Jumpstart 2022

Ancient Craving

Ancient Craving {3}{B}

Sorcery
You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.
Knowledge demands sacrifice.
Black Cat

Black Cat {1}{B}

Creature - Zombie Cat
When Black Cat dies, target opponent discards a card at random.
Its last life is spent tormenting your dreams.
1/1
Related card: Cursebound Witch
Blight Keeper

Blight Keeper {B}

Creature - Bat Imp
Flying
{7}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Blight Keeper: Target opponent loses 4 life and you gain 4 life.
It withers fruit and flesh alike.
1/1
Blood Price

Blood Price {3}{B}

Sorcery
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. You lose 2 life.
Blood is the oldest currency.
Bloodbond Vampire

Bloodbond Vampire {2}{B}{B}

Creature - Vampire Shaman Ally
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Bloodbond Vampire.
"Let the vampires join us. In this war, we no longer have the luxury of choosing our comrades."
—General Tazri, allied commander
3/3
Bloodthirsty Aerialist

Bloodthirsty Aerialist {1}{B}{B}

Creature - Vampire Rogue
Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Bloodthirsty Aerialist.
A circus acrobat in life, she kills with such fluid grace that even her victims are awed by her performance.
2/3
Related card: Xander's Wake
Bloodtracker

Bloodtracker {3}{B}

Creature - Vampire Wizard
Flying
{B}, Pay 2 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on Bloodtracker.
When Bloodtracker leaves the battlefield, draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.
"Flee all you like. The further you run the more firmly I feel your heartbeat."
2/2
Bone Picker

Bone Picker {3}{B}

Creature - Bird
This spell costs {3} less to cast if a creature died this turn.
Flying, deathtouch
They are the first to greet dissenters on their journey into exile.
3/2
Burglar Rat

Burglar Rat {1}{B}

Creature - Rat
When Burglar Rat enters the battlefield, each opponent discards a card.
"Even rats hoard their treasures. Are your precious things so different?"
—Izoni
1/1
Cemetery Recruitment

Cemetery Recruitment {1}{B}

Sorcery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. If it's a Zombie card, draw a card.
"There's a smoothness to my magic here that I don't find on any other plane."
Certain Death

Certain Death {5}{B}

Sorcery
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Some spirits cling to one person, feasting on the growing fear until a final moment of all-consuming terror.
Chittering Rats

Chittering Rats {1}{B}{B}

Creature - Rat
When Chittering Rats enters the battlefield, target opponent puts a card from their hand on top of their library.
Bottom feeders sometimes rise to the top.
2/2
Consign to the Pit

Consign to the Pit {5}{B}

Sorcery
Destroy target creature. Consign to the Pit deals 2 damage to that creature's controller.
First your whole life flashes before your eyes. Then you have considerable time to reflect on every regret as you plummet.
Corpse Churn

Corpse Churn {1}{B}

Instant
Mill three cards, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
"The distraction of your life has ended. Now your service begins."
—Kalitas, thrall of Ulamog
Related card: Bind to Secrecy
Crow of Dark Tidings

Crow of Dark Tidings {2}{B}

Creature - Zombie Bird
Flying
When Crow of Dark Tidings enters the battlefield or dies, mill two cards.
"Well, this can't be a good sign."
—Old Rutstein
2/1
Cruel Sadist

Cruel Sadist {B}

Creature - Human Assassin
{B}, {T}, Pay 1 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on Cruel Sadist.
{2}{B}, {T}, Remove X +1/+1 counters from Cruel Sadist: It deals X damage to target creature.
Face of innocence. Hand of death. Designed by Edmund McMillen
1/1
Crypt Rats

Crypt Rats {2}{B}

Creature - Rat
{X}: Crypt Rats deals X damage to each creature and each player. Spend only black mana on X.
"Shoo, you little worm tails—go away! My corpses aren't your dinner!"
—Ghoulcaller Gisa
1/1
Dead Weight

Dead Weight {B}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.
All things considered, his first day on patrol could have gone better.
Death Wind

Death Wind {X}{B}

Instant
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
"I am a dragonslayer for Lord Silumgar. There is no dragon save him whom I fear."
—Xathi the Infallible
Deathbloom Thallid

Deathbloom Thallid {2}{B}

Creature - Fungus
When Deathbloom Thallid dies, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
"Nature is not always gentle or kind, but all life begets life."
—Marwyn of Llanowar
3/2
Related card: Slimefoot, Thallid Transplant
Deathbringer Regent

Deathbringer Regent {5}{B}{B}

Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Deathbringer Regent enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand and there are five or more other creatures on the battlefield, destroy all other creatures.
5/6
Demon of Catastrophes

Demon of Catastrophes {2}{B}{B}

Creature - Demon
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Flying, trample
A pit yawned open, a column of oily smoke arose, and a towering form hissed, "I accept this offering."
6/6
Demonic Gifts

Demonic Gifts {1}{B}

Instant
Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control."
It began as a flavor on the tongue, like a bloody morsel of roast boar—but soon the power was a conflagration in her veins.
Demon's Disciple

Demon's Disciple {2}{B}

Creature - Human Cleric
When Demon's Disciple enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker.
Taborax's cultists are the latest in a long history of beings who have desired to see Zendikar torn to pieces.
3/1
Demon's Grasp

Demon's Grasp {4}{B}

Sorcery
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
"Take what solace you can in the knowledge that you will not be here to witness Zendikar's demise."
—Ob Nixilis