Jumpstart 2022

Devouring Swarm

Devouring Swarm {1}{B}{B}

Creature - Insect
Flying
Sacrifice a creature: Devouring Swarm gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Their arrival is heralded by the deafening hum of ten thousand wings. Their departure is marked by the silence of the dead.
2/1
Doomed Dissenter

Doomed Dissenter {1}{B}

Creature - Human
When Doomed Dissenter dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
There is only one fate left to those banished from the God-Pharaoh's city.
1/1
Dread Presence

Dread Presence {3}{B}

Creature - Nightmare
Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one —
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• Dread Presence deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.
It beckons silently, waiting in the darkness.
3/3
Dread Rider

Dread Rider {5}{B}

Creature - Spirit Knight
{1}{B}, {T}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Target opponent loses 3 life.
"What kind of monstrous grave robber leaves the treasures, but takes the bodies?"
—Fjall, Beskir elder
3/7
Dread Slaver

Dread Slaver {3}{B}{B}

Creature - Zombie Horror
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Dread Slaver this turn dies, return it to the battlefield under your control. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
Half a brain rules the mindless.
3/5
Dreadhound

Dreadhound {4}{B}{B}

Creature - Demon Dog
When Dreadhound enters, mill three cards.
Whenever a creature dies or a creature card is put into a graveyard from a library, each opponent loses 1 life.
It herds souls toward eternal torment.
6/6
Dune Beetle

Dune Beetle {1}{B}

Creature - Insect
The scouring sands of Shefet polish its carapace, and the ranks of the cursed fill its belly.
1/4
Durable Coilbug

Durable Coilbug {1}{B}

Creature - Insect
{4}{B}: Return Durable Coilbug from your graveyard to your hand.
"I've seen them survive lava, trampling, and a moloch's digestive system. They just roll out and get on with their lives!"
—Gannet, Skysail zoologist
2/2
Related card: Bind to Secrecy
Eaten Alive

Eaten Alive {B}

Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {3}{B}.
Exile target creature or planeswalker.
"If you hear a groaning noise in the cellar, don't investigate. Don't split up. Just lock the door and barricade it."
—Emili, guard captain
Endless Ranks of the Dead

Endless Ranks of the Dead {2}{B}{B}

Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, create X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens, where X is half the number of Zombies you control, rounded down.
With Thraben's army recalled to its city walls, outlying villages were left to fend for themselves.
Epicure of Blood

Epicure of Blood {4}{B}

Creature - Vampire
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
"Fleshy, with just a hint of leather. A fine vintage."
4/4
Eviscerate

Eviscerate {3}{B}

Sorcery
Destroy target creature.
"Fear the dark if you must, but don't mistake sunlight for safety."
—Josu Vess
Exsanguinate

Exsanguinate {X}{B}{B}

Sorcery
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Vampires don't consider patience a virtue nor gluttony a sin.
Falkenrath Noble

Falkenrath Noble {3}{B}

Creature - Vampire Noble
Flying
Whenever Falkenrath Noble or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
"I often think on how excited they must feel to be chosen as my prey."
2/2
Fetid Imp

Fetid Imp {1}{B}

Creature - Imp
Flying
{B}: Fetid Imp gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Many deaths are distasteful, but only a few are truly repugnant.
1/2
Fungal Infection

Fungal Infection {B}

Instant
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
To thallids, the whole world is just a pile of mulch to grow saprolings in.
Gavony Unhallowed

Gavony Unhallowed {3}{B}

Creature - Zombie
Whenever another creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Gavony Unhallowed.
"We entered the church in search of solace, but it became clear we wouldn't find it there."
—Grete, Order of Saint Traft
2/4
Ghoulraiser

Ghoulraiser {1}{B}{B}

Creature - Zombie
When Ghoulraiser enters, return a Zombie card at random from your graveyard to your hand.
"Come. Bring your brothers. Tonight, you feast on living flesh."
—Jadar, ghoulcaller of Nephalia
2/2
Gnawing Zombie

Gnawing Zombie {1}{B}

Creature - Zombie
{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
On still nights you can hear its rotted teeth grinding tirelessly on scavenged bones.
1/3
Gorging Vulture

Gorging Vulture {2}{B}

Creature - Bird
Flying
When Gorging Vulture enters, mill four cards. You gain 1 life for each creature card milled this way.
2/2
Related card: Bind to Secrecy
Graf Harvest

Graf Harvest {B}

Enchantment
Zombies you control have menace.
{3}{B}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Graveblade Marauder

Graveblade Marauder {2}{B}

Creature - Human Warrior
Deathtouch
Whenever Graveblade Marauder deals combat damage to a player, that player loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
1/4
Gravecrawler

Gravecrawler {B}

Creature - Zombie
Gravecrawler can't block.
You may cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.
"Innistrad's ghoulcallers are talented enough, but let me show you what someone with real power can create."
—Liliana Vess
2/1
Gravedigger

Gravedigger {3}{B}

Creature - Zombie
When Gravedigger enters, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
A full coffin is like a full coffer—both are attractive to thieves.
2/2
Grotesque Mutation

Grotesque Mutation {1}{B}

Instant
Target creature gets +3/+1 and gains lifelink until end of turn.