specter (1/3)

Flying

When Fell Specter enters, target opponent discards a card.

Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.

Jumpstart (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Core Set 2019 (Uncommon)
Forbidden Ritual
Forbidden Ritual 2BlackBlack (4)
Sorcery

Sacrifice a nontoken permanent. If you do, target opponent loses 2 life unless that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice or discards a card. You may repeat this process any number of times.

Visions (Rare)
Fraying Omnipotence
Fraying Omnipotence 3BlackBlack (5)
Sorcery

Each player loses half their life, then discards half the cards in their hand, then sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice. Round up each time.

Core Set 2019 (Rare)
Gempalm Polluter
Gempalm Polluter 5Black (6)
Creature — Zombie (4/3)

Cycling BlackBlack (BlackBlack, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Gempalm Polluter, you may have target player lose life equal to the number of Zombies on the battlefield.

Historic Anthology 3 (Common)
Other Versions
Legions (Common)
Gibbering Descent
Gibbering Descent 4BlackBlack (6)
Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses 1 life and discards a card.

Hellbent — Skip your upkeep step if you have no cards in hand.

Madness 2BlackBlack (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Future Sight (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)
Graveyard Glutton
Graveyard Glutton (0)
Creature — Werewolf (4/4)

Ward—Discard a card.

Whenever Graveyard Glutton enters 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 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)
Greed's Gambit
Greed's Gambit 3Black (4)
Enchantment

When Greed's Gambit enters, you draw three cards, gain 6 life, and create three 2/1 black Bat creature tokens with flying.

At the beginning of your end step, you discard a card, lose 2 life, and sacrifice a creature.

When Greed's Gambit leaves the battlefield, you discard three cards, lose 6 life, and sacrifice three creatures.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction: The Big Score (Mythic Rare)
Hopeless Nightmare
Hopeless Nightmare Black (1)
Enchantment

When Hopeless Nightmare enters, each opponent discards a card and loses 2 life.

When Hopeless Nightmare is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, scry 2.

2Black: Sacrifice Hopeless Nightmare.

Wilds of Eldraine (Common)
Junji, the Midnight Sky
Junji, the Midnight Sky 3BlackBlack (5)
Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit (5/5)

Flying, menace

When Junji, the Midnight Sky dies, choose one —

• Each opponent discards two cards and loses 2 life.

• Put target non-Dragon creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose 2 life.

Modern Horizons 3 Commander (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (Mythic Rare)
Kaervek's Spite
Kaervek's Spite BlackBlackBlack (3)
Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice all permanents you control and discard your hand.

Target player loses 5 life.

Visions (Rare)
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)
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger BlackRed (2)
Legendary Creature — Elder Giant (6/6)

When Kroxa enters, sacrifice it unless it escaped.

Whenever Kroxa enters or attacks, each opponent discards a card, then each opponent who didn't discard a nonland card this way loses 3 life.

Escape—BlackBlackRedRed, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

March of the Machine Multiverse Legends (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Theros Beyond Death (Mythic Rare)
Secret Lair Drop (Mythic Rare)
Largepox (playtest)
Largepox (playtest) BlackBlackBlackBlack (4)
Sorcery

Each player discards a card, then loses 1 life, then sacrifices an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, a land, a planeswalker, and a tribal permanent, then exiles a card from their graveyard, then puts the top card of their library into their graveyard, then removes a counter from a permanent they control, then gets a poison counter.

Mystery Booster (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)
Let's Play a Game
Let's Play a Game 3Black (4)
Sorcery

Delirium — Choose one. If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, choose one or more instead.

• Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.

• Each opponent discards two cards.

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

Duskmourn: House of Horror (Uncommon)
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)
Liliana's Caress
Liliana's Caress 1Black (2)
Enchantment

Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.

Magic 2011 (Uncommon)
Lim-Dûl's Paladin
Lim-Dûl's Paladin 2BlackRed (4)
Creature — Human Knight (0/3)

Trample

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may discard a card. If you don't, sacrifice Lim-Dûl's Paladin and draw a card.

Whenever Lim-Dûl's Paladin becomes blocked, it gets +6/+3 until end of turn.

