Gain life

1,872 cards make it · 114 care about it

Leads to

  1. Put a counter 49 cards

    Then: Become tapped, A creature enters the battlefield, Create a token

Fed by

    • High Market{T}, sacrifice a creature: you gain 1 life.
    • Zuran OrbSacrifice a land: you gain 2 life.
    • Vein RipperFlying ward—sacrifice a creature. whenever a creature dies, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
    • Blood ArtistWhenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
    • Zulaport CutthroatWhenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
    • The Meathook MassacreWhenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.
  1. Deal damage 20 cards
    • Spirit LinkWhenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
    • Vampiric LinkWhenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
    • Essence SliverWhenever a sliver deals damage, its controller gains that much life.
    • LifetapWhenever a forest an opponent controls becomes tapped, you gain 1 life.
    • PowerleechWhenever an artifact an opponent controls becomes tapped or an opponent activates an artifact's ability without {T} in its activation cost, you gain 1 life.
    • ThoughtleechWhenever an island an opponent controls becomes tapped, you may gain 1 life.
    • Dredger's InsightWhenever one or more artifact and/or creature cards leave your graveyard, you gain 1 life.
    • Soul EnervationWhenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
    • Undead Hand NinjaWhenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Make it

  • Swords to PlowsharesExile target creature. its controller gains life equal to its power.
  • Blood ArtistWhenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
  • ExsanguinateEach opponent loses x life. you gain life equal to the life lost this way.
  • Gray Merchant of AsphodelWhen this creature enters, each opponent loses x life, where x is your devotion to black. you gain life equal to the life lost this way.
  • Zulaport CutthroatWhenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
  • Shamanic RevelationDraw a card for each creature you control. you gain 4 life for each creature you control with power 4 or greater.
  • The Meathook MassacreWhenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.
  • Exquisite BloodWhenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.
  • Nature's ClaimDestroy target artifact or enchantment. its controller gains 4 life.
  • Authority of the ConsulsWhenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.
  • Sheoldred, the ApocalypseWhenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life.
  • Soul WardenWhenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Care about it

  • Sanguine BondWhenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
  • Alhammarret's ArchiveIf you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
  • Marauding Blight-PriestWhenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
  • Well of Lost DreamsWhenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where x is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. if you do, draw x cards.
  • Rhox FaithmenderIf you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
  • Starscape ClericOffspring {2}{B} flying this creature can't block. whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
  • Vito, Thorn of the Dusk RoseWhenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
  • Enduring TenacityWhenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
  • Boon ReflectionIf you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
  • Wedding RingWhenever an opponent who controls an artifact named ~ gains life during their turn, you gain that much life.
  • Sulfuric VortexIf a player would gain life, that player gains no life instead.
  • The Wind CrystalIf you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.