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Greven's Life Drain
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The Captain

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Greven, Predator Captain

Menace Greven, Predator Captain gets +X/+0, where X is the amount of life you've lost this turn. Whenever Greven attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, you draw cards equal to that creature's power and you lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

Creature
Greven, Predator Captain (c19) 43
1

Drain

Quantity: 31Price: $102.13
Bitter Triumph

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Bitter Triumph (lci) 91
1
Blood Pact

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Instant
Blood Pact (mid) 88
1
Bolas's Citadel

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost. {T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

Artifact
Bolas's Citadel (plg21) 3
1
Caustic Bronco

Whenever Caustic Bronco attacks, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. You lose life equal to that card's mana value if Caustic Bronco isn't saddled. Otherwise, each opponent loses that much life. Saddle 3 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Caustic Bronco (otj) 82
1
City of Brass

Whenever City of Brass becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
City of Brass (5ed) 413
1
Cryptolith Fragment

Artifact
Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul (emn) 193Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul (emn) 193
1
Dark Tutelage

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Enchantment
Dark Tutelage (wot) 28
1
Defiler of Flesh

Menace As an additional cost to cast black permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {B} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of black mana you pay. Whenever you cast a black permanent spell, target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains menace until end of turn.

Creature
Defiler of Flesh (dmu) 90
1
Defiler of Instinct

First strike As an additional cost to cast red permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {R} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of red mana you pay. Whenever you cast a red permanent spell, Defiler of Instinct deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Defiler of Instinct (dmu) 119
1
Devour in Shadow

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

Instant
Devour in Shadow (5dn) 46
1
Dire Fleet Ravager

Menace, deathtouch When Dire Fleet Ravager enters the battlefield, each player loses a third of their life, rounded up.

Creature
Dire Fleet Ravager (xln) 104
1
Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (brc) 106
1
Grave Consequences

Each player may exile any number of cards from their graveyard. Then each player loses 1 life for each card in their graveyard. Draw a card.

Instant
Grave Consequences (jud) 67
1
Greed

{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment
Greed (mh2) 274
1
Immolating Souleater

{R/P}: Immolating Souleater gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.)

Creature Artifact
Immolating Souleater (nph) 139
1
Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Infernal Grasp (mid) 107
1
Lithoform Blight

Enchant land When Lithoform Blight enters the battlefield, draw a card. Enchanted land loses all land types and abilities and has "{T}: Add {C}" and "{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color."

Enchantment
Lithoform Blight (znr) 109
1
Marshland Bloodcaster

Flying {1}{B}, {T}: Rather than pay the mana cost of the next spell you cast this turn, you may pay life equal to that spell's mana value.

Creature
Marshland Bloodcaster (c21) 370
1
Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Night's Whisper (plst) EMA-100
1
Peer into the Abyss

Target player draws cards equal to half the number of cards in their library and loses half their life. Round up each time.

Sorcery
Peer into the Abyss (pm21) 117p
1
Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (plst) CN2-144
1
Phyrexian Processor

As Phyrexian Processor enters the battlefield, pay any amount of life. {4}, {T}: Create an X/X black Phyrexian Minion creature token, where X is the life paid as Phyrexian Processor entered the battlefield.

Artifact
Phyrexian Processor (dde) 29
1
Soul Channeling

Enchant creature Pay 2 life: Regenerate enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Soul Channeling (mmq) 163
1
Soul Kiss

Enchant creature {B}, Pay 1 life: Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate no more than three times each turn.

Enchantment
Soul Kiss (ice) 162
1
Spire of Industry

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control an artifact.

Land
Spire of Industry (mkc) 296
1
Succumb to Temptation

You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Instant
Succumb to Temptation (emn) 107
1
Sulfurous Springs

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Sulfurous Springs deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Sulfurous Springs (6ed) 328
1
Temporal Extortion

When you cast this spell, any player may pay half their life, rounded up. If a player does, counter Temporal Extortion. Take an extra turn after this one.

Sorcery
Temporal Extortion (plc) 81
1
Treasonous Ogre

Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Pay 3 life: Add {R}.

