Urza's Destiny

Apprentice Necromancer

Apprentice Necromancer {1}{B}

Creature - Zombie Wizard
{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it.
1/1
Attrition

Attrition {1}{B}{B}

Enchantment
{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Destroy target nonblack creature.
"I will trade life for life with the insurgents. Our resources, unlike theirs, are limitless."
—Davvol, Evincar of Rath
Body Snatcher

Body Snatcher {2}{B}{B}

Creature - Phyrexian Minion
When this creature enters, exile it unless you discard a creature card.
When this creature dies, exile it and return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
2/2
Bubbling Muck

Bubbling Muck {B}

Sorcery
Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a Swamp for mana, that player adds an additional {B}.
The muck claims a hundred living things for each meager treasure it spews forth.
Carnival of Souls

Carnival of Souls {1}{B}

Enchantment
Whenever a creature enters, you lose 1 life and add {B}.
"'Davvol, blast those elves.' 'Davvol, transport those troops.' No one cares that today is my birthday."
Chime of Night

Chime of Night {1}{B}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, destroy target nonblack creature.
Many sent to serve Davvol carried such instruments, as if to remind him who their true masters were.
Disease Carriers

Disease Carriers {2}{B}{B}

Creature - Rat
When this creature dies, target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
Rath is a disease all its inhabitants carry.
2/2
Dying Wail

Dying Wail {1}{B}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, target player discards two cards.
This is a world of spiteful wasps that sting and kill even as they die.
Encroach

Encroach {B}

Sorcery
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonbasic land card from it. That player discards that card.
"The rate of spread in this region is unacceptable. Start again."
—Davvol, Evincar of Rath
Eradicate

Eradicate {2}{B}{B}

Sorcery
Exile target nonblack creature. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that creature and exile them. Then that player shuffles.
Festering Wound

Festering Wound {1}{B}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put an infection counter on this Aura.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, this Aura deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of infection counters on this Aura.
Lurking Jackals

Lurking Jackals {B}

Enchantment
When an opponent has 10 or less life, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 3/2 Jackal creature.
Often it's not the hunter or the hunted but the opportunist who thrives in Rath.
Nightshade Seer

Nightshade Seer {3}{B}

Creature - Human Wizard
{2}{B}, {T}: Reveal any number of black cards in your hand. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards revealed this way.
1/1
Phyrexian Monitor

Phyrexian Monitor {3}{B}

Creature - Phyrexian Skeleton
{B}: Regenerate this creature.
Being one would be an honor, if the word "honor" had any meaning in Phyrexia.
2/2
Phyrexian Negator

Phyrexian Negator {2}{B}

Creature - Phyrexian Horror
Trample
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, sacrifice that many permanents.
They exist to cease.
5/5
Plague Dogs

Plague Dogs {4}{B}

Creature - Phyrexian Zombie Dog
When this creature dies, all creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
{2}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.
They're not just retrievers, they're carriers.
3/3
Rapid Decay

Rapid Decay {1}{B}

Instant
Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard.
Cycling {2}
The grave robbers arrived the day after the burial. They were a day too late.
Ravenous Rats

Ravenous Rats {1}{B}

Creature - Rat
When this creature enters, target opponent discards a card.
"For all the priceless tomes they have destroyed, one would think they would taste better."
—Davvol, Evincar of Rath
1/1
Scent of Nightshade

Scent of Nightshade {1}{B}

Instant
Reveal any number of black cards in your hand. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards revealed this way.
Skittering Horror

Skittering Horror {2}{B}

Creature - Phyrexian Horror
When you cast a creature spell, sacrifice this creature.
"This monstrosity will do—for now."
—Davvol, Evincar of Rath
4/3
Slinking Skirge

Slinking Skirge {3}{B}

Creature - Phyrexian Imp
Flying
{2}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.
Davvol encouraged the skirges; they made excellent sentries and were quite edible if properly seasoned.
2/1
Soul Feast

Soul Feast {3}{B}{B}

Sorcery
Target player loses 4 life and you gain 4 life.
As no one has ever accepted a second invitation to Davvol's table, the evincar often dines alone.
Squirming Mass

Squirming Mass {1}{B}

Creature - Horror
Fear
Only the coldest hearts and the strongest stomachs can stand against it.
1/1
Twisted Experiment

Twisted Experiment {1}{B}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/-1.
Gatha showed remarkable prowess in increasing his subjects' stature. Their lifespans, however, were another matter.
Yawgmoth's Bargain

Yawgmoth's Bargain {4}{B}{B}

Enchantment
Skip your draw step.
Pay 1 life: Draw a card.
He craves only one commodity.