Urza's Destiny
Apprentice Necromancer {1}{B}
Creature - Zombie Wizard
{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Apprentice Necromancer: 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 {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
—Davvol, Evincar of Rath
Body Snatcher {2}{B}{B}
Creature - Phyrexian Minion
When Body Snatcher enters, exile it unless you discard a creature card.
When Body Snatcher dies, exile it and return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
When Body Snatcher dies, exile it and return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
2/2
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 {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 {1}{B}
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
When Chime of Night is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, destroy target nonblack creature.
When Chime of Night 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 {2}{B}{B}
Creature - Rat
When Disease Carriers dies, target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
Rath is a disease all its inhabitants carry.
2/2
Dying Wail {1}{B}
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, target player discards two cards.
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 {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
—Davvol, Evincar of Rath
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 {1}{B}
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put an infection counter on Festering Wound.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, Festering Wound deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of infection counters on Festering Wound.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put an infection counter on Festering Wound.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, Festering Wound deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of infection counters on Festering Wound.
Lurking Jackals {B}
Enchantment
When an opponent has 10 or less life, if Lurking Jackals 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 {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 {3}{B}
Creature - Phyrexian Skeleton
{B}: Regenerate Phyrexian Monitor.
Being one would be an honor, if the word "honor" had any meaning in Phyrexia.
2/2
Phyrexian Negator {2}{B}
Creature - Phyrexian Horror
Trample
Whenever Phyrexian Negator is dealt damage, sacrifice that many permanents.
Whenever Phyrexian Negator is dealt damage, sacrifice that many permanents.
They exist to cease.
5/5
Plague Dogs {4}{B}
Creature - Phyrexian Zombie Dog
When Plague Dogs dies, all creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
{2}, Sacrifice Plague Dogs: Draw a card.
{2}, Sacrifice Plague Dogs: Draw a card.
They're not just retrievers, they're carriers.
3/3
Rapid Decay {1}{B}
Instant
Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard.
Cycling {2}
Cycling {2}
The grave robbers arrived the day after the burial. They were a day too late.
Ravenous Rats {1}{B}
Creature - Rat
When Ravenous Rats 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
—Davvol, Evincar of Rath
1/1
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 {2}{B}
Creature - Phyrexian Horror
When you cast a creature spell, sacrifice Skittering Horror.
"This monstrosity will do—for now."
—Davvol, Evincar of Rath
—Davvol, Evincar of Rath
4/3
Slinking Skirge {3}{B}
Creature - Phyrexian Imp
Flying
{2}, Sacrifice Slinking Skirge: Draw a card.
{2}, Sacrifice Slinking Skirge: Draw a card.
Davvol encouraged the skirges; they made excellent sentries and were quite edible if properly seasoned.
2/1
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 {1}{B}
Creature - Horror
Fear
Only the coldest hearts and the strongest stomachs can stand against it.
1/1
Twisted Experiment {1}{B}
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/-1.
Enchanted creature gets +3/-1.
Gatha showed remarkable prowess in increasing his subjects' stature. Their lifespans, however, were another matter.
Yawgmoth's Bargain {4}{B}{B}
Enchantment
Skip your draw step.
Pay 1 life: Draw a card.
Pay 1 life: Draw a card.
He craves only one commodity.