Whenever Lim-Dûl's Paladin attacks and isn't blocked, it assigns no combat damage this turn and defending player loses 4 life.

Alliances (Uncommon)
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire 5Blue (6)
Legendary Artifact

When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters, if you cast it, draw five cards.

You have no maximum hand size and don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.

Whenever you gain life, draw that many cards.

Whenever you lose life, discard that many cards. Then if you have no cards in hand, you lose the game.

Duskmourn: House of Horror (Rare)
Mental Agony
Mental Agony 3Black (4)
Sorcery

Target player discards two cards and loses 2 life.

Avacyn Restored (Common)
Merciless Eternal
Merciless Eternal 2Black (3)
Creature — Zombie Cleric (2/2)

Afflict 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 2 life.)

2Black, Discard a card: Merciless Eternal gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Hour of Devastation (Uncommon)
Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil 2BlackBlack (4)
Enchantment

Midnight Oil enters with seven hour counters on it.

At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card and remove two hour counters from Midnight Oil.

Your maximum hand size is equal to the number of hour counters on Midnight Oil.

Whenever you discard a card, you lose 1 life.

Kaladesh Remastered (Rare)
Other Versions
Kaladesh (Rare)
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)
Mind Spike
Mind Spike Black (1)
Sorcery

Target opponent reveals each noncreature, nonland card in their hand. You choose a card revealed this way. That player discards that card. You lose 2 life. If they didn't reveal a card this way, you draw a card.

Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (Uncommon)
Netherborn Phalanx
Netherborn Phalanx 5Black (6)
Creature — Horror (2/4)

When Netherborn Phalanx enters, each opponent loses 1 life for each creature they control.

Transmute 1BlackBlack (1BlackBlack, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Guild Kit: Dimir (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Ravnica: City of Guilds (Uncommon)
Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver
Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver 5BlueBlackRed (8)
Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas (5)

+3: Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

−3: Destroy target creature. Draw a card.

−11: Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver deals 7 damage to each opponent. You draw seven cards.

Hour of Devastation (Mythic Rare)
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)
Oath of Lim-Dûl
Oath of Lim-Dûl 3Black (4)
Enchantment

Whenever you lose life, for each 1 life you lost, sacrifice a permanent other than Oath of Lim-Dûl unless you discard a card. <I>(Damage dealt to you causes you to lose life.)</I>

BlackBlack: Draw a card.

Ice Age (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)
Pact Weapon
Pact Weapon 3Black (4)
Artifact — Equipment

As long as Pact Weapon is attached to a creature, you don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.

Whenever equipped creature attacks, draw a card and reveal it. The creature gets +X/+X until end of turn and you lose X life, where X is that card's mana value.

Equip—Discard a card.

Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Mythic Rare)
Painful Quandary
Painful Quandary 3BlackBlack (5)
Enchantment

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.

Magic: The Gathering Foundations (Rare)
Other Versions
Scars of Mirrodin (Rare)
The Brothers' War (Rare)
Perforating Artist
Perforating Artist 1BlackRed (3)
Creature — Devil (3/2)

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Magic: The Gathering Foundations (Uncommon)
Pointed Discussion
Pointed Discussion 2Black (3)
Sorcery

You draw two cards, lose 2 life, then create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "1, Tap, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Innistrad: Crimson Vow (Common)
Polygraph Orb
Polygraph Orb 4Black (5)
Artifact

When Polygraph Orb enters, look at the top four cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose 2 life.

2, Tap, Collect evidence 3: Each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card or sacrifice a creature. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)

Murders at Karlov Manor (Uncommon)
Power Taint
Power Taint 1Blue (2)
Enchantment — Aura

Enchant enchantment

At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted enchantment's controller, that player loses 2 life unless they pay 2.

Cycling 2 (2, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Urza's Saga (Common)
Pox
Pox BlackBlackBlack (3)
Sorcery

Each player loses a third of their life, then discards a third of the cards in their hand, then sacrifices a third of the creatures they control of their choice, then sacrifices a third of the lands they control of their choice. Round up each time.