Creature
Treasonous Ogre (plst) CNS-36
1
Vilis, Broker of Blood

Flying {B}, Pay 2 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Vilis, Broker of Blood (m20) 122
1
War Room

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Land
War Room (mkc) 310
1

Exquisite Bond

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Exquisite Blood

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

Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (plst) JMP-231
1
Sanguine Bond

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

Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (tsr) 330
1
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life. {3}{B}{B}: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

Creature
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose (m21) 127
1

Finishers

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Archetype of Aggression

Creatures you control have trample. Creatures your opponents control lose trample and can't have or gain trample.

Creature Enchantment
Archetype of Aggression (bng) 88
1
Brash Taunter

Indestructible Whenever Brash Taunter is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target opponent. {2}{R}, {T}: Brash Taunter fights another target creature.

Creature
Brash Taunter (mkc) 148
1
Chandra's Ignition

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each other creature and each opponent.

Sorcery
Chandra's Ignition (ori) 137
1
Dauthi Embrace

{B}{B}: Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Enchantment
Dauthi Embrace (tmp) 120
1
Hatred

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Instant
Hatred (exo) 64
1
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar

Whenever a commander you control deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar (cmr) 188
1
Obosh, the Preypiercer

Companion — Your starting deck contains only cards with odd mana values and land cards. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) If a source you control with an odd mana value would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Creature
Obosh, the Preypiercer (iko) 228
1
Outmaneuver

X target blocked creatures assign their combat damage this turn as though they weren't blocked.

Instant
Outmaneuver (usg) 205
1
Phyresis

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has infect. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Enchantment
Phyresis (mbs) 49
1
Repay in Kind

Each player's life total becomes the lowest life total among all players.

Sorcery
Repay in Kind (roe) 125
1
Soul's Fire

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Instant
Soul's Fire (uma) 148
1
Surestrike Trident

Equipped creature has first strike and "{T}, Unattach Surestrike Trident: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker." Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters the battlefield unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)

Artifact
Surestrike Trident (dst) 147
1
Suspicious Bookcase

Defender {3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature Artifact
Suspicious Bookcase (m19) 246
1
Vorrac Battlehorns

Equipped creature has trample and can't be blocked by more than one creature. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters the battlefield unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)

Artifact
Vorrac Battlehorns (mrd) 271
1
Whispersilk Cloak

Equipped creature can't be blocked and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Whispersilk Cloak (dst) 160
1

Haste

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Bloodsworn Steward

Flying Commander creatures you control get +2/+2 and have haste.

Creature
Bloodsworn Steward (voc) 144
1
Chariot of Victory

Equipped creature has first strike, trample, and haste. Equip {1}

Artifact
Chariot of Victory (jou) 159
1
Hall of the Bandit Lord

Hall of the Bandit Lord enters the battlefield tapped. {T}, Pay 3 life: Add {C}. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste.

Land
Hall of the Bandit Lord (chk) 277
1
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (cma) 233
1
Tuktuk Rubblefort

Defender, reach Creatures you control have haste.

Creature
Tuktuk Rubblefort (znr) 173
1

Life Gain

Quantity: 11Price: $27.57
Alhammarret's Archive

If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead. If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Artifact
Alhammarret's Archive (ori) 221
1
Basilisk Collar

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. Equip {2}

Artifact
Basilisk Collar (clb) 300
1
Butcher's Cleaver

Equipped creature gets +3/+0. As long as equipped creature is a Human, it has lifelink. Equip {3}

Artifact
Butcher's Cleaver (isd) 217
1
Loxodon Warhammer

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has trample and lifelink. Equip {3}

Artifact
Loxodon Warhammer (mrd) 201
1
Mask of Griselbrand

Equipped creature has flying and lifelink. Whenever equipped creature dies, you may pay X life, where X is its power. If you do, draw X cards. Equip {3}

Artifact
Mask of Griselbrand (mid) 111
1
Poet's Quill

When Poet's Quill enters the battlefield, learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.) Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has lifelink. Equip {1}{B}

Artifact
Poet's Quill (stx) 82
1
Rush of Vitality

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage dealt by that creature also causes its controller to gain that much life, and it can't be destroyed by damage or effects that say "destroy.")

