Visions
Aku Djinn {3}{B}{B}
Creature - Djinn
Trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature each opponent controls.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature each opponent controls.
"Your arrogance amazes me, Kaervek. Did you not know the price you would pay?"
—Mangara
—Mangara
5/6
Blanket of Night {1}{B}{B}
Enchantment
Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.
"Kaervek imprisoned Mangara out of jealousy, but he taints Jamuraa simply out of spite."
—Asmira, Holy Avenger
—Asmira, Holy Avenger
Brood of Cockroaches {1}{B}
Creature - Insect
When Brood of Cockroaches is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, at the beginning of the next end step, you lose 1 life and return Brood of Cockroaches to your hand.
"It's like waking on a bed of a thousand olives during an earthquake of subtle force."
—Afari, Tales
—Afari, Tales
1/1
Coercion {2}{B}
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.
A rhino's bargain
—Femeref expression meaning "a situation with no choices"
—Femeref expression meaning "a situation with no choices"
Crypt Rats {2}{B}
Creature - Rat
{X}: Crypt Rats deals X damage to each creature and each player. Spend only black mana on X.
"Once I dreamt of death, but now it dreams of me / And only rats and rotting flesh can hear my silent plea."
—Mundungu chant
—Mundungu chant
1/1
Dark Privilege {1}{B}
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate enchanted creature.
"As you breathe your last, understand why I accept such forbidden gifts."
—Purraj of Urborg
—Purraj of Urborg
Death Watch {B}
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, its controller loses life equal to its power and you gain life equal to its toughness.
When enchanted creature dies, its controller loses life equal to its power and you gain life equal to its toughness.
"Watch death wait / Wait, death, watch / Steal breath swiftly / but steal life slowly."
—Suq'Ata dirge
—Suq'Ata dirge
Desolation {1}{B}{B}
Enchantment
At the beginning of each end step, each player who tapped a land for mana this turn sacrifices a land. Desolation deals 2 damage to each player who sacrificed a Plains this way.
"Kill a creature, destroy the present. Kill the land, destroy the future."
—Kaervek
—Kaervek
Fallen Askari {1}{B}
Creature - Human Knight
Flanking
Fallen Askari can't block.
Fallen Askari can't block.
In troubled times, there are few greater sorrows than a wayward savior.
2/2
Forbidden Ritual {2}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Sacrifice a nontoken permanent. If you do, target opponent loses 2 life unless that player sacrifices a permanent or discards a card. You may repeat this process any number of times.
Funeral Charm {B}
Instant
Choose one —
• Target player discards a card.
• Target creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn.
• Target creature gains swampwalk until end of turn.
• Target player discards a card.
• Target creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn.
• Target creature gains swampwalk until end of turn.
Related card:
Piracy Charm
Infernal Harvest {1}{B}
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, return X Swamps you control to their owner's hand.
Infernal Harvest deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.
Infernal Harvest deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.
"I offered you eternal life; I just didn't say where."
—Shauku, Endbringer
—Shauku, Endbringer
Kaervek's Spite {B}{B}{B}
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice all permanents you control and discard your hand.
Target player loses 5 life.
Target player loses 5 life.
"The end justifies the means. What do I care if I rule over the dead rather than over the living? The dead ask fewer questions."
—Kaervek
—Kaervek
Necromancy {2}{B}
Enchantment
You may cast Necromancy as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
When Necromancy enters the battlefield, if it's on the battlefield, it becomes an Aura with "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Necromancy." Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control and attach Necromancy to it. When Necromancy leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
When Necromancy enters the battlefield, if it's on the battlefield, it becomes an Aura with "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Necromancy." Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control and attach Necromancy to it. When Necromancy leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Necrosavant {3}{B}{B}{B}
Creature - Zombie Giant
{3}{B}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Return Necrosavant from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your upkeep.
"Ah, I remember my first death."
—Zarkuu, necrosavant
—Zarkuu, necrosavant
5/5
Nekrataal {2}{B}{B}
Creature - Human Assassin
First strike
When Nekrataal enters the battlefield, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. That creature can't be regenerated.
When Nekrataal enters the battlefield, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. That creature can't be regenerated.
"I have seen the horrors Kaervek has freed. My betrayal is certain—but of Kaervek or of Jamuraa, I cannot say."
—Jolrael
—Jolrael
2/1
Pillar Tombs of Aku {2}{B}{B}
World Enchantment
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may sacrifice a creature. If that player doesn't, they lose 5 life and you sacrifice Pillar Tombs of Aku.
"Aku, City of Hidden Graves / Aku, City of Lost Kings / Aku, welcome me."
—Pillar tomb inscription
—Pillar tomb inscription
Python {1}{B}{B}
Creature - Snake
"How can you claim the gods are merciless when they robbed the snake of its limbs to give the other creatures a sporting chance?"
—Hakim, Loreweaver
—Hakim, Loreweaver
3/2
Suq'Ata Assassin {1}{B}{B}
Creature - Human Assassin
Fear
Whenever Suq'Ata Assassin attacks and isn't blocked, defending player gets a poison counter.
Whenever Suq'Ata Assassin attacks and isn't blocked, defending player gets a poison counter.
1/1
Tar Pit Warrior {2}{B}
Creature - Cyclops Warrior
When Tar Pit Warrior becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.
"The cyclops shrugged off savage blows, but casual insults made him weep."
—Azeworai, "The Cyclops who Couldn't"
—Azeworai, "The Cyclops who Couldn't"
3/4
Urborg Mindsucker {2}{B}
Creature - Horror
{B}, Sacrifice Urborg Mindsucker: Target opponent discards a card at random. Activate only as a sorcery.
"My pet will pick the ripe fruit from your tortured brain as if it were hanging from a vine."
—Kaervek
—Kaervek
2/2
Vampiric Tutor {B}
Instant
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
"I write upon clean white parchment with a sharp quill and the blood of my students, divining their secrets."
—Shauku, Endbringer
—Shauku, Endbringer
Vampirism {1}{B}
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
When Vampirism enters the battlefield, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control.
Other creatures you control get -1/-1.
When Vampirism enters the battlefield, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control.
Other creatures you control get -1/-1.
Wake of Vultures {3}{B}
Creature - Bird
Flying
{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate Wake of Vultures.
{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate Wake of Vultures.
"So the vulture said to the griffin, 'You gonna eat that?'"
—Azeworai, "The Ugly Bird"
—Azeworai, "The Ugly Bird"
3/1
Wicked Reward {1}{B}
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Target creature gets +4/+2 until end of turn.
Target creature gets +4/+2 until end of turn.
"The blood on my hands is merely proof of my ambition."
—Kaervek
—Kaervek