First strike

Whenever Alesha, Who Smiles at Death attacks, you may pay {W/B}{W/B}. If you do, return target creature card with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.

Whenever another nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, bolster 1. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has double strike. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on Black Market.

At the beginning of your precombat main phase, add {B} for each charge counter on Black Market.

Bloodfell Caves enters the battlefield tapped.

When Bloodfell Caves enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

{T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, target player draws a card and loses 1 life.

{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

{R}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice Boros Cluestone: Draw a card.

Boros Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped.

{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Choose a color. White creatures you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.

{3}, Sacrifice Burnished Hart: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Equipped creature gets +1/+0.

Whenever equipped creature attacks, create a 1/1 white Kor Ally creature token that's tapped and attacking.

Equip {1}

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Charcoal Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.

{T}: Add {B}.

Escalate {1} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)

Choose one or more --

• Target player discards all the cards in their hand, then draws that many cards.

• Collective Defiance deals 4 damage to target creature.

• Collective Defiance deals 3 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.

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

Sacrifice Commander's Sphere: Draw a card.

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}.

Whenever a creature you control dies, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

When Disciple of Bolas enters the battlefield, sacrifice another creature. You gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.

+1: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

+1: Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains flying until end of turn.

-8: You get an emblem with "Artifacts, creatures, enchantments, and lands you control have indestructible."

Exile target enchantment.

Indestructible

As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Your opponents can't gain life.

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

{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Ghitu Encampment enters the battlefield tapped.

{T}: Add {R}.

{1}{R}: Ghitu Encampment becomes a 2/1 red Warrior creature with first strike until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Enchant creature

When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. Return Gift of Immortality to the battlefield attached to that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

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 {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

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

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has flying.

{3}{W}: Return Gryff's Boon from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

Whenever High Priest of Penance is dealt damage, you may destroy target nonland permanent.

Flying

Sacrifice Hope of Ghirapur: Until your next turn, target player who was dealt combat damage by Hope of Ghirapur this turn can't cast noncreature spells.

Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

{T}, Discard a card: Up to one target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Whenever Key to the City becomes untapped, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card.

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has flying.

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

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay {5}.

Lightning Axe deals 5 damage to target creature.

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

Equip {3}

At the beginning of each opponent's end step, if you didn't lose life this turn, you may put a quest counter on Luminarch Ascension. (Damage causes loss of life.)

{1}{W}: Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. Activate only if Luminarch Ascension has four or more quest counters on it.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +3/+0 and has menace.

Magmaquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each planeswalker.

Marble Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.

{T}: Add {W}.

Whenever a nontoken creature you control attacks, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token that's tapped and attacking.

Sacrifice Mardu Ascendancy: Creatures you control get +0/+3 until end of turn.

Equipped creature gets +1/+2 and has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Equip {3}

{2}: Mirage Mirror becomes a copy of target artifact, creature, enchantment, or land until end of turn.

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

+2: Create a 1/1 white Kor Soldier creature token. You may attach an Equipment you control to it.

-2: You may put an Equipment card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield.

-10: Create a colorless Equipment artifact token named Stoneforged Blade. It has indestructible, "Equipped creature gets +5/+5 and has double strike," and equip {0}.

Nahiri, the Lithomancer can be your commander.

Nomad Outpost enters the battlefield tapped.

{T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}.

O-Naginata can be attached only to a creature with power 3 or greater.

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has trample.

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

Orzhov Basilica enters the battlefield tapped.

When Orzhov Basilica enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.

{T}: Add {W}{B}.

Orzhov Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped.

{T}: Add {W} or {B}.

({T}: Add {W}.)

({T}: Add {W}.)

({T}: Add {W}.)

({T}: Add {W}.)

({T}: Add {W}.)

({T}: Add {W}.)

({T}: Add {W}.)

({T}: Add {W}.)

({T}: Add {W}.)

Search your library for up to two enchantment cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

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.)

{T}: Put a charge counter on Ratchet Bomb.

{T}, Sacrifice Ratchet Bomb: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on Ratchet Bomb.

Deathtouch

At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose an opponent at random. Raving Dead attacks that player this combat if able.

Whenever Raving Dead deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded down.

{T}: Add {C}.

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

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

Scoured Barrens enters the battlefield tapped.

When Scoured Barrens enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

{T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Shock deals 2 damage to any target.

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)

As long as Silverblade Paladin is paired with another creature, both creatures have double strike.

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

When Solemn Simulacrum enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

When Solemn Simulacrum dies, you may draw a card.

{T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target enchantment card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

As long as you control five or more enchantments, each other non-Aura enchantment you control is a creature in addition to its other types and has base power and base toughness each equal to its mana value.

Vigilance

Whenever Sun Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, you may return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

({T}: Add {B}.)

({T}: Add {B}.)

({T}: Add {B}.)

({T}: Add {B}.)

({T}: Add {B}.)

({T}: Add {B}.)

({T}: Add {B}.)

({T}: Add {B}.)

({T}: Add {B}.)

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

Equip {1}

{T}: Add {C}.

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

Sacrifice three white creatures: Exile target creature.

Whenever another black creature you control dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

{1}, {T}, Discard a card: You gain 4 life.

{1}, {T}, Pay 1 life: Create a 0/1 white Goat creature token.

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Draw a card.

Triskelion enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.

Remove a +1/+1 counter from Triskelion: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

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

{T}: Add {C}.

{7}, {T}, Sacrifice Unstable Obelisk: Destroy target permanent.

First strike

Sacrifice Vampire Hexmage: Remove all counters from target permanent.

{T}: Add {C}.

{2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

{1}{W}{B}: Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.

{1}{W}{B}: Whenever you gain life this turn, each opponent loses that much life.

Wind-Scarred Crag enters the battlefield tapped.

When Wind-Scarred Crag enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Worn Powerstone enters the battlefield tapped.

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

At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life they lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Haste

Zurgo Helmsmasher attacks each combat if able.

Zurgo Helmsmasher has indestructible as long as it's your turn.

Whenever a creature dealt damage by Zurgo Helmsmasher this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Zurgo Helmsmasher.