Instant
Rush of Vitality (kld) 99
1
Scavenged Brawler

Flying, vigilance, trample, lifelink {5}, Exile Scavenged Brawler from your graveyard: Choose target creature. Put four +1/+1 counters, a flying counter, a vigilance counter, a trample counter, and a lifelink counter on that creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature Artifact
Scavenged Brawler (brc) 17
1
Twilight Prophet

Flying Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.

Creature
Twilight Prophet (rix) 88
1
Unbreakable Bond

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a lifelink counter on it.

Sorcery
Unbreakable Bond (iko) 101
1
Unexpected Fangs

Put a +1/+1 counter and a lifelink counter on target creature.

Instant
Unexpected Fangs (iko) 102
1

Mana and Ramp

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Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (c17) 242
1
Dragonskull Summit

Dragonskull Summit enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Dragonskull Summit (m12) 225
1
Luxury Suite

Luxury Suite enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Luxury Suite (clb) 355
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (inv) 343
6
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (cmm) 446
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (cmm) 447
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (cmm) 448
1
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (plg20) 1
1
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (c17) 272
1
Rowan, Scion of War

Menace {T}: Spells you cast this turn that are black and/or red cost {X} less to cast, where X is the amount of life you lost this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Rowan, Scion of War (woe) 211
1
Smoldering Marsh

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) Smoldering Marsh enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Smoldering Marsh (bfz) 247
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (mic) 162
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mmq) 339
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mmq) 340
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (inv) 339
8
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (cmm) 444
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (cmm) 445
1
Tainted Peak

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Peak (voc) 184
1
Tyrite Sanctum

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Target legendary creature becomes a God in addition to its other types. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Tyrite Sanctum: Put an indestructible counter on target God.

Land
Tyrite Sanctum (khm) 272
1

Vecna

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Eye of Vecna

When Eye of Vecna enters the battlefield, you draw a card and you lose 2 life. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {2}. If you do, you draw a card and you lose 2 life.

Artifact
Eye of Vecna (afr) 243
1
Hand of Vecna

At the beginning of combat on your turn, equipped creature or a creature you control named Vecna gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand. Equip—Pay 1 life for each card in your hand. Equip {2}

Artifact
Hand of Vecna (afr) 246
1
The Book of Vile Darkness

At the beginning of your end step, if you lost 2 or more life this turn, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. {T}, Exile The Book of Vile Darkness and artifacts you control named Eye of Vecna and Hand of Vecna: Create Vecna, a legendary 8/8 black Zombie God creature token with indestructible and all triggered abilities of the exiled cards.

Artifact
The Book of Vile Darkness (pafr) 91p
1

Maybeboard

Quantity: 11Price: $155.25
Barbarian Ring

{T}: Add {R}. Barbarian Ring deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {R}, {T}, Sacrifice Barbarian Ring: It deals 2 damage to any target. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Land
Barbarian Ring (plst) ODY-313
1
Black Market Connections

At the beginning of your precombat main phase, choose one or more — • Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life. • Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life. • Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It has every creature type.)

Enchantment
Black Market Connections (lcc) 181
1
Fire Covenant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. Fire Covenant deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.

Instant
Fire Covenant (ice) 289
1
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Lifelink For each {B} in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana. Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth.

Creature
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth (plst) C19-18
1
Phyrexian Purge

This spell costs 3 life more to cast for each target. Destroy any number of target creatures.

Sorcery
Phyrexian Purge (mir) 273
1
Plunge into Darkness

Choose one — • Sacrifice any number of creatures. You gain 3 life for each sacrificed creature. • Pay X life, then look at the top X cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and exile the rest. Entwine {B} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Instant
Plunge into Darkness (5dn) 57
1
Silent Arbiter

No more than one creature can attack each combat. No more than one creature can block each combat.

Creature Artifact
Silent Arbiter (c20) 250
1
Soul Conduit

{6}, {T}: Two target players exchange life totals.

Artifact
Soul Conduit (nph) 158
1
The Black Gate

As The Black Gate enters the battlefield, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}, {T}: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.

Land
The Black Gate (ltc) 490
1
The One Ring

Indestructible When The One Ring enters the battlefield, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn. At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring. {T}: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.

Artifact
The One Ring (ltr) 246
1
Treasure Dredger

{1}, {T}, Pay 1 life: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Treasure Dredger (otj) 110
1

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