Mystery Booster 2: Convention Edition (Rare)
Other Versions
Fifth Edition (Rare)
Ice Age (Rare)
Masters Edition (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.

Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Strixhaven: School of Mages (Mythic Rare)
Psychic Purge
Psychic Purge Blue (1)
Sorcery

Psychic Purge deals 1 damage to any target.

When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Psychic Purge, that player loses 5 life.

Masters Edition (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Legends (Common)
Quest for the Nihil Stone
Quest for the Nihil Stone Black (1)
Enchantment

Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may put a quest counter on Quest for the Nihil Stone.

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand and Quest for the Nihil Stone has two or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 5 life.

Worldwake (Rare)
Raiders' Wake
Raiders' Wake 3Black (4)
Enchantment

Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.

Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, target opponent discards a card.

Ixalan (Uncommon)
Rank Officer
Rank Officer 3Black (4)
Creature — Zombie Soldier (3/1)

When Rank Officer enters, you may discard a card. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

1Black, Tap, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Each opponent loses 2 life.

Modern Horizons (Common)
Rankle, Master of Pranks
Rankle, Master of Pranks 2BlackBlack (4)
Legendary Creature — Faerie Rogue (3/3)

Flying, haste

Whenever Rankle, Master of Pranks deals combat damage to a player, choose any number —

• Each player discards a card.

• Each player loses 1 life and draws a card.

• Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (Rare)
Other Versions
Throne of Eldraine (Mythic Rare)
Commander Masters (Rare)
Wilds of Eldraine Commander (Rare)
Rankle's Prank
Rankle's Prank 2BlackBlack (4)
Sorcery

Choose one or more —

• Each player discards two cards.

• Each player loses 4 life.

• Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

Wilds of Eldraine (Rare)
Remorseless Punishment
Remorseless Punishment 3BlackBlack (5)
Sorcery

Target opponent loses 5 life unless that player discards two cards or sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Repeat this process once.

Oath of the Gatewatch (Rare)
Rona, Sheoldred's Faithful
Rona, Sheoldred's Faithful 1BlueBlackBlack (4)
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard (3/4)

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, each opponent loses 1 life.

You may cast Rona, Sheoldred's Faithful from your graveyard by discarding two cards in addition to paying its other costs.

March of the Machine Multiverse Legends (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Dominaria United (Uncommon)
Rottenmouth Viper
Rottenmouth Viper 5Black (6)
Creature — Elemental Snake (6/6)

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice any number of nonland permanents. This spell costs 1 less to cast for each permanent sacrificed this way.

Whenever Rottenmouth Viper enters or attacks, put a blight counter on it. Then for each blight counter on it, each opponent loses 4 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Bloomburrow (Mythic Rare)
Rush of Dread
Rush of Dread 1BlackBlack (3)
Sorcery

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)

+ 1 — Target opponent sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up.

+ 2 — Target opponent discards half the cards in their hand, rounded up.

+ 2 — Target opponent loses half their life, rounded up.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction (Rare)
Scroll of Griselbrand
Scroll of Griselbrand 1 (1)
Artifact

1, Sacrifice Scroll of Griselbrand: Target opponent discards a card. If you control a Demon, that player loses 3 life.

Avacyn Restored (Common)
Scythe Specter
Scythe Specter 4BlackBlack (6)
Creature — Specter (4/4)

Flying

Whenever Scythe Specter deals combat damage to a player, each opponent discards a card. Each player who discarded a card with the highest mana value among cards discarded this way loses life equal to that mana value.

Commander Anthology 2018 (Rare)
Other Versions
Magic: The Gathering-Commander (Rare)
Skirsdag Supplicant
Skirsdag Supplicant 2Black (3)
Creature — Human Cleric (2/3)

Black, Tap, Discard a card: Each player loses 2 life.

Jumpstart 2022 (Common)
Other Versions
Eldritch Moon (Common)
Smallpox
Smallpox BlackBlack (2)
Sorcery

Each player loses 1 life, discards a card, sacrifices a creature of their choice, then sacrifices a land of their choice.

Time Spiral Remastered (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Time Spiral (Uncommon)
Magic 2012 (Uncommon)
Magic: The Gathering—Conspiracy (Uncommon)
Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis (Uncommon)
Starseer Mentor
Starseer Mentor 3WhiteBlack (5)
Creature — Bat Warlock (3/5)

Flying, vigilance

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained or lost life this turn, target opponent loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.

Bloomburrow (Uncommon)
Strongarm Tactics
Strongarm Tactics 1Black (2)
Sorcery

Each player discards a card. Then each player who didn't discard a creature card this way loses 4 life.

Onslaught (Rare)
Syphon Life
Syphon Life 1BlackBlack (3)
Sorcery

Target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

Modern Masters (Common)
Other Versions
Eventide (Uncommon)
Tergrid's Lantern
Tergrid's Lantern 3Black (4)
Legendary Artifact

Tap: Target player loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.

3Black: Untap Tergrid's Lantern.

Kaldheim (Rare)
The Cruelty of Gix
The Cruelty of Gix 3BlackBlack (5)
Enchantment — Saga

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.)

I — Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card.

II — Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life.

III — Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Dominaria United (Rare)
Thornplate Intimidator
Thornplate Intimidator 3Black (4)
Creature — Rat Rogue (4/3)

Offspring 3 (You may pay an additional 3 as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)

When this creature enters, target opponent loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.

Bloomburrow (Common)
Thoughtseize
Thoughtseize Black (1)
Sorcery

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. You lose 2 life.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction Breaking News (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Lorwyn (Rare)
Theros (Rare)
Masterpiece Series: Amonkhet Invocations (Special)
Iconic Masters (Rare)
Double Masters (Rare)
Time Spiral Remastered (Bonus)
Amonkhet Remastered (Rare)
Tinybones Joins Up
Tinybones Joins Up Black (1)
Legendary Enchantment

When Tinybones Joins Up enters, any number of target players each discard a card.

Whenever a legendary creature you control enters, any number of target players each mill a card and lose 1 life.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction (Rare)
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
Tinybones, Trinket Thief 1Black (2)
Legendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue (1/2)

At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent discarded a card this turn, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

4BlackBlack: Each opponent with no cards in hand loses 10 life.

Jumpstart (Mythic Rare)
Tomb of Annihilation
Tomb of Annihilation (0)
Dungeon

Trapped Entry — Each player loses 1 life. (Leads to: Veils of Fear, Oubliette)

Veils of Fear — Each player loses 2 life unless they discard a card. (Leads to: Sandfall Cell)

Sandfall Cell — Each player loses 2 life unless they sacrifice a creature, artifact, or land of their choice. (Leads to: Cradle of the Death God)

Oubliette — Discard a card and sacrifice a creature, an artifact, and a land. (Leads to: Cradle of the Death God)

Cradle of the Death God — Create The Atropal, a legendary 4/4 black God Horror creature token with deathtouch.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (Common)
Torment of Hailfire
Torment of Hailfire Variable ColorlessBlackBlack (2)
Sorcery

Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Amonkhet Remastered (Rare)
Other Versions
Hour of Devastation (Rare)
Torment of Scarabs
Torment of Scarabs 3Black (4)
Enchantment — Aura Curse

Enchant player

At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.

Historic Anthology 4 (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Hour of Devastation (Uncommon)
Torment of Venom
Torment of Venom 2BlackBlack (4)
Instant

Put three -1/-1 counters on target creature. Its controller loses 3 life unless they sacrifice another nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.

Hour of Devastation (Common)
Undercity Plague
Undercity Plague 4BlackBlack (6)
Sorcery

Target player loses 1 life, discards a card, then sacrifices a permanent of their choice.

Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Gatecrash (Rare)
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)
Urza's Guilt
Urza's Guilt 2BlueBlack (4)
Sorcery

Each player draws two cards, then discards three cards, then loses 4 life.

Planeshift (Rare)
Vampire's Kiss
Vampire's Kiss 1Black (2)
Sorcery

Target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Create two Blood tokens. (They're artifacts with "1, Tap, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Innistrad: Crimson Vow (Common